threaddies: what time of year?

[creature100]

have been reading some posts from people getting onto these guys in the river and am keen to go out and target them myself. what time of year is best for going after them in the brissie river? and from peoples experience are fresh baits a must or will frozen pillies do the job?

cheers

[AngGoLee]

Well dude u can get them all year round .. But would prefer summer IMO.. But i 've caught my biggest thready on a live prawn during winter so its safe to say that they are around most of the time.

[Cowfish13]

Most people target them during summer and I've heard that big live prawns are the go.

[MichaelJ]

i think prawns are better for bait

[Fisher_90]

Yep the biggest Live or Fresh Prawn you can get.

Bony Bream and Mullet can work.

[creature100]

thanks for that guys...have to get out soon and give em a go. what kind of rigs do you guys use, do they feed at the surface or on the bottom?

cheers

[namyau]

so far i've caught 3 of them and each one has been caught using a 2inch gulp shrimp in natural and root beer (ordered from us) also i know for a fact that the atomic prong works good...

the first one i got was right on top of teh surface as they were feeding, 2nd one about half way down and the last one was right near the bottom

im gonna be going for a threaddy session this monday night (01/10/07) in the city/breaky creek new farm area - pm if interested or 0430048800 anyones welcome

[Brian D]

Don't forget to Karma your mate for being helpful, namyau you get mine.

I would have given one to you too AngGoLee but I can only give 1 at a time.

Hi Feral what you doing with your Karma today? ;)

[namyau]

thanks for that brian ill give one to ango for you

[Fisher_90]

Brian D you have 70 Karma Points well done mate.

[creature100]

thanks for the help everyone. namyau that sesion on monday would be tops but im pretty tied up with work and uni at the moment...good luck and let us know how you go. ill let you know when i plan to head out.

i have used my karma for today but will be sure to give some more later.

cheers

[Brian D]

Fisher_90 wrote:

Brian D you have 70 Karma Points well done mate.

Mate I am old and been around a long time.:cheer:

[namyau]

no worries mate i will be going after 8pm though cos i dont finish work till 6pm then gotta get home and eat and stuff so yeah even if you wanna just meet up for a few hrs you have my # so just give me a call or pm me

[reef_raider]

got a 20cm one today in the pine river on a prawn

[MichaelJ]

brian so if your old u deserve karma lol

hope ya get some namyau

and i didnt know there were any in pine river but i havnt heard or seen any of them till this site

[Feral]

Brian D wrote:

Hi Feral what you doing with your Karma today? ;)

I think I'll reserve it for Tanya, she is going to need it, for having to put up with her new husband!

[AngGoLee]

Brian D wrote:

Don't forget to Karma your mate for being helpful, namyau you get mine.

I would have given one to you too AngGoLee but I can only give 1 at a time.

Hi Feral what you doing with your Karma today? ;)

Hahah ..thanks a million mate..

[MichaelJ]

do u ever get bigger ones in pine river?

[AngGoLee]

namyau wrote:

thanks for that brian ill give one to ango for you

thanks to u too...

[Dan23]

we used to get them on hard bodies up in CQ. They were blue threadfin salmon though. Slightly different and harder fighting than Kings. I also got one on a live baitfish. The blue ones jump half a meter out of the water when you fight them. It's really awesome.

[viperon1982]

Like they said, live or fresh prawns, bigass ones if u can! Threaddies absolutely love them. Pat rigs will do the job, keep the hook line about 1 feet above sinker to deter the catties and crabs.

As for hooks, I prefer minimum #1/0 long shank baitholder (Mustad). Go higher for according to prawn sizes. I find these hooks really great at preventing them from flying off while casting!

Good luck dude! Hope u join the 1metre club soon!

[kiara_poltegerist]

creature100 wrote:

have been reading some posts from people getting onto these guys in the river and am keen to go out and target them myself. what time of year is best for going after them in the brissie river? and from peoples experience are fresh baits a must or will frozen pillies do the job?

cheers

well, before i came to bris, everyone told me it'd be difficult to get threadies in the winter. hmm, but viperon, anggolee and I managed to get em all throughout winter on bait and even in castnets - specimens up to 1metre too . hehe. so i reckon they're around 365 days a year mate. but IMHO tide is quite important, unless you know where there're some holes in the river ,coz there is one spot where we normally fish where they all hole up during low tide and if you manage to get your bait to drift into that hole you'll strike gold . hehe.

er, from my experience, prawns are best, live or dead doesnt really make a difference. Pillies would do the job as well, the biggest threadie that i managed to hit was on a piece of pillie.

all the best with ya threadies mate. i fished for em on ultra light gear - 6lb . smashing stuff !!

[namyau]

ive always used jigheads in the weight of 1/8-1/32 and with hook size #4 - hope that helps