queensland what a day!!!!

[squeak6969]

so i know i might seem like the envy of some of you at the start of this thread but i doubt i will be by the end.......i was one of those luck people that was able to have the day off today and make the most of the beautiful weather and lack of wind and take my boat out onto the water. so any way to begin this story i braved the wind and waves last night and dropped the pots off the southeren end of coochie to leave over night and hopefully come to a good haul this morning. i got 3 keepers!!!!the rest were all under size of jennys from 4 pots!. not one to be detered that eaisly i rebaited them and dropped them again to check later in the day. and off i went. headed to the top of the east coochie artificial reef and drifted down a couple times. not a single hit. so i took off again in light of better grounds. went to an old faithful spot off macleay and once again no luck. after a while there the wind picked up a little and not wanting to capsize my newly refurbished boat i decided to head back to the southeren end of coochie and try fishing around the bouy. usually good for at least a small catch....today nothing so i pulled up what i thought was my anchor only to find rope and chain. not only was i on a doughnut but now i had lost my anchor aswell. that was my breaking point i decided to grab my pots and head for home. get to the first pot pull it up and jennys.....this is not my day i was supposed be the envy of the masses now i was gna feel ashamed to report my day and thats when i felt the bang. i had drifted unknowinly onto a sandbank. well i could see my other pot in walking distance so i jogged up to get it also empty. now with the tide out i was stranded for 5 and a half hours until the tide came in high enough for me to get out.

 

 

 

so i used my time and worked the banks and lo and behold i caught a legal bream. only just legal but legal none the less. i was off my dounght. still in an awarkward situation but i had a score on the board. without so much as another hit for the rest of the arvo the tide started comming in fast and i was watching and waiting in anticipation. very red and sunburnt i was free again. pick up my last 2 pots and scored another 2 sandies and in the final pot a nice big thick fat muddy. so today wasnt a complete waste after all. here is my haul.

[Old Scaley]

Bahahaha. That is a great report. Who hasn't ended up on a sandbank at least once??  At least you had a few crabs to show for an otherwise forgettable day.

[ellicat]

You're not a real boatie until you've beached it somewhere and somehow.

I see you went the two-tone. Looks good.

[kmcrosby78]

These stories make the rest of us feel good that we're not the only ones who have mishaps on the water.  Probably serves as a good reminder to always take plenty of water onboard, especially in the summer months.  Nice score on the crabs - I bet they'll taste extra sweet!!!

[Angus]

After the weekends crab pasta at Noosa I am really keen to start dropping pots in every trip.

 

Nice work and thanks for the motivation!

 

Angus

[samsteele115]

Great report! Thanks for sharing. As others said, you're not a boatie unless you get stuck on a sandbank at least once haha. Thanks for sharing.

[Luvit]

Good feed of crabs.

I'd prefer to hit sand than rock any day.

 

[The Mad Hughesy]

yeah ive hit sand before, just made it out before low tide got the better of me! nice feed mate

[Damien2Rad]

I'm glad you posted this. Yes, it did make me feel better about having to work in the hot sun all day... but I am envious of your haul of crabs!