queensland Bullies are back

[Lozzel]

Went to Kooka for a few hours last nite.

Arrived at 4.30pm ,launched and went searching for some livies.

Headed upriver to avoid the \"Skilice\", no bait to be found anywhere. By this time the skiers had mostly gone, so went down to the corner where we casted and got 12 bonys around 100mm and some large herring.

Anchored up in the usual place, soon after had a run but no joy. Glenda got a cattie and a pikeie. By this time, Pual (username_taken)phoned to say he was at the ramp,Picked him up and back to the corner we went.

All went abit quiet as the tide turned,with only a couple more eels being caught and baits being lost to crabs. At 8.30 Glenda had a massive run and a good fight ,with the fish pulling plenty of drag.Alas only to be bitten off through the wire at the boat. Atleast we got to see the fish which was the biggest bullie i've seen in the river,at well over 1mtr and fat. nothing after that only lost all the baits to crabs and eels, pulled out at 10.pm

Paul had a few hits that resulted in being bitten off. Could have been a bullie , as I think he was only using a mono leader. Better luck next time for you and me.

With the warmer weather and the river alot cleaner than last trip I think the next full moon will be the go again.

Laurie.

[James W]

good news..good news:)

[Rocket75]

Good stuff Loz, I'm keen to catch my first shark this season, I have not targeted them before, but it sounds like fun.

Once again the boys are outfished by the girls, how do they do it!?

Makes me worried about the upcoming charter, my wife will probably do the same...again.

Rocket

[ellicat]

Are you hinting at another all-nighter lozzel ?

[kriso]

yeah i will be keen as for that!

[Angus]

Awesome. Bag that bullie!

Angus

[Terry H]

My mate ben went fishing the other day - said he got a bully on the line, but lost it at the surface.

[Lozzel]

Elli. I'll be doing a few more trips before the \"BRC\".Anyone is welcome to join. :cheer:

Still refining rigs and their habits etc. Was caught out, too light on wire on sat nite, Might try the knottable wire in the afo shop.

[obone]

What Lb wire did you get broken off on lozzel?

And was it plastic coated?

Joel

[Lozzel]

Obone; 30lb and not coated. Might go to the 50lb and coated.

I have some coated 100lb but I think thats too heavy.

[ellicat]

Lozzel, Do you reckon this coming week will be close enough to the full moon still ?

(Also, would you mind making another post - your 666 count is scaring me :evil: )

[username_taken]

Yeah it was a fun night! thanks for inviting me along lozzle. Next time we'll bring the fat bugger into the boat! Or at least close enough for a photo!

[obone]

Lozzel wrote:

Obone; 30lb and not coated. Might go to the 50lb and coated.

I have some coated 100lb but I think thats too heavy.

I had heard that bullies (or any sharks) will not bite on wire unless it's coated?

Joel

[faulked]

its not that they dont bite but the bite rate can definately drop coated wire helps so can taping up swivels and hooks ive tried paint on insulate and normal house paint for this the house paint seemed to work the best another idea is to sharpen your hooks then paint them with spray pain thus insulating them then cut trace and crimp etc then paint the end of the coated wire with a bit of house paint on a cotton tip then tape either side of the swivel \"to allow twist still\" with insulating tape and your done then leave hanging up till the paint smell goes this can be a couple of days or months depending on paints used:)

[obone]

Wow thats a faily intense process Faulked! Even putting paint on the cut end of the coated wire! But i will try a few of those things so cheers!

Joel

[werewolf]

Brilliant news Lozzel, you've made my day:) I've seen wire up to 90 pound bit through, but that must have been a monster. We normally use 30-60 pound coated wire on sub metre bullies with minimal problems. Jeff reports the occasional bite through as well but not sure what pound wire he uses.

[Gazza]

I found heat shrink works well at tidying up those tag ends (use a heat gun or hair drier to shrink it )

Gaz

[chelsea]

Hi ther ive never been shark fishing and would appreciate any pointers on how to go about things

[Malcolm]

chelsea wrote:

Hi ther ive never been shark fishing and would appreciate any pointers on how to go about things

Chelsea

Scroll down the home page on this site, there is a very good write up by Neil Shultch

[chelsea]

thanks Malcolm I'll go have a read

[Lozzel]

Werewolf. When I first started at Kooka (Feb 2007) I used the 100 lb coated , on a 15kg stick and TLD 25. Couldnt hold the bugger with 30lb braid & 60lb leader. Bit off about 8\" above the hooks.

Was using a 30cm live bony for bait.

Would like to have seen her thou.

[jeff f]

werewolf wrote:

Brilliant news Lozzel, you've made my day:) I've seen wire up to 90 pound bit through, but that must have been a monster. We normally use 30-60 pound coated wire on sub metre bullies with minimal problems. Jeff reports the occasional bite through as well but not sure what pound wire he uses.

i only use 18\" shop bought traces, i think they are about 30pounds. i dont get enough bite throughs to warrant going any bigger

[werewolf]

Lozz, there are certainly the occasional BIG MUMMA sharks in there. Kinda scary considering how many people swim in there. To bite through that pound wire they must be pretty big!!!

EDIT: woops missed Jeff's post:laugh: Yeah I think we argued long vs short trace beforeB) I often get busted up on shorter traces so tend to use a couple of feet worth:blush: I must be unlucky!

[roobs]

not really related but a lot of the \"big herring\" that people are seeing up there are no doubt tarpon- there have been a few reports of \"herring\" taking hard bodies that make me think of them too.

[Schultzy]

Reuben,

We get two species of lure eating herrings in the River at Kooka. The most common as you've noted is the tarpon (ox eyed herring), the other is the giant herring. Giants are absolute freaks that swim at frightening speeds and leap like no barra ever spawned.

[mackmauler]

I added a GH to the gallery it was caught on monday evening and went off for a river fish.

[Fisher_90]

Maybe it was the lucky shirt rob,

[Woodlaz]

Hi guys and gals....

I am just wondering.... do u target the bullies for the fight or is it the fight as well as eating them.... I have caught a few 2-3kg(approx.) bullies but have thrown them back or in the pots for crabs???

Cheers

[Cowfish13]

Alot of people keep them. They stink when you fillet them, but they taste good afterwards.

Flake that you buy from fish and chip shops is Shark.