queensland Banksia Doughnut 14.01.2016

[curranboy99]

Hello all, a report for my last fishing session yesterday

I left home early and was on the way to bribie kiosk then over to banksia beach to fish the start of the rising tide just after dawn a few days after the new moon. I ended up getting fresh squid for bait and got to banksia beach at 6am and liked my chances as well as seeing someone land a decent bream about 30cm there as I walked down the small dune. I had set my self up right in front of the channel and got a bait out quick.

I fished for a few hours then had a break. When I got my line out again the tide was coming in hard and I could actually see fish (whiting of all sizes) smell my bait, run over towards it take a couple bites then drop it which made for very frustrating fishing. I kept persisting and persisting but nothing at all was committing to my bait even using 3lb mainline, sz1 ball sinker and a 1.2m of 4lb fluoro leader. Also there was hundreds of white bait in the shallows, with some water boiling in the middle channel (thinking trevally hitting the bait schools).

All up I caught nothing but blistering sun-burn after spending 5 hours in the sun with no sun screen and just a t-shirt/shorts.

[Albinus]

Not good having a donut, and sunburn on top! Where did you exactly fish at Banksia? Nice light gear you have. Perhaps the fish weren't fussed on squid today?

[Brissy_yaker]

Yabbies or prawns would have been your best bet...also you really have to walk out as far as you can so your casting into deeper water...seen a big queenfish was caught off whitepatch landbased on a live whiting...some nice fish around

[curranboy99]

34 minutes ago, Albinus said:

Not good having a donut, and sunburn on top! Where did you exactly fish at Banksia? Nice light gear you have. Perhaps the fish weren't fussed on squid today?

Thanks albinus. I was fishing out the front of col fisher park and I presume they were not the fussed on squid or perhaps they have see so many baits they have become educated on the baits/presentations.

8 minutes ago, Brissy_yaker said:

Yabbies or prawns would have been your best bet...also you really have to walk out as far as you can so your casting into deeper water...seen a big queenfish was caught off whitepatch landbased on a live whiting...some nice fish around

Thanks for that information, reason for the squid was the bribie-kiosk was sold out on nearly everything including yabbies, worms & prawns  

[Inspiredbyfishing]

ive been 9 hours without catching anything but a bird so you begin to realize that some days it's just not your day.

[curranboy99]

2 minutes ago, Inspiredbyfishing said:

ive been 9 hours without catching anything but a bird so you begin to realize that some days it's just not your day.

Thanks I guess it wasn't my day, but it was a nice place to have a doughnut anyway  

[samsteele115]

10 hours ago, Inspiredbyfishing said:

ive been 9 hours without catching anything but a bird so you begin to realize that some days it's just not your day.

Only 9 hours?  

It happens that's for sure. I hope you get stuck into them next time. 

[Thirstyman]

Best whiting i have caught was on a live yabbie there. Rock up at low tide, pump yabbies and then put them out as the tide comes in and the whiting start to come back up onto the flats.

[curranboy99]

On ‎17‎/‎01‎/‎2016 at 8:21 AM, Thirstyman said:

Best whiting i have caught was on a live yabbie there. Rock up at low tide, pump yabbies and then put them out as the tide comes in and the whiting start to come back up onto the flats.

Thanks @Thirstyman for that info, will be worth a shot once I get a yabbie-pump