queensland A Few Reports Plus Beast Pb Upgrade!

[RUSSIAN]

Hey guys,

Apologies for not posting these here earlier, I have been both slack and busy while transitioning into Uni. Pretty stoked to see UQ have a fishing club now although as it’s just starting up, it seems that most fishos are inexperienced so I’ll be having a crack at being president in the next few years.

Anyways, with regards to the fishing… A super long holiday from November until late February would suggest I really got stuck into it, but I only managed to get out a few times.

Mostly concentrating my efforts around the Tweed area, I tried both offshore and in the river a couple of times. One really blowy day (in excess of 30 knots) I decided to head down with dad to try and kill some time. Although the fishing was extremely slow and finding sheltered spots wasn’t easy. Managed to snag a few little flathead on plastics which was a nice added bonus.

Went down a few weeks later with the family for a nice holiday. Monday was the pick and Dad and I decided to head outside early. The bait grounds weren’t flickering with too much bait, although we managed around 7 yakkas and saw a free jumper steam up behind us which was awesome to see! Decided to head up towards goldy and trolled lures and within 10 minutes one of the skirts had been smashed and to my surprise, we had hooked up to our first black! However, 10 seconds later he spat the lure and that was that. Sad but a fishing reality so I’m still yet to land a black on the tinny. A few hours later the shotgun got obliterated and I let dad take this one as he hadn’t caught a decent fish in a while. After around 10 minutes on light spin, he managed to get a dollie just under 1.3m which was nice! Continued to persist and concentrate our efforts around some fishy looking highways but nothing else turned up so we headed home after the turn of the tide.  

Just last week, I went down the coast with 2 of my mates and dad let us take the boat which was kind of him! Camped at the Hacenda for 3 nights. Fishing was slow and tough yet again, with howling wind gusts and rain for a couple of days. Fished hard most of the days for a few legal flatties in the 40cm range and a couple of little bream all on lures. However, one tide turn my luck changed and I had hooked up to something that had some real weight! After a solid 5 or so minute fight in light tackle up came the biggest flathead I had ever encountered! The girl was netted and she went 81cm! A huge pb upgrade from 63 which I caught around 5 years ago! A few happy snaps and she went off swimming which was golden to see. The boys were pretty fired up after that one but the wind was extremely tough to challenge and we were losing a fighting battle. Tried endlessly for jacks the entire weekend as well for no success. I put it down to the wind and sudden drop in temperature so I still haven’t cracked my first red dog but I can feel it’s coming.

Anyways guys thanks for reading and sorry for blabbering on. Here are a few pics which still get me excited when I look at them. These fish won’t be forgotten for a while.

Cheers

Anthony

Wind was up so worked hard to get a couple like this

Dad was pretty happy to get this one. Trying to teach him to throw rubber

Dad was pretty stoked to get this dollie after we dropped the marlin

I've always gotta have a hold too!

Managed to brave the weather to get my mates onto a few of these pan sized models

Couldn't be happier to have caught this croc! Sorry for the poor brag mat shot, she went 81cm which smashed my old 63cm pb!

Absolutely over the moon! 

Thanks for looking fellas

[Angus]

Beast indeed mate well done!

[qbkami]

Mate i would have been blown seeing a lizard like that! Good Trip!

Wish UQ had a fishing club when I was still there ahahah 

[kmcrosby78]

Cracking flathead and a darn nice dollie too, great combined report Anthony.

[samsteele115]

Nice report, what a beast of a flathead and mahi. Well done on the pb

[RUSSIAN]

Thanks for the kind words fellas!

[sprintcardude]

Was a great trip ant! Cracking fish, will never forget the fight and size!

[Luvit]

So good to see you achieve a PB.

Some nice fish landed and a pity on the black getting away, 

Dollies are a favourite of mine with spectacular colours, Aerobics and top eating.

good luck with running for president of UQ fishing club

[RUSSIAN]

19 hours ago, sprintcardude said:

Was a great trip ant! Cracking fish, will never forget the fight and size!

when you getting your boat Jus? Gotta get into it

[RUSSIAN]

18 hours ago, Luvit said:

So good to see you achieve a PB.

Some nice fish landed and a pity on the black getting away, 

Dollies are a favourite of mine with spectacular colours, Aerobics and top eating.

good luck with running for president of UQ fishing club

Thanks you for the kind words! The dollies go hard too which make them an excellent sport fish!

[FishoDave]

Thanks for the read and the pics, mate  Some great flatties there! I am hoping to get out and target some soon (probably landbased though around nudgee)

[Tybo]

I'm at UQ this year too, and noticed at O week that despite there being a Doctor Who and poetry club, there was no fishing club. I'll be happy to join also, will look into it. 

[RUSSIAN]

12 hours ago, Tybo said:

I'm at UQ this year too, and noticed at O week that despite there being a Doctor Who and poetry club, there was no fishing club. I'll be happy to join also, will look into it. 

The club is yet to be official. Like their Facebook page and you'll get all the deets