queensland NPD Bit Windy 4/2/18

[rayke1938]

When i got up at 2.30 it was blowing quite well at Redland bay and the whiteside forecast was of 20ks by 10 am and it was already 20ks at redcliffe so desperate to dodge having to think about the possibility of doing something at home  I checked a couple of inland weather stations and it was only blowing around 6k so that was good enough for me to head off.

In the excitement of launching I left my box with sunnies,glasses and camera in the car.

Got a feed of redclaw and headed downstream.

 First spot 2 bass and 5 forkies and the wind started to get up with the i pilot just able to hold its own so off to the floats.

Forkies on the yellow so a move to the white

 Ended up with a total of 47 bass most in the low to mid 30s.

By 10 am the dam was covered in whitecaps and i pulled the pin as i was a bit worried about recovering the boat on the ramp by myself.

Only photo is the despiked forkies that i brought home for redclaw bait.

Cheers

Ray

[Luke Landrunner]

The wind was the only reason I hesitated at the decky spot.

Great solo session.

Hope to meet up one day.

[kmcrosby78]

Great determination there Ray - you're one motivated fella as it would have been easy to put it into the too hard basket. Great effort to be able to handle the boat and get it back onto the trailer in the wind by yourself mate, kudos to you.

[Drop Bear]

Nice one mate. hope you enjoy the redclaw. Do you ever eat the forkies? They are supposed to be ok on the chew? 

[rayke1938]

Used to eat forkies from Brisbane river on off pay week when I was younger.

Rick smokes the ones he gets at wivenhoe and somerset,

Forkies used to be popular at the fish markets at Colmslie with the fish and chip shops, They were sold headed and gutted so not much waste.

Cheers

Ray

[Drop Bear]

1 hour ago, rayke1938 said:

Forkies used to be popular at the fish markets at Colmslie with the fish and chip shops, They were sold headed and gutted so not much waste.

what did they sell them as? Catfish?

[rayke1938]

sold as catfish and fish shops turned them into cod

cheers

ray