queensland Mixed Bag

[Old Scaley]

Took a couple of non-AFOers for a fish at the port today. One guy had never fished there before and was keen for a Jew or a Threadfin so I put the castnet in and planned to arrive a couple of hours before high tide,

I was a bit surprised to see the number of trailers in the car park on a Wednesday and later we  saw a small flotilla anchored in the boat passage opposite the tug station. Could not work out why they were there until the water police dropped by for a safety check. I asked if they knew why all those boats there and the nice police woman told me they had been there every day catching large numbers of a fish that she didn’t recognise, but she did have a photo of what we quickly identified as River perch, so the annual run must be on. 

Anyway, we got a heap of good sized herring and a few gar in the net so headed to the Jewie/Threadie spot on the top of the tide and deployed some preprepared burley and a few livies. No action at all for an hour so moved on to chase the squire. The fish weren’t plentiful but the quality was good. I think it will be a good winter in that area.

 

[kmcrosby78]

Great mixed bag there Steve, well done skipper!!  Nice sized cod - yum!!!

[ellicat]

Good to see a successful session. What length was the thong ?

[Old Scaley]

15 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Good to see a successful session. What length was the thong ?

Bahahaha Mr @ellicat, you know how cr@p my photography skills are. The other guys took a few photos so if they tell a better story I will put them up once I get them. The snaps were high 30s, the flattie was 46 and the cod were 48 and 55 (and the bigger one was really fat). 

[tugger]

Awesome river session and we noticed the boats on Tuesday morning as we came back to our tug base i have never seen that many boats there before and I have worked there for over 15yrs and before that hardly anyone fished the river like they do now

[Drop Bear]

Nice work mate. Great to get a feed in the river! Cod are as good as it gets in my boat. 

I have never caught a River Perch. The stories of sugar bags full in the 40s makes me a little sad. I hope they can come back.