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Took the wife and two boys out fishing after Liam's soccer game on Saturday morning, heading straight to our usual haunt at Green Island. The boys love it because we always catch plenty and yesterday was no exception, with the first hour resulting in small squire one after the other - I reckon they would have caught close to 15 in the first hour and there my partly rigged rod (to put a floater bait out the back) lay to prove it ....... (nothing changes - perhaps I should start planning ahead and rigging it up at home ......).  We had a very large green sea toadfish on Georges rod (I fought that one for him), Liam got a just undersized tusky plus a small grassie and a nice big bar-tailed flattie but unfortunately a big grinner (@Old Scaley the boys could give you a run for your money ..... 🙂) had put a whole in the silicone net (right - no more grinners going in this net!!) and the flathead went straight through it. Turned out it was still on the line but unfortunately in attempt number two it threw the hook and won it's freedom (much to Liam's displeasure - not a happy chappy!!).

Dropped the family back to the ramp about 2:30pm (they lasted a bit longer than I was planning .......) and then back out to do some trolling for mackerel. Got one not far from Green Island and kept heading towards the Hope Banks, marking a couple of decent shows of bait along the way. Got a Watson's Leaping Bonito close to the Hope Banks then decided to go back to where I had marked the shows of bait earlier (was then hoping to head to the eastern side of St Helena Island outside of the Green Zone to find some new fishing spots but didn't get there - next time ... 🙂) and bingo, the sounder was impressive!!

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Trolled the area back and forth a few times picking up three more bonito and another mackerel. By this stage it was about 5:15pm so decided to anchor up and fish with pillies to see if I could add to the esky. The pillies were getting picked apart by the baitfish so I put out a whole squid on ganged hooks and then also plucked a couple of whole yakkas out of the esky. Had three sharks on in about a half hour period which was a lot of fun - the first one broke me off when it dove back down beside the boat so I upped the leader size and had a good fight with the next one, with it jumping and thrashing around on the surface a couple of times a fair distance from the boat. Got it beside the boat and it was dark by now and my headlamp was in need of new batteries - much around trying to tail it and also trying to gaff it before it eventually busted me off as I was messing around. Grr!!! 

Caught and landed the next one after again mucking around trying to land it - good fun solo in the dark!!  Busy back at the ramp with about a 15/16ft tinny towing about a 20ft fibreglass boat in. After I retrieved mine  a guy came over to ask if I had a detachable winch handle as his had bounced off in transit - I didn't but luckily he only had a 15ft tinny and a couple of guys to help so seemed to be in control.

My boys were excited to see the catch when I eventually got out of bed this morning .... 🙂 

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Good result for a family day.

12 hours ago, ellicat said:

Fun day. As long as the kids are catching it makes for a more pleasant time for Dad. I also learnt to just accept the designation of being a helper when the kids were young.

Conditions look tough...

I've been told it's best to gut shark asap to avoid the ammonia flavour.

Definitely a good idea to get the guts out of a shark and the brown sinu that runs down the spine in the gut cavity is the one you need to get out. People say you must head them but, I have never found you have to. Just get that brown stuff out, you will know it by the smell. Otherwise one of the best eating things swimming IMO. 

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Nice report @kmcrosby78, sounds like something for everyone in the family.  I know your boys want to take that grinner mantle away from you, but I think @benno573 is the new holder of that title.  He and I had a good session over at Mud on Saturday morning and he landed some stonker grinner, most of which ended up in the crab pots. No time to do a report today (and no photos) but we (more specifically Benno) ended up with a good cod, one good pan sized snapper, a 50cm flathead, a couple of legal tuskies and 3 sandies out of 8 pots.

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Ate the bonito last night (yummy done Mediterranean style with olives, tomatoes, olive oil and lemon in the pan with the fish, also works well with tailor) and had the mackerel tonight. Have frozen all the shark - it will turn into tacos and probably curry. Will let you know.

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17 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Ate the bonito last night (yummy done Mediterranean style with olives, tomatoes, olive oil and lemon in the pan with the fish, also works well with tailor) and had the mackerel tonight. Have frozen all the shark - it will turn into tacos and probably curry. Will let you know.

Bonito is delicious. Yum.

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On 27/05/2019 at 7:36 PM, kmcrosby78 said:

Ate the bonito last night (yummy done Mediterranean style with olives, tomatoes, olive oil and lemon in the pan with the fish, also works well with tailor) and had the mackerel tonight. Have frozen all the shark - it will turn into tacos and probably curry. Will let you know.

Sounds delish mate. Fresh fish is always good. There is always a method somewhere to make any fish taste great. I’ll have to give that one a go. 

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8 hours ago, Ge_off said:

You eat the bonnie, I only use them as salted bait, best dead Jack bait ever, Love the recipe and I will definitely give that ago, Thanks for sharing.

Yep they are great bait. But they are delicious as well. Nothing like a tuna. Give it a go if the baits are plentiful and the big ones are not. 

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On ‎31‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 5:53 AM, Drop Bear said:

Yep they are great bait. But they are delicious as well. Nothing like a tuna. Give it a go if the baits are plentiful and the big ones are not. 

Thanks Drop Bear, I caught 2 nice ones on Saturday about 2 miles off Kirra Beach,  Ate it on Sunday night, Cut into pieces with halved cherry tomatoes, Olives, chopped basil olive oil, lemon and salt and pepper, To my surprise It was very nice, i'll do that again for sure,
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10 hours ago, Ge_off said:

Thanks Drop Bear, I caught 2 nice ones on Saturday about 2 miles off Kirra Beach,  Ate it on Sunday night, Cut into pieces with halved cherry tomatoes, Olives, chopped basil olive oil, lemon and salt and pepper, To my surprise It was very nice, i'll do that again for sure,
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Ripper. Well done. 

 

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3 hours ago, Jack60 said:

Do all beacons in Moreton bay hold schoolies, or is it a process of travelling around to each to find them. Also are there any beacons in close to main land that seem to hold schoolies more frequently. Cheers 

Hey Jack. Welcome to the forum. I wish I knew. They seem to be all over the place at times. One Mile normally has a few. 

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