queensland Last Weeks Efforts

[jon]

Haven’t posted In a while so thought I’d throw up a quick report. Fished the Moreton bay classic two weeks ago with a few mates. Weather was good for most of the week and got plenty of time out on the water and very little sleep. Most of the week consisted of  very little sleep, waking up in the middle of the night, trying to piece together a decent game plan or heading to the grounds before others arrived. Although a multitude of specie categories were available we decided focus efforts on snapper and tuskies as we thought this would be our best chance. 

We fished hard and spent most of the time on tuskies. After three days of persistence I finally raised our first and only bluey which at 9.5 kg had put us at the top of the leaderboard. This victory was short lived though as only 20 mins after I weighed in somone else we know weighed in a solid 11 plus kg fish. After this we decided to focus on snapper and got a few fish around 90cm with the heaviest going 6.1 kg which is pretty light for that size, and it seemed most of the snapper weighed In were also pretty light for big fish. I think the biggest snapper was only around seven kg. 

In in the end I was pretty stoked to take second In the tuskie category,( along with a custom built rod brand new reel and a tackle bag for prizes too) and can’t wait to learn a bit more about these fish and chase them again next year. Throughout the week we got plenty of tasty by catch from sandies to squid  and grasses and was just good to have a week off of work with mates doing what we enjoy. Here’s a few more pics and hopefully another report soon if the weather holds for 1770.

[kmcrosby78]

Some great fish there Sef and congrats on the prize for the bluey, cracking fish. What are the two fish on the left above the sandies - slatey bream?

[A Master Fishing]

Epic trip, mate, blue swimmers, yum. 

[jon]

Yeah mate, mother in laws lol. I’ve personally never tried them but a mate I was fishing with reckons thier ok if iced bled and eaten straight up

[Drop Bear]

2 hours ago, jon said:

Yeah mate, mother in laws lol. I’ve personally never tried them but a mate I was fishing with reckons thier ok if iced bled and eaten straight up

Mate that is good reward for all that hard work. Well done. I have eaten plenty of slatey bream. They are great to eat. Not sure why they get such a bad rap. 

Congratulations on the 2nd prize and thanks for the report. 

[ellicat]

Wow, nice fishing. You've certainly got your spots well and truly sussed.

Congratulations on your placing.

[Scoota]

Nice work on the bluey and second place you obviously spent a lot of time and effort on target them. Nice work

Skinny snapper for a 90cm fish...you would expect a fish that long to be 8-9kg

Scoota...

[jon]

16 minutes ago, Scoota said:

Nice work on the bluey and second place you obviously spent a lot of time and effort on target them. Nice work

Skinny snapper for a 90cm fish...you would expect a fish that long to be 8-9kg

Scoota...

Yeah this time of year just around that moon they had probably all just spawned

[Scoota]

8 minutes ago, jon said:

Yeah this time of year just around that moon they had probably all just spawned

Probably right on the money there jon. Hopefully they are looking to fatten up over the next couple of months. Just had a quick look back over the last 20 years and most of the heavy snapper we have caught offshore Brisbane/Caloundra were in October to November.

Tight lines...

 

Scoota...

[tugger]

Some great fish in that lot well done Sef 

[Old Scaley]

Who said the Bay is fished out?  Obviously lots of time on the water and lots of trial and error has gone into your well deserved success @jon. Congrats.  Quick question - I don’t see the bluey in the catch photos, so does that mean it was released? Do they eat well at that size? Sure is a great fish.

[jon]

Nah I had to keep it to weigh in, they taste great. It’s not in That photo as it was caught on a different day.