queensland Tomorrow

[GregOug]

Weather looking good. Batteries are charged. Might give Moreton Bay a go tomorrow!

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

3 minutes ago, GregOug said:

Weather looking good. Batteries are charged. Might give Moreton Bay a go tomorrow!

Hi GregOug

Good luck, hopefully you can pull together a good feed.  

I hope to be at the POB on the weekend, or if I'm finished my school work Friday (then it probably won't be as crowded) to test the kayak's sounder. We'll probably just fish around Fisherman's Island, finding any strcutre and see if we can get anything. Saying this, there's a good chance it could just be at the local park to learn how to use use the thing... LOL.

Cheers Hamish  

[ellicat]

Good luck.

Hopefully there is no ramp rage.

[fishingnut]

windy saturday and will be packed!

[GregOug]

38 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hi GregOug

Good luck, hopefully you can pull together a good feed.  

I hope to be at the POB on the weekend, or if I'm finished my school work Friday (then it probably won't be as crowded) to test the kayak's sounder. We'll probably just fish around Fisherman's Island, finding any strcutre and see if we can get anything. Saying this, there's a good chance it could just be at the local park to learn how to use use the thing... LOL.

Cheers Hamish  

Go for it Hamish. I’m told you can catch snapper around the rock walls at Fisherman Island. Never done it myself though.

[GregOug]

15 minutes ago, fishingnut said:

windy saturday and will be packed!

Yep. Tomorrow looks the best bet at the moment 

[GregOug]

36 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Good luck.

Hopefully there is no ramp rage.

Agreed

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

4 minutes ago, GregOug said:

Go for it Hamish. I’m told you can catch snapper around the rock walls at Fisherman Island. Never done it myself though.

Hey GregOug

Alright, I think it would pay to have a bit of berley and a snapper rig. I'll have some mullet strips (mullet my dad got in the net) and probably some pillies. I know my hopes are to high here, but it would be great to have snapper in the esky!

Cheers Hamish  

[GregOug]

4 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hey GregOug

Alright, I think it would pay to have a bit of berley and a snapper rig. I'll have some mullet strips (mullet my dad got in the net) and probably some pillies. I know my hopes are to high here, but it would be great to have snapper in the esky!

Cheers Hamish  

If you don’t try, it won’t happen 

[GregOug]

Well. A quick report. Went out yesterday as planned. The motor, boat and, importantly, the batteries all went well. The weather was a bit of a disappointment though. Far from the predicted less than 0.5m seas I would say they were closer to 1m in the eastern bay. The first gps mark proved a fizzer with the supposed “Hump” at 60 feet deep proving to be a flat tableland acres in extent, all of it 60 feet in depth! Lol. Moved to the next mark only to find a boat already positioned right over top. Every mark anywhere near a beacon was surrounded by boats so we started heading down the bay to the next set of marks but got sick of the chop on top of a decent swell, so headed over to Mud where we proceeded to wet a line for the remainder of the trip. At least it was more like the predicted 0.5 m there. The sum total of fish caught was 2 grinners. We threw these back because even though I seem to remember someone saying we’re good bait (I think) I still despise them from when I used to catch them many years ago. We did get some decent bites here which felt like squire but could have been anything I suppose. It glassed out from the river mouth in, so was able to open the big merc up a bit. All in all, a successful boating outing but a less successful fishing one. Hopefully I’ll find a spot soon where I can take my teenage sons and actually have a chance of catching some reef fish.

cheers

Greg O

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi GregOug

Thanks for the report, it's great the boat went well. Pity you only got grinners, I too have heard they are a good bait. If I ever catch one I'll relocate it to my freezer, LOL. 

Cheers Hamish  

[ellicat]

Shame the weather didn't play ball. At least you have a boat that can handle it.

I found the Bay better in the late arvo into the night or in the wee hours of the morning.

Nugget used to say "find the 10m contour and you will find the snapper". So I say if you find the 10 metre contour and look for some structure on that contour, you might be closer to them. A bit of homework to do on your charts.

[Old Scaley]

Bad luck @GregOug, I went out yesterday as well. For a normal (if there is any such thing anymore) week day there sure were a lot of trailers parked up when I got to the ramp. I hope not everyone out there is currently unemployed. I mainly wanted to have more play time with the electric motor, but of course I had a fish as well. Only went along the front rock wall at the port. Got there a couple of hours before the top of the tide and got smashed by rat squire around the 30 - 34cm size for the first hour. Heaps of bait schools again. The bite slowed towards the top of the tide and never came back. I tried a few spots on the way back in but hardly got a bite, so baked beans for tea last night.

The good thing is the Minn Kota is running fine and will easily hold on spot lock against a strong river tidal run. Glad I went for the 54” shaft instead of the 48”. There was a bit of wind against tide chop early in the session and I had to drop the shaft down to almost fully down to stop any cavitation.

[ellicat]

9 minutes ago, Old Scaley said:

Bad luck @GregOug, I went out yesterday as well. For a normal (if there is any such thing anymore) week day there sure were a lot of trailers parked up when I got to the ramp. I hope not everyone out there is currently unemployed. I mainly wanted to have more play time with the electric motor, but of course I had a fish as well. Only went along the front rock wall at the port. Got there a couple of hours before the top of the tide and got smashed by rat squire around the 30 - 34cm size for the first hour. Heaps of bait schools again. The bite slowed towards the top of the tide and never came back. I tried a few spots on the way back in but hardly got a bite, so baked beans for tea last night.

The good thing is the Minn Kota is running fine and will easily hold on spot lock against a strong river tidal run. Glad I went for the 54” shaft instead of the 48”. There was a bit of wind against tide chop early in the session and I had to drop the shaft down to almost fully down to stop any cavitation.

Good to hear it has the 'strength' to hold in that current.
You must've been spewin' at those 34's

[Old Scaley]

Just now, ellicat said:

Good to hear it has the 'strength' to hold in that current.
You must've been spewin' at those 34's

Yep. 2 trips in a row where I haven’t managed a legal snap. Might have to change locations until the bigger fish move in as the water cools. Forgot to tell @GregOug not to mention grinners when @kmcrosby78 is lurking on the site. He is the Moreton Bay Grinner King and gets a bit possessive about them. We saw in a recent post that he is training up his young bloke to take the crown when he retires.

[kmcrosby78]

3 minutes ago, Old Scaley said:

Yep. 2 trips in a row where I haven’t managed a legal snap. Might have to change locations until the bigger fish move in as the water cools. Forgot to tell @GregOug not to mention grinners when @kmcrosby78 is lurking on the site. He is the Moreton Bay Grinner King and gets a bit possessive about them. We saw in a recent post that he is training up his young bloke to take the crown when he retires.

I can't take all the credit Steve - your online tutorial utilising your extensive practice at catching them using a variety of methods (targeting snapper, targeting grass emperor, targeting mackerel, targeting ..... well, I'm sure everyone gets the message ... ) has definitely aided my considerable success .......