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Week On Moreton 14-19/6

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Hi all,

with the relaxation in restrictions opening Moreton back up to visitors, the Mrs, offspring and I loaded up the BT and hopped on the micat last Sunday.  New experience for all of us - camping with a 5 month old... what could possibly go wrong.... 😂

 

managed to to get all set up and as ready as possible before the rains came - we had about 35mm in an hour but thankfully I’d poured a big bourbon prior to the rain so it wasn’t too bad.

 

monday was looking like my best chance of a kayak so I was up early and down the beach looking for a spot to launch. Swell was up, sweep was huge and tide was dropping - not a good combo. After about an hour and several aborted attempts I called it a nasty name and headed back to camp. Went down the beach an hour later with bubs, swell was down and wind had dropped out. Managed to get out, fishing was annoyingly quiet thanks to a group of spearos. managed one cracker grassy at 41cm. Made it safely back to the beach. had a bit of a flick off the beach that arvo for one long Tom and a bream.

 

found out pretty quickly fishing opportunities were going to be quite limited as it had to work around bubs nap times and not leave mum to do it all on her own... maybe will invite the outlaws next time! 😂

 

I had a quick spin off the rocks Tuesday morning, nothing of note landed. Had a flick on dusk on Tuesday arvo for 5 bream and a decent tailor.

 

wednesday the wind was more SSE but still about 15-20kn. The Mrs wanted some fillets for the freezer so I was back out on the kayak for a full 3-hr session! 😳 wind made it challenging but I managed 2 nice size snapper @ 42 and 44, a 35 grassy and a 64cm school Mack. Heaps of undersized and other bits and pieces kept me amused. I released a 38cm bream in there as well. Time for the better of me so I had to head back to the launch spot but decided to troll a slug for the fun of it. In 6m of water, near no structure at all I got a hit and then a screaming run - surely not a mackerel here! Had a good argument and a very solid schoolie at 71cm was boated. Fluke!! Shared some Mack fillets with a family who were a bit short on food - they were extremely appreciative. 

 

no fishing Thursday day time, snuck down to the beach on dusk to the same gutter from Tuesday hoping for a couple of tailor to take home. Unfortunately lost a cracker at the shore, teeth and 12lb leader not the right combo. Did land 8 legal bream, best going 34cm. Donated 2 to some guys who were relying on fish for dinner but didn’t have the right gear/technique, rest released.

 

thankfully a dry pack up on Friday and a nice easy trip back to Brisbane.

 

learnt a lot about #dadlife. Bubs loved the trip - hopefully a sign of many more camping trips in the future. No photos of fish unfortunately save the one filleting shot - note the assistant.

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cheers for reading.

benno <‘><

 

 

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Nice one @benno573 - some good fish caught and some top family time had. Squeezing in trips around bubs sleeping time is always fun - I remember those days ..... 🙂 Congrats on the new arrival by the way - @ellicat told me recently, great news!!  Oh and he also told me your other news ......... I've sent a PM to @christophagus to request a loophole in the eligibility rules for State of Origin so you can still represent (ie. score crucial points ...) when we resurrect State of Origin ........ 🙂 

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9 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Gees, you did alright on the fishing front for a Dads'life member. Some good fish were captured. Did the mrs get a go too ? How did Bun go with seeing the fish flapping around, get her excited ?

Super sunset shot !

Nah, mrs wasn’t overly interested - isn’t normally that into it and just has the occasional dabble so no change there. 

Bubs didn’t see a lot of live fish but certainly enjoyed watching 14 pelicans fight over the frames and all the other birds and trees along the way. She met Candice too. 

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14 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Nice one @benno573 - some good fish caught and some top family time had. Squeezing in trips around bubs sleeping time is always fun - I remember those days ..... 🙂 Congrats on the new arrival by the way - @ellicat told me recently, great news!!  Oh and he also told me your other news ......... I've sent a PM to @christophagus to request a loophole in the eligibility rules for State of Origin so you can still represent (ie. score crucial points ...) when we resurrect State of Origin ........ 🙂 

i will get around to ressurecting it...got a few new ideas floating around my head for this year!

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21 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hey kmcrosby78

I am in Sherwood, so I think I am on the Southsiders team as I'm South of the river 🙂 (I may or may not have read every Suburbs of Origin thread I could find 😉). 

Cheers Hamish

I had a feeling you were a good person ......... go the mighty Southsiders!!!  I used to live in Sherwood before moving to Murarrie.

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On 12/09/2020 at 8:46 AM, Drop Bear said:

Hey @benno573

I just fell on this report. Well done mate some cracking fish. 

Where did you camp? 

I suspect you were fishing just west of North Point? 

Did the bream off the rocks fall for a slug? 

Hey mate, 

camped at north point campground. 

Fish on the yak was at the spot we went to in rebel-t that time. No bream caught off the rocks, only long toms. Bream all came off the beach on plastics. 

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On 15/09/2020 at 7:44 AM, samsteele115 said:

Nice mate! I usually work on the weekends but will let you know when I know my roster. 

There's been stuff all around this week! 

I didn't realise it was school holidays so trip had to be cancelled as we cant find a place to throw a tent haha. BBL

Do you have any local info on the controversial building stuff at the point? 

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5 hours ago, Do$tylz said:

Nice one Benno. #dadlife and fishing is a hard thing to balance in the early days.

I could not imagine being able to pull off 5 days of camping with a 5 month old. Hats off to you.

yeah looking back i am not sure what we were thinking there.  seemed like a good idea at the time!  one good thing is at 5 months they are unlikely to head off exploring on their own and not be exactly where you left them.  trying to sneak out of the tent in the middle of the night for a leak without waking the bub was an interesting challenge.  but otherwise - it really wasn't as bad as you might think - just pick up existing routine and move to different location really. 

it's also really interesting watching someone else experience things for the first time.  she absolutely loved it, hoping for more of the same next trip.  but with more and bigger fish for me.

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On 17/09/2020 at 7:07 AM, Drop Bear said:

I didn't realise it was school holidays so trip had to be cancelled as we cant find a place to throw a tent haha. BBL

Do you have any local info on the controversial building stuff at the point? 

I haven't read enough into it to be honest, there's so much happening on the island I wouldn't be surprised 

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