queensland A Couple Of Trips

[Do$tylz]

Have done a couple of trips recently and only finding time now to share the quick stories and a few pics.

Trip 1

It was my best mates little's brothers birthday and he's on the cusp of being a dad so we used that as an excuse to get out for a sneaky fish. A launch at 1pm at Manly harbour in 10 knot winds was pretty uneventful, but getting around the rock wall, my memories were reconfirmed - 10knots in my tinny sucks A careful run across to Lota Creek to fish the falling tide and then pump some yabbies when the banks were exposed was our plan.

I really do enjoy teaching and showing people better fishing techniques and skills and then seeing it turn into catches. Lota creek can be hit and miss but man it can have a wild mix of fish in there.

 

 

 

[Do$tylz]

Tide dropped off so sent the boys on a yabbie pumping mission.

Man - those flats that you can only get to by boat are stacked with huge yabbies. Also was interesting to see the creek is going to be cutting itself off soon. It's starting to form a shortcut over the mudflats and cutting off the sharp bend.

[Do$tylz]

but nothing to write home about with those yabbies. Caught a few bream and tarwhine but no whiting. But man - it's a cracking spot for a lazy afternoon fishing session. Had to call it early because the sun was dipping and the breeze was picking up. Didn't want to be completely soaked on the run home so took our time slowly putted back. I think I'm gonna try and take my kids there next. They'll probably fish better than my mates did

 

[Do$tylz]

Trip 2 was Friday morning. Hit the water at 4:15 and back at the ramp at 9 so I could get to work. Got to head out with an old work colleague who just started boating so have been showing him around the bay a bit.

Sunrise was pretty beautiful.

[Do$tylz]

Fished around mud for not a lot but then we happened to be right on the spot where some tuba started busting up the bait that had been hanging around the boat. Unfortunately we only had 1 swipe for the 30odd minutes that we had a chance to cast up them. They kept popping up and down but were within casting range for a few of them. Nothing on 14gm chrome or 60gm chrome.

So we ducked up into some mangroves for a few flicks to see if we could find flatties but nothing of size. Just a few bream were brought up while skipping casts under the shadows. That was enough to make the session worth it. Love that kind of fishing where you skip cast too far in and panic that it's too deep so quickly crank the plastic out and you can see the bream chase it on its way out. There's gotta be jacks there in summer so will have to go back and give it a good crack when it heats up

And how good is the classic 3" armour shad in skin blue @Zim man

[Do$tylz]

and got to try out one of his new prawn placcies too. Look the goods and were smashed by the bream.

 

[ellicat]

Good to see you getting out and onto some fish.  How good are sunrises !

Did you take a feed for the family or release them for next time ? That flatty looks pretty tasty.

[jon]

Nice work bro, love seeing those lime green flames  on your boat back on the site again, hopefully I see you out on the water soon!

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi Do$tylz

Those look like some fun sessions chasing some good estuary species. Lota Creek seems to have a good variety of fish in it, and good work on that trev. (Well to your mate). 

Keep up the good reports.

Cheers Hamish  

[kmcrosby78]

Couple of fun sessions there @Do$tylz and your deckies look very happy. Great photos too - keep up the good work  

[crazywalrus]

good stuff Henry - Do you have the same boat? 

[Do$tylz]

@ellicat yeah my mates kept the flatty, trev and 3 bream for a feed. And man - I love the sunrise. It's so beautiful and peaceful. Although I forgot how much harder it gets to hit sunrise in summer. 4:15 and the sun is just starting to show light on the horizon. 3am wakeups are tough when you have to roll straight into the office and do a full day.

@jon yeah bro I'm so happy seeing it back on the water myself. Hit the 11yr anniversary with it this week and am stoked that it's still kicking. Hopefully see you out there soon man.

@AUS-BNE-FISHO mate it's a great spot for a yak or landbased too so you should give it a go!

@kmcrosby78 Thanks Kelv. The couple of double IPAs may have helped make those smiles bigger than normal

@crazywalrus YEP! sure do Ted. It was is pretty average shape for a while. I finally got it home after about 6 or 7 years of being either at Angus's house or my sisters or my mates. Over those years as things broke, I never got a chance to fix them and it needed a good clean and wash after life at Angus's where it became his cats favourite place to sleep So spent a few months taking it all apart, cleaning, rewiring, replacing, respraying and servicing to get it back to water worthy. She's almost back to the same glory as when i bought it off @bigtez. Just gotta replace the re-circulating pump in the livewell and pony up for a new trailer. Currently running on a cheapo 2nd hand trailer that I wouldn't take on a long drive or over bumpy tracks.

 

 

[crazywalrus]

22 hours ago, Do$tylz said:

@ellicat

@crazywalrus YEP! sure do Ted. It was is pretty average shape for a while. I finally got it home after about 6 or 7 years of being either at Angus's house or my sisters or my mates. Over those years as things broke, I never got a chance to fix them and it needed a good clean and wash after life at Angus's where it became his cats favourite place to sleep So spent a few months taking it all apart, cleaning, rewiring, replacing, respraying and servicing to get it back to water worthy. She's almost back to the same glory as when i bought it off @bigtez. Just gotta replace the re-circulating pump in the livewell and pony up for a new trailer. Currently running on a cheapo 2nd hand trailer that I wouldn't take on a long drive or over bumpy tracks.

 

 

I can imagine what it was like. They do not fair well when off the water. How was the motor, it cost me 2k to get mine back on the water.  Did you paint the famous black and green colours again?

[Do$tylz]

On 21/10/2020 at 11:47 AM, crazywalrus said:

I can imagine what it was like. They do not fair well when off the water. How was the motor, it cost me 2k to get mine back on the water.  Did you paint the famous black and green colours again?

Mate - so lucky the motor was fine. Had an old work colleague help teach me how to service the motor, but we didn't start her up at the time because the fuel in the tank was old. When I finally got round to trying it out, it wouldn't start. Ended up being the carb that needed a cleaning but since then - she's been running like a dream.

Yeah kept the original colours too. Respray was forced on me due to all of the bubbles under the paint that were forming. They were all filled with salt which was starting to eat away on some parts. Found a few pinholes that were easily filled and she's water tight again

 

[Drop Bear]

Glad to see she is still going strong.

Cats might not have been the only thing that slept in that boat when it was under Angus's... 

[ellicat]

3 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Cats might not have been the only thing that slept in that boat when it was under Angus's... 

Do tell

[Drop Bear]

14 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Do tell

A shgentlman never tellshs where he shleepsss after a pashty. 

[ellicat]

I thought it was you...

[Do$tylz]

hahaha. Lucky the front deck is just big enough enough to fold into a ball and sleep on

The greatest little tinny that could I love it.

[Drop Bear]

21 hours ago, Do$tylz said:

Lucky the front deck is just big enough enough to fold into a ball and sleep on

I'm only small...