queensland Rain, Thunder And Lightening On The Gc Broadwater

[Kat]

Hi All

I had a welcome surprise pm from @deegee12g(Don) last week, introducing himself and asking if I would like a deckie spot on his boat, with the intention of fishing the GC Broadwater.  Apparently he had been quietly reading some posts and realised how keen I was and available weekdays.  I would call it obsessed, addicted, sometimes insane - thinking about fish and fishing all the time.  Anyway needless to say I took him up on the offer and the weather was looking good for yesterday, Thursday. 

I wanted to collect some yabbies the avo before but the tide was too high before dark.  So I left my bed at 4am on Thursday and headed to the local yabbie beds at 4.30am.  The tide was sti a little high so it was hard yakka and I arrived at the agreed boat ramp just in time to wash all the mud off me and change my muddy clothes before meeting Don at 6am.

We launched the boat at about 6.30 am and Don said he was bringing some heavier rigs than my 10 lb braid and leader.  His plan was to target some Tuskfish.

Shortly before heading off Don handed me a rod/reel setup ( what do I call it?).  Anyway he handed it to me and asked me how it felt.  It felt good so I said so.  Don then said it's now yours!!!! Well that made my day (particularly as the rod my brother gave me to handle bigger fish is to be returned - his wife was not consulted apparently ).  

We headed out and did some drifting, me with the  yabbies and Don with his live worms (night wrigglers I think he said - from his worm farm).  We were immediately pulling up unders, whiting, bream, tarwhine, and that little pretty whiptail.  Don wasn't really looking at it when I asked him what it was - he was on the other side of the boat busy releasing an under of some sort.  Anyway Don suggested we move on as everything was small and we didn't want to waist our bait on unders.

We moved around to a few different areas but not much was showing on the sounder and the tide current was getting pretty quick so drifting wasn't going to be too successful as it was too fast.  We were getting lots of pickers.

Don thought we should change tactics and try some squid jigging.  Sounded good to me this was one of our plans anyway.  I had packed the only squid jig I own called Nemo.  We put my jig on another of Don's rods.  We found the deepest water we could and while Don kept an eye on us drifting fast and tied on his jig I had my jig in the water, drifting and jigging up and down slowly and gently.  Don said to me that if I had a squid I would just feel like a dead weight dragging on my line, as if I had caught a heavy piece of weed.  After about 10 min I felt just that but it was really quite heavy.  I carefully kept a bit of pressure on and began slowly reeling in and then all if a sudden there was no weight.  We wondered if it was a snag of some sort.  Anyway we continued to drift.  By this point Don was jigging too.  After another minute or so I felt a weight on my line again.  I kept pressure on and slowly gently wound it.  Finally I could see a squid surface.  Pretty sure I let out a little whoo hoo then he started squirting black ink.  Don got the net under him and just as he did he dropped off the jig.

We tried starting again and drifting back but no luck and by this time there were ominous black clouds to the North.  The wind had picked up and the current was too strong to drift.  We headed back to where we might have less current and more luck.

By the time we were back and baiting up again the rain started, thunder and lightening and we couldn't see two feet in front of us.  Don had a long drive back home and he was soaked through so we crawled back to where we thought the boat ramp was and called it a day!

Don put the heater on in his ute while we covered the boat.

Squid was great fried in some butter with salt.  

Being addicted I also went land fishing after Don drove home - had to use the yabbies!  Got unders flounder and tarwhine and one keeper bream.

Saved the squid head and offcuts for bait in freezer.

Thanks Don your a legend.

Cheers Kat

 

[Damo300]

Sounds like ya's had a ball. Well done in the squid. 

 

Good on you Don. You're a bloody legend. 

Your rod and reel combo is referred to as an "outfit". 

I know, sounds weird but it's an outfit. 

 

[Kat]

Thanks Junky!

Oh I forgot to add.  I committed a cardinal sin yesterday.  Can anyone guess what it was?

Cheers Kat

[Kat]

Nemo

[ellicat]

Sounds like a good day's fishing and great to see
@deegee12g offering up a spot. Shame you didn't get a tuskie, they fight well for their size.

You're now beating me on the squid count by one. haha

Did you take a banana ?

[Kat]

23 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Sounds like a good day's fishing and great to see
@deegee12g offering up a spot. Shame you didn't get a tuskie, they fight well for their size.

You're now beating me on the squid count by one. haha

Did you take a banana ?

Good Guess!  Again lesson learned.  Thank goodness I wasn't with anyone that would have thrown me overboard.  It was a huge banana (only yellow ones left) but good for my diet as a snack after having a shake for breakfast at 4am. Anyway, I pulled it out and started eating while Don was driving the boat and he looked at me sideways with this like, weird glare and a bit of a smirk.  I said I know it is huge.  He said he wasn't looking at the shape and didn't I know about Bananas on boats?  I do now - hence the thunderstorm lol.

[Kat]

35 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Sounds like a good day's fishing and great to see
@deegee12g offering up a spot. Shame you didn't get a tuskie, they fight well for their size.

You're now beating me on the squid count by one. haha

Did you take a banana ?

Yeah.  I was gonna tease you about the squid

[ellicat]

I recall a day out with @rayke1938 some years ago. We didn't have a very successful day which is quite unusual. At the end of the day I pulled out a bag of lollies. You guessed it they were banana lollies. Doh!

[Kat]

Just now, ellicat said:

I recall a day out with @rayke1938 some years ago. We didn't have a very successful day which is quite unusual. At the end of the day I pulled out a bag of lollies. You guessed it they were banana lollies. Doh!

Funny you should say that - pretty sure Don said @rayke1938would have thrown me overboard lol

[ellicat]

[Damo300]

The banana is a myth. 

Stems from back in the fruit transport days. 

Extreme fishing made a skirt out of a banana and trolled up a 150+kg striped marlin. 

Andy's catch and cook always has a banana in his boat or ultralight. He catches good fish. 

I've had bananas on my boat and cleaned up. 

So don't feel bad cause it's a load of bollocks. 

[Kat]

Hi @junky

Yeah I know - I am generally not a superstitious person.  Don and I discussed the fruit transport theory too.

Cheers Kat

[Andrew_P]

I don’t prescribe to the banana theory either, but on those slow days I look at the banana boat sun cream with suspicion...

I do, however, prescribe to the “lucky green jocks” theory!

to each their own

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi Kat and Don

Great day out. Good on you for giving Kat the combo Don - what a good gesture  !

The squid would've been yummy

Cheers Hamish

P.S. I don't take bananas ever when on someone else's vessel but often on the yak, Lol. (Mainly because my dad will complain about 'no bananas to gain energy on')

[GregOug]

Finally! That’s what I’ve been doing wrong! My sons always bring bananas to eat. Usually a hand or more. As well as chips, tins of salmon, apples, crackers and dips, sandwiches, muesli bars and just about everything else not bolted down in the pantry. They can certainly eat.

[Drop Bear]

On 24/10/2020 at 8:03 AM, Kat said:

I am generally not a superstitious person

Its bad luck to be superstitious.