queensland A fish before work

[Do$tylz]

So I got to squeeze out a quick 3.5 hour fish this morning before work.

An old work colleague was kind enough to hit me up for a deckie spot and I couldn't say no

We were on the water by 3:50am and our plan was to have a look at the blue beacons past the Brissy river mouth (1mile?) to see if there were any mackies around. Water wasn't as glassed as I expected but we could still motor near WOT.

We got there as the sun was just starting to light the sky and found 2 boats at the first beacon where we had about 4 casts before deciding to have a look at the 2nd beacon.

Got close to the 2nd beacon and saw 6 boats already on it so decided to give up on the mackies and head to mud.

Drifted the south eastern side and chucked 95% placcies with a few casts of a hardbody thrown in. Started off with 1/8th jigheads which is usually heavier than I like in the shallows around mud. Lots of touches but not a lot of hook ups. The fish didn't really convert until I went back to my usual of 1/12 or 1/16 sized jigheads. Most of my fish came on Damiki armour shads and rippers. Long live the Skin Blue colour!!!!! Thank you @Zim man (not that you are on here much anymore).

Lots of littlies around and lots of tackle lost to the rubble. I reckon I lost 10/12 jigheads this morning. How good are the colours!

and then on the classic "last drift/last cast" finally got a better grassy.

 

All fish went back for a swim and I made it home right on 8am to fire up my laptop and get stuck into my work.

Happy Friday everyone Cheers

[Brodie_S]

Not bad for a sesh before work seems like you a decent sesh . Awesome photos btw 

[The Mad Hughesy]

there's a lure i haven't heard of in a long time! i actually found a brand new pack of skin blue armour shads while cleaning out the other day, i was pretty happy to say the least!

nice pre work session mate!

 

[Do$tylz]

34 minutes ago, christophagus said:

there's a lure i haven't heard of in a long time! i actually found a brand new pack of skin blue armour shads while cleaning out the other day, i was pretty happy to say the least!

nice pre work session mate!

 

So when I started getting back into fishing a few months ago, I was down to my last pack of skin blues. I went looking to buy them and for the life of me couldn't find them at any of the normal suppliers, but did find 2 on ebay and bought them.

So I hit up Rob to find out wth was going on. He had a laugh and told me people stopped buying them 2 or 3 years ago so he stopped bringing them in. Lucky for me he was able to find a few others who were keen to get their hands on some again so Rob was kind enough to do a small batch order for us on his next shipment. I have enough 3inch shad skin blue's to last me a few years now . I should just sell off the rest of the 3" plastics I own... I honestly never use any other.

[ellicat]

Good to see you getting out for a productive fish, mate.

That looks like a legal tasty Grassie. Pity you couldn't stay longer to pursue a good feed.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi Henry

Good session. Some solid fish in there, especially that Grassy. Good work!

Cheers Hamish

[Old Scaley]

Good to see you posting again @Do$tylz. You and @rayke1938probably put up the best photos on the site.

[kmcrosby78]

Great way to start a work day Henry and yes, top photos mate, well done!

[Zim man]

been a while since i had a before work session. we used to do them a lot mate. How good are the skin blues.
I hit mud once with khoi and i had a 1/8oz and he used a 1/16, he cleaned me up till i changed to the lighter ones

[benno573]

i don't think i have any 3" ones left but certainly have a bunch of 5" skin blue and even the old moebi colour! i think i need to do more fishing if i haven't managed to lose all of them yet!

[Hweebe]

No better way to start your work day before being desk bound for the rest of the day