queensland Amity Point

[Daryl McPhee]

I was working over at Amity Point last week and got to do a bit of land based fishing off the Rock Wall there. Amity Point always produces a great variety of fish. One of the highlights this time was a yellow boxfish. It fought like a box. Fortunately there was more desirable species including quite a few legal squire, a few squid and a few Moses Perch. I managed some leatherjackets as well and I am sure if I used a hook smaller than a 3/0 there were more on offer. Some nice looking (but undersized) Maori Cod and Spangled Emperor were also caught and released.  

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Good job Daryl. Those are some good land based squire, and great work on the other fishes. 

Squid have been something I’ve wanted to catch for a little while now. When I have time, I plan to try with Dad at Shorncliffe or Wynnum. We will each use a squid jig and have one rod with a bait spike and garfish or something similar!
Cheers Hamish

[benno573]

Some nice fish land based there mate. What bait did the damage?

also - is the darker red fish a paddletail?

[ellicat]

Nice mixed bag, Darryl. Great when you can combine pleasure with work.

We've got a few Maori cod over at the Rous too. One about 55cm.

[Daryl McPhee]

Yes, the little red one is a paddletail. Simple ole pilchards and squid did the damage. 

Defiantly a few Maori cod around the place. A good thing to see! 

[kmcrosby78]

Some good variety there alright Daryl, nice work (pardon the pun .... ).

[Daryl McPhee]

Always good to get a variety pack!!

[Drop Bear]

Nice fish there mate. 

Does anyone catch more fish land based than you? 

[Daryl McPhee]

18 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Nice fish there mate. 

Does anyone catch more fish land based than you? 

It was a nice bit of action and a good feed from amongst the things caught. 

[Drop Bear]

7 minutes ago, Daryl McPhee said:

It was a nice bit of action and a good feed from amongst the things caught. 

Can you fish there on all tides? Is there a preferred spot? 

[Daryl McPhee]

1 hour ago, Drop Bear said:

Can you fish there on all tides? Is there a preferred spot? 

Where I was fishing can be fished on all tides, but produces best on the early part of the run-up. A lot of small fish school up there on the ebb tide where I was fishing. There are other spots that are fished on the ebb tide. Most of the Amity Rock Wall can only be effectively fished around the change of tides or on the smallest neaps. I prefer a northerly wind as it keeps more boats away from anchoring on top of me (and catching nothing) and stirs up the place a bit. 

[GregOug]

Hi Darryl. I assume you’re a Southsider from the way you measured the box fish? I saw that method used quite a lot during the fishing comp.

[Daryl McPhee]

11 hours ago, GregOug said:

Hi Darryl. I assume you’re a Southsider from the way you measured the box fish? I saw that method used quite a lot during the fishing comp.

Ha Ha. It's the traditional local way of measuring fish isn't it? In reality I didn't want to handle the boxfish much because the skin excretes ostracitoxin which can potential cause "severe medical issues" if you transfer it from hand to mouth. It was pretty much photographed where it fell.....  

[GregOug]

16 minutes ago, Daryl McPhee said:

Ha Ha. It's the traditional local way of measuring fish isn't it? In reality I didn't want to handle the boxfish much because the skin excretes ostracitoxin which can potential cause "severe medical issues" if you transfer it from hand to mouth. It was pretty much photographed where it fell.....  

Yeah. I would too. Just being a smart arse.

[tugger]

I love Amity and miss the trips over there every year in winter renting a house for a week in Amity. 

[Daryl McPhee]

12 hours ago, tugger said:

I love Amity and miss the trips over there every year in winter renting a house for a week in Amity. 

It is a great spot. Pre-covid I was staying and working over there about 6 weeks of the year. Hopefully I can get back to that.