Newly retired

[XFE]

Hi all, newly retired and moved to Brisbane, D'Bay from FNQ. Land based at the moment and looking forward to a bit of relaxing fishing, salt and fresh. Any suggestions for a 68 yr old geriatric?

[Dinodadog]

Get yourself a small tinny and fish north pine dam. Have a look at the PRFMA site and Pine Rivers Lakes Fishing facebook.

[Kat]

Hi @XFE

I wish you well with your retirement fishing.  I can't provide any suggestions as I am still a newbie Fisho but welcome to AFO.

Cheers Kat

 

 

 

 

 

[XFE]

Thanks Dinodadog & Kat. Tinny is in the plan and thanks for the advice. Also planning to do a bit of "pest eradication."  Cheers!

[Hweebe]

Welcome to AFO. Redcliffe jetty and Woody Pt would be somewhere to try. 

If u fit and keen invest in a cast net and gathering fresh bait will be the go on these popular jetties. (Just read signs for when u can or can’t cast net)

Coming up to winter, night time squiding on these jetties are a lot of fun.

[ellicat]

Welcome to the AFO forum. There's great fishing at North Pine Dam as Dino said. It's an electric only dam. There are many reports to read in the Freshwater Forum.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi XFE

If you're anywhere near the Brisbane River, and you don't mind what you're catching, you could bait up with some prawns or mullet and you'd have a good chance at a catfish or juvenile bull shark. You also have the chance of a bream, cod, flatty, whiting, threadfin salmon, or jewfish, but that depends more on where you're fishing.

You could probably check out Bribie Island too. I don't know how well it fishes in general but I have successfully caught a legal whiting on the beach there (and a couple unders). The good bait was blood worms. I'd assume this would be a relatively easy spot as there is road access. 

Cheers Hamish

[Brodie_S]

What sort of rods/reels do you have I know learning to fish can be overwhelming at first but what sort of fishing gear/equipment  do you have and are there any certain fish speices you would like to catch or techniques you would like to try or are you a complete beginner?

[XFE]

Hi all, appreciate the welcome and advice. Not exactly a beginner, more a lapsed fisherman due to previous work commitments. Have a variety of rods and reels, baitcasters and threadline, and a 5/6 weight fly rod outfit. Happy to soak a bait or be a bit more active with lures,jigs, (or flies for  freshwater). Looking forward to a bit of dry weather and getting out and exploring various options being suggested here. Thanks & Cheers!

[Brodie_S]

What line classes and type of line do you have ?