queensland What to chase?

[Towknee]

Hi Fellow Fishers,

Im taking an RDO tomorrow and will put the boat in at Shorncliffe tomorrow. For the first time in a few months. 
 

im out of touch on what’s biting at the moment. 
 

Thinking of heading over to Moreton and throw a few pillows around early then maybe chase some whiting. 
 

Open to any suggestions on what to chase this time of year? 
 

cheers

TowKnee

[ellicat]

Haven't been out myself but have heard there are some schoolies around the traps, so those pillies might get some interest.

There were plenty of diver whiting on the chew a couple of weeks ago at Fisherman's Gutter.

Good luck. (Word has it that it's a great time of year to be on the water)

[Towknee]

21 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Haven't been out myself but have heard there are some schoolies around the traps, so those pillies might get some interest.

There were plenty of diver whiting on the chew a couple of weeks ago at Fisherman's Gutter.

Good luck. (Word has it that it's a great time of year to be on the water)

Thanks @ellicat, Mackerel are one of my favourite things to chase. But I’ve only had a boat to handle Moreton bay for a couple of years & didn’t realise they hang around on Winter. 
Will see if I can find a couple! 

[ellicat]

There were plenty in the Rous Channel last winter, but @samsteele115 mentioned they are in the Rainbow Channel this year. Look for the birds diving in.

[ellicat]

Also, if you're interested in chasing tailor, there were plenty around the bottom end of Bribie last week.

[Towknee]

I’m just imaging how my day could go tomorrow.

Couple of Mackerel in the esky with a few tasty tailor for saturday breakfast. The. Get home ready for the mighty Broncos to get the two points! 

 

Let’s see how close I get

[samsteele115]

21 hours ago, ellicat said:

There were plenty in the Rous Channel last winter, but @samsteele115 mentioned they are in the Rainbow Channel this year. Look for the birds diving in.

Yep still schoolies in the rainbow as of yesterday

[GregOug]

On 12/08/2021 at 5:18 PM, ellicat said:

Also, if you're interested in chasing tailor, there were plenty around the bottom end of Bribie last week.

I note from your avatar that you are looking particularly ravishing this week @ellicat

[ellicat]

How'd you go, @Towknee ?

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

On 12/08/2021 at 4:43 PM, ellicat said:

Haven't been out myself but have heard there are some schoolies around the traps, so those pillies might get some interest.

There were plenty of diver whiting on the chew a couple of weeks ago at Fisherman's Gutter.

Good luck. (Word has it that it's a great time of year to be on the water)

Yes, and they were yummy too!

I hope you went well out there @Towknee.

Cheers Hamish

[ellicat]

23 hours ago, samsteele115 said:

Yep still schoolies in the rainbow as of yesterday

Did you get onto a few, Sam ?

[samsteele115]

17 hours ago, ellicat said:

Did you get onto a few, Sam ?

Na, a mate did. There are longies offshore! Might go have a crack

[samsteele115]

Got one  they can be a tricky fish to target, especially when they only eat tiny stuff. But they'll take a 30cm slimey

[Old Scaley]

Great fish, Sam. Are you sure you offshore? Or did you buy the fish and drop the boat in the local swimming pool for the photo? Those conditions look AMAZING!

[Towknee]

On 14/08/2021 at 12:57 PM, ellicat said:

How'd you go, @Towknee ?

 

I had two great days on the water, Friday and Saturday. 
 

Friday

put the boat in at 5:15am and headed to one of the Beacons to get some live bait. The plan was to head up to Bulwer for the hope of a few tailor and a couple of Mackerel!

I ended up spending to much time chasing bait for some reason. 
Then headed to Bulwer and threw the baits out. Caught a school mackerel on a pilchard, other than that it was quiet. I should of been there 45min earlier I reckon. 

I then caught a few small squid for bait and spent a couple of hours looking for some spots. I’ve never been to mud island before so had a sound around and caught a few baby snapper. 
 

Was great conditions and would of liked another mackerel, but found a few interesting spots on the sounder. 
 

Saturday

Took my two boys and Dad out for the day, was more of a boating day than a fishing day. 
the boys had fun catching livies to start the day. They then lost patience once they scooped out the first lot of livies to set the lines. So we then mixed up fishing with site seeing, dune climbing, nature watching. 

We saw two dugongs which the boys enjoyed. 
 

 Two days in a row on the water is something I rarely get to do. 

Thanks for the heads up on what was biting!

 

 

[ellicat]

Magic conditions and tops to get two days in a row. Throw in some fish and you're definitely a winner. Hoping to achieve the same myself later this week.

[kmcrosby78]

Geez, cracking conditions, hard not to have a good time with days like that. Nice mackerel too - well done .