Boggy Session at Boggy Creek

[charlie.hans.fishing]

Hi all.

Here's another one of my intermittent reports that I rarely put up, mainly because @AUS-BNE-FISHOdoes for me .

Anyway, Hamish and I had decided quite last minute that we would go for a fish today at Boggy Creek, and try our luck targeting whatever was around on lures (primarily soft plastics).

Hamish's Dad drove us up to the designated spot at around 7 in the morning, and we arrived around 7:35 AM. It was looking promising as it was relatively quiet in terms of people/other fishos, except for a couple blokes were launching their kayaks and tinnies. It was a cool-ish morning and when we arrived it was almost a high-tide. (high was at 9am i believe)

We walked to a spot that gave us some access to the water, and within a few casts Hamish was onto a low 40s flattie that completely ripped up Hamish's finger (he had won, but at what cost? ). (excuse the bad photos)

 

Flatty

We continued to cast for a little longer at this spot and hamish picked up another flathead that flicked itself off the lure which was probably about 30cm so not too sizeable, however I was still on the donut.

 

Feeling like trying out somewhere else, we walked further upstream to another couple openings to the water and fished at each spot for around 30-40 minutes, with no luck. At this point it was the middle of the day and the tide was going back out, and the temperature was getting hot and uncomfortable.

After randomly flicking little spots all around until we got picked up by my parents with no avail, the heat was getting the best of us and our luck was looking slimmer by the minute. 

More and more people were turning up either fishing, launching boats, or flying through the waterway on jetskiis. With bait lobbed into the water by some other fisherman and the water being churned up by other people, it was dismal to say the least. 

When my parents arrived we headed back, with Hamish off the donut and myself still on the donut. 

Overall it was a partially successful trip for Hamish but not for me. 

Gear:

Charlie:

Daiwa Exceler  2-6kg 

Daiwa Legalis LT 2500d 

10lb 4x braid with 14lb fc rock sunline leader.

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Abu Garcia salty stage KRX elite - 1-3 kg

Shimano nexave 1000 

8lb 8x braid

6 and 10lb fluoro leaders.

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Lures:

Various paddletails, berkley nemesis 4 inch curly tail, 2.5 inch grubs.

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Hamish:

Abu garcia veritas (2-4kg?)

Daiwa Tierra LT 2500

8 or 10lb 8x braid?

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Lures:

Various paddletails, holt prawns, a chubby hardbody,some other things. 

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An interesting find by me!!!!

Flatty skull found lying in some mangroves from probably a 60cm model or something. 

Pretty gross apologies for anyone freaked out by it 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Thanks for the good report Charlie. Shame you didn’t catch anything - but I think we’d be more successful off a kayak! 

[Old Scaley]

So good to see how keen you boys are to get out and keep trying new spots. I think Hamish is right - Boggy would be a perfect spot for kayak fishing. I wouldn’t be surprised to find a jack lurking up amongst those mangroves in summer. You should be very grateful to have parents who are willing to drive you all over town so you can scratch the fishing itch. It won’t be long until you can drive yourselves and then the world will be your oyster.  Keep posting Charlie, you are doing a good job.

[charlie.hans.fishing]

4 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Thanks for the good report Charlie. Shame you didn’t catch anything - but I think we’d be more successful off a kayak! 

All good Hamish. Yeah i think so too we should go off one soon!

[charlie.hans.fishing]

4 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

So good to see how keen you boys are to get out and keep trying new spots. I think Hamish is right - Boggy would be a perfect spot for kayak fishing. I wouldn’t be surprised to find a jack lurking up amongst those mangroves in summer. You should be very grateful to have parents who are willing to drive you all over town so you can scratch the fishing itch. It won’t be long until you can drive yourselves and then the world will be your oyster.  Keep posting Charlie, you are doing a good job.

Thanks so much @Old Scaley.

It will definitely be a good spot to try out in a kayak and our success will be greater due to the increased access to various parts of the system. 

We are both thankful for our parents, it's not easy to drive 40 minutes out to the port that's for sure! Haha

We are looking forward to be able to get to spots ourselves in future!

Cheers, Charlie. 

[ellicat]

Well done on the flatties, Hamish.

Charlie, you could/should have snipped his line when he wasn't looking just to get even. haha

Good to see you both at it.

[Kat]

Sounds like a great day out.  Glad to see you have both got a fishing buddy.  I love bank fishing.  To be honest sometimes I think I like fishing from the land more than a boat!

You will also need a well paying job to be able to afford the petrol to drive yourselves around .

[Hweebe]

12 hours ago, Kat said:

Sounds like a great day out.  Glad to see you have both got a fishing buddy.  I love bank fishing.  To be honest sometimes I think I like fishing from the land more than a boat!

You will also need a well paying job to be able to afford the petrol to drive yourselves around .

I thought initially after I bought a boat that all my fishing would be exclusively by boat, however this hasn't been the case.

It's definitely good to have options for fishing though, boat, land, beach etc.

With the boat there is a bit of a pre-trip / post-trip process involved for an actual fishing session, whereas land based I can decide almost on a dime to pack the tackle bag, couple of rods, maybe a cast net, some comfortable chairs and I'm set - Call it back to basics fishing if you will.

[Kat]

19 minutes ago, Hweebe said:

I thought initially after I bought a boat that all my fishing would be exclusively by boat, however this hasn't been the case.

It's definitely good to have options for fishing though, boat, land, beach etc.

With the boat there is a bit of a pre-trip / post-trip process involved for an actual fishing session, whereas land based I can decide almost on a dime to pack the tackle bag, couple of rods, maybe a cast net, some comfortable chairs and I'm set - Call it back to basics fishing if you will.

Absolutely - with a boat you can't access some places you want as easily.  Can access others more easily.  Definitely cheaper to fish from land! And there is the added bonus of a bit more time in the sand, water and some exercise! 

[Angry51]

3 hours ago, Kat said:

 exercise! 

This is a family forum Kat.

Please don't use swear words.

[Hweebe]

That's exactly how i sell it to the misso.

I tell her when its a bit chopping simply standing in a boat is excellent core muscle exercise  

[charlie.hans.fishing]

23 hours ago, ellicat said:

Well done on the flatties, Hamish.

Charlie, you could/should have snipped his line when he wasn't looking just to get even. haha

Good to see you both at it.

Haha that's for sure Brian will do that next time 

[charlie.hans.fishing]

23 hours ago, Kat said:

Sounds like a great day out.  Glad to see you have both got a fishing buddy.  I love bank fishing.  To be honest sometimes I think I like fishing from the land more than a boat!

You will also need a well paying job to be able to afford the petrol to drive yourselves around .

Haha yeah landbased is fun.

Yep!

Cheers Kat