Thy Brisbane River Giveth

[ellicat]

@Kat and I had organised a session on the Bay for Monday, but the forecast turned a bit dodgy, so we canned it Sunday. Then @Old Scaley sent me a text seeing if I wanted to join him for a river session. I felt a twist in my arm and accepted the invite.

Launched at Port of Brisbane ramp and went and deployed 4 crab pots, before heading down to the wharves to throw some plastics for a jew or threadie. No love after a while doing this and with the wind above forecast (glad I wasn't in the Bay) we headed back up the river to the pipeline. We threw more plastics here but again no joy.

Decided to head further upstream and drift some baits. Not much luck doing this either. The thought of the dreaded donut entered my head. Then finally around midday they came on the chew and I landed a nice legal squire, followed by Steve with one too close to call so was let go. We did a few re-drifts and picked up some more then Steve was onto a weighty fish that wasn't playing like a snapper. Sure enough up comes a beaut flathead. High fives all round as we haven't seen a legal flattie for quite awhile. Shortly after he did it again with a slightly smaller version. Then one of us got another squire but I can't remember which one of us.

Despite a few more hits and misses we decided to call time. Checked the pots for a nil score, then headed back to the ramp well satisfied with the day.

Thanks for the invite and day out Steve. Best day on the water for some time.

 

 

[Kat]

What did the biggest flattie go?

[ellicat]

1 minute ago, Kat said:

What did the biggest flattie go?

68.5cm

(See comp leaderboard thread)

[Kat]

Whoo Hoo

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Looks like a good session

[Junky]

Congrats boys. 

Well done. 

[Angry51]

Was only joking about the ice burn Brian, looks like a good day.

Can't complain when you come home with that many fillets.

Well done Brian/Steve.

[ellicat]

3 minutes ago, Angry51 said:

Was only joking about the ice burn Brian,

You made me take a closer look. Thought we'd been caught out.

[kmcrosby78]

Great session there fellas - good fun and some good feeds . That’s a nice flattie Steve . Plastics or bait?

Edited November 22, 2022 by kmcrosby78

[Andrew_P]

Thy Life of Bwian

[Old Scaley]

57 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Great session there fellas - good fun and some good feeds . That’s a nice flatties Steve . Plastics or bait?

Both were caught on cuttlefish. We were throwing plastics and vibes for a fair part of the morning to no avail, and being the lazy b@st@rds we are, we reverted to bait. Good day out @ellicat, thanks for coming and thanks for posting.

[FishingCrazy]

Very productive day. Good stuff, flathead fillet in a wrap, bit of salad and tartare sauce.....ooooohhhhhh baby 

[Allnighter]

Nice one lads!