Jacks, Mulloway and Squid

[Daryl McPhee]

I've been lucky enough to be working at Amity Pt on North Stradbroke Island, and while the work bit means that fishing time for me is very limited, I have been able to assist my students and Max to catch some good fish. 

As well as the usual grassies, Moses Perch and squire there have been some trophy fish mixed in. First, one of my American students on his 4th cast in Australia got an 84 cm mulloway on a lightly weighted hardihead. I suspect he won't get a bigger fish in his remaining time in Australia. 

Then Max showed came over and showed everyone how it is done with a trio of Mangrove Jacks - 47, 55 and 57 cm on live yakkas. He did an excellent job landing those fish landbased in very rough ground. 

The squid have been present but not abundant, but there are enough to make it worthwhile. 

Remember you don't need a boat to catch good fish. 

[Allnighter]

Love it, Outstanding ! 

seafood smorgasboard 

[ellicat]

Wow. Looks like you Max-imised your limited time !

Were you using a long trace for the jacks or unweighted ?

[Bretto77]

Great fish! I don't think I want to report how we went on Sunday ....

[Rebel]

Top photos.

Well done.

[Daryl McPhee]

Just got a couple more mulloway in a shirt session this afternoon. The one in this photo and a smaller 60 cm model that I prioritised safely releasing without a photo. 

[Kat]

Ha ha.  Shirt Session!  I thought that was some fishing term I didn't know - til I realised it was a typo. 

Looks like some good fishing Daryl .  Love your reports

[kmcrosby78]

Great effort by Max to land those jacks landbased from a rock wall - did he get busted off by any? 

[Daryl McPhee]

34 minutes ago, Kat said:

Ha ha.  Shirt Session!  I thought that was some fishing term I didn't know - til I realised it was a typo. 

Looks like some good fishing Daryl .  Love your reports

It was definitely a short session, but I was wearing a shirt. 

[Daryl McPhee]

18 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Great effort by Max to land those jacks landbased from a rock wall - did he get busted off by any? 

It's rough ground we were fishing but he managed three out of four so that's very good all things considered. It's always good to get top quality fish landbased. 

[Daryl McPhee]

On 07/03/2023 at 1:18 PM, ellicat said:

Wow. Looks like you Max-imised your limited time !

Were you using a long trace for the jacks or unweighted ?

We were using a long 50lb trace and fishing unweighted or lightly weighted up to about a 1 ball sinker. 

[kmcrosby78]

On 7/3/2023 at 7:11 PM, Daryl McPhee said:

It was definitely a short session, but I was wearing a shirt. 

Much better than a sh!t session ….. .

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Great job Daryl and Max. 

[Daryl McPhee]

I finished with one more mulloway before coming back to the mainland. It is good to be able to successfully target them on a regular basis, but it will soon be time to change focus and start to target tailor. 

[Memsmullowayhunter]

Hey all is Stradbroke Island accessible by car? New to the area and unsure?

[ellicat]

Sure is. You catch the ferry over from Cleveland.

[Kat]

Isn't it called a barge when you have the car on board?

[Angry51]

Barge is when you're in a hurry.

Ferry is the female of alf.

[Old Scaley]

9 minutes ago, Kat said:

Isn't it called a barge when you have the car on board?

You can get a passenger ferry as well, @Kat.  Much, much cheaper if you are going for a day trip and don’t need to take heaps of stuff.