Brisbane River Session #215 and #216

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi all

This week hasn't been the best for me for fishing, and I didn't go as much as I wanted, but at least I still got out for a fish. The first session was last Thursday arvo and the second session was at a new spot with @Thorbjorn Hale today. 

On Thursday arvo I got home after school and rode the 25 minutes or so to my spot. I arrived around half past four, and got straight to cast netting. It wasn't too successful, but I eventually got a mullet and bony bream to chuck out on my rod. It was low tide change, and I also gave a small soft vibe a bit of a flick around for nothing. There were plenty of small prawns flicking around, but annoyingly I could not manage anything on my livies. I fished until it got dark then I rode home, disappointed with my quick but unproductive arvo session (even more disappointed I had to go to school the next day, lol). It is worth mentioning though, that I did catch a small 25CM jew on a tiny prawn, though it didn't fight at all... hopefully some bigger ones this winter!

Stats of Trip:
Tide: 3:50PM, .3M, Low

Moon Phase: 2 days before full moon

Bait Caught and Used: Live mullet, bonies, ponyfish

Fish Caught: one 25cm jew

Tackle Used: Shimano Symetre 4000 on Shimano Sentire 5-9KG spinning rod, Shimano Baitrunner DC 8000 on Kmart rod, size 4 star sinkers, size 2 paternoster sinker, circle hooks, barrel swivels, 50 pound leader, Shimano Stradic 3000 on Raider with soft vibe. 

Air Pressure: 1009

Humidity: 42%

Overall Success Rate: 15% - beats homework

The next session was this Saturday with Thorbjorn at a new spot he suggested we try. We met at a nearby ferry terminal and had a castnet around the banks, where I caught a few silver biddies and Thorbjorn cleaned up on the winter whiting (enough for the session). This was good, although it was a shame we didn't manage any herring. We then made our way to the pier, which had no one else fishing at it. We deployed our lines, and it started off pretty quiet. We also tried cast netting off the pier, which brought a couple little herrings, and bait jigging, which didn't get us anywhere. 

The first fish of the day was a tiny tailor I caught, but a fair while later we heard the scream of Thorbjorn's baitrunner. He set the hook and it was a big fish - unluckily for us it managed to snap the knot shortly after. This was on the herring, and it seemed these would have been ideal baits for the days fishing if we could've caught a few more. We continued to fish with a bit more hope now, but the bite died again. As we tried to pass the time, I snagged my (very) new net quite badly on some rocks, ripping a couple holes in the net. I mentioned to Thorbjorn it felt like there was a fish in it as I was trying to get it free, and sure enough, as well as a couple of fat holes, a nice Brissy River Luderick emerged with my net. I think I know where I'll be trying for these next - 

First luderick, 40cm

After I stitched my net up, we continued fishing. I got some large mullet in the net, and seeing as though whiting and silver biddy wasn't getting much love I chucked a strip mullet bait out in hope of a fish. Thorbjorn live baited one, and after a while longer my rod was getting some toadfish like bites. Sure enough, I pulled in a rather large model, to our disgust. We continued persisting, and towards the end of our session I heard the screaming of my baitrunner. Annoyingly, the gang hooks didn't quiet stick, and I dropped what felt like a pretty good fish. Bugger. We headed home on the ferry and annoyingly I'm not allowed to go fishing tomorrow.  

Stats of Trip:

Tide: 4:30AM, .6M, Low, 10:00AM, 2.2M, High, 4:40PM, .4M, Low

Moon Phase: Full Moon, though there wasn't much run

Bait Caught and Used: Live winter whiting, silver biddies. Herring had most of the action. 
Fish Caught: Toadfish, tailor, luderick. 

Tackle Used: Mix of 3000-8000 spinning/baitrunner reels on relatively heavy spinning rods of varying length, 15-30 pound braid and 50 pound leader for me, size 4 star sinker, circle hooks. 

Air Pressure: 1013

Humidity: 82%

Overall Success Rate: 40% - good to suss out a new spot and tick off a new species from the river

Anyways, thanks for reading another pretty boring series of reports. Hopefully I can catch something decent soon before school gets too busy. Thanks for coming along for a fish too Thorbjorn, it was lots of fun. Hope you enjoyed reading,

Cheers Hamish

[Junky]

Still good reading about your adventures mate. 

It's good suspense when I see the thread pop up. 

Is this the one where he gets another monster? 

You'll get into them soon. 

 

Did you keep the luderick?

 

Cheers. 

Damo. 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

51 minutes ago, Junky said:

Still good reading about your adventures mate. 

It's good suspense when I see the thread pop up. 

Is this the one where he gets another monster? 

You'll get into them soon. 

 

Did you keep the luderick?

 

Cheers. 

Damo. 

Hi Damo,

Thanks, hopefully I will. It was this ludericks lucky day as it was still towards the beginning of the session and I had no where to keep it. If I go out chasing them and catch one I will definitely keep it to try though.

Hamish

[Bretto77]

Sounds like you only just missed out on a couple of decent hits. The luderick makes for some solace in a damaged net. You still got out and it all counts .

[ellicat]

That second session sounds a bit frustrating, but the first session you got to share with a new mate so you can't complain about that.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

4 hours ago, Bretto77 said:

Sounds like you only just missed out on a couple of decent hits. The luderick makes for some solace in a damaged net. You still got out and it all counts .

Thanks Brett.

4 hours ago, ellicat said:

That second session sounds a bit frustrating, but the first session you got to share with a new mate so you can't complain about that.

Cheers Brian. 

[charlie.hans.fishing]

Nice report Hamish. Hopefully you get onto some threadies soon. Good work on getting out, though. 

Nice Luderick in the cast net. 

[kmcrosby78]

Nice luderick Hamish, good effort after snagging the net. 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

5 hours ago, TheCharliefisho said:

Nice report Hamish. Hopefully you get onto some threadies soon. Good work on getting out, though. 

Nice Luderick in the cast net. 

 

9 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Nice luderick Hamish, good effort after snagging the net. 

Thanks guys. 

[Thorbjorn Hale]

Sorry for the late reply, it was great going for a fish with you Hamish- I’m still kicking myself about the knot breaking haha. We should definitely hit that spot again and maybe bring bait from a different spot