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Hi all,

I snuck out for a quick flick this morning in the river, hoping for something decent. The morning didn't start off great as I slept in, but I still managed to ride and arrive at the spot of choice by six. With the tide still running out, I was hopeful of a few baitfish, but I could hardly scrape together enough to continuously fish. Eventually I saw something of interest, a flathead lie. Maybe I will try flicking some lures around here the next time I'm fishing at high tide. I also caught a small flathead and flounder in the net, so clearly some more bottom dwelling fish get around here. 

https://lensdump.com/i/qGI3zP

Flathead Lie

As I continued to grind away for livebait, I saw someone drive by with a fully decked out lure fishing boat, which would be pretty cool to have. I didn't see him catch anything when he was fishing nearby though. Things just seemed to get worse for me though, as I managed to rip a couple of holes in my net that will need to be stitched to fix up. All my livies also kept seeming to get pickered but I never saw any bites.  

After about one and a half hours of fishing for absolutely nothing, I was out of bait and energy. I sorted all my gear out and had a drink, before getting back to netting. Here, I was lucky enough to net a nice size bony bream, which I chucked out on a 4/o circle hook pinned through the nose. I got back to the cast netting, and with no other rods out things weren't looking good... But then, I saw my rod get a couple of distinct hits before buckling over. I jogged back and as the fish went for another long run, I tightened my drag and the fight began. 

It wasn't long before more line was peeling off of my spool, and I was starting to get a bit nervous as the fish was running dangerously close to a very snaggy rocky ledge. Luckily, I managed to turn its head, and it slowly started to come back towards me. A few more cranks and I could see my sinker, then swivel... Sure enough, it was what I wanted! But the fight wasn't over yet, as the thready shot back down into the depths. After about 3 more minutes of fighting with some screaming runs on my 4000 reel, I managed to bend over and grab the fish in the mouth, landing it successfully. Nice. I got a walker to take a couple pics for me, before venting and successfully releasing the fish. The thready came in between 105-110cm, I don't know for sure as I didn't have it perfectly aligned on the brag mat. Although not quite a new PB, still a solid fish, and my first in ages.

https://lensdump.com/i/qGIsCZ

Thready

It was only about 8:15AM when I had that all sorted, so I netted and fished for a bit longer, catching one catfish, before riding home. On the way home, one of my rods fell through the floor of my bike buggy, and some pipes scratched another one of my rods up pretty bad, but at least I caught that thready. 🙂 

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. I probably won't be able to go fishing for a few weeks now because of school, so it was a good way to finish up. 

Stats:

Tide: 1:50AM, 1.4M, High, 8:00AM, .5M, Low, 3:00PM, 2M, High. 

Moon Phase: 40%

Bait Caught/Used: Live mullet, bony bream, silver biddy. 

Fish Caught: Threadfin Salmon x 1, Catfish x 1

Total Damage: Cast net ripped, had to do heaps of cast netting, made hole in bottom of bike buggy, chipped rod. 

Tackle Used: Shimano Symetre on Shimano Sentire Rod, Shimano Stradic on Shimano Raider, Okuma Coronado CDX on Silstar Crystal Powertip, Shimano Baitrunner OC on Jarvis Walker Aurora.   

Air Pressure: 1012

Humidity: 70%

Overall Success Rate: 100% - good session

Cheers Hamish

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10 hours ago, Bretto77 said:

You're a champion of energy and perseverance Hamish. Well done 👍

Thanks Brett. 

9 hours ago, Sylvathorn said:

Excellent Hamish, nice Thready, well done!

Thanks Sylvathorn. 

7 hours ago, mangajack said:

I'd rate that as a good session Hamish. Well done.

Cheers mangajack, definitely glad I got it in. 

5 hours ago, rayke1938 said:

nice fish,good photos.

Thanks Ray. 

2 hours ago, Jono4500 said:

That's a top fish good work. I always wondered when I tore my cast net am I putting more holes in it or less?

Cheers Jono, that's a good question, haha. 

1 hour ago, Doughnuts said:

Great work Hamish, awesome thread.!

Thanks Doughnuts.

1 hour ago, Neil Stratford said:

Very well  done !
Looks like you man wrestled that fish out out the mud,

Regards

Neil

Thanks Neil, it's mostly from all the cast netting I did. 

1 hour ago, Old Scaley said:

He’s back!!!!!

Hopefully I'll be able to catch a couple more after this, thanks Steve. 

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6 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Nice work Hamish, another quality thready. Well done on releasing it too (although I doubt I would 🤪).

Thanks KM, fair enough, they taste good!

1 hour ago, charlie.hans.fishing said:

Great work Hamish seems like it must've been a very enjoyable session given the nice thready 😄

Cheers Charlie. 

14 minutes ago, ellicat said:

When do you guys finish school ?

Saturday 25th of November I think. 

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23 minutes ago, Bretto77 said:

So you have a school related engagement on the Saturday? Or are you delaying gratification by acknowledging the Saturday morning wake up as the true beginning of a new chapter? 

Second one, first full day of holidays is Saturday, already can't wait!

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On 21/10/2023 at 7:39 PM, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hi all,

I snuck out for a quick flick this morning in the river, hoping for something decent. The morning didn't start off great as I slept in, but I still managed to ride and arrive at the spot of choice by six. With the tide still running out, I was hopeful of a few baitfish, but I could hardly scrape together enough to continuously fish. Eventually I saw something of interest, a flathead lie. Maybe I will try flicking some lures around here the next time I'm fishing at high tide. I also caught a small flathead and flounder in the net, so clearly some more bottom dwelling fish get around here. 

https://lensdump.com/i/qGI3zP

Flathead Lie

As I continued to grind away for livebait, I saw someone drive by with a fully decked out lure fishing boat, which would be pretty cool to have. I didn't see him catch anything when he was fishing nearby though. Things just seemed to get worse for me though, as I managed to rip a couple of holes in my net that will need to be stitched to fix up. All my livies also kept seeming to get pickered but I never saw any bites.  

After about one and a half hours of fishing for absolutely nothing, I was out of bait and energy. I sorted all my gear out and had a drink, before getting back to netting. Here, I was lucky enough to net a nice size bony bream, which I chucked out on a 4/o circle hook pinned through the nose. I got back to the cast netting, and with no other rods out things weren't looking good... But then, I saw my rod get a couple of distinct hits before buckling over. I jogged back and as the fish went for another long run, I tightened my drag and the fight began. 

It wasn't long before more line was peeling off of my spool, and I was starting to get a bit nervous as the fish was running dangerously close to a very snaggy rocky ledge. Luckily, I managed to turn its head, and it slowly started to come back towards me. A few more cranks and I could see my sinker, then swivel... Sure enough, it was what I wanted! But the fight wasn't over yet, as the thready shot back down into the depths. After about 3 more minutes of fighting with some screaming runs on my 4000 reel, I managed to bend over and grab the fish in the mouth, landing it successfully. Nice. I got a walker to take a couple pics for me, before venting and successfully releasing the fish. The thready came in between 105-110cm, I don't know for sure as I didn't have it perfectly aligned on the brag mat. Although not quite a new PB, still a solid fish, and my first in ages.

https://lensdump.com/i/qGIsCZ

Thready

It was only about 8:15AM when I had that all sorted, so I netted and fished for a bit longer, catching one catfish, before riding home. On the way home, one of my rods fell through the floor of my bike buggy, and some pipes scratched another one of my rods up pretty bad, but at least I caught that thready. 🙂 

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. I probably won't be able to go fishing for a few weeks now because of school, so it was a good way to finish up. 

Stats:

Tide: 1:50AM, 1.4M, High, 8:00AM, .5M, Low, 3:00PM, 2M, High. 

Moon Phase: 40%

Bait Caught/Used: Live mullet, bony bream, silver biddy. 

Fish Caught: Threadfin Salmon x 1, Catfish x 1

Total Damage: Cast net ripped, had to do heaps of cast netting, made hole in bottom of bike buggy, chipped rod. 

Tackle Used: Shimano Symetre on Shimano Sentire Rod, Shimano Stradic on Shimano Raider, Okuma Coronado CDX on Silstar Crystal Powertip, Shimano Baitrunner OC on Jarvis Walker Aurora.   

Air Pressure: 1012

Humidity: 70%

Overall Success Rate: 100% - good session

Cheers Hamish

do you fish albert river much?

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