queensland port session 01/12

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi all,

Earlier today, @Old Scaley, @charlie.hans.fishing, @ellicat, and myself snuck over to the Port for a session chasing some snapper. We launched from the POB Boat Ramp at about 9:30AM, with myself in Steve's boat and Charlie in Brian's boat - good way to start December! 

The first part of the day for myself and Steve was dropping the crab pots, so (although slowly) I put a mix of flathead, whiting, and mullet frames in those and we dropped them at Steve's spot of choice. Then, it was onto the fishing. We went over to where Brian and Charlie were and Brian had lost a large fish, likely a snapper, within five minutes of being there, but no other action.

Steve and I started drifting, and hopes were high, but with the tide roaring it wasn't long before we decided to upsize our sinkers. Once we did this, we were back in the game, but the fishing was very slow, and all of us repeated similar drifts over the area for no luck. Steve also flicked a vibe around here to no avail. 

As the day progressed, the wind slowly began to pick up, but luckily the wind was blowing in the same direction as the tide meaning it wasn't as rough as it could have been. Steve and I eventually gave the pipeline at the mouth of Boggy Creek a shot, but after one long drift for no results we decided to go and check the crab pots. It had only been a couple of hours but we were still very disappointed to see nothing in any of the pots. We decided on a slight spot change out to deeper water for the pots, and upon that we shot back over to the starting fishing spot. 

It was getting closer to high tide now, but there was still plenty of run to keep us drifting, and I fortunately got off the donut with an undersize squire on cuttlefish. Shortly after, we decided to go and pull the pots, to avoid getting caught in rougher conditions once the tide changed. This was relatively uneventful, with only one small jenny sand crab coming aboard briefly before being released. 

Once we had packed the pots away, Steve and I headed back to the spot I got the undersize snap. This proved to be a good call, because a few minutes into our drift Steve hooked up onto a better model, that pulled a fair bit of line off of his reel. After a solid fight, we had a keeper snap on the boat, coming in at around 42CM. 

We did a couple more drifts for another undersize snap, before calling it quits just after the tide change. We had a couple bites on pillies towards the end of the session but nothing converted. Charlie ended up getting a Moses Perch a bit later in the day as well, so no donut for him. 

Thanks for reading, and a big thanks to Steve and Brian for taking Charlie and I out on their boats today, it was still a great day with a couple of fish. 

Cheers Hamish.  

Stats:

Tide: 5:10AM, .5M, Low, 12:00PM, High, 2.3M. 

Moon Phase: 88%

Bait Used: Cuttlefish, pilchard. 

Fish Caught: Snapper x 3

Tackle Used: Light-medium spinning gear, relatively heavy ball sinkers, circle hooks, 15-20 pound leader. 

Humidity: 47%

Air Pressure: 1001

Overall Success Rate: 60% - target species was acquired. 

[Rebel]

Top report.

Well done.

[ellicat]

Thanks for the report, Hamish. It was a tough day at the office.

Hopefully the wind will die off and we can go chase some bay mackies over the holidays.

[mangajack]

Thanks for the report Hamish.

[charlie.hans.fishing]

Nice report, Hamish. 

Thanks Brian and Steve for taking us out. 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

On 2/12/2023 at 8:25 AM, Rebel said:

Top report.

Well done.

Thanks Rebel.

On 2/12/2023 at 11:10 AM, ellicat said:

Thanks for the report, Hamish. It was a tough day at the office.

Hopefully the wind will die off and we can go chase some bay mackies over the holidays.

Thanks Brian, that sounds good.

On 2/12/2023 at 6:26 PM, mangajack said:

Thanks for the report Hamish.

Thanks mangajack.

On 4/12/2023 at 8:27 PM, charlie.hans.fishing said:

Nice report, Hamish. 

Thanks Brian and Steve for taking us out. 

Thanks Charlie.