Suburbs of Origin 2024 Leader Board

[ellicat]

Jagged a barred grunter this morning....just not quite big enough for the plate.

 

[Neil Stratford]

I was suppose to go mackerel /reefy yesterday morning ,but my mate who was taking me in his boat cancelled with a sore shoulder at the last moment  . Since I had that all important leave pass organised  ,I went and dug a few  worms and had a whiting fish last night . Could not find any decent ones , but scratched up a nice feed of whiting. Got a beautiful little  juvenile mulloway  and a little lizard as by catch , which were tagged and released .Managed to upgrade team south’s whiting slightly.

whiting 350 ,345,350mm

mulloway 405mm

flathead 385mm

[ellicat]

Nice Plan B, Neil.

[Neil Stratford]

Couple more whiting for team south

390mm and another 350mm

[Neil Stratford]

It was another  solo trip chasing rainbows this morning .

Did a bit of exploring and found a little bit of gold at the end of one rainbow ,down Jumpinpin way.

I also stumbled across a fantastic live bait spot stacked full of herring and huge hardy heads , never seen so many in one small area., the water was literally black and boiling with them .(Those threadfin are now on my short list for May)

Unfortunately I Left my tags and good brag mat in the other boat , so the little jewie didn’t get any jewellery to wear home.

Unfortunately for the  Northside I had an old  measuring device stashed in my rod locker.

SOUTHSIDE 
Flathead 570mm

Mulloway 740 mm 

Big eye trevally 510mm

regards

neil

[ellicat]

Nice day and haul, Neil. That southerly chopped things up a bit in the bay today.

@benno573 and I came upon a huge, thick school of herring at the Pin one day. We made the mistake of throwing the castnet. We got about 200 in one cast. 7 out of 8 of them were stuck in the net. It took us a good hour to get them all out. Never again. haha

[ellicat]

May secret signal is a pointing finger -

[kmcrosby78]

5 hours ago, ellicat said:

@benno573 and I came upon a huge, thick school of herring at the Pin one day. We made the mistake of throwing the castnet. We got about 200 in one cast. 7 out of 8 of them were stuck in the net. It took us a good hour to get them all out. Never again. haha

The old Xmas tree ...... 

[rayke1938]

15 hours ago, ellicat said:

Nice day and haul, Neil. That southerly chopped things up a bit in the bay today.

@benno573 and I came upon a huge, thick school of herring at the Pin one day. We made the mistake of throwing the castnet. We got about 200 in one cast. 7 out of 8 of them were stuck in the net. It took us a good hour to get them all out. Never again. haha

Better than a cast net full of stripy catfish.

[ellicat]

April result -

Total Team North               6                   points/10 contestants  = 0.6
Total Team South            76                    points/18 contestants = 4.2

 

 

Winner = Team SOUTH 

[ellicat]

May 2024 Scoreboard (Secret Signal - Pointing finger)

 

Bream
1st @Neil Stratford 29cm                                    SOUTH
2nd @Neil Stratford  26.5cm                               SOUTH
3rd @Ross.warwick 24CM                                                         NORTH

Australian Bass/Estuary Perch
1st @Neil Stratford 46cm                                      SOUTH
2nd @Neil Stratford 42cm                                     SOUTH
3rd @Neil Stratford 41.5cm                                   SOUTH

Grunter
1st
2nd
3rd

Whiting
1st @Neil Stratford  34cm                                        SOUTH
2nd @Neil Stratford 33.5cm                                     SOUTH
3rd @Neil Stratford  33cm                                        SOUTH

Flathead
1st @Neil Stratford 47cm                                           SOUTH
2nd @Ross.warwick 43cm                                                               NORTH
3rd @Ross.warwick 42cm                                                                NORTH

Snapper
1st @Allnighter 70cm                                                SOUTH
2nd @Allnighter 47cm                                               SOUTH
3rd  @Allnighter 45cm                                              SOUTH

Jewfish - Silver, Black or Teraglin
1st @Neil Stratford Mulloway 63cm                            SOUTH
2nd @Neil Stratford  Mulloway 61 cm                         SOUTH
3rd @Neil Stratford Mulloway 50cm                           SOUTH

Threadfin Salmon
1st   @Neil Stratford 101cm                                            SOUTH
2nd @Neil Stratford 91cm                                              SOUTH
3rd

Golden Perch
1st
2nd
3rd
 

Tailor
1st
2nd
3rd

Tuna
1st
2nd
3rd

Mackerel
1st @Neil Stratford Spanish 62cm                            SOUTH
2nd @Neil Stratford Spanish 61.5cm                        SOUTH
3rd

Cod (any type freshwater or salt)
1st @Neil Stratford Maori 44.5cm                              SOUTH
2nd @Neil Stratford Maori 35cm                               SOUTH
3rd @Neil Stratford Maori 33.5cm                             SOUTH

Trevally (any type)
1st
2nd
3rd
 

Shark (including shovel nose)
1st
2nd
3rd

Emperor and Tuskfish
1st @Neil Stratford Grass Emp 43.5cm                        SOUTH
2nd @ellicat Grass Emp 36cm                                     SOUTH
3rd @Neil Stratford Grass Emp 35cm                           SOUTH

Trophy Fish of any Species not covered above.
1st
2nd
3rd

 

 

Total Team North                                  points/10 contestants  =
Total Team South                                   points/18 contestants =

 

 

Winner = Team SOUTH 

 

Monthly scores                 NORTH                 SOUTH

January                                     0                                  1

February                                   0                                  1

March                                  0                                  1

April                                     0                                  1

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Total for year

[Neil Stratford]

Found a significant school  of Threadfin  and baby bull shark tailing   in 1.5 m of water this morning , right where they’ve been for weeks, so didn’t have to go looking for them. 

Helped myself to a couple before the wind started  to puff up a bit ,  then took off for home.

Had a double hookup on the second one , but it got off before I could attend to it , which was a bit of a bummer.

2 was enough  , so  left them feeding , for next time.

Beautiful clean fish off the sand , full of banana prawns , bled out and iced down well , they should taste good! 

A start for team south for May.

Threadfin 1010mm and 910mm.

 

 

[GregOug]

7 hours ago, ellicat said:

April result -

Total Team North               6                   points/10 contestants  = 0.6
Total Team South            76                    points/18 contestants = 4.2

 

 

Winner = Team SOUTH 

Bloody close one as usual. 

[Ross.warwick]

Took the kayak out up castle hill way. Got this 42cm fella. That was the fruit of my efforts for the day. 0800 till 1400. Flicked a lot of plastic. Might take some bait next time.

[ellicat]

16 minutes ago, Ross.warwick said:

Took the kayak out up castle hill way. Got this 42cm fella. That was the fruit of my efforts for the day. 0800 till 1400.

We had a similar day yesterday. The only legal fish was dropped beside the boat. That's fishing.

[Ross.warwick]

I'm happy landing anything. And getting on the leader board. Until Neil goes fishing again ......

[Ross.warwick]

Landed lunch this morning during a very wet and windy couple of hours at Hayes inlet. 43cm Flatty and 23cm whiting. I was happy to get anything in those conditions. 

 

Are squid out and about long the peninsula yet?

[ellicat]

North are in the lead !!

[Ross.warwick]

34 minutes ago, ellicat said:

North are in the lead !!

That's a first!!

[GregOug]

3 hours ago, ellicat said:

North are in the lead !!

And only 28 days to go!

[Neil Stratford]

Filled a seat  as a Deckie this morning in the fresh water.

Not that I did much deckieing . I just sat back an enjoyed the ride for most of the day.

Did manage to pull a few nice bass for team south though. 

Australian Bass 415mm 460mm and 420mm

Thanks for the invite Ray, much appreciated as always.

regards

Neil

[Ross.warwick]

37 model in the mud. There's a few babies around at the moment. Great fun on light gear

[Ross.warwick]

Some nice low 20s while at work.

 

24 for a bream, 22 for the other one and the cod. 

Hopefully something bigger lurking around!

[ellicat]

Nice work at work. haha

[Neil Stratford]

Dug a few worms yesterday and headed down the Pin area in search of a few whiting . Ended up getting 10 for a feed but the size was down with most fish just over the 300 mm mark but had to sort through a lot of small bream for them.

Came across a massive school of juvenile mulloway ,so tossed some soft plastics at them and  got 6 in no time before I spooked them ,pity they were all underside fish  , with a small flathead thrown in as by catch.

Happy enough to come home with 10 whiting , with all other fish released.

photographed these for the southside

Mulloway 630 , 610 and 500mm

Bream 290 and 265mm

Flathead 470mm

Whiting 330 mm , 340mm and 335mm
 

 

[Neil Stratford]

Went for a quick fish this morning . Struggled to find anything of substance .

Brought home 6 grassies , a nice tuskfish and a huge sole ,so won’t go hungry.

photographed these for the Southside.

Mauri Cods 335mm , 445mm and 350mm all released

Grassy Sweetlip 340mm ,350mm and 435mm

Spanish Mackerel 615mm , 620mm both released

 

[ellicat]

It was a tough day at the office, @Neil Stratford. I went out with @Leosonfire this afternoon for a dusk session. Sharks were a menace again, with Leo losing a good snap to a shark that took the body and then came back for the head. I managed this grassie as the only legal fish boated.

[Leosonfire]

10 hours ago, ellicat said:

It was a tough day at the office, @Neil Stratford. I went out with @Leosonfire this afternoon for a dusk session. Sharks were a menace again, with Leo losing a good snap to a shark that took the body and then came back for the head. I managed this grassie as the only legal fish boated.

Bloody taxman deflated us