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  @Ross.warwick 29cm  SOUTH       NORTH
2nd @Peter K 27.5cm                                                 SOUTH
3rd @Neil Stratford  26.5cm                                       SOUTH

Australian Bass/Estuary Perch
1st @Neil Stratford 46cm                                      SOUTH
2nd @Neil Stratford 42.5cm                                  SOUTH
3rd @Neil Stratford 42cm                                     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 @Kat Mahi Mahi 91cm                                             SOUTH
2nd
3rd

 

 

Total Team North              6                    points/10 contestants  = 0.6
Total Team South            58                    points/18 contestants = 3.2

 

 

Winner = Team SOUTH 

 

Monthly scores                 NORTH                 SOUTH

January                                     0                                  1

February                                   0                                  1

March                                  0                                  1

April                                     0                                  1

May                                       0                                  1

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

[Kat]

Team South

91cm Mahi Mahi

[ellicat]

7 minutes ago, Kat said:

Team South

91cm Mahi Mahi

My only regret of the day was handing over the rod to you so I could have a 'rest' . Haha

Well done.

[Peter K]

Went for a morning session today, about 2 hours fishing around the neighbours and my families pontoon. I was testing a prawn SP lure which was about 65mm in a grassy green with red flickers made by a fisho on youtube. I managed to land 1 bream and hooked a 2nd however, it ripped out as it splashed on the surface (it was a smaller bream anyway). Ive been really struggling to catch just about anything these past weeks due to the decreasing temps as winter approaches. It was a lure I didn't thing bream would really hit, I was betting on a flathead. 

Anyway, enough rambling. The only bream I caught over my long weekend. Came out at about 27.5cm. Really that is only a bream which is just legal but having seen the leaderboard and the biggest bream being 29cm i thought I'd add it just to ensure the Ross from Team North was kicked off the bream leaderboard and it could increase the points for team South. 

Cheers,
Peter

[ellicat]

That's the spirit, Peter. Haha   Unlucky @Ross.warwick - so close to the end of the month.

That's a healthy looking specimen.

[Ross.warwick]

I've been back in reception range for a few days now, still catching up with things. Final submission for the month. 29cm bream, caught on unidentified meat from the cooks. 

[Peter K]

Damn.... @Ross.Warwick you win....for this month. I don't have any more bream from recent to beat that. However, I will say, that bream has some very beat up fins + yours was on bait!

 

Cheers,

Peter

[ellicat]

You're both there with Ross's fish being the same length as Neil's, so shares first spot.

[Ross.warwick]

9 minutes ago, Peter K said:

Damn.... @Ross.Warwick you win....for this month. I don't have any more bream from recent to beat that. However, I will say, that bream has some very beat up fins + yours was on bait!

 

Cheers,

Peter

Im all out of work funded fishing trips for the next few months. Back to weekends, maybe, on the pine. Theres still a few days left if you can manage to chuck a sickie....

[Peter K]

15 minutes ago, Ross.warwick said:

Im all out of work funded fishing trips for the next few months. Back to weekends, maybe, on the pine. Theres still a few days left if you can manage to chuck a sickie....

Im in Yr 12 now, can't be missing days off school....i wish tho. Those few months after November till uni or whatever next starts are going to be some of the best fishing I'll ever get to do. Days after days of fishing with nothing else on my mind!!!! YES! I won't be fishing next till at least this weekend coming...if i get the chance. Perhaps I can start the June comp off strong??

[Ross.warwick]

31 minutes ago, Peter K said:

Im in Yr 12 now, can't be missing days off school....i wish tho. Those few months after November till uni or whatever next starts are going to be some of the best fishing I'll ever get to do. Days after days of fishing with nothing else on my mind!!!! YES! I won't be fishing next till at least this weekend coming...if i get the chance. Perhaps I can start the June comp off strong??

Good luck for the final exams. There's plenty of time for fishing.

[Neil Stratford]

A nice little specimen upgrade for team south.

[tugger]

I'll finally do a bit of Saltwater fishing this week so southside I should have a few entries for this new month.