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
2nd
3rd

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 @Ross.warwick 23cm                                                                NORTH
2nd
3rd  

Flathead
1st @Ross.warwick 43cm                                                                 NORTH
2nd @Ross.warwick 42cm                                                                NORTH
3rd @Ross.warwick 37cm                                                                 NORTH

Snapper
1st
2nd
3rd

Jewfish - Silver, Black or Teraglin
1st
2nd
3rd

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
2nd
3rd

Cod (any type freshwater or salt)
1st
2nd
3rd

Trevally (any type)
1st
2nd
3rd
 

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

Emperor and Tuskfish
1st
2nd
3rd

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