Silver over new years

[tugger]

Went camping on a mates property over new years eve for a week. It's on a weir so we took the kayaks and everything else that floats.

The weather along the east coast was bad with torrential rain and flooding but we missed it all to the west of Brisbane. Went fishing and got a few bass and a nice silver perch out of the yaks.

[Old Scaley]

Living the life, Mark. Nice!

[Rebel]

Top photos. Top spot.

Nice puppie.

[GregOug]

Looks great!

[ellicat]

Enough 'chill' to keep the beers and fish cold, in this report. haha

[tugger]

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Enough 'chill' to keep the beers and fish cold, in this report. haha

At the top of the weir where the rapids were we spent a few afternoons in the shade with a few brews

 

[kmcrosby78]

Now that’s relaxing

[mangajack]

And a good weekend was had!!  

It always makes me wonder how anyone could name it a silver perch.....I am yet to see one that has a hint of silver.   Either too much rum or they had mushrooms for breakfast.

 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Nice work tugger. Looks like a fun trip.

[tugger]

8 hours ago, mangajack said:

And a good weekend was had!!  

It always makes me wonder how anyone could name it a silver perch.....I am yet to see one that has a hint of silver.   Either too much rum or they had mushrooms for breakfast.

 

Caught plenty over the years and they've all been that dark colour

[tugger]

8 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Nice work tugger. Looks like a fun trip.

Been there a few times now it's  great spot

[Bretto77]

11 hours ago, mangajack said:

And a good weekend was had!!  

It always makes me wonder how anyone could name it a silver perch.....I am yet to see one that has a hint of silver.   Either too much rum or they had mushrooms for breakfast.

 

I often wondered about this too. I thought that the scientific description (Bidyanus bidyanus) came largely from an aboriginal word for them and basically translates to "grunt grunt". This kind of works given that they are actually part of the grunter family and not a true perch. 

"Happy moments" is another common name for a fish that for sure has left some wondering...

Looks like a fantastic trip overall, good job