Brisbane River Session #294 and #295

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi all,

I was on a holiday down in Victoria for a week (went for one fish for trout but no luck) and got back last Thursday around midnight. Decided to have a rest on Friday but Saturday morning @Cavvy and I tried a spot on our kayak. We launched at about 5am and arrived at the spot by quarter past, just before the sun rose. We spent the next four hours flicking some shallow diving hardbodies around but unfortunately, we did not catch any threadfin. There was plenty of bait jumping but I guess the fish weren't hungry, so we will have to get them next time. 

Stats of Trip:

Tide: 9:30AM, .6M, Low. 

Moon Phase: 25%

Lures Used: Zerek Pyra and Megabass Oneten R

Air Pressure: 1015

Humidity: 83%

Overall Success Rate: 30% - first session on the river this holidays

The next session was today with @Thorbjorn Hale at The Port, on Thorbjorn's tinny. We launched at around 9am from a very crowded POB boat ramp, and after we got away first thing on the agenda was catching some livies. It wasn't long before we had a fair few mullets gathered so we went out to the wharves and started fishing. 

It was awesome weather, and it was quite flat for as far as I could see. On my first cast my live mullet remained untouched for a fair amount of time before line started screaming off of my reel. Thorbjorn picked up my rod while I wound in my soft vibe and the fish took a good run. I started the fight and the fish was taking some decent runs and had some good headshakes. It wasn't long before I had a nice 60cm or so snapper on the deck of the boat, which we were both happy with (and I was regretting not buying some ice for the esky). After a quick photo we released the snapper and got lines back out. 

Snap

Following this, we each caught a decent sized stingray, but after that the bite went very quiet, so we decided to go and chase some livies at the Poo Chute and try again. We were successful with the herring (despite my substandard cast netting), but back at the spot we couldn't lose a bait, apart from Thorbjorn catching a small shovelly. We moved again, and at this spot we each pulled in a catty, which wasn't a great sign. As we were moving though, we noticed a boat was hooked up to a decent fish. We waited until we saw it, and sure enough the gold of a thready emerged, so it was good to see someone was having some success on the soft vibes. 

We chased a bit more live bait which was fun and had a quick rest before anchoring on the edge of the main channel around the Clara Rock area. Unfortunately for us, this didn't equate to any fish, and the only action was a few nibbles and plenty of waves from the Moreton Island boats. At about five, we decided to call it quits and we drove home. Overall, it was a great day with the weather staying flat for basically the entire day, thanks again for taking me out Thorbjorn!

Stats of Trip:

Tide: 8:15AM, .9M, Low, 1:35Pm, 1.6M, High, 7:15PM, .8M, Low. 

Moon Phase: 35%

Bait Used/Caught: Live mullet, herring, whiting, prawn, silver biddy, anchovy

Fish Caught: Snapper, catfish, shovelnose, stingray

Lures Used: Soft vibes 

Air Pressure: 1015-1017

Humidity: 64%-81%

Overall Success Rate: 75% - fun day out with a few bites and a new PB snap for me. 

Anyway, thanks for reading everyone, hope you enjoyed the report. 

Cheers, Hamish.  

[ellicat]

Did you get a pic for the comp ?

Nice snapper, Hamish. Good to see you guys out fishing.

[GregOug]

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Did you get a pic for the comp ?

Nice snapper, Hamish. Good to see you guys out fishing.

I think his thumb is pointing up. It’s just behind the fish, so you can’t see it. And I’ve triangulated the wharf and pylons in the background against Hamish and the fish and he’s spot on. 60cms!

[Rebel]

Top story.

Super photo.

Can't beat catching Snapper.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

17 hours ago, ellicat said:

Did you get a pic for the comp ?

Nice snapper, Hamish. Good to see you guys out fishing.

Thank you Brian, and somehow I completely forgot about the comp in the moment, I specifically tried to remember it that morning  

16 hours ago, GregOug said:

I think his thumb is pointing up. It’s just behind the fish, so you can’t see it. And I’ve triangulated the wharf and pylons in the background against Hamish and the fish and he’s spot on. 60cms!

 

3 hours ago, Rebel said:

Top story.

Super photo.

Can't beat catching Snapper.

Cheers Rebel.

[Old Scaley]

Having access to a tinnie is going to add a whole new dimension to fishing for you guys. Nice work lads!

[Huxstang]

Nice work Hamish.  That snap would have been a very tasty addition to the plate and at 60cm they put up a good account for themselves.

We went out yesterday.  Not much run = not much fun.  Hit Harries and thanks to the benefits of livescope could see there was SFA of any size around at least two of the wrecks.

Went down to Peel west and nothing on the artificial and then had a look at the wreck just near the channel marker - probably 6 or 7 fish over a metre swimming over and around the wreck but they werent tempted by anything.

The only thing biting all day were bloody grinners.   At least it was a nice day.

 

[ellicat]

7 hours ago, Huxstang said:

The only thing biting all day were bloody grinners.

Went out with @Another Wazza today and he was close to negative 10 with the grinners. Very quiet day that started with a 37 snap to Wazza on a plastic. After that the most exciting thing was loading up the Sabiki jig with some lollipop yakkas and a few pike.

[Another Wazza]

30 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Went out with @Another Wazza today and he was close to negative 10 with the grinners. Very quiet day that started with a 37 snap to Wazza on a plastic. After that the most exciting thing was loading up the Sabiki jig with some lollipop yakkas and a few pike.

A fall from grace indeed, Jew wrangler one day, grinner whisperer the next, I'm glad you left the sea toad out of it to Brian, hahaha

[Neil Stratford]

Well done Hamish , he would have pulled a bit of drag.

regards

neil

[ellicat]

36 minutes ago, Another Wazza said:

I'm glad you left the sea toad out of it

So many highlights to remember. haha

[mangajack]

Thanks for the report Hamish, I was down there late Sunday arvo for a few snapps and a flathead plus the damn tailor that are everywhere lately.

Time to give the Bris River a spell and sus out some other grounds I used to fish in the 70's and 80's.....one spot threw up a 88cm snapp last Friday night I heard....land based as well.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

11 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

Having access to a tinnie is going to add a whole new dimension to fishing for you guys. Nice work lads!

Thanks Steve. 

10 hours ago, Huxstang said:

Nice work Hamish.  That snap would have been a very tasty addition to the plate and at 60cm they put up a good account for themselves.

We went out yesterday.  Not much run = not much fun.  Hit Harries and thanks to the benefits of livescope could see there was SFA of any size around at least two of the wrecks.

Went down to Peel west and nothing on the artificial and then had a look at the wreck just near the channel marker - probably 6 or 7 fish over a metre swimming over and around the wreck but they werent tempted by anything.

The only thing biting all day were bloody grinners.   At least it was a nice day.

 

Thanks @Huxstang, sounds like a quiet day but livescoping would still be very fun!

2 hours ago, Neil Stratford said:

Well done Hamish , he would have pulled a bit of drag.

regards

neil

Thanks Neil. 

1 hour ago, mangajack said:

Thanks for the report Hamish, I was down there late Sunday arvo for a few snapps and a flathead plus the damn tailor that are everywhere lately.

Time to give the Bris River a spell and sus out some other grounds I used to fish in the 70's and 80's.....one spot threw up a 88cm snapp last Friday night I heard....land based as well.

No worries manga, sounds like your session was still pretty successful, have you ever tried upstream of the city in the river?

[mangajack]

47 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

No worries manga, sounds like your session was still pretty successful, have you ever tried upstream of the city in the river?

St Lucia is the furthermost upstream in the Brisbane River for me....

Investigating some spots around Bribie next.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

4 minutes ago, mangajack said:

St Lucia is the furthermost upstream in the Brisbane River for me....

Investigating some spots around Bribie next.

Good luck

[kmcrosby78]

Nice snapper Hamish, well done . Bet you'll take some ice next time ......