Brisbane River #296-#298.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi all, 

I've been out for two sessions at my local park recently. One was a couple of weeks ago and very unsuccessful, as the only thing I caught in the net was a catfish and there were many logs drifting by making fishing difficult. The second was on low tide one Friday arvo where I got enough prawns to have a cast and a couple of small catfish. Both were pretty disappointing sessions, but it was better than not going fishing. 

Quick Stats:

Tide: Varied, low and rising. 

Fish Caught: Nothing good

Bait Used: Prawns

The next session was last night/this morning with Thorbjorn on his tinny. We launched at POB boat ramp with a rather calm river awaiting us. After going through Boat Passage, it wasn't long before we managed to get a good amount of herring and mullet at Luggage Point. Following that, we went to the first fishing spot of the night, where Thorbjorn had some good success on snapper the night before, and dropped our lines down. 

The bites were a bit quiet at first, but just as I was about to cook my dinner my rod had a few taps. Sure enough I was on, and pulled in a small but legal snapper that was kept for dinner.

Snap

The bites stayed quiet here though, so we moved spots after an hour or so more of fishing and sporadic rain. 

It wasn't long before Thorbjorn had a good run at the next spot, but unluckily it didn't hook up. We sent baits back down, and after a decently long wait Thorbs was on again. This time the fish was hooked, and after a few nice runs and big headshakes we had a solid jewie on the boat (about 85cm I think). After a quick pic we vented and released the jewie, which eventually kicked off strongly. 

Jewfish

After this, we were hopeful of some more action and the fishing didn't disappoint, with Thorbs pulling in a nice 45cm or so snap on a livie that was also kept.

Snap

A catty later Thorbjorn had some jewie looking nibbles on his rod before hooking up to a very good fish. It was taking some pretty fast runs and plenty of headshakes, but before we could see it, the hook came out. We were both pretty disappointed about this but sent some baits down and continued fishing until after midnight. We finished up when we ran out of livies and because I sadly have a couple exams I needed to study for today that are in coming weeks. Thanks again for taking me out @Thorbjorn Hale it was a fun night, here are the stats of the trip for anyone interested:

Stats of Trip:

Tide: 6:50PM, 2.1M, High, 1:00AM, .6M, Low.

Moon Phase: 23%

Air Pressure: 1013

Humidity: 88%

Bait Used: Live herring and mullet

Fish Caught: Jewie x 1, snapper x 2, catfish x 1

Overall Success Rate: 100%, some nice fish landed. 

Thanks for reading the report,

Cheers Hamish. 

[ellicat]

Nice one.

Were there many other boats out ?

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

14 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Nice one.

Were there many other boats out ?

Thanks Brian, and not really, maybe four or five others when we started from Clara Rock area to the end of the wharfs, saw a couple of guys heading over to Moreton at the servo so maybe most people were out in the bay because POB ramp was decently busy. 

[crazywalrus]

Good stuff Hamish 

[Huxstang]

Great effort.  

[Neil Stratford]

Well done fellows , that’s a good effort.

regards

neil

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

On 6/5/2024 at 11:24 AM, crazywalrus said:

Good stuff Hamish 

 

On 6/5/2024 at 1:27 PM, Huxstang said:

Great effort.  

 

On 6/5/2024 at 3:32 PM, Neil Stratford said:

Well done fellows , that’s a good effort.

regards

neil

Thanks guys.

[Rebel]

Great report.

Top photos.

Well done.