queensland nice arvo @ GC canal

[kevinchen19870316]

Just had a gr8 arvo and I finally got some weight on the line.

Had mackmauler picked me up around noon and we headed to one of his good spots:woohoo: to try our luck. I didn’t expect much for all the freshwater flow and terrible weather for the past weeks.

Got there around high tide and started casting lures. I had my faithful sx48 color 307 on 20lb leaderB) and made the first cast. Bang! As soon as the lure hit the water, there’s a big boil and I was on!!! I didn’t expect it at all but the fish hooked itself and after a bit play, a nice little big eye trev’s by the boat. Being excited breaking the fish drought, I had a birdnest during the second cast:blush: but guess what! Something similar size hit my lure around 3m from the boat when I picked out the birdnest….. as expected, I had a gr8 fun catching those nice little trev around 20-30cm.

Mack got bored pretty soon and we started to drift and run some serious lures. I had a megabass X-80 trout color (similar to mullet color) on and within 10 mins casting at the structure. I got a nice hit from something big that crushed close my megabass hooks!!!:blush: So I put my faithful clear shrimp color x-80 on and 1st cast I got totally smashed within 3 cranks of handle. I could see line peeling off the reel and rod bending like hell, luckily the fish turned after 1st attempt to get me into snag and I had the lead. I called it a cod when most ppl would call it another cattie. Ha Around 2 mins later, it showed color and it’s red!!! :woohoo: My 1st jack!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: But just as I was trying to pull the leader and get it into the boat, the nice jack shaked its head and spat the hooks! @%$$%&(&(&&*^(*) I nearly jumped in the water and try to catch it. &*(_)(

Just as I dropped the fish, mack’s live mullet took off. With the locked up Calcutta 400a and his heavy rod, a nice jack’s brought in the boat in minutes. No curry. Lol

Kept casting for 30 mins or so I missed a few short bites and dropped a nice 60cm+ flattie by the boat! I donno what’s wrong with those hooks today. I missed hits,had crushed hooks, dropped fish….. enough!

Kept fishing for a while and lost 1 x-rap 10 to something fast but not as fast as the jack so maybe a nice cod:angry: . Then we head back to where we started and I got 10-15 more trev/tailor/bream on megabass live-x smolt. And a impressive 51cm flattie on the shallow diving minnow in 3m of water. Lol

Even though I dropped 2 nice fish, it was still a nice arvo and I finally hooked a jack and I NEARLY GOT IT IN THE BOAT!:silly:

Headed back when the rain started.

All fish released except for the 51cm flattie and a couple of bream. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/small_trev_AFO.jpg

[kevinchen19870316]

mack's jack [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/jack_AFO-253092999883cafa8fbff77db3abd443.jpg

[fishyman]

take a net next time kev

[kevinchen19870316]

i still can't believe how the jack did it. but the power when it shaked its head was just amazing

[fishyman]

they are awesome fighters ill give ya that

havnt caught one in years might have to go target them again soon

[Dan23]

poor you kev, you nearly got one! now at least you understand what I've been telling you about hard hard they fight. Have you forgotten all about Cod and Flatties now?

[MichaelJ]

poor kev lol how big was macks jack?

[Dan23]

Pitty it was so dark there you won't remember where you were fishing.

[MichaelJ]

yeh lol only the shiny fish stand out lol

[kevinchen19870316]

mack's one was 60cm to the from tip to tip and around 4kg. it's released after the photo.

mine one's a bit smaller around 50 but still big enough that the loss will keep me awake all night tonight.

daniel, the jack fought HARD!!! but i was lucky enough to got the 50ish one close to boat...

[Dan23]

You can't blame him for doing it though. If Kev gave anything away he'd never get another trip out and though MM had run ins with some people no one would deny he certainly knows some awesome spots.

[pinkey]

Nice one kev. pitty bout the jack, robs jack is a CORKER, horse @ 60cm. Smart work for blacking out the pics to. Turns out the gc canals arnt fished out afterall! .

[Dan23]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

daniel, the jack fought HARD!!! but i was lucky enough to got the 50ish one close to boat...

Ha ha, I was hoping I'd be there to see you find that out. Oh well, maybe I'll be there when you finally land one.

I've had the same problem with jacks crushing fine gauge super sharp hooks.

You need to buy thicker steel ones and just keep sharpening them. Jacks bite down hard though so setting the hooks isn't usually a problem. The problem is the hooks surviving the snapping and crunching.

[kevinchen19870316]

thanks guys for the understanding. the jack i lost was just **&$^&*()

[fishyman]

maybe a jack hunt is in order, i know of a good few places around gold and sunny coasts

[Angus]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

thanks guys for the understanding. the jack i lost was just **&$^&*()

Nice fish Kevin. Top stuff. I dont usually mind giving my spots away but i totally understand that if someone shows you a spot and wants it kept a secret than thats that as it up to them.

Good session.

Angus

[kevinchen19870316]

thanks angus, check pm

[fishyman]

kev did you black out the pics? the one of the trevally seems nice and neat on the top of the fish and then i think someone has gone "oh stuff it i wanna post my jack"

[Master Sardines]

:laugh: weak

[Master Sardines]

Angus wrote:

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

thanks guys for the understanding. the jack i lost was just **&$^&*()

Nice fish Kevin. Top stuff. I dont usually mind giving my spots away but i totally understand that if someone shows you a spot and wants it kept a secret than thats that as it up to them.

Good session.

Angus

well don't bother posting it and keep it a secret spot x

[Dan23]

Don't want to get into a massive argument about this but I need to speak my mind. I'd rather read a post about a mystery spot than no post at all.

I think this is the first time Kev's ever blacked out photos so I think it's fine. Go back over any of mine and Kev's previous reports and they're littered with clear photos and detailed descriptions of location, lures, techniques etc.

[pinkey]

Looks like ill be buying a brag matt.

[kevinchen19870316]

i'll have some flattie fillet b4 i come back.lol

still remember how mick taught me how to make beer&butter flattie

[fishyman]

mmmm fresh flattie

[AngGoLee]

wat a session !! suppose to be there because of exams.. damn:(

[Kingtin]

mate they are some quality pics. keep it up robbo havent seen quality liek that for some time we all miss u

[kevinchen19870316]

AngGoLee wrote:

wat a session !! suppose to be there because of exams.. damn:(

i usually just get a medical certificate though:laugh:

[benno573]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

AngGoLee wrote:

wat a session !! suppose to be there because of exams.. damn:(

i usually just get a medical certificate though:laugh:

that's the way to do it - go the re-sit!!!! got me through uni... hmmm... surfs at 6ft... re-sit. tailor are on at straddie... re-sit... you get the idea :laugh:

[Rocket75]

sounds like great fun ! what's the lure loss count today Kev?

as nice as it is to share with the afo family I too can understand not disclosing exact locations on an open forum.

If you really want to know, you can always send a PM and get to know the member in question, you never know, you might get a deckie spot like Kev did today with Mack!

I don't know any really good spots though, so no good asking me:silly:

Rocket

[pinkey]

Yeah i think it should be your choice if you want to share the spot or not. Nothing worse than rocking up to your "secret spot" and seeing a few people already there.

[kevinchen19870316]

thanks so much for the understanding guys and thank you dan for the back up.

i will try not to annoy ppl next time and apologize for the incovenience.

i lost a x-rap 10 and 2 megabass hooks( crushed) today. i'd love to trade them for a good sight of jack though. and the flattie fillets i just had, yum

[username_taken]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

i'll have some flattie fillet b4 i come back.lol

still remember how mick taught me how to make beer&butter flattie

I reckon flattie is the best tasting fish to beer batter ... yummo!

place you can make beer-pancakes with the left over beer-batter ... double yummo!

Congrats on the near-jack mate!

[kevinchen19870316]

thanks paul. what's beer pancakes? and how to make them?

[Cowfish13]

Congratulations:) Nothing better than fresh fish that you've caught you self

What fish crushed your hooks?

[kevinchen19870316]

no idea. cod or jack. those r size 6 hooks and they r apparently stronger than most if not all.

[Cowfish13]

Ahh.. So the fish that did it got off? Musta' been big:)

Great session!!

I'm guessing you're still annoyed about the Jack:lol:?

[kevinchen19870316]

sure, the fish crushed the hook in seconds. i was having serious drag on the reel and the thing was pulling line off in a decent speed. i would call it a ray but well, ray can open a hook but it cannot close it

[Cowfish13]

Hmmm.. Maybe a GT (probably would have been faster though) or a Shark? They have been known to take lures. Any big scratches on the lure?

I'm just guessing with these fish though:blush:

[kevinchen19870316]

they can't be fast though with such drag one though if they r not big enough, lol.

i am kind of amazed that there r no scratches at all even on the one i dropped the jack and flattie on

[nigehey]

Good session Kev - I owe you a beer for the tips on hb's and in particular the sx-48. Aside from a loss or two they are fantastic and the house doesn't smell like gulp packets (why don't those things close properly!!!). I agree on the black out alpha masking business - although my fave Teneriffe spot was taken last weekend by some guys with bait and esky's. I asked how they were doing and their first response was "we threw all the undersized ones back"..maybe a guilty conscience.

Anyway, I went back down to Newstead House and watched them throw the remains of their baits from the boardwalk - pilchards, squid, bread and all kinds of thing. Hurried up there a few minutes later with my sx-48s and I was into the action, 2 bream caught in quick order feeding on the leftovers. Great stuff, but getting dark so headed home.

Anyway, thanks again for the post!