queensland newstead 11/4 report

[kevinchen19870316]

after finishing work at 9pm, i got picked up by username_taken at 9:30ish with fishyman in his car already. so we met dan at newstead park around 10pm and started casting lures around on the walkway.

i was swimming my sx40 in bright purple color and got hits from the 1st cast. 2nd cast a nice little cod was landed. then at the 4th cast, i got a good hit and striked, unfortunately nothing's on the line. so i turned and talked with paul when i felt the line jerked! so a short lift of the rod tip set the hook perfectly. the fish didn't move for 3 seconds which made me doubt if i got snagged or not. but soon some big headshakes confirmed that jerk on the line's caused by fish sucking in my lure:blink: . the fish quickly surfaced maybe only because it didn't even know it's been hooked and IT WAS MASSIVE!. then a few good headshakes and runs later it busted me off after 20 seconds of fight. the fish's estimated over 70cm easily though they won't believe what i said:laugh: . and my only sx40 in that particular color's gone:angry:

then i switched between a few cheap lures since the 8lb leader certainly won't hold up when another good flattie's on. at the same time, paul managed 2 nice bream on BAIT( well, gulp) . then quickly the 3rd. seeing i've been outfished, i pulld out the magic lukky kraft wishing to get a score back. magic lure did its job perfectly, 1st cast and i was on. this time the fish wasn't able to swallow the lure so i had no trouble landing it with the help of our all time lure saving/fish landing hero fishyman.:silly: . the fish's kept and measured after getting home and it's 56cm and amoung the fattiest flattie i've ever seen.

then it all went quite for me but dan and paul both got some good bream on various sps. so i switched to a gulp shrimp and a few casts later, i got a nice hook up which got me a 20ish bream. just as i lifted the bream, fishyman pulled up a slightly bigger version. but dan's 30+ breambo certainly shaded us.:laugh:

dan and paul kept playing their role as consistant bream catcher for the rest of the night and i picked up a baby cod on the magic lure when we were about to leave.

it was a gr8 night fishing and all of us were onto some awesome action though i only wrote my part in the report:blush: .

here's the total

dan: heaps of bream, 1 cod. over 5 good runs b4 dropping the fish and over 20 missed hook ups.

paul: heaps of bream.

fishyman: some bream, over 20 missed hook ups.

me: 4 bream, 2 cod, 1 flattie. 1 bust off.

i think paul and dan both have some pics to post.

[Feral]

Fishing there is getting better, sounds like some quality fish Kev.

[jeff f]

sounds great kev looking forward to the pics

[big dyl]

sounds like a fun night cant wait to see some pics...

[Dan23]

Ha ha, your kind Kev but only caught a couple of bream lol. And a cod!

My Strike Pro imitation 70mm Lukky Kraft caught me a bream as well but then I busted it off. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/cod-e1d4dfd54d83e8c1f175812e97178b96.jpg

[Rocket75]

Looks like you fellas had fun, why do you reckon so many missed hits? Must be that cheep gear you guys insist on using:P

Thanks for the report, love the colours on the little cod, rippa fish I reckon.

Rocket

[kevinchen19870316]

dan missed most hits due to the low quality hooks on that lukky kraft and fishyman missed hits mainly because he was using plastics.

[AngGoLee]

Sweet Kev.. haha suddenly everyone wants to fish at night ! :)

[kevinchen19870316]

ha ha, i might not do any fishing at day time anymore in brisbane. lol

keep in contact. we'll have some fun after the bloody exams.

[AngGoLee]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

ha ha, i might not do any fishing at day time anymore in brisbane. lol

keep in contact. we'll have some fun after the bloody exams.

yeah man !! bloody exams ! they always come when the fun just starting !

[kevinchen19870316]

if u can see my computer screen, man, you'll see me switching between civl2130, civl2410 and AFO windows.

and well, i also keep an eye on ebay for some night time lures.

[Dan23]

Where's UNT with the pics. I wanna see the pic of the triple hookup. :laugh:

[kevinchen19870316]

ha ha, yeah, dan that's awesome. u defi wanna see that especially when u hold the biggest fish.lol

[fishyman]

man fishing at night is quite weird not being able to see the end of your line which for me is a big part of plastics fishing.

but i had a good night and a bloody great sleep afterwards

[kevinchen19870316]

ur right fishyman, if only i could see the line, super finesse sp fishing will clean up on bream there.

[MichaelJ]

seemed like a good night there with plenty of fish caught

[username_taken]

holy crap, I only just woke up and with a throbbing headache. Will post pics after nurofen and caffiene has sorted me out.

[kevinchen19870316]

ha ha, i thought i was the latest to wake up just to found out i was actually the earliest

[kriso]

username_taken wrote:

holy crap, I only just woke up and with a throbbing headache. Will post pics after nurofen and caffiene has sorted me out.

okay Dan,Kev and fishy who drugged paul? lol:laugh:

[fishyman]

wasnt me :whistle:

[kevinchen19870316]

er... actually dan drove home after fishing and i was dropped home within 20mins. then only fishyman's on paul's car and god know what happened later.

[fishyman]

hahaha good one kev.

[Dan23]

Yeah Tom what did you do?:laugh:

[fishyman]

caught the least fish

[kevinchen19870316]

that's a smart answer. the question's now super tuned by Kev: Tom what did u do to paul?

[fishyman]

i banged him on the head and 'stole' his fishing skills :laugh: .......

[username_taken]

you should have 'stole' my spelling skills while you were at it

[fishyman]

hahah whoops

[username_taken]

Kev's flathead. You could be accused for mistaking it for a big one, but Kev's holding it so far in front of him, look at the size of the sx40 ( although he'll claim it was the lukky craft special ). You'll notice Kev's sporting one of the wonderful new AFO hats. They not only save you from skincancer, but help you catch fish too!

Dan's bream

Triple hookup

The I felt sorry for Tom and took another photo of him so it looked like he'd caught more than one fish

[kevinchen19870316]

wow, that flattie looks massive. lol

[fishyman]

BAHAHA kevs flattie looks like 70cm.

and give me pitty 1 fish all night is tough :S

[kevinchen19870316]

Dan's Dream

:laugh:

[Dan23]

Ha ha, the flash made me squint. Looks like I'm falling asleep lol:lol:

[fishyman]

nice facial expression dan :laugh:

he looks enthused after catching the kicker bream of the night

[Dan23]

fishyman wrote:

nice facial expression dan :laugh:

he looks enthused after catching the kicker bream of the night

I don't really get that pumped about sub 40cm bream these days

[fishyman]

haha stop teasing im 2cm off that mark

[Angus]

Triple hook up on ariticfials though guys thats awesome.

Well done.

Angus

[fishyman]

The I felt sorry for Tom and took another photo of him so it looked like he'd caught more than one fish

[kevinchen19870316]

yeah, when i landed my fish and was ready for a double hook up pic with dan, i asked tom: quick, grap a fish and we'll have a triple. than 0.3 seconds later he's on.

[kevinchen19870316]

username_taken wrote:

Kev's flathead. You could be accused for mistaking it for a big one, but Kev's holding it so far in front of him, look at the size of the sx40 ( although he'll claim it was the lukky craft special ).

:laugh: that's a 75mm lure paul.