queensland Threadfin mission - accomplished!!!!

[benno573]

Hi all,

Last night the old amn and i headed out with one thing in mind - catching a threadfin in the brisbane river. threw the cast net around and got some live mullet (and a 28cm luderick) and headed to my new spot x.

nothing much happened for a while as it was the turn of the tide but once the tide turned the fun started. i got a good run on a floating pilchard that failed to connect properly and then my rod being used by old man got a serious bend in it :woohoo: .

a 15 minute fight ensued with the fish peeling line off at a great rate of knots, all the time dad saying "ray ray ray". i was not convinced and after a few tangled lines and some good deckie work by yours truly a massive silver/gold shape emerged from the depths. THREADIE!!!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Got the gaff into it and lifted on board. on the lie detector it went 117cm and 12kg after bleeding. not bad considering it was on 6lb fireline and a 2-4kg 6' uglystick . my dad's biggest fish of any kind to date, to say he was stoked was an understatement. will post another pic or two tonight.

thanks for reading

benno <'>-<

[Angus]

Well done mate!

Looking forward to those pics.

It doesnt get any sweeter than when you go out swith a specific mission and complete it.

Angus

[namyau]

wow congrats

[Do$tylz]

man thats a great catch. Well done. And a luderick in the Bris river??? I'm guessing you were out near the mouth??

[ellicat]

Nice one Benno. Don't think it's a threadie though:unsure: [img size=498]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/tfhaha.JPG

[benno573]

ah mate you change your avitar more often than you change your undies.

[ellicat]

:laugh: :laugh: Just having a bit of fun ben...

Here's the real McCoy.

Nice fish. Your Old Man will be talking it up for weeks to come:woohoo: :woohoo: [img size=378]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/bennotf.JPG

[benno573]

Do$tylz wrote:

man thats a great catch. Well done. And a luderick in the Bris river??? I'm guessing you were out near the mouth??

yeah out near the mouth. got it in amongst a heap of mullet.

thanks eillicat!!!

[Dan23]

Good one mate

[Angus]

Do$tylz wrote:

man thats a great catch. Well done. And a luderick in the Bris river??? I'm guessing you were out near the mouth??

Do$tylz: I have seen quite a lot of Luderick caught in the river. Most often in the cast net but a couple of times on plastics.

They have made very very good shark baits

Angus

[pcsolutionman]

Well done mate your dad would be stoked

Lee

[Mack_attack]

Great work benno

The fishing in the brisbane river has been insane lately

oh i Forgot to add that it's awesome that on your first try you managed to get what some of us have been trying to for years.

[Stinger]

Well done to your dad and the great deckie work.

Takes at least 2 to make a team.

[Angus]

On a side note:

Jew threaddies squire, how well is the river fishing at the moment!

Angus

[Do$tylz]

yeah the Bris River is getting better and better. Or is it just that we're fishing it better now???

Too bad the mouth of the river isn't really accessible by foot.

[Bommie]

well done:)

[benno573]

Do$tylz wrote:

yeah the Bris River is getting better and better. Or is it just that we're fishing it better now???

Too bad the mouth of the river isn't really accessible by foot.

i think the biggest difference is stopping dredging in the river. the water quality has improved out of site and has allowed more bigger predatory fish into the river. there has always been a healthy population of "bait" in the river, evidenced by the constant presence of bullies. there is plenty of hidey holes for the big boys in the river, and it's only going to get better as time goes on and water gets still better. :woohoo: :woohoo:

thanks all for the kind words and advice in my previous thread.

[Bommie]

agreed

[adri4n]

man that was quick, I still haven't got mine yet, all my other mates who i fish with have already got theirs... congratulations again...

[Jordan]

sniff sniff... im so proud!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[maxi]

congrats to mr benno......and you too ben....hahahahahaaaaa

target down ....hahahahaaaa

very well executed......lol lol....

Maxi

[Rocket75]

Tick. What's next on the list! Well done.:cheer:

Rocket

[benno573]

next time i'm thinking tuna... :woohoo: might have to venture out of the river for that one though... :laugh:

[MichaelJ]

good onya for getin the threadie first time ya try

[ando_04]

howd the pics turn out, keen 2 share? also were abouts did you go

[benno573]

happy old man [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P1050390_AFO.jpg

[benno573]

ready for the knife [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P1050386_AFO.jpg

[bretto]

Brilliant looking fish mate. Congrats to the old boy for getting a big one.

[ando_04]

well done, looks alot bigger then 117cms tho

[ellicat]

You know it's a good fish when you need TWO cutting boards:P

..and they're still not big enough:laugh: :woohoo: :laugh:

[pinkey]

Huge fish well done, 117cm to the fork? or tip

[jeff f]

sweet fish, great effort guys

[kreel]

Fantastic fish Benno, love the shot, if the fish was any bigger it would be holding up your dad. :laugh: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[webbfunk]

Awesome, I'm jealous. Good eating?

[Cowfish13]

I've never tried, but they're apparantly better than Barramundi

Awesome fish mate:cheer: It's a fatty too:lol:

[MichaelJ]

nice big fat fish hey

once again congrats to your old man

[Dan23]

ando_04 wrote:

well done, looks alot bigger then 117cms tho

ha ha I think he's doing a Kev and holding out at the camera s it looks bigger. A fish that size doesn't need tricks to look big though :cheer:

[tacklebox]

Top fish! and on 6lb fireline too! What kind of leader were you using?

Congratulations Benno and dad

[benno573]

pinkey wrote:

Huge fish well done, 117cm to the fork? or tip

fork length mate.

[benno573]

webbfunk wrote:

Awesome, I'm jealous. Good eating?

bloody awesome mate. just had it crumbed and shallow fried, came out awesome. gotta bleed them and ice them straight away though. heaps better than barra. taste is not dissimilar to whiting if you look after them. oh and there's the odd bit of it to go around too.. :laugh: