queensland Chillies long weekend

[Brian D]

Well stuff work I need some Chilli time, so this is how Mrs Chilli and I spent the weekend.

Friday we started with the footy and a few too any beers then next da we got up some time around 10ish we headed up the local Albert for a paddle, ran into a few locals [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P5030016_AFO.jpg

[Brian D]

A closer look at the burley factory [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P5030018z_AFO.jpg

[Brian D]

We did get a few little ones

But mostly we enjoyed the paddle and the serenity

[Brian D]

Then over to the Bay, trolling one of the middle banks for a flatty and found the dreaded grinners

So moved to Peel where she found the bushes, that's her in the middle of the pic. "No close up" she says, that might have something to do with it being less then a metre deep and I was stuck in the boat

[Brian D]

THen we found the fish

some good fights

Nothing big but plenty of them

[Brian D]

They were on the chew for gentleman hours

Bream, wrass, trout, gar, cod, strippies, grassies: all on the surface

As soon as the bait hit the surface it got boofed

It was just a woderfull fun session, it was nice not to take fishing serious for a change and enjoy the area even if they were babies

[Brian D]

Mr tough guy got bitten, broke a shamino rod and Mrs C dropped a pair of plyers over the side but still fun [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P5050026_AFO.jpg

All up we would have caught more then 40 fish

[Bommie]

Brian D wrote:

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P5030018z_AFO.jpg

So thats what a Cowfish looks like:laugh:

well done on the coral trout, sounds like a good weekend, bit of salt & fresh

[Dinodadog]

Well done Brian sounds like an alright way to spend the weekend, I went down to the Richmond and it was full of small fish also, prob after the big fish kill there

[Angus]

Mate thats awesome!

I dont think I have ever seen a Coral Trout from the bay!!!

Angus

[werewolf]

That is a huge grinner!:laugh: I didn't know they came that big, you must be super lucky!:silly:

Is the rod that broke, the same that you were high-sticking in the pic:blink:

The colours on that trout is unreal:cheer:

Sometimes it's nice to just catch fish even if there are few or no keepers. I was camping with my family and girl at Pottsville over the weekend. Only got 2 keeper flatties, but heaps of undersize bream. We had a ball.

[rayke1938]

Quality time ,good company and fish a bonus . You gotta watch tho.se mangroves for wasp nests

Cheers

Ray

[Rocket75]

Great pics mate, good to see Mr + Mrs Chillie fishing and smiling together, love your work.

Some pretty fish there, especially that trout. Those grinners are getting bigger and bigger, perhaps our next sportfish in the making:silly: They certainly don't mind taking lures, they go hard and there are plenty of them...who cares if you don't fish for a feed anyway!

Thanks mate,

Rocket

[ellicat]

Looks like a coupla nice days on the water Brian. Looks very "chilling".

[Jordan]

far out how good is that. thats a huuuuuge grinner, ive never seen one that big, and the coral trout is just unreal, well done! heaps of good fish there. what a session!

[Brian D]

Thanks for the happy reply guys.

We caught 3 coral trout or the same one 3 times - not sure which. :S

WW no the Pfluger made it home OK - it was the shamino raider that had strees fractures in it from NPD. Did you notice the hand grip on the spool, I couldn't stop the bugger from going coral, it's one of the ones that got away.

THat grinner should have been a flathead

[ando_04]

well done brian, what sort of speed are you getting from your boat with the 60 yammy ?

[Dazzamcgee]

WOW gotta love thoughs long weekends!!!

[Cowfish13]

I've never seen a Coral Trout this far south:dry:

Well done:)

[pinkey]

Wow, nice little Coral trout, id think it'd be pretty rare to catch one this south so congrats!, who knows they might start turning up in the river soon .

[Bommie]

there's a few coral trout around peel, and luna tail cods as well

[Brian D]

ando_04 wrote:

well done brian, what sort of speed are you getting from your boat with the 60 yammy ?

I have 3 prop set ups that achieve differnt speeds

Solas Prop = 57kph but is very fuel friendly, excellent out of the hole

Yammy 13 = 60kph, a little boggy out of the hole under weight, but with 1 (me) it's like a hair trigger

Yammy 15 = 54kph, a little slow top end but great under load with passengers.

(I think I got the 2 yammies around the right way, never can remember which is which)

Revs are 5600, 5900 and 5400. The 5400 only gets to about 3/4 throttle the other are WOT.

(how about that Feral/Ray - you taught me well.

[rayke1938]

That is impressive with a fairly heavy hull.

Cheers

Ray

[big dyl]

exelent seesion. nice fish and all:)