Caboolture River - Beachmere Tuesday 27th

[Biggles]

Well after several weeks lay off I finally hit the water again today, as I really did have a bad case of trigger finger. Sporting my band new Hobie Revolution I arrived at the Beachmere ramp and hour late, thanks to an earlier wake up call from the beeper and quick trip to the fire station. The tide had just turned as I shoved off on the maiden voyage, and with a small crowd watching, the last thing I needed was to fall in at this point.

Trolling and sx40 and sx60 it wasn't long before the action started, the flatheaad were on the bite and going absolutey mad, I lost count at 26, and the boaters were doing the same. I ditched the hard bodies after a while and went the drift with Gulp 6" minow in grey, BANG, zzzzzzzzzzzzzz, BANG zzzzzzzzzzzzz, this trip was awesome but they were all flatties :shock:

After an hour or so I'm approaching the Channel markers and here's a bunch of birds hard at it, :gu: You bewdy, Lee and Terry went to 8th Avenue suckers, I rigged a slug and put the foot down :grin: TUNA this far in, I felt like a rat with a golden tooth. Just as i'm coming into casting range a boat goes straight past in an attempt to get to em first , and instead of going wide a bringing his lines around and through, Ooooh No, straight through the middle, wan????er . The fish dived and we were back to glassed out conditions almost, then the driver of the mongrel boat came along side and said, "G'day mate getting any??"

The trip back was simply brilliant, I lay back and enjoyed the peddle. I am very impressed with my new ride :cool: , I can't tell you how it paddles because I just couldn't be bothered. All up I spent 7 hours in the chair, and dragged around 30 flatties on board, now this is a yak with MOJO -:

Regards

Al

[Mack_attack]

Any size to the Flatties?

[Terry H]

Biggles wrote:

The trip back was simply brilliant, I lay back and enjoyed the peddle. I am very impressed with my new ride :cool: , I can't tell you how it paddles because I just couldn't be bothered. All up I spent 7 hours in the chair, and dragged around 30 flatties on board, now this is a yak with MOJO -:

Regards

Al

Just remember the name of my yak:) Mojo:P

I bet the reason Biggles didn't mention any size, was because there wasn't any size :P :lol: :silly: :silly: :kiss: :kiss:

Good to see you like the pedal system mate, I knew you would:) We'll have to head out sometime together

[Biggles]

Biggest went 490, no 900 size to speak of but what a great day, I can't ever remember when flatties came on the chew so hard.

Regards

Al [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/101_1240.JPG

[Biggles]

Awesome Day [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Copy_of_101_1213.JPG

[Terry H]

Nice looking trip there Biggles,

Just wish I had a more enjoyable day:( Now to top it off, I've got about 500 words of bs to make up for a section o f agroup assignment

[Biggles]

Mate, you should have come with me today, next time heh. Now, go do your homework :S .

Al

[Mack_attack]

Biggles wrote:

Biggest went 490, no 900 size to speak of but what a great day, I can't ever remember when flatties came on the chew so hard.

Regards

Al [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/101_1240.JPG

Sounds pretty good to me Sure beats working

[mangler]

Way to go mate, great session with the lizards :cheer: . How nice does the water look in that photo! Pity about the boatie scaring off the school, but still 30 odd flatties is way better than a day at work.

Cheers,

Matt

[brisfisher]

awsome session mate,sounds like the flatties r in good numbers up that way...unlucky wit the tuna:( unfortunatly there are quite a few inconsiderate boaties out on the water,shoulda had aword with wit him n set him strait;)

[Biggles]

Thanks lads, an excellent day if I say so myself, I think the boater was just "enthusiastic" in his approach, I don't think he meant to be a dill, as you can see I've had a good sleep to get over it :woohoo: .

Regards

Al

[Biggles]

Another pic [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Copy_of_101_1223.JPG

[Biggles]

One More [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Copy_of_101_1219.JPG

[big al]

good to see cant beat getting into the flatties:woohoo: a good spot when they are there i havent been up there for years we usted to get them in the creek next to cabulture river forget the name how many came home for a feed:cheer: al

[Biggles]

Only kept 2 for the feed, Burpengary Creek would be on the tip of your toungue.

Regards

Al

[big al]

yep thats the one we use to leave from a small boat ramp off a park and motor all the way up the creek over logs and sand banks even had to get out and push the tinney over the sand banks but we would get around 35 flatties for the morning between 3 of us even a few good muddies at times al this was back in the mid 80s they were all good fish i havent been back since al

[Biggles]

It's a fantastic creek to fish from the yak, not too many boaters and you wouldn't want to leave your car unattended at the inland ramp. I just paddle around from Beachmere ramp.

Regards

Al

[Angus]

Well done.

Shame about the lack of tact by the boater.

30 flatties though, id be happy!

Angus

[benno573]

where exactly is it mate? not the "spot x", you can keep that to yourself , but just in general? never been fishing up that way before.

[Biggles]

Anywhere I fish is "spotX", just kidding, Burpengary Creek is only a few mintues paddle to the South of the Caboolture River mouth, toward Decpetion Bay.

Regards

Al

[bigtez]

Did you launch at the Uhlmann Rd boat ramp biggles?

[Dinodadog]

Well done mate thats a ripper session

[Biggles]

bigtez wrote:

Did you launch at the Uhlmann Rd boat ramp biggles?

Not this time bigtez, I launched from the Beachmere boat ramp on the other side, slightly better facilities, toilets etc.

Thanks Dino, I had a blast, and proves my Mojo is bigger than Terry's Miji :woohoo:

Regards

Al

[Terry H]

pft I skip past those little whipper snappers biggles and aim for bigger fish.

but hey, you like quantity > quality. it's ok

[Dazzamcgee]

Well Done!!

Plenty of Flathead in that neck of the woods!!:ohmy:

[Biggles]

TerryH wrote:

pft I skip past those little whipper snappers biggles and aim for bigger fish.

but hey, you like quantity > quality. it's ok

Sorry mate, I bow down to your greatness :woohoo: , think I might get a spray can and name my yak MOJO

See ya

Al

[big al]

terryh ok were are all your bigger fish:cheer:

[raven]

Hi Al

Just wondering, where did you get your Yak from and if you don't mind me asking how much did it set you back? Have been checking out the Hobi's and that paddle system looks great - just need to convince the other half to let me get one... Do you know if there are second hand ones around? Are you quite happy with it? Does it get along well?

Cheers

paul...

[Terry H]

big al wrote:

terryh ok were are all your bigger fish:cheer:

Hey mate, I just like to give biggles crap, and he does the same.

But any of my reports :laugh: :blush: sorry biggles

raven: Mal at Sunstate Hobie sells hobies. He's up at Cooroy just across the road from Lake Macdonald.

Base model Hobie Revo is about $2200

[Biggles]

TerryH wrote:

big al wrote:

terryh ok were are all your bigger fish:cheer:

Hey mate, I just like to give biggles crap, and he does the same.

But any of my reports :laugh: :blush: sorry biggles

raven: Mal at Sunstate Hobie sells hobies. He's up at Cooroy just across the road from Lake Macdonald.

Base model Hobie Revo is about $2200

Scoooze me mate, all my rantings are factual, especially about me out fishing you everytime we are together, no crap here, all facts :woohoo: :woohoo:

Can't wait until Monday

Regards

Al

[Biggles]

raven wrote:

Hi Al

Just wondering, where did you get your Yak from and if you don't mind me asking how much did it set you back? Have been checking out the Hobi's and that paddle system looks great - just need to convince the other half to let me get one... Do you know if there are second hand ones around? Are you quite happy with it? Does it get along well?

Cheers

paul...

G'day Paul, mate Mal at Suncoast Hobie will look after you that's for sure, the Revo is a very nice yak and yes the mirage drive is superb. There are not many second hand Hobie yaks around but you could keep an eye on the yak forums, here is a top link to a top site :whistle: http://www.kfdu.com.au/forum/index.php?sid=501d9c2162c9d6bd684e755c700effff :woohoo: You will need to join but it is awesome place to be as a yak fisher .

Mate my advice to you just starting out is this, paddle / peddle as many as you can before you part with your money, and remember there is no such thing as a bad kayak, unless it won't float. Now if only I had listened to my own advice.

Warmest Regards

Al