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Forecast put me off again this morning hope sunday will be better

Supposed to be at eastern arm at Hinze but piked with the forecast.

good fun dragging a yak up the bank at Shines, Especially if it has been raining.

Back again to the western arm with Rick Stated off at the bottle tree in Ians island with around 1 fish caught before the school moved on. Only a few fish at the tip of Ians island so we moved upstream to the sticks on the flats and once again the schools moved on fairly quickly so up to the trees above bass bay to increase our tally to 48 bass by 11am. We then checked some of the shrimp pots so we would be ready for sundays onslaught. 45 bass tagged and released and 2 bleeders fed to the waiting eagle.

Could not help myself this morning the original plan was to fish the eastern arm but rick twisted my arm and we ended up back at the western arm. We had a bit of fun sorting out the stern motor that wanted to go forward when in reverse and go backwards when in forward. I had chipped the prop last trip and had a untested spare at home that looked the same and I swapped it over On closer perusal back at the ramp whilst it was the same diameter it was pitched in the opposite direction and had a much smaller pitch so we had hardly any torque in reverse and dropped about 2kph in top speed. After doing shrimp pots we headed in to Ians island and picked up around 10 bass before the school moved on, Went to usual spot on tip of island for some more bass before they also moved on. The wind was up and down all morning and kept on changing direction which made it a bit hard to use the spot lock in some places. Amelia took line honors with a nice yella and a 45cm bass . Final tally was down on the last trip with 40 bass tagged and released.

not many being caught from what i hear

Back to the western arm this morning for another successful day ( especially for the deckies in the bow who outfished the stern by 52 bass to 28) Shrimp pots were ok with fish caught at various upstream spots commencing at Ians island working the trees and looking at the sounder. Tagged fish not in data base.

fantastic

Went to western am this morning and after doing shrimp pots we headed downstream for a slow start with only 6 bass boated by 10 am so we headed up stream with no results until we arrived at the tip of ians island where we found a school. We ended up with 25 bass between 35 and 46cm with plenty over 40cm. Also saved one for the eagle . Back at the ramp by midday. I just rang the phone number about the closure on the 30th and SEQ water are doing some kind of a publicity film event. The reason they have not publicized it on their recreation and safety notices is that they do not want the general public turning up and getting in their way. STUFF THE FISHOS WHO DO NOT SEE THE NOTICE.

Doubt if there any blueclaw available commercially used to be plenty in bore drains and rivers on western downs 60 years ago but suspect they have been displaced by redclaw. For redclaw contact https://crayfishtraders.com.au/freshwater-australian-crayfish-traders-fact/products/redclaw-crayfish/ reasonably priced and he delivers or pick up Aratula

Another go at the vid 458943513_8153163311468039_7262022000518001621_n.mp4

Fed ourselves Fed the fish Fed the eagle Fed the march flies that ended up chasing us off the water. 458943513_8153163311468039_7262022000518001621_n.mp4.opdownload

Correct

Went to area 3 this morning and headed downstream. Plenty of shrimp in pots. I caught twice as many bass as everyone else in the boat.

Some 40+ bass from Hinze southside.