rayke1938

Good day at the eastern arm today launched at dawn to glass out conditions till around 11 when the breeze sprung up. The fish went off the chew around then so we knocked off with a tally of 54 bass and one tandan. few on the flats opposite the water tower and the rest upstream in different spots. All tagged and released except a 170mm one that was too small to tag. Water quality decreased the furthur upstream we went. Decky spot avail sunday no smoking no bananas.

Another hard day with the fish scattered and in small schools. Between the 4 of us we only boated 24 bass with only around 4 being legal size. Beautiful glass out till around 11am. Going by what a couple of the bass regurgated they were feeding on small bait fish. Bit of fun at the ramp when we returned when the brand new electric winch self destroyed with the boat half way up the trailer and the boat relaunched., Fortunately I have a manual back up winch on the winch post above the leccy. The handle for the winch was in the bow of the boat so we used the ratchet and socket from my socket set that I keep in the boot. It was hard going for Mark as the winch was very rusty and stiff glad it wasnt me. Cheers Ray

Poor day today at the western arm. The dam seems to have rolled over with visibility down to about 4 feet. When we did our shrimp traps apart from having to relocate a couple the pots were either empty of most of the shrimp were dead. We only got 20 live shrimp from 12 pots fortunately we still had a about 12 shrimp left over from out trip to the eastern arm last week. We had to work hard to get 19 bass with the largest going 39cm. I got another stumpy. Cheers Ray

tag details. Good growth rate I thought it would have been a lot longer considering the gunk on the tag.

That is what they are called in the UK here some people call them patties I call them rissoles. As usual delicious breakfast cooked up for us by Tai whilst Mark and I were busy catching fish upstream in the eastern arm. Took a while to find them and they would move on so we just kept looking. Ending up with 72 bass with plenty in the high 30s and low 40s. As usual all caught on live shrimp. 3 stumpys caught seems to be a few about lately.

I went to the western arm this morning and only got 5 shrimp out of my shrimp traps. Converted them into 5 bass. Spent a few hours trolling a ole elle lure around for nothing. Cheers Ray

I think it is a sad state of affairs that very few females and young people are represented on this site. Been like this for 17 years and it is time for a change. Change is happening with ball sports why not fishing?

Copy of email. ubject:Women in Recreational Fishing Program Expressions of interest Date:Mon, 3 Jul 2023 02:19:15 +0000 From:Christelle Legrand <Christelle.Legrand@daf.qld.gov.au> CC:Thomas Hart <Thomas.Hart@daf.qld.gov.au> Hi all, Expressions of interest to join the new cohort of the Women in Recreational Fishing Leadership Program are now open. EOIs close on Sunday 9 July at 5pm. For more information and how to apply click on the following link: https://daf.engagementhub.com.au/wirfn-leadership . It would be great if you could please distribute this amongst your clubs as we’re looking for representatives all throughout Qld. The current group has been very SEQ heavy, so it would be great if we could get some better representation especially out west and in the freshwater space. Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Christelle Christelle Legrand Fisheries Officer (Freshwater), Fisheries Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T +61 459 866 100 E Christelle.Legrand@daf.qld.gov.au W www.daf.qld.gov.au Level 5, 41 George Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 GPO Box 46, Brisbane QLD 4001 Customer Service Centre 13 25 23 Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn! Download the NEW ‘Qld Fishing 2.0’ smart phone app for Apple and Google

Hard going downstream in area 3 between the 2 of us this morning. A bit more wind than forecast made it a bit uncomfortable in the open areas. Reckon it is going to be a bumper redclaw season when it warms up We were getting equal numbers of small redclaw in the shrimp traps. Final tally 6 bass for 6 hours on the water. Fish must be all over in the sailing club area.

Geez old age setting in grey hair and boys with a beard.

Had a good day at the western arm today with Rick, Joy and their granddaughter Amelia after an iffy start. There was more wind than forecast and as we had some shrimp left from the last trip we headed into the trees on Ians island and tied up to one of our regular trees to escape the wind which dropped out to make it quite comfortable but a bit cool. The bass were hungry and we had boated 40 bass by 8am when we ran out of bait. We then did our pots for a meagre catch and headed upstream to above bass bay where we got into the bass again for a final tally of 80 bass and one tandan. Amelia was chuffed with a tally of 15 fish with the largest going 45cm. We ran out of bait around midday so we were happy with the day.

the guy has his own site and brand of waterproof clothing he has a lot to lose if he gets done apart from just being a thief. ****lyfe.

Long story. We have been missing quite a few pots from the western arm and a couple of weeks ago I was looking at another site and someone put up a post pulling one of my distinctive rectangular aluminium frame pots as well as some other distinctive round pots. I did nothing but another forum member recognised one of his pots and called him out plus reporting to fisheries and rangers. A. L got quite agro and claimed that they were his pots. Last week I got a pm telling me that some of my pots were in the eastern arm so today I went searching and found one of my pots and one of Neils with A.L s name and address on the floats. They were in only 2 feet of clear water and I could clearly see both of them. Neils name is burnt into the plastic end of the pot and mine still had a sticker with my name and address on the lead weight. There are at least another 12 pots missing so we will keep out eyes open. After spending a few hours unsuccessfully looking around to see if I could finds any more pots I then had a bit of a fish ending up with 39 bass so a good day. Hats off to one of the admins of the Hinze Dam fishing club site for his assistance. I even caught one of his tagged fish today. Cheers Ray

white one on hold for brian.

The tyre on the white multifit has a large flat spot due to a brake lock up. the next 2 the tyres are worn unevenly be ok for short distance emergency spare the last one and the ones under it are half buried under a choko vine no idea what they are like.

will put up photos in am keeping one for Brian

got about 8 x 13 inch rims most are ht stud Patten but i think there a couple that are dual holden and ford patten. assorted gal, painted and even a couple of genuine holden with hub caps. TYres are either shot or non existant pick up from redland bay 0403072325. Photos to come in morning.

On hold for Brett

55litre evacool fridgemate fridge/freezer. Plug it in to 12 volts and power light comes on but does not get cold. either get fixed or just use as a 55litre esky. No idea what is wrong or if evacool can fix. they are in sunshine coast from memory. Pick up redland bay. 0403072325.

Giving up on NPD for a while going to eastern arm hinze on sunday if anyone is interested send me a pm.

Rick and I went to NPD today for a total of 11 bass between 20 and 36cm

4 of us went to Western arm yesterday, Spent a bit of time recovering and relocating Mark and Joys pots due to dropped water levels. We also knocked off early but still managed 38 bass,

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Bit cool till the sun came out. We got around 25 on the tip of Ians island until the barred grunter forced a move so we headed upstream and checked Neal's pots that had not been looked at for a while and found a few high and dry on the bank and others difficult to get to due to lower water levels and spent a bit of time relocating them so it will be easier next time. Not many shrimp in the ones still in the water as it has been over a month since they have been checked. Tried a few spots in amongst the trees and could only find a few bass so we went back to Ians island and increased the tally to 45 bass and a few barred grunter for the eagle.

Rick and I went to NPD this morning total of Ricks 2 best bass went 63 cm and the total on my best 2 went 62cm. 12 bass each . Of my 12bass 4 were between 30 and 32cm. Rest between 22cm and 28cm. All tagged and released. Cheers Ray.