rayke1938

Caught this live lobby with my bare hands

So Raef and I did a quick run in the Brisbane River this afternoon with the winds dropping off a bit and the showers clearing. Launched at the Pinky at 3pm and fished until 7pm with plastics. My best was a snapp about 55 that was sent back....then a tailor about 50ish.....not welcome in my boat.
If you want a feed of tailor go to the grain  wharf at Pinkenba at night and throw anything into the lights under the wharf....you could bag out in 30 minutes easily. They all seem to be 40 to 50cm there tonight.....I wasn't interested but had to throw a lure into the lights anyway.
Water quality is decent but the run made it a challenge to work the lures well....next weekend will be better tides.
No photos, nothing worth the cost of the flash.
 

Get into it.
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Had a few longer.

Had a few longer.

Must have spent a few years in the river not as well fed as in the dams.
Cheers Ray

Must have spent a few years in the river not as well fed as in the dams.
Cheers Ray

Had a few longer.

I finally had enough and took on the conditions yesterday. I got up at stupid o'clock and the bay was windy, cold, wet and snotty. But the fish count was worth it. Bagged on snapper in no time with a few other nice surprises chucked. Here is one of the better fish. 63cm Grassy.!

There are plenty of land based opportunities and their can be a wonderful variety of tasty fish there along the rocks. I generally fish with a long rod (10'6" or more) as you need to get away from the small fish that hang in close. For us it produces squire, grassies, legal spangled emperor, estuary cod, mulloway, mangrove jacks, purple spotted tuskfish, black spotted tuskfish and lots of other stuff. I generally use a 2/0 or 3/0 hook of a set of 3/0 gangs and vary my sinker based on the run. 

Hi. I have fished Amity from the shore many times. You rarely catch something legal, but there are plenty of fish there to keep you interested.  That said I know @straddiebrad picked up a ripper snapper off the  end of one of the rock groins at the camp grounds in section A.  
 
Amity offers a range of fishing and has pretty deep water accessible from the shore.  I have broken the area into 3 sections.  
Section A  has a few sections as well. The rock groins can offer some good small reef species, like snapper and Moses perch.  You can also successfully work a squid jig over the sand and grass sections in between. 
 
On a good day you can pick up some small  flathead and bream working a plastic over the sand and grass   
 
Lots of people fish from the jetty but I do not rate it since the sand has reduced the depth  it is good, late dusk and night to chase squid on the right tide   For kids though you can put a small hook on and fish under the lights and catch endless butter bream   They are ok on the chew cooked whole.
The last section to fish here is the end of the old boat ramp and to a lesser extent the rock wall at the park   You can fish bait here or plastics.  I have caught some nice pan sized snapper here   On it’s day you can stand on the end of the ramp with a slug on, cast out let it sink and the spin it back quickly and pick up endless bonito. 
 
Section B  
The rock wall section.  There are several streets that end at the rock wall giving access  Beware the neighbours think they own the shoreline and get pretty cranky if you try and rock hop down the wall. It can be fun to fish this area but stick to the slack tide times. It can be frustrating with the snags here but it offers a lot of reef species. The channel comes in close here and offers depths of 15m   I have caught legal snapper, grassy sweet lip and tusk fish here. 
 
On a northerly wind the bait gets pushed into the wall and can have long tailed tuna within casting distance  I personally have not caught one, but boy it is exciting trying to, with bust ups metres from the shore  
Section C 
This is where the rock wall meets the beach. It offers the reef species casting back along the wall and where the sand meets the rocks. It can be very productive  there. There can also be some very nice bream and tarwhine here on bait and plastics  
The beach offers some fun with a tiny whiting hook, with many whiting and bream available to catch  
On its day if you are lucky, you can spin up schoolies and spotty mackerels, so make sure you always have a few slugs in the tackle box  I have caught them on two occasions there. 
 
I hope that helps. Tackle on the island is expensive and there is not a huge choice, so make sure you have sufficient before you catch the ferry across  I love ❤️ Straddie and Amity  if you have a car there are some awesome fishing opportunities over at Pt lookout   Good luck and have fun  
 

Great advice @crazywalrus. 

I am lucky no driving for a week and no lifting more than 5kg for a month . I interpret that as no NPD forkies for a month.

Look up some of Darryl Mcphees (spelling)posts he fishes there landbased for some really good fish.

I am lucky no driving for a week and no lifting more than 5kg for a month . I interpret that as no NPD forkies for a month.

Look up some of Darryl Mcphees (spelling)posts he fishes there landbased for some really good fish.

I am lucky no driving for a week and no lifting more than 5kg for a month . I interpret that as no NPD forkies for a month.

I am lucky no driving for a week and no lifting more than 5kg for a month . I interpret that as no NPD forkies for a month.

I am lucky no driving for a week and no lifting more than 5kg for a month . I interpret that as no NPD forkies for a month.

I am lucky no driving for a week and no lifting more than 5kg for a month . I interpret that as no NPD forkies for a month.

Look up some of Darryl Mcphees (spelling)posts he fishes there landbased for some really good fish.

Hey mate,
I have posted heaps of reports from moreton in the past 10+ years and advice on what to how to where to. Have a squizz through some of my previous reports / posts on the topic and you’ll get some pretty good ideas - I’m far too lazy to type it all out again.

I took a drive down to the Tweed river and collected some driftwood for the garden earlier this month. I found a well weathered piece of sleeper that I thought I could make into something interesting. With all this crap weather I  found some time and got out the electric soldering iron and etched a  Kraken into it to add a bit of character. Next piece I  find ,  might make a  Rum tasting paddle with a similar design.
regards
neil

Lemon tea cake.

They even talk to you. NPD today. Several captured.