ellicat

How good !!

Good day out, but played with fire and got burnt - that's not what the doctor ordered. haha
 

I am leaning towards too many flushes or floods in the 13 years since 2011 has altered the habitat and or bait locations and cycles.
We get dusky flathead all along the east coast and deep into the Gulf....so I am not sure it is a temperature change that has them shut down. I used to catch lots in Mackay and the Capricorn Coast when I was there.
2011 saw every worm bed in the Pine River scoured to rock and repeated in 2013....the worm beds returned after 5 or 6 years and things started to normalise...since 2019 we have had reasonable to large flushes recurring randomly in relatively quick succession....some in season, others not.
I think this weather pattern needs a break....we actually need a drought to stabilise the rivers and creeks. Getting heavy flushes 4 times a year is not good year after year.

Still, there's only a few points between the bottom and 3rd place.

I donated a threadfin to Qld Fisheries the other day . 
Guess the age of this fish ?

How good !!

I’m always down the bottom! lol.

How good !!

Wow, sounds a bit too hectic for me.
How was the ramp rage ?
 

Good day out, but played with fire and got burnt - that's not what the doctor ordered. haha
 

How good !!

Yes it’s certainly a fair trip up there from the Southside of Brisbane, especially on a public holiday .
Presume you got rewarded with quality fish .
We got back from our  stint dog sitting at Bribie yesterday and I  went for a whiting fish this morning. There was a heap of boats out down the Pin. Surprisingly I managed to find a quiet spot out of the chaos  and got a nice feed of pretty good fish  .
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dohles was ok...Deckie dropped me off at the pontoon, I reversed down without waiting and deckie drove on and we were off the ramp in under a minute.
There were 4 boats being tied down and about 6 boats arrived at the ramp just after I pulled out....it would have been busier then.
Dohles ramp is pretty good being 3 lanes.....trailer parking is limited to about 30 trailers i guess...sorry 25 trailer parks....i just checked on google earth pro.  Best thing about it is there is a cafe that does great coffee at the ramp that opens at 5.30am every day.

Just under 300k round trip makes a long day.

Good day out, but played with fire and got burnt - that's not what the doctor ordered. haha
 

Good day out, but played with fire and got burnt - that's not what the doctor ordered. haha
 

Good stuff Ray, sounds like an excellent session. Shame the pie shop was closed. 

Looks like you had a good day Ray.
I presume you got the job done for Bill?
Pie shop shut - what a tragedy -a total  unjust ending to the day! 
regards
Neil

Redcliffe was loaded with boats....like a regatta....hundreds of boats everywhere.....pine was the heaviest i have ever seen it too.
2 small snaps, 1 decent flounder, more than 6 tailor up to 60cm.....went into the pine for a look...found a pile of fish near the slabs with two big jew under them.....i pinned 1 jew on 8lb line.....that finished as soon as it found out it was hooked. Raef got done by something decent on the rock shelf.....boated several brassy trevally and small jew.....got about 2 litres of prawns for lunch.
All fish released....

We have been trying to get up to Baroon Pocket dam for a while and been thwarted either due to availability or the dam closed due to rainfall. We finally made it this morning to find the visibility near zero due to a heavy fog that did not lift until around 8am. We used the gps to find one of out usual spots and found the bass hungry . We pulled around 40 before they went quiet so we went upstream and could not find any bass so we went downstream and found another school where we ran out of shrimp . Final tally was 62 bass and one tandan. Largest bass went 42cm and the tandan 58cm. Only disappointment was that Bucks pies were closed due to anzac day. 2 fish kept for the table others all tagged and released.
 

Couple more whiting for team south
390mm and another 350mm

I think this round will see me battling it out with Jono and Greg for the bottom of the ladder. I need more byes for the QLD teams!

here we go again...... just for those other footy fanatics, give or take a few SOO games we are 25% through the 2024 fixtures season ... it's starting to fly by now.
ROUND 8
THURSDAY APRIL 25
Warriors vs. Titans Go Media Stadium 2:00pm AEST
Dragons vs. Roosters Allianz Stadium 4:00pm AEST
Storm vs. Rabbitohs AAMI Park 7:50pm AEST
FRIDAY APRIL 26
Sea Eagles vs. Eels 4 Pines Stadium 8:00pm AEST
SATURDAY APRIL 27
Tigers vs. Broncos Leichhardt Oval 5:30pm AEST
Cowboys vs. Panthers Qld Country Bank Stadium 7:35pm AEST
SUNDAY APRIL 28
Dolphins vs. Knights Suncorp Stadium 2:00pm AEST
Raiders vs. Sharks GIO Stadium 4:05pm AEST
Byes: Bulldogs

I take two rods wherever I go.
On the rocks or the beach you need two. One for bait & one for lures.
If you are interested in Samaki. The one to buy is the Samaki Zing Gen3 10'6'' 12-25 lb. Top rod. They also have a 12ft.
Just makes life easier.
Cheers.

Retail therapy! Good for what has been ailing you.