ellicat

I like any report. Pics and videos are a bonus. Everyone's different reporting styles keeps things interesting.
Any activity on the forum is a good thing.

I like any report. Pics and videos are a bonus. Everyone's different reporting styles keeps things interesting.
Any activity on the forum is a good thing.

All is not lost. I'll organise another shortly.

All is not lost. I'll organise another shortly.

Good on you for trying to organise anyway Brian.
ive got it in my head to organise a kayak social in the future. Just a one day thing followed by a bbq as I know a lot of folk on here have kayaks.

That's ok, hopefully another time will suit a few guys.
Not everyone has a 4wd drive so I doubt you would ever get as many as the fishing socials anyway.

That's a bit sad to hear Brian the dates didn't line up with all that were interested.
 

Executive decision 2
Cancelling the trip on 9/2/18 -11/2/18 as there is only 1semi-confirmed attendee.
Opening the floor for an alternate time and place. I think there needs to be a minimum of 6 to be anywhere near worthwhile.
If you have any interest at all please let me know by posting proposed/preferred dates and proposed/preferred place.
Maybe even just a 1 day meet & greet would be good ?

Thanks for the effort in trying to get a date to work Brian, much appreciated. I'll take a closer look at our (rapidly disappearing) free weekends this weekend and report back.
Your other idea about a one day meet & greet would also be great, and might be easier for many to attend (I still think we will probably make a whole weekend work, we'll just need to all chip in dates and find a best fit). I haven't been on the beach at Bribie but given it's location, I'd imagine it would probably be a good fit for a one day meet & greet. We could cook some snags, have a beers, fish for whiting/dart and depending on who was coming and their level of experience at beach driving, a couple of 'experts' could maybe run through the basics of getting out of bogs, etc.

Executive decision 2
Cancelling the trip on 9/2/18 -11/2/18 as there is only 1semi-confirmed attendee.
Opening the floor for an alternate time and place. I think there needs to be a minimum of 6 to be anywhere near worthwhile.
If you have any interest at all please let me know by posting proposed/preferred dates and proposed/preferred place.
Maybe even just a 1 day meet & greet would be good ?

Good try. It was surprising that so many people (including me) couldn't make it. Perhaps a few months out? 

Executive decision 2
Cancelling the trip on 9/2/18 -11/2/18 as there is only 1semi-confirmed attendee.
Opening the floor for an alternate time and place. I think there needs to be a minimum of 6 to be anywhere near worthwhile.
If you have any interest at all please let me know by posting proposed/preferred dates and proposed/preferred place.
Maybe even just a 1 day meet & greet would be good ?

I am out as well. Sister arriving from Hong Kong so have a few family things to attend.

Won't be able to make it unfortunately fellas. Turned the page on the calendar this morning and noticed that my wife had been busy ........ two social engagements that I didn't know about ......   Have a couple of the free beers and rums for me that Brian is putting on ..........

If you fish surface or even mid-water you will avoid the catties, even keeping your bait 1 metre from the bottom will help.

Thank's mate, will remember that for the weekend, im defenitly not a fan of the cat fish.
 

Hey @ellicat im fishing the bottom, looking for big Carp mate, Heading back out at the weekend or tomorrow to try the weirs or further up stream. river runs a little too hard close to where i live so need deeper water i think

Here's a chance to meet a few of the members on here. That would improve things for you, I'm sure. -
 

This is for ALL members, new or not so new.
A few of us discussed in @Doyley's "New Tow Rig" thread about having a get together somewhere on the beach.
I'm proposing the weekend of Friday 16th - Sunday 18th February as dates when we have high tides around 8.30 - 9.30am at Cooloola/Teewah.
EDIT 29/1/18 Settled at Teewah 9/2/18 - 11/2/18
EDIT 1/2/18 Cancelled
Alternative place of Bribie Island has high tides 1.30 - 2.30pm.
It would be good if you could indicate your location preference and any alternate dates. Once we've thrashed it out and settled on a place and time we can organize the finer details.

Hope you have good time. I wouldn’t be making this one. 

Hmmm... tides are better this weekend for a leave work and head up kind of arrangement. I think I’m a goer, will just have to confirm no other commitments!

I've made an executive decision.
We'll make it at Teewah, Friday 9/2/18 to Sunday 11/2/18.
 
Tides at Teewah are as follows :-
Fri 9 Feb
3:43 am 1.59m
3:20 pm 1.37m
Sat 10 Feb
4:47 am 1.67m
4:29 pm 1.38m
Sun 11 Feb
5:38 am 1.76m
5:28 pm 1.42m
That should make travel times pretty easy going on hard sand unless you're traveling at dawn.
I'll travel up on the Friday and select a decent sized camp, then use my Navara (Opal blue) as the beacon.
I'll supply a two-burner stove and gas, 50litres of fresh water, some firewood, a couple of lanterns, some other things I can't yet think of.
Apologies to Julian, Beau and Lance for the date change, I hope you can still make it.

Yes, but it gets patchy the further north you go.

I've made an executive decision.
We'll make it at Teewah, Friday 9/2/18 to Sunday 11/2/18.
 
Tides at Teewah are as follows :-
Fri 9 Feb
3:43 am 1.59m
3:20 pm 1.37m
Sat 10 Feb
4:47 am 1.67m
4:29 pm 1.38m
Sun 11 Feb
5:38 am 1.76m
5:28 pm 1.42m
That should make travel times pretty easy going on hard sand unless you're traveling at dawn.
I'll travel up on the Friday and select a decent sized camp, then use my Navara (Opal blue) as the beacon.
I'll supply a two-burner stove and gas, 50litres of fresh water, some firewood, a couple of lanterns, some other things I can't yet think of.
Apologies to Julian, Beau and Lance for the date change, I hope you can still make it.

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Biosecurity Qld
Thurs 25 January 2018
White spot disease surveillance
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