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Nice work nothing beats a successful mission and back at the ramp by ten. Can’t remember last time I had that

Also mate I was having a think about this a bit more and just realised we have a another member with the same first name as you. He is a northsider and a myriad of species avoid him like the bubonic plague there is a possibility that the Spanish have got you confused with Greg oug. In which case there’s not a great deal you can do about it

Hi mate I had refrained from touching this one as I didn’t want to sound rude. But seen as tho a few others have said what I was thinking I’ll chime in. Spanish are literally not a hard fish to target. Prolific all along the Qld coast. And central Qld where your fishing is renowned for having a great mackerel fishery. If you have tried everything thing you said then I’m not sure if any advice I give you will help. I think your best bet would to be persisting with live bait. I like to use 50lb single strand wire to a 7/0 hook through the nose with a small(but strong/good quality) stinger hook run from the eye of the 7/0 to the tail end of the livey on the under side. Float two or three of these rigs 5 metres below the surface at different distances between ten and thirty metres behind the boat under a balloon whilst at anchor. A modest amount of Berley can help to. Throwing very large stick baits whilst drifting reef edges along with trolling live and dead baits can be far more productive techniques but if your desperate I’d stick with the basics until the monkey is off your back.Any drop off or reef edge with current that holds bait will eventually see a Spanish cruise past. Dawn dusk and tide changes will increase your odds. Any way good luck mate keep at it. If you’ve put in this much effort it would be a shame to give up now

Hopefully not the bucket referred to earlier

Horse tuna mate well done. What lure did the damage? Also that very last picture is my fav it’s hilarious.

I was going to but didn’t get many photos

Nice trip mate, I was up there Friday and Saturday we fished Sykes and found the exact same thing. We went wide on both Friday and Saturday and the Sounders were lit up but the fish just weren’t chewing In the 60metre plus ground. We jagged one red in sixty and all our other fish came from 40 and under.

Fish ids or catching Morwong

Nice work man some good fish there and the rods look mint too

Like like a great trip, lots of colour in that lot well done

Fresh tailor is highly underrated IMO, my fav is crumbed in panko. If you treat it properly from catch you won’t be disappointed

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What a haul mate well done indeed!!

I have found that the snapper season after a flood year tends to be really good. Not sure why but probably something to do with all the bait getting flushed and nutrients etc. this is after the water has cleared up and salinity is back to normal though. I remember specifically 2012 the threadies and snapper were thick as I’d ever seen them back when I used to fish the port of Brisbane

Nice work man some absolute Stonkers!

Another successful mission north mate. Got me itching to get back up there well done

It was hard work it took three solid hours of two people casting non stop. Its always hard with that many boats as the prawns scatter easily

I headed out yesterday to confirm or deny the prawns status In The southern bay. As mentioned earlier thought I’d selflessly leave the weekend for those who worked this week the only problem was there was 50 to 60 other selfless fishos on a Friday morning. I’m guessing there will be close to 100 boats there on the weekend. Rumours were confirmed though!!

Rumours of extra large banana prawns showing up around the southern bay islands at Jackson’s so I’m gonna have crack tomorrow ( selflessly like @ellicat)

Yeah sand bass

Legendary!!!!

Haha lol when there on at nudgee you’ll know where they are, just point you boat towards the mouth and you’ll see a whole flotilla. It’s literally the busiest spot going. I’ll send you a pm when I hear of any reports from nudgee. They prawns are just outside the mouth just be carful as there is a green zone near there

This time of year is definitely worth trying some deeper channels, just throw a paver in there if your worried about current but less pots to contend with aswell

This article is great guide to really help you out, the info in here is all on point. https://m.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/now-is-the-peak-time-to-chase-sand-crabs/2947724/

Yeah you definitely see the odd big boat out there but needs a dedicated driver and one person to cast. I’ve done it once in my big boat and it’s a real hassle if there’s lots of boats around. Funnily enough last time I was out, there was a cat that was close to 7 metres with twin 150’s on the back needless to say he had to stay a bit away from the pack