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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 

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 

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 

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

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 

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 

They're called fish, I think, Greg. A myth to any Northsider who dares brave the seas in search of them...

I like to prepare my Mac tuna sashimi style. 

Plate it up on a set of gang hooks and feed it to an edible fish

Hopefully not the bucket referred to earlier😂😂

Thanks Hamish. Best tip is Youtube! There’s such a wealth of knowledge on there. Start off doing repairs and rebuilds then go from there. I’m about 20 rods in and have learnt a heck of a lot. If you are interested I am happy to show you the basics. You and Cavy are welcome to come round one weekend

Hopefully not the bucket referred to earlier😂😂

Hopefully not the bucket referred to earlier😂😂

I went fishing at a fresh water lake on Saturday.  it was a bit of a walk and a track through the bushes to get to a spot for fishing.  i could see the tilapia in the water and cast my line.  i was using home made bait (flour mixed with water and a bit of garlic).  i hour in and i missed a bite.  30min later i hooked up, but only a small one.

Then 1hr 20min later as i was about to leave my reel started screaming and i could not see my float, i set the hook and got the big tilapia in.  it was a good 42cm i think as i did not have anything to measure it with.

then i packed up and left, on my way out i got a big scare from a snake right at my feet.

i got passed it and then disposed of the invasive pests properly. 

Hopefully not the bucket referred to earlier😂😂

Hopefully not the bucket referred to earlier😂😂

took the tinnie me and the grandkids wone a few years back at the ozfish wynnum  fishing classic ,its been a while fishing for me as the wife hasnt been too well but she is on the mend now witch is good,got a few flattie took 2 for a feed and left them on the chew there were 2 boats around throwing plastics they seem to do well also, jax got the biggest flathead around the 68ish mark,i saw his lure on the surface as we were trolling i told him to flick the weed of it and as he got up to get it out of the holder boof something came up and smashed   it on the surface i thought a cod but it was the flattie. good morning out

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

Having decided yesterday was the best day weather wise over the weekend I headed out from the Port of Brisbane boat ramp into the bay with my son Alex and two of his mates. There was a little bit of chop and swell but it was nothing much so we sounded around and found some promising shows on the sounder, dropped anchor and berleyed. Despite different types of fish showing on the bottom all we managed to pull up were large catfish.
We decided to head northwards looking for whiting but didn’t get a touch so decided it was nice weather for trolling as the sea had calmed right down by this stage. We put two lures out and had only been going for about fifteen minutes when the lure further back was hit and the reel screamed off. It’s been quite a while since I have heard that noise and I had forgotten how nice it is! One of my son’s friends was closest to the rod so he picked it up and the fight began. At first we didn’t think it was anything much but we later realised he must have been swimming straight towards the boat because when Damon had retrieved maybe half the line, the fish suddenly took off. 
 
From that point on, any line gained took a fair bit of effort and it was probably twenty minutes or so before we got our first look at it. The usual panic stations set in as we realised it was indeed a decent fish, not just some vermin. The landing net was nowhere big enough so we located the gaff, raised the engine, yelled instructions and generally had a good time. The fish kept diving under the boat and going from side to side at the rear of the boat. After three failed attempts at gaffing him mainly because as soon as he saw it he dived again, Damon finally bought him close enough and I managed to get a good secure gaffing through the jaw. Then it took most of us to drag him over the side and the high fiving began. The green machine finally had a decent fish to its name!
We all had the obligatory photo taken holding him then went to put him on ice. However, we quickly realised there was no way he was going to fit in the esky so we covered him with as much ice as we could, put a wet towel around him and raced back across the bay, to get him properly on ice. We drove straight to BCF Virginia and saw my mate, Gavin and bought an ice bag to put him in. Yet another piece of fishing gear acquired! 
 
I think we’ll all be back out there next weekend trying again!
 

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. 

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. 

I was going to but didn’t get many photos