Little Grey Men

And lures Ray...Oh the bounty of lures to be found is quite something. I reckon I have a full tackle box of found lures from that place. Last one I found was a 150mm popper ?!?

And lures Ray...Oh the bounty of lures to be found is quite something. I reckon I have a full tackle box of found lures from that place. Last one I found was a 150mm popper ?!?

The best part about not working any more is being able to pick the best days of the week to go fishing.  Yesterday was certainly a cracker to be out on the water. Had a little solo trip to the front of the rock wall, leaving the port ramp about 8am.  Pretty quiet with just a few very pretty wrasse, some bream around the 25cm mark and a sole to keep me entertained early. Not a single snapper, which is what I was looking for. 
Decided to move to a spot close by where I often find flatties. Threw a prawn on a bream rig while I tossed plastics around looking for the flathead. The prawn was taken by a winter whiting so I changed hooks and started feeding them half a peeled prawn.  Gathered 19 in no time, and thought that would be enough filleting for one day, so moved into the river to see if I could bag a snap on the outgoing tide. Very quiet to begin with, but came on the chew 30 minutes before I needed to get off the water.  Caught 4 or 5 that were around the 34cm mark and then bagged a decent 45cm model for the esky on my last cast.
Overall a beautiful day on the water.  Interesting too - I saw the Japanese warships and a sunken tinnie tied off to a channel marker. Never a dull moment down there.  Here is a bad picture of a couple of dead fish. Thanks for reading.
 

I haven't tossed a lure for a few weeks and after checking the weather and tides it was down to the salty brine to play for a bit. The water was crystal clear and long casts and slow presentations were used to fool the fish. I pulled the two best flathead from the same spot in the snag. If you hook a flattie put the lure straight back there because they like to hang out in little groups.
A few small flatties also fell to plastics and one OK sized bream
All fish were taken on soft plastics ever so slowly hopped along the sand.

That's a Holt Productions Swim Prawn mate. When I first saw them I thought they looked goofy but when you see them swim you realise how clever some lure makers are. They are awesome.

That's a Holt Productions Swim Prawn mate. When I first saw them I thought they looked goofy but when you see them swim you realise how clever some lure makers are. They are awesome.

That's a Holt Productions Swim Prawn mate. When I first saw them I thought they looked goofy but when you see them swim you realise how clever some lure makers are. They are awesome.

Agree - great photos and a productive session there mate, well done!

That's awesome and good tips. Love the last photo 

I haven't tossed a lure for a few weeks and after checking the weather and tides it was down to the salty brine to play for a bit. The water was crystal clear and long casts and slow presentations were used to fool the fish. I pulled the two best flathead from the same spot in the snag. If you hook a flattie put the lure straight back there because they like to hang out in little groups.
A few small flatties also fell to plastics and one OK sized bream
All fish were taken on soft plastics ever so slowly hopped along the sand.

I haven't tossed a lure for a few weeks and after checking the weather and tides it was down to the salty brine to play for a bit. The water was crystal clear and long casts and slow presentations were used to fool the fish. I pulled the two best flathead from the same spot in the snag. If you hook a flattie put the lure straight back there because they like to hang out in little groups.
A few small flatties also fell to plastics and one OK sized bream
All fish were taken on soft plastics ever so slowly hopped along the sand.

I haven't tossed a lure for a few weeks and after checking the weather and tides it was down to the salty brine to play for a bit. The water was crystal clear and long casts and slow presentations were used to fool the fish. I pulled the two best flathead from the same spot in the snag. If you hook a flattie put the lure straight back there because they like to hang out in little groups.
A few small flatties also fell to plastics and one OK sized bream
All fish were taken on soft plastics ever so slowly hopped along the sand.

I haven't tossed a lure for a few weeks and after checking the weather and tides it was down to the salty brine to play for a bit. The water was crystal clear and long casts and slow presentations were used to fool the fish. I pulled the two best flathead from the same spot in the snag. If you hook a flattie put the lure straight back there because they like to hang out in little groups.
A few small flatties also fell to plastics and one OK sized bream
All fish were taken on soft plastics ever so slowly hopped along the sand.

I haven't tossed a lure for a few weeks and after checking the weather and tides it was down to the salty brine to play for a bit. The water was crystal clear and long casts and slow presentations were used to fool the fish. I pulled the two best flathead from the same spot in the snag. If you hook a flattie put the lure straight back there because they like to hang out in little groups.
A few small flatties also fell to plastics and one OK sized bream
All fish were taken on soft plastics ever so slowly hopped along the sand.

I haven't tossed a lure for a few weeks and after checking the weather and tides it was down to the salty brine to play for a bit. The water was crystal clear and long casts and slow presentations were used to fool the fish. I pulled the two best flathead from the same spot in the snag. If you hook a flattie put the lure straight back there because they like to hang out in little groups.
A few small flatties also fell to plastics and one OK sized bream
All fish were taken on soft plastics ever so slowly hopped along the sand.

I haven't tossed a lure for a few weeks and after checking the weather and tides it was down to the salty brine to play for a bit. The water was crystal clear and long casts and slow presentations were used to fool the fish. I pulled the two best flathead from the same spot in the snag. If you hook a flattie put the lure straight back there because they like to hang out in little groups.
A few small flatties also fell to plastics and one OK sized bream
All fish were taken on soft plastics ever so slowly hopped along the sand.

Just a quick stop off and a quick boat capture practice with the drone.

Produce_16.mp4 This should be awesome for the Kimberley trip.

Headed up to Maleny this morning to fish Baroon.First couple of schools I found were mongrel spanglies, they were of good size and fooled me on the sounder as I thought they were bass.Fished a few spots with some producing and some not. Tally was growing on shrimp so I decided to try a few back alleys casting spinnerbaits,While I was doing this I had a couple of baits over the side in case a bass showed up. All of a sudden one of the rods buckled over and I first thought you ripper my first 50 up here for awhile, it was very heavy and I was expecting to see a bass wrapped around a branch surface. Well my eyes opened up when I seen a nice approx 70cm Mary come up.I didnt measure it was in a hurry to get it back in the water, so one pic out of water while removing the hook and a quick one in the water.It was caught on the smallest of shrimp I had.
I kept casting in the back waters until I finally got a bass on spinnerbait. All up 78 bass and one MRC. Last time up there I couldnt see a foot in front of me the fog was that thick, this morning I was greeted by the fog in the middle of the first pic.
Dino

Hi logo,
It depends on where you live, the hard part for a nine year old would be getting to fishy spots. If your parents are willing to drive you to places like Sandgate they are lots of options for land based fishing. You can walk for miles over there throwing lures out for flathead.
 
I know when I was nine I'd ride my bike down to the local creek and chase yellowbelly and catfish with my mates.
If you have any freshwater creeks or lakes close by you could chase bass or even tilapia using bait.
It depends on what sort of fishing you want to do and what type of gear you have.

Hi logo,
It depends on where you live, the hard part for a nine year old would be getting to fishy spots. If your parents are willing to drive you to places like Sandgate they are lots of options for land based fishing. You can walk for miles over there throwing lures out for flathead.
 
I know when I was nine I'd ride my bike down to the local creek and chase yellowbelly and catfish with my mates.
If you have any freshwater creeks or lakes close by you could chase bass or even tilapia using bait.
It depends on what sort of fishing you want to do and what type of gear you have.

Hi logo,
It depends on where you live, the hard part for a nine year old would be getting to fishy spots. If your parents are willing to drive you to places like Sandgate they are lots of options for land based fishing. You can walk for miles over there throwing lures out for flathead.
 
I know when I was nine I'd ride my bike down to the local creek and chase yellowbelly and catfish with my mates.
If you have any freshwater creeks or lakes close by you could chase bass or even tilapia using bait.
It depends on what sort of fishing you want to do and what type of gear you have.

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.