benno573

Is there an unlike button to knock him back to 99??

2 hours ago, Kat said:

 

Please tell more about the red bellied black?

I saw a disturbance on the surface and went to have a look and there he was swimming across the creek. Unfortunately I got between him and his destination (not knowing it was a snake and not a fish) and he approached the kayak and started to try and climb on, I just peddled forward and he slid off and kept on his merry way. They are a stunning looking snake, usually quite timid however if one did bite you it’s not good news. 

13 minutes ago, GregOug said:

Um. How do you net half a barramundi, and then release it? Lol. 

I have a very unique set of skills…

it tried very hard to leave the net and thankfully its spikes dug in to the net and locked it in, just on a rather jaunty angle.

23 minutes ago, Jono4500 said:

Ahh yes, good old Nudgee creek barramundi....

Umm… not quite. Go fish!

They do exist! A genuine SEQ barramundi. Caught today on a gulp 4” drop shot minnow in watermelon pearl. Not quite the legal size of 58cm and closed season so released for another time. Only other notable catch for the morning was one good flathead at 64.5cm.

all in all a good morning on the yak - save for a broken rod and a red bellied black trying to join me on the kayak!

cheers,

benno <‘><

Flathead, 64.51cm, team north

just jokes… it’s pretty much right on 64.5, but I had to say a bigger number than @Old Scaley!

Hey mate. Depends on what you expect to catch on the beach but for things like salmon, bream etc I would go with anything less than 20lb, generally the lighter the better. Leader - if the stuff you’re chasing has teeth, maybe 20-30lb, again, the lighter the better.

for the estuary/lake stuff, your trout gear probably won’t be far away. 1-3kg or 2-4kg rods around 7ft, small spinning reels with 6-10lb braid. Small plastics up to 3-3.5”, jigheads around 1/8 or 1/6, up to 1/4 if deeper or a lot of run. This should work on the majority of your estuary species.

would love to see some reports of your cod/trout trips too!

22 minutes ago, Old Scaley said:

Good to see the old firm back in action. I need to do a software update on my sounder so I might take the opportunity to rename that spot to “Shark Hole”.  A bit frustrating but good to see the Benno family will get a feed.

i can never understand why people think it is ok to drive so close to an anchored boat where someone is obviously fishing. Welcome to holiday time fishing, I guess. Was the ramp busy?

3 x feeds bagged and in the fridge - Dorothy has requested snapper tonight so snapper it shall be!

I pulled hooks on another decent fish going hard to try and beat the sharks - would rather that than the alternative!

ramp wasn’t too bad - would have been better if old mate who had launched with no bungs had moved his car at some point during the beaching/bailing process but we made do with the one ramp in the meantime… 

Welcome Amber. You should come camping at Moreton sometime - home to the previously named Jeff the bandicoot, Pete the python, Sammy the spider and Candice the cross dressing curlew - you’d fit in great!

Hopefully you’ll be catching more and bigger fish than those other two before long!

Thanks for the morning out @ellicat, very very annoyed you bumped me down the trev leader board though - I’m amazed your legs could hold that one up too. Glad we packed the Stella’s and stickbaits… Glad my random inclusion of a cast net paid off - haven’t thrown one since back in the pre-child days…

Trevally, 24cm, posting for @ellicat team south

Snapper, 46cm, team north

Tailor 19cm team north

Trevally 21cm team north

23 hours ago, Kat said:

Guess what @Bretto77scored for Christmas?

Awww you got him a trampoline!!!

i thought you were going to go with the diamond trevally or diamond scale mullet... but either or.

Thanks for the trips @ellicat, hoping we can replicate our Oz day success again soon!