Old Scaley

Nice feed @Bretto77 and @Kat.  That flattie is a great eating size.

Good work @Thorbjorn Hale. Between you and Hamish, the Brisbane River is no longer a safe place for fish.

I admire your dedication, Hamish.  Just wondering if you refer back to your past reports when you are planning your next assault on the fishing stocks of SE Qld? You put so much info into each report it would be a shame to not use it.

1 hour ago, Doughnuts said:

Great feed there, What's your preferred bait when chasing whitting.? I like using worms but I'm not a fan of the price of them.!

Hey @Doughnuts. We stopped at the Gem and picked up $40 worth of blood worms. Ended up giving half of them to an old fella who was heading to the jetty for a fish when we got back to the ramp. I packed the yabbie pump as well but didn’t use it because we never looked like running out of worms. They are a bit dear, but they do produce fish (usually). We did throw plastics from time to time but only got a couple of 30cm flatties. Also tried a large herring as live bait after catching it on worm. Dropped it in the deeper channels closer to the bar but had no interest.

Been a busy month in July for me with my daughter getting married and my oldest boy home for a month from his place overseas. He loves fishing and we have managed a few trips while he has been here. Last opportunity was Tuesday and thankfully the weather played the game. Put in at Jacobs Well and fished the Broadwater for a decent feed of whiting and a couple of bream. Lots of smaller models. Biggest whiting was 35cm.

I still love getting out for a fish with my boys who are both in their 30s now. Makes the hard yards you put in when they are little worthwhile. 

1 hour ago, Angry51 said:

Paint it in camo and nobody will find your secret spots.

Or notice the squid ink.

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Nice work. How big was that whiting ?

28cm. Very lonely. 

I’ve been on Straddie since Monday morning. Blowing 20+ knots so far. Still managing a feed. 

Great fish Hamish!

Great report, @AUS-BNE-FISHO. You are getting closer to nailing that spot.

12 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Haha, my brain is clearly still in holiday mode (where you take no notice of days let alone dates) as I had no idea your report was about yesterday …

Off topic, but are you doing a report on your Cape trip, @kmcrosby78?

Well angled and well described.  You will be dreaming about that one for a while.

Good to see you have taught @Kat the “catch fish with a durrie hanging out the mouth technique”...... Good luck tomorrow.

56 minutes ago, Angry51 said:

How do you get female/young to join if they don't want to join.

I mean you can't have a quota like the pollies want and just draft them in.

Do you see what I mean?

I do see what you mean @Angry51. I think we start by making them feel welcome and encouraging women to take part. Women in Recreational Fishing provides a place where women can learn from each other and share experiences just like blokes do. 

Looks like a nice break with the boys and Jazz, Brian. A word of advice after watching the first video - slow down on the roads mate. You are going to kill someone at that speed. And stop giving your passengers helium balloons!

11 hours ago, Junky said:

Nice one Steve. 

Looks like a decent size tub. 

Made of the right material too. 

What is it? 

Hey Damo. It’s a 24 foot aluminium longboat with a 140 Suzuki on the back. Soon to be based in Cairns for easy access to remote trips in the Cape and Gulf. Rides so nicely.

Amelia looks pretty happy with herself, Ray. And why wouldn’t she. I would be pretty happy if 80 fish were were caught!

Went out with a couple of mates on Tuesday in my mate’s new boat. He wanted to get some hours up on the new motor. So the plan was to tour Moreton Bay and drop a line every now and again. 

Left Victoria Point at the gentleman o’clock (8.30am) to a moderate SW breeze and did a bit of running around the southern Bay Islands. Stopped at one of them for a fish around the last of the run out tide, with a few undersize squire coming over the gunnel and lots of pickers. Moved to Peel where there were more unders before finally boating a legal squire. Only 40cm but we were off the donut. 

Did a lap of Peel, then headed to Blakesleys for a lunch stop and stretch the legs. Then up past Dunwich for a cruise to check out the bar. No intention of crossing, just sightseeing. Saw some dolphins working in the shallows in the exact spot where I saw dolphins herding a school of snapper a few years ago. On the way up we saw a few boats circling around an area in the Rainbow Channel. We thought why should they have all the fun, so motored over and started trolling hard bodies. No luck. I had one paravane in the tacklebox so threw that out and had instant success. Caught 2 decent macs in quick succession, then handed the rod to my mate who dropped 3 in a row. Just unlucky, I guess.

Then as he was dropping the paravane back into the water it was hit before it went more than 10 metres. Fish on before a strange thing happened. The rod tip started bouncing in a weird way for a couple of seconds before the line went slack. The 40lb almost brand new braid had parted just back behind the boat. We can only assume, there was a fish on the spoon, but something else hit the braid accidentally and did the damage? In any case, my only paravane was gone and didn’t float to the top, so if you catch a mackerel in the Bay and there is a paravane attached, let me know. Shame because there was not shortage of hits to keep us entertained.

We headed for home after that. My mate was happy, s few hours up on the motor and some blood in the new boat. We each had a fish for dinner and it was a great day to tour the Bay.

Thanks for reading.