straddiebrad

nice what dates as a few boys may be out off sykes reef around the end of september,nothing under 50 pound i would say 60 -and above in leader should get a few coral trout and red throat they all go hard in the shallow water so dont give them an inch or they will reef you,might be some cray fish around too if you go for a snorkel so take a hand held spear .

you beat me too it i was going to say that if you go to a certin corner house in birkdale there is always heaps of fish there on a saturday arvo

No worries ....... 🙃

mate there a pretty good hull good for off shore but just get the max hp for the boat they tend to sell them with the min hp to keep prices down.

mate there a pretty good hull good for off shore but just get the max hp for the boat they tend to sell them with the min hp to keep prices down.

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

yer mate they love fishing and keeps me company too,and i seem to make better decisions  when there in the boat😀

yes mate going good had one issue at the start but they fixed it up hasnt mist a beat since

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

Headed up to 1770 for a good weather window mid week and got out for a few days on the reef in the Bunker group. The weather was exceptional on Tuesday when we left the ramp at 5am with the wind not getting over 5 knots till 5 pm. 
The fish were hungry as we got tuskies and red throat emperor stretching the lines. Then my deckie got a good fish with a coral trout hitting the deck.

We kept moving to keep the fish biting hiting my marks and finding new ones along the way. The plan was to fish the red grounds on the tide turn just before lunch.
It all went to plan when my line come tight on a solid fish with big head shakes. These fish are always an epic battle and I wasn't disappointed finally I called for the net and a good red emperor was landed.
 

The red throat emperor are hard pulling fish and there were a few stonkers on this trip. They don't give up till they are lifted into the boat and just as good on the dinner plate. Also got plenty of big spangled emperor and big trevally all hard pulling fish.

The end of the day we went to anchor behind the reef on the lee side and enjoyed a few well earned beers. The night was calm and the next morning we started working our way along fresh marks. We found some new grounds that fished well and Adam hooked a good cod.

We lost many big fish to sharks and I got 1 large red emperor head back missing its back end. By lunch on Wednesday we had moved down to Fitzroy lagoon and hooked up to a mooring. A swim and a beer was the go here so why not at the same time.

From here I pointed the boat for home after a very successful trip. By the end we had caught red emperor, tuskies, red throat emperor, black spot estuary cod, Moses perch, Maori cod, coral trout coronation trout, trevally, spangled emperor and hussa.
 

I was working over at Amity Point last week and got to do a bit of land based fishing off the Rock Wall there. Amity Point always produces a great variety of fish. One of the highlights this time was a yellow boxfish. It fought like a box. Fortunately there was more desirable species including quite a few legal squire, a few squid and a few Moses Perch. I managed some leatherjackets as well and I am sure if I used a hook smaller than a 3/0 there were more on offer. Some nice looking (but undersized) Maori Cod and Spangled Emperor were also caught and released.  

I love Amity and miss the trips over there every year in winter renting a house for a week in Amity. 

Nice one, Brad. The kids must love fishing with you, you always do well on the flatties. Glad the wife is on the mend.

Nice work Brad and glad the missus is on the mend.

Top job Brad, I'm glad you got some good flatties.
I hope your wife gets better in no time as well 🙂 
Cheers Hamish

Some cracking fish there mate and I am glad you are getting some good use of the boat. 
We have given away 2 prize boats to people on this forum. I don't think @kmcrosby78 got as much use out of his 🙂
How is the Parson going? Lots of people were canning it when we were putting the prize packs together.
 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good to see you out and about Brad, and good to see that prize boat going to good use.