straddiebrad

I might have a boat to take up. More on that soon. 

Just on 2 months away now till we get up to 1770 will have to tune up all my terminal tackle again. I like 8/0 true turn hooks in a double gang with a swivel in between. Will be visiting the tackle store this week then ganging up hooks at home.

mate found it hard to scrap up a feed went saturday couldnt get through the boaties channel close to straddie was a good 2 meters on the bar so went out the northern channel currant was 4-5knts at times but around 3.5 the rest,not many livies on the grounds,heard they were on early and went off the bite around 7.30 in the morning  was pretty flat off point lookout the bar was still up around lunch with a solid 2 meters  on it good coming in, but was crashing all the way along.

mate found it hard to scrap up a feed went saturday couldnt get through the boaties channel close to straddie was a good 2 meters on the bar so went out the northern channel currant was 4-5knts at times but around 3.5 the rest,not many livies on the grounds,heard they were on early and went off the bite around 7.30 in the morning  was pretty flat off point lookout the bar was still up around lunch with a solid 2 meters  on it good coming in, but was crashing all the way along.

mate found it hard to scrap up a feed went saturday couldnt get through the boaties channel close to straddie was a good 2 meters on the bar so went out the northern channel currant was 4-5knts at times but around 3.5 the rest,not many livies on the grounds,heard they were on early and went off the bite around 7.30 in the morning  was pretty flat off point lookout the bar was still up around lunch with a solid 2 meters  on it good coming in, but was crashing all the way along.

Thanks Brad good luck Friday if you go

nice fish mark good mixed bagg i might try to head out friday if the weather good
 

you wont know its a good day until you see the esky at the end of it
 

you wont know its a good day until you see the esky at the end of it
 

Yep good to go with someone who knows it well first but on a good day it is doable. Thanks to Tugger I feel pretty confident on it now... on a good day...

Great haul there mate! I have to give the SPB a go one of these days. I keep meaning to do the Bar Cross course before hand as well. With my Scout I should be able to handle the bar on a good day methinks. 

with reports of reds coral trout and nannies they could move south in the warmer months
 

went for a look around off straddie today to see if we could find some new ground was me terry my brother and his mate, we headed over the bar just before the sun came up and our first stop was the livie grounds we found it hard to get livies but after an hour or so had some in the well,and the search was on we went past boat rock and found a little lump where we got some nice parrot my brother then got a a nice pearlie and a few snapper and a nice large mouth ,was good day but had to leave around midday as i had other things on might head out sunday,

with reports of reds coral trout and nannies they could move south in the warmer months
 

yes you would think he is a long way from home kurt also got one around that size last year so there slowly coming,how did you go sunday
 
 

Awesome trip mate. Makes me sad that I went to Moreton instead of offshore on the boat haha. 
I had no idea nannies came down this far. Great to know. Is that a new thing?
Those thumpers make the others look tiny. Great stuff mate I am glad you enjoyed the feed and thanks for the read. 
Oh and was it the Pearl Perch that spat out the ciggy butt? 🤣

yes you would think he is a long way from home kurt also got one around that size last year so there slowly coming,how did you go sunday
 
 

it was a first for my brothers mate he was pretty happy with it

they didnt last too long very good eating
 

yes and good size parrot to very tasty
 

there where a few we couldnt stop from the same mark

the second pic was from  a few weeks back
 

went for a look around off straddie today to see if we could find some new ground was me terry my brother and his mate, we headed over the bar just before the sun came up and our first stop was the livie grounds we found it hard to get livies but after an hour or so had some in the well,and the search was on we went past boat rock and found a little lump where we got some nice parrot my brother then got a a nice pearlie and a few snapper and a nice large mouth ,was good day but had to leave around midday as i had other things on might head out sunday,

Hi All, 
Its been a while since my last fishing post and a long time since I last had a fish to be honest I think Australia Day was my last fish . Headed out with a mate from Tasmania who has not ever caught a decent shallow water bay snapper before , So the pressure was on . Lucky me,  with literally months off the water and know knowledge of fish on the chew any where the search was on. 
Headed out for a quick  bay snapper session Saturday arvo leaving Clontarf around just after 1pm to grab some live baits and then find some nice hard rubble bottom to anchor up on and burley in hope of a July snapper,
After spending a couple of hours searching for live baits and finding some nice rubble bottom with a little drop off we anchored up about 3.45pm and started to burley up , send some baits back hoping some fish would come on the chew, 
After waiting close to 1hr (5pm),  the 1st rod got lit up and the decky was into a nice fish with good head shakes,  few tense moment as the fish ran for drop off with great intent ,  but some nice rod work and Ben had his head turned and coming to the boat nicely,   few more small runs and  I slid the net under a great fish , as we were dehooking this fish and getting ready for a few happy snaps - the other bait-runner went off hard , so I set the hook with it still in the rod holder - struggling to get this one out of the holder,  I was now onto another nice fish which I felt running hard along the bottom almost straight away.,  after some back and forth action I slowly had nice snapper in the net and on the deck of the boat 🙂 yay me,  trip successful,  So we quickly rest the baits and went about a few photos,  after getting a shot of Ben holding both fish , both rods went off again with a big double hook up on 2 more cracking snapper at 75 & 78cm  - which went back - I went checked the esky had a quick measure and with a 81cm & 84cm in the ice box I realized we where wasting out time.  Ben had set another 2 baits out and whilst holding my Snapper for a photo we had another double hook up,  Ill put the photo up of myself looking away at the back of the boat holding my fish with a concerned look of holy geeeeezzzzz.  😆.  
We had another crazy 20minutes with about 5 more fish hooked and released totaling 11 for the session and taking the 1st 2 home for a feed, 
Both fish weight 6.0kg & 6.1Kg  . 
 
Hope you all enjoy the read 🙂
Cheers Josh <><

went for a look around off straddie today to see if we could find some new ground was me terry my brother and his mate, we headed over the bar just before the sun came up and our first stop was the livie grounds we found it hard to get livies but after an hour or so had some in the well,and the search was on we went past boat rock and found a little lump where we got some nice parrot my brother then got a a nice pearlie and a few snapper and a nice large mouth ,was good day but had to leave around midday as i had other things on might head out sunday,