The Mad Hughesy

bowmouth guitar fish or shovel nose?

bowmouth Gutair fish are a odd looking creature but very very cool none the less (below) and grow fairly large @thatsafishystory

thanks @fishingnut will do mate

Hey team

has anyone ever seen or used a transom mount trolling motor as a bow mount? (Pic below)

im thinking of setting it up on my boat like this. Mainly because of the rails and placement of the anchor. I’d imagine it wouldn’t be as easy to use as a foot pedal controlled model....but that doesn’t bother me all that much.

pics below are of my boat currently, and some pics I found on google of the setup I’m talking about

having never crossed a bar yet (on my to do list) i dont think any are safe as such, more comes down to the weather and conditions. for example, i saw the bar between caloundra and bribie the other day was flat as a fresh water lake. Yet other days ive seen the VMR boats struggle to make it out. My suggestion would be to read as much info as you can, then attempt it with another boat on standby just in case things go bad.

ive seen these used before...no need to worry about trying to stab the fish to get it up. Just lower it down, guide the fish into it and start pulling. 

I used to be part of a few car club forums too, they have all but died off. the age of forums seems to be slowly declining

having said that...i find i get a much larger overview of fishing reports etc by being a part of facebook groups, not to say this forum isnt great. i find this forum to be a much friendlier and close nit group of people...which is why i wont leave!

i think the Facebook groups are just a different way of sharing information compared to forum websites. both have their for and against. i know a lot of people are against Facebook and think its the devil, but like most things on the internet...you get out what you put in. 

I know there is a facebook page for this forum, but is there a group?

on a separate note, i tried to log the details of the tagged bass i caught...not in the suntag system. thats disappointing

edit: i take that back, yes it was. had grown 7mm in 6 months

Great day out, thanks again Ray.

after many trips out to the dam, I finally popped my yellow belly cherry!

2 hours ago, Little Grey Men said:

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.

thats te second time in as many days that ive heard good things about this lure. Might have to grab a pack

fantastic. Might even bake up a fresh batch of brownies for the boat to bring with me

gday Ray,

id love to come on out again with you if the spot is still available?

10 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Sounds like an elaborate ploy to turn all the northside fish that normally finish 2nd, 3rd etc into valuable commodities ......... Just joking ..... very open to ideas  

haha you cheeky bugger

valid point though. otherwise 20 northsiders could catch a 24cm bream each which would beat one 40cm southside bream. So im thinking the best fish from each side is counted, that way its not about the number of fish caught and still about the best fish caught.

54 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

I have been told but I am not a pro that with your spotlight it is best to keep it off to the side of the squid so it can still see your lure and is not blinded and spooked. 

that rings a bell in my head too, ill try that next time i go down there

46 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Two is better than none and no doubt they'll only improve over winter. I remembered the other day that it is State of Origin time again - are you intending organising it again this year @christophagus? Thinking three 'matches' or just one longer one?

the thought crossed my mind as i watching Game 1. Given ive missed the first game, i might adapt it to a single round, but as you suggested for a longer period.

Also toying with the idea of a different scoring system. So rather than the "biggest" of any category, have some sort of scoring system for every species caught. that way, everyone can contribute to their "teams" total. Still trying to figure out the best way to run that.

24 minutes ago, Fisherman's gear said:

Nice photos mate. I found big arrow squid hard to catch too, see them around a lot but just won't take any jig you throw at them.

i had that same issue last year, still yet to crack the secret. Ive heard of blokes throwing spears at them in the shallows!

42 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Nice work. Good size. Bait or dinner ?

waiting for the barrage of abuse now...

neither, it was an exploring mission to see if they had showed up yet. might try and grab a couple tomorrow for dinner this weekend

15 hours ago, Ge_off said:

G/Day Panther , Nice fish at the perfect eating size, It looks like you used a Squidgy Wriggler. I find I get 5 x more fish on the squidgy bloodworm wriggler 100mm.

Good job, thanks for sharing. Cheers.

that was my favourite lure for a long time

nice set of flatties mate

what a fascinating process, looking forward to the results

well done to catch that bone fish, im sure many folk would be envious of that!

thanks for the report 

crushing it! no jew show there heads while chasing the threadies?

yep, fluid for me too

I was under the impression that the only real danger area was around Hervey Bay? Cant say ive heard of issues from Moreton Bay

Good on you for trying to organise anyway Brian.

ive got it in my head to organise a kayak social in the future. Just a one day thing followed by a bbq as I know a lot of folk on here have kayaks.