crazywalrus

On 25/10/2022 at 4:07 PM, kmcrosby78 said:

Good advice - I am piecing together an itinerary for a Cape York trip next year and had thoughts that catching a jungle perch (or sooty grunter, or both ) would be cool. Haven’t researched yet regarding the likelihood of catching one in winter but worst case it would turn into a scenic hike holding a fishing rod … .

Did you end up chasing some? 

5 minutes ago, Bretto77 said:

Sorry not trying to preach really. I took my chances too in those areas. It was well over 20 years ago now. Crocs hadn't been protected for so long then (and I suspect that many locals didn't really care if they were protected...). It's a different story with their numbers and size now.

Rant over. Sorry.

No need to apologise. I am always taking advice from people. I grew up on the tablelands but never fished these waters.  I was really careful when I fished the Mowbray as I did not believe my mate. 
 

I think it is a good warning and discussion around this. You can not jump into a pristine looking stream and expect it to be free of crocs.  Freshwater creek has several swimming holes below crystal cascades which are heavily used and on the day we where fishing. 
 

at the end of the day better to be safe and it is not worth it to catch a fish.  Thanks for the advice and I will be way more careful

4 minutes ago, Bretto77 said:

I looked at the video of the perch caught in the "not so clear water". Croc bait.

Please don't do that again.

That was nearly up at crystal cascades.  But agree not worth it from now on.  Locals where swim in in the pools around us. 

6 minutes ago, Bretto77 said:

Don't wade in the Mowbray or the slow flowing clear water of any creek or river up there. Best JP's will come from further up the streams in the flowing water. It's also a little less water temperature which makes it less attractive to Crocs.

Thanks. Yeah the pics where we are wading are from freshwater creek where people are swimming in it for a few kms.  It is funny we found we where picking them up in the rapids rather then the pools. So we started to focus there in the Freshy and did better. So different tl fishing for bass further south. 
 

Will stay out of the water from now on. 

20 minutes ago, Bretto77 said:

Your game if you are wading in the Mowbray...???

Yeah that was the one I nearly stood on the one sunning itself on the bank.  I was told it was crocs free but given the viewing platform is not far away we did not wade the creek apart from some shallow crossing.  When we left and started walking back we encountered the council working and they mentioned a 4m croc sunning itself in the same area.  I did not believe the mate anymore.   The pics in the photos are well up Behana and Freshy 

Good stuff kelvin. Great memories with the kids.  I have a set of vanes and spoons and never deployed them.  

Coming from a wet centre console to a dry Mclay cab you will not miss the open boats. 

It is what makes you happy at the end of the day.  My reef combos now are around $1600,  Shimano Talica reel and a Wilson venom rod.  10 years ago I started with $500 combos, shimano tyrnos reel and live fibre rods. Both catch fish. Some are light then others to use. 

5 minutes ago, Andrew_P said:

Unreal conditions and great catches! Is that a dark tailed seaperch after the girl in the wheelhouse pic?

Yes. Was pretty good on the chew as well. Similar to jack or nanny 

13 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Good times.

Dom looks happy with his Chinamen. I imagine his kids will be nagging him to get the boat out down here.

Not sure why he is happy. Bloody things sap all you energy for nothing.  Yeah I think he will be making it a priority soon. 

9 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Great job @crazywalrus. Looks like great fun. I'm guessing there's not many crocs in the freshwater up there?

There are crocs. These couple of streams are good. I fished a stream up near  Port Douglas that a mate told was clear. I was careful and was getting over a log on the bank and nearly stood on a 2.5m croc. We watched it swim off. 

9 minutes ago, ellicat said:

That looks so good !

Much of a walk ?

Not to bad a few km’s in the creek 

Yeah I have to say Jacob made it hard with it out of the water Didn’t Declan give it to me.

On 19/10/2020 at 7:04 PM, jon said:

Clean water is key, if going land based winter is the best on the mainland. Broken rock  and broken weed beds will hold. Rainbow and rouse hold good numbers. If your ever bottom bashing straddie inshore usual spots like middle reef, big halfway etc be sure to drop a squid jig with a four or five ball sinker above or below the jig then wind up five metres of the bottom and place your rod in the rod holder. Solid squid when targeted like this but not too many people do it.

I am about to start targeting them in the shallow reefs and also the deeper marks as i reckon some of the bait we see out deep may be squid

3 hours ago, Snapper scotty said:

Hi every1 would any1 have sum tips on catchn coral trouts 

Where are you fishing? What is your Boat? etc. 

22 hours ago, Do$tylz said:

@ellicat

@crazywalrus YEP! sure do Ted. It was is pretty average shape for a while. I finally got it home after about 6 or 7 years of being either at Angus's house or my sisters or my mates. Over those years as things broke, I never got a chance to fix them and it needed a good clean and wash after life at Angus's where it became his cats favourite place to sleep So spent a few months taking it all apart, cleaning, rewiring, replacing, respraying and servicing to get it back to water worthy. She's almost back to the same glory as when i bought it off @bigtez. Just gotta replace the re-circulating pump in the livewell and pony up for a new trailer. Currently running on a cheapo 2nd hand trailer that I wouldn't take on a long drive or over bumpy tracks.

 

 

I can imagine what it was like. They do not fair well when off the water. How was the motor, it cost me 2k to get mine back on the water.  Did you paint the famous black and green colours again?

I have often wondered where the location of the Brisbane Bar recording station was, so i looked it up today. It has always seemed to be out when it comes to the South Passage Bar and I now know why.  It is Located not that far from Mud island.  Not sure how they can call it a Bar though.  So if you are looking at the tide times to cross the South Passage Bar, you should lookup the times for the SPB not the brisbane bar. 

https://www.tide-forecast.com/locations/Brisbane-Bar-Australia

https://tides.willyweather.com.au/qld/brisbane/south-passage.html

good stuff Henry - Do you have the same boat? 

Good Stuff Jon, Damo has not been as liberal with the photos this time. Will have to head up with you guys one time. 

22 hours ago, ellicat said:

Thanks, Henry. Would you drift the area or anchor and jig ?

Hi Brian - Have a look at this video from Victoria - it has some good advise regarding squiding deeper water and surveying an area.   

2 hours ago, ellicat said:

Has he had success yet ?

no size, but managed some justover snapper and pearlies pretty successful. The current was against him with the current and his jig weight. 

On 13/10/2020 at 1:38 AM, ellicat said:

For those that are interested in chasing jacks this summer you might find interesting this Youtube clip I came across -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obdaclVmjJA

 

hahahaha for a minute there I thought you had caught one Brian.