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Daryl McPhee

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Daryl McPhee last won the day on March 7 2023

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  • Location
    Jacobs Well
  • State
    Queensland
  • Country
    Australia
  • Post Code
    4208
  • Bio
    Just an average fisher.
  • Occupation
    Environmental Scientist

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  • Lure Types Used
    Bait
  • Fish You Target
    Whiting
  • Fishing Types
    Estuary and Coastal Fishing

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    Motor Boat
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    Yes

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  1. Hi Neil, She has grown up quick and I will say hello to both the kids! There were a lot of spearos (more than usual) and at times I couldn't line fish among them and left them to it. One group killed a Queensland groper. One group got followed by a big lemon shark but were completely oblivious and dismissive when I told them. They may become one of the statistics I work on! I was surprised that we could still pull those big tuskies from their given the amount of spearos. Daryl
  2. They do grow up quick! Bigger children = bigger fish.
  3. Crabs for the black spotted tuskfish.
  4. As some of you know I work on Straddie for a few months of the year and get a chance to occasionally wet a line. I like fishing at Amity Point because of the variety of fish that are there, and that you never know what you will get from one trip to another. As well as the usual spangled emperor, squire, Moses Perch and grassies, this time I got some tuskfish and Eva got to catch her first ever black spotted tuskfish. Black spotted tuskfish are probably rarely taken land based so to get a few was very rewarding. They go like submarines. Probably the most unusual landbased catch on this trip was a gold spot pigfish (safely released).
  5. I only fish spring tides land based for tailor in winter in the bay for no other reason than where I fish does not have enough water over it. I need a night high of at least 2.1 metres to make it worthwhile. In the surf though I prefer neaps as long as the formations are good. Whiting I have places that fish on neaps and springs.
  6. Sharks can detect magnetic fields while bony fish cannot. In theory the magnet should have some deterrent effect on sharks but they will never be 100% effective. No deterrent for any purpose is. But if you are picking up 10% more fish then they are worth it. Neodymium magnets are the best and the come in a great variety of shapes and sizes. They are only a few bucks each so they are cost effective.
  7. I finished with one more mulloway before coming back to the mainland. It is good to be able to successfully target them on a regular basis, but it will soon be time to change focus and start to target tailor.
  8. We were using a long 50lb trace and fishing unweighted or lightly weighted up to about a 1 ball sinker.
  9. It's rough ground we were fishing but he managed three out of four so that's very good all things considered. It's always good to get top quality fish landbased.
  10. It was definitely a short session, but I was wearing a shirt.
  11. Just got a couple more mulloway in a shirt session this afternoon. The one in this photo and a smaller 60 cm model that I prioritised safely releasing without a photo.
  12. I've been lucky enough to be working at Amity Pt on North Stradbroke Island, and while the work bit means that fishing time for me is very limited, I have been able to assist my students and Max to catch some good fish. As well as the usual grassies, Moses Perch and squire there have been some trophy fish mixed in. First, one of my American students on his 4th cast in Australia got an 84 cm mulloway on a lightly weighted hardihead. I suspect he won't get a bigger fish in his remaining time in Australia. Then Max showed came over and showed everyone how it is done with a trio of Mangrove Jacks - 47, 55 and 57 cm on live yakkas. He did an excellent job landing those fish landbased in very rough ground. The squid have been present but not abundant, but there are enough to make it worthwhile. Remember you don't need a boat to catch good fish.
  13. I don't target luderick myself, but if I had to I would go to the rockwalls under the boat passage bridge at Fishermen's Island.
  14. I think the sighting is credible. I have also been passed on anecdotal information of a possible sighting near the Coomera River a few weeks ago. While animals have their "normal range", you often find that you can get individuals that are "extra-limital" which means outside their normal range. A good example of this is some red throat emperors that turned up in southern NSW in the late 1990s and another is a pink snapper that was caught off Port Douglas a couple of years ago. I suspect this crocodile is just that, if indeed it is verified. They can move large distances in offshore waters to travel between estuary mouths. Myora is probably pretty good local habitat for them. Extensive open mangroves, plenty of fishand some nice freshwater input.
  15. A mixed bag but only a couple of just legal grunter. None of the big grunter that I look for this time of the year.
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