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Daryl McPhee last won the day on March 7 2023

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    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.    Daryl McPhee reacted to a post in a topic: Landbased Spanish Mackerel at Amity Pt
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    Unfortunately no bonus points. He got it on his little Saragosa.
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  21. Daryl McPhee
    My son spent some time fishing over at Amity Point without me. He wanted to target pelagics landbased and he certainly produced the goods. He was targeting bonito on small metals next to the boat ramp. He was doing okay when a ripper of a Spanish mackerel grabbed the small lure. He wasn't fishing with wire and managed to hook it squarely in the mouth. He also didn't have a gaff. There was a big crowd of onlookers watching him land the fish and several boats returning back to the ramp with donuts. It could be a long time before he gets a bigger one landbased.
  22. Daryl McPhee
    That collection was all from various parts of the rock wall. There can be plenty of tarwhine along the caravan park and the kids got a few in this video as well as a small golden trevally at Dunwich:
  23. Daryl McPhee
    There are plenty of land based opportunities and their can be a wonderful variety of tasty fish there along the rocks. I generally fish with a long rod (10'6" or more) as you need to get away from the small fish that hang in close. For us it produces squire, grassies, legal spangled emperor, estuary cod, mulloway, mangrove jacks, purple spotted tuskfish, black spotted tuskfish and lots of other stuff. I generally use a 2/0 or 3/0 hook of a set of 3/0 gangs and vary my sinker based on the run.
  24.    Daryl McPhee reacted to a post in a topic: Neap tide thinking
  25. Daryl McPhee
    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
  26. Daryl McPhee
    They do grow up quick! Bigger children = bigger fish.
  27. Daryl McPhee
    Crabs for the black spotted tuskfish.
  28. Daryl McPhee
    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).
  29. Daryl McPhee
    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.
  30. Daryl McPhee
    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.
  31. Daryl McPhee
    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.
  32. Daryl McPhee
    We were using a long 50lb trace and fishing unweighted or lightly weighted up to about a 1 ball sinker.
  33. Daryl McPhee
    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.
  34. Daryl McPhee
    It was definitely a short session, but I was wearing a shirt.
  35. Daryl McPhee
    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.
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