Daryl McPhee

I got the bulk of these on the ebbing tide. Not too much action this week on the flood with a lot of small fish mostly. 

August is always a pretty good month to chase sand whiting at many locations around Moreton Bay and there have been a few fish nosing about the Southport Broadwater for me landbased after work for a couple of nights this week. Nothing over 40 cm so far, but a couple of reasonable fish. Bait choice hasn't seemed to make much difference with fish being caught on yabbies, surf worms and Cribb Island worms. Light leads (00 or 000) in less than a metre of water has been the go.  These were caught from the beaches at Runaway Bay. 
 

Nice haul there Daryl, well done!

I dug the yabbies and buy the worms. I can get bloodworms from the mangroves down the coast if I want to when I get keen, but that is increasingly rare! 

I got the bulk of these on the ebbing tide. Not too much action this week on the flood with a lot of small fish mostly. 

August is always a pretty good month to chase sand whiting at many locations around Moreton Bay and there have been a few fish nosing about the Southport Broadwater for me landbased after work for a couple of nights this week. Nothing over 40 cm so far, but a couple of reasonable fish. Bait choice hasn't seemed to make much difference with fish being caught on yabbies, surf worms and Cribb Island worms. Light leads (00 or 000) in less than a metre of water has been the go.  These were caught from the beaches at Runaway Bay. 
 

I dug the yabbies and buy the worms. I can get bloodworms from the mangroves down the coast if I want to when I get keen, but that is increasingly rare! 

August is always a pretty good month to chase sand whiting at many locations around Moreton Bay and there have been a few fish nosing about the Southport Broadwater for me landbased after work for a couple of nights this week. Nothing over 40 cm so far, but a couple of reasonable fish. Bait choice hasn't seemed to make much difference with fish being caught on yabbies, surf worms and Cribb Island worms. Light leads (00 or 000) in less than a metre of water has been the go.  These were caught from the beaches at Runaway Bay. 
 

I got the bulk of these on the ebbing tide. Not too much action this week on the flood with a lot of small fish mostly. 

August is always a pretty good month to chase sand whiting at many locations around Moreton Bay and there have been a few fish nosing about the Southport Broadwater for me landbased after work for a couple of nights this week. Nothing over 40 cm so far, but a couple of reasonable fish. Bait choice hasn't seemed to make much difference with fish being caught on yabbies, surf worms and Cribb Island worms. Light leads (00 or 000) in less than a metre of water has been the go.  These were caught from the beaches at Runaway Bay. 
 

August is always a pretty good month to chase sand whiting at many locations around Moreton Bay and there have been a few fish nosing about the Southport Broadwater for me landbased after work for a couple of nights this week. Nothing over 40 cm so far, but a couple of reasonable fish. Bait choice hasn't seemed to make much difference with fish being caught on yabbies, surf worms and Cribb Island worms. Light leads (00 or 000) in less than a metre of water has been the go.  These were caught from the beaches at Runaway Bay. 
 

I will be back on this week with a segment on Fraser Island, its formation and human use over the many years with a little bit on its significance for various harvested species such as tailor. 

I will be back on this week with a segment on Fraser Island, its formation and human use over the many years with a little bit on its significance for various harvested species such as tailor. 

Thanks that would be great

Hi mate,
I will follow up with the station as I have quite a few requests for it! 
Daryl 

Hi mate,
I will follow up with the station as I have quite a few requests for it! 
Daryl 

Sorry, I only just saw this post. Anywhere along the Wynnum foreshore should produce a few on the Spring tides at night as they push up into the shallow water to chase bait. 
 

Hi mate,
I will follow up with the station as I have quite a few requests for it! 
Daryl 

For those on the northside of Brisbane, join me Sunday morning with Tahlia Lovell on 99.7 Bridge FM between 9 and 12 where I will be Talkin’ Tailor – the biology and ecology of tailor and how to catch them in Moreton Bay and in the surf. I will have a few tips from my 30 years of fishing for them including how to consistently catch them in the Bay, what to look for in surf gutters and how surf gutters form. 
If you are elsewhere I think you can also listen to it through this link: http://997fm.com.au/TuneinPopup.html?

Hey, some of you know that we are working to restore lost shellfish reefs in Moreton Bay. 
We have lost around 95% of our shellfish reefs and this effects water quality, fish numbers and biodiversity. Every oyster can filter 180ltrs of water each day. Every hectare of restored shellfish reef will produce 2.5ton of fish.
The other thing they do is sequester micro plastics. Here are some reports about how they do that. 
https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/research/selective-ingestion-microplastics-oysters-exposure-assessment-predictive-tool-assessing
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.8b03467?src=recsys
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.5b04099
If you would like to get involved or find out more go to our website
https://www.ozfishmoretonbay.org/

Sorry, I only just saw this post. Anywhere along the Wynnum foreshore should produce a few on the Spring tides at night as they push up into the shallow water to chase bait. 
 

Thanks Drop Bear! 

Was interesting thanks for the heads up.  I learnt a few things from the first guy too. Thanks Daryl.
Good tip on the last hook on the treble. I will do that from now on. 

Hey Drop Bear, 
I think it is only on the northside of Brisneyland but you can hear it anywhere through that weblink. 
Daryl 

Brief but interesting.
Thanks Dr Daryl.