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10 hours ago, ellicat said:

I've fished there maybe a dozen times or so, so not a lot. We've definitely done best at night on the outgoing with a fair bit of run.

 

 

thanks

17 hours ago, ellicat said:

Are you fishing the bottom end around the old Council Chambers or further up ?

yes at the Council Chambers

17 hours ago, ellicat said:

Are you fishing the bottom end around the old Council Chambers or further up ?

yes at the Council Chambers

7 minutes ago, ellicat said:

 

Marine Rescue Queensland do. No cost to boaties unless they want to make a donation.

thanks

if i need assistance on the water like a tow and not a financial member who pays for the tow 

5 hours ago, mangajack said:

I agree with Neil, different spots at different stages of the tide....

Incoming look for feeding banks about to get a few inches of water on them....they will be feeding hard there for about 30 minutes. Keep following the flooding banks as the water rises. You want to cast into about 6 inches of water roughly.

Once the bites have tapered off you need to find where they will wait for food to come to them....look for a sand bank that tapers down to the river bank along the river.....you can bet a years wages they will sit there until the top of the tide vacuuming up all the worms and small crabs and yabbies dislodged by the sand bank being disturbed.  You really should recon the river towards the last of the run out tide to learn where this high tide spot will be. Ideally the sand bank should be at least 1/2 the river wide and taper down to the bank on one side only on the upstream end.....the fish will be over the last 15 metres of that bank guaranteed. Google Earth Pro shows these sand banks quite well too....another way to plan your run.

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12 hours ago, ellicat said:

The more run the better, we have found. 4 ball sinker.

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whiting

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Great shot.

A lot of trees to choose from. haha

 

do you eat any of the fish from there

5 hours ago, mangajack said:

I don't think flathead migrate as such, but they do change their habits a bit around spawning time.

I can go to almost any of my normal flathead fishing areas in any week of the year and get some flathead.

What does change is how you tempt them to take your line.

Some periods I find they will only take  a live bait...same location 3 weeks later they will devour anything. For me in three of the locations I am thinking about it is mid August to mid September....we have a algae bloom here every year and everything gets covered in snot weed.

During spawning time the smaller males are most likely the fish you will catch....the big females are engorged with roe and less likely to be actively feeding.

One thing that does not change year round is the time to chase them....run out tide....Most of my usual places are the bottom 1/3rd of the tide running out.

thanks that the same for when i go to donnydrook

hi all

when is the best time for Flathead on the gold coast which months

Hi all where can i buy blood worms on the gold coast and how much
thanks snap

2 minutes ago, ellicat said:

If you're sure it has a belly full of sand, then drop off the leg as said and check the impeller.

It will make it easier to line things up when you put it back together.

thanks

6 minutes ago, ellicat said:

If you decide to drop the leg off, make sure you have it in gear.

thanks why is that

9 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Are you still getting sand out from the water ?

i have only muff flushed it as yet no sign of sand

17 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Are you getting water from the tell tale ?

If not, pull the bottom of the leg off. Clean out sand from the impeller housing. Replace. See if water now comes from the tell tale. If not, try connecting s hose to the tell tale hose and back wash. Continue until the sand stops coming out. Further, you can remove the thermostat to see if the water is flowing.

 thanks yes i got water from telltale idle is cold but over 2000 rpm gets hot slowly 

sand stuck in block of e tec

i have a 2009 etec 130 hp with i-command gauges i have disconnected all power to the motor and gauges for a week now i have
connected it all back to power and now my gauges light up but no engine hours or any thing else when i turn the key on all help is needed
cheers snap

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are the deals anaconda have got on fish finders combo for real or scams

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where can i buy bulk long shank bait holder hooks the ones with the barbs on the shank
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just ring fisheries they will tell you  that's what i do when not sure

has this site closed or just down

www.baywind.com.au 

there are a lot of big silver elles along there 3 and 4 foot long on the edge of the drop off

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how do i get into fish tagging