Luvit

Thanks everyone for the good wishes.
I hope the fishing is good locally and you all get amongst them.

No need to travel far when you know how fish 😉
I'd go out just to catch the Mosses perch.

No need to travel far when you know how fish 😉
I'd go out just to catch the Mosses perch.

Mate that is an inspirational trip. Have a ball. Cant wait to see a photo of a big Barra with a Gobblers hanging out of it's gob. 

Have an epic trip man! Spread those stickers everywhere!

Excited for you mate. Have a great trip and catch up when you're back 

Have a great time and stay safe Wayne, can't wait for the report. Hopefully no storms and lightning to worry about with all the jerry cans this time ...... 🙂 

Hope you kill it on your second endeavour. Bring back some great memories to share.
I notice you've got some stickers there to enhance the boat's appearance.

Have a great trip Wayne.  Looking forward to some epic reports. Stay safe and enjoy.

Good luck and have fun Wayne 

Congrats on your first SP flathead.
The more you use them the more your confidence will grow. One advantage is at a drop of a hat you can go fishing without having to stop for bait.
Here's what your aiming for.

104 cm 
 
 

I did a charter about 10 years ago and we got onto a huge school of spangles. We all took home about 20 fillets each. 
I had a dinner party for about 15 people and baked the fillets whole.
12 of the fillets were stunningly delicious. Light flakey fish, sweet not much fishy taste or smell and presented well. 
3 of the fillets curled up. They were like rubber balls. They were like a big piece of squid. Not nice at all. 
I have no idea what this was. All fish were handled and cooked identically. They were all caught from the same trip. I don't know if they came from the same school so perhaps from a different area as we caught spangles at other times during the trip and the fillets all got mixed up. 
I wonder if the bad reputation has come from some of the fish being rubbish?
Personally I love them and will take them but there is no doubt in my mind that the 3 fillets I cooked up were rubbish. 

Well Sunday was perfect weather it didn't get above 5 knots all day so we checked out a few different spots off stradie. I had a mate with his boat wanting to get a few fishing marks for his gps so he followed me for the day.
We got over south passage bar at 1st light and stopped at our fishing hole and started a few drifts bagging a couple of snapper biggest going 65cm early and lost a couple of brutes before it shut down just on sunrise. We moved out deeper with the next spot only giving up a couple of Moses perch.
The whales were thick typical now for this time of year we had them breaching all around us and even saw a large group of male humpbacks chasing a female at speed but they chased her in circles and never got to far away so we saw the whole whale sex thing bit brutal as they rammed each other often.
 Soon another move was on the cards so we had a look out wider again at the waverider bouy and found a few dolphin fish. They were only small so all returned to swim off with their bright colours still vivid.
We moved again back inshore and anchored up hoping for a Spanish mackerel to hit a bait. We.managed a few more Moses perch but no luck on the Spanish.
We did catch plenty of dart and queenfish here which kept us entertained with their power and jumps like mini game fish. There were also a few more snapper to be found along with a lot of big silver trevally that pull like trains.

Before we headed home we decided to do some more drifts in a new area I haven't fished before with some great results. We caught good tuskies to 45cm and snapper to 55cm and lost a couple more monsters.
My son hooked a big spangled emperor which gave him plenty of stick head shaking and peeling line like he had a light drag setting but I know how heavy he fishes it soon was netted and released at 70cm they are poor quality that size.

We then caught a 40cm pearl perch and we were baffled as we were fishing in 25m of water. Finally the time came to head home in near perfect conditions topping off an awesome day.

 

Just not getting the use it needs, I tend to stick to the spinning reels.Purchased 6 months a go on special for $420, willing to part with it to a good home for $300.It has only seen fresh water about 3 times. Google it they are a magic reel. No more wind knots,overruns,tangles etc.
Dino

@Drop Bear yep I did...ended up launching at Nudgee and headed straight for Mud. Have read before that the east side is best. There were some boats out but tried to not do a pirate so stayed away and with no marks just tried to find my own via drifting and chucking plastics chucking plastics ala @Luvit Gobbler style with a white jerk shad. Found some nice rubble patches and a couple of rises with some fish but it was slow going. I did have some whiting frames with me but really wanted to stick to the plan of getting better at the plastic thing (not the gimp suit). So I was pretty excited to get a hit but knew quickly that it was most probably a grinner ... which is was. Still it was good to be able to catch something. Got some more hits here and there a couple of small trash (almost smaller than the jerk shad) then finally landed my first flathead on a plastic! Was under sized but it felt pretty good....I look excited that's for sure. Wind was a bit stronger than expected so decided to pull the pin and head to the reclamation wall and try our luck. Didn't get anything for an hours worth of casting. Headed around to the mouth of River but not much luck either although my deckie finally caught a fish - small Flathead. Had to get back by 12 so headed in. 
The fish may not have been in the esky but it was a good day exploring and I can see some potential around Mud ... but not sure if I should spend time there or closer to home along the Redcliffe peninsula. BTW for anyone else hitting Nudgee it is bloody shallow at the mouth so take your time on a low tide. I draw about 35cm and got through with the motor trimmed out...
 

Just about sorted for the trip.
Leave to Perth on Thursday and back end of August.
See you all when I get back, might take a little while to write the report. 😉
Rods in a rod tube, now to throw some clothes and camera equipment in.

 

Just about sorted for the trip.
Leave to Perth on Thursday and back end of August.
See you all when I get back, might take a little while to write the report. 😉
Rods in a rod tube, now to throw some clothes and camera equipment in.

 

Great session, Always satisfying to catch fish after a long time off the water.

Just about sorted for the trip.
Leave to Perth on Thursday and back end of August.
See you all when I get back, might take a little while to write the report. 😉
Rods in a rod tube, now to throw some clothes and camera equipment in.

 

Just about sorted for the trip.
Leave to Perth on Thursday and back end of August.
See you all when I get back, might take a little while to write the report. 😉
Rods in a rod tube, now to throw some clothes and camera equipment in.

 

Great session, Always satisfying to catch fish after a long time off the water.

Just about sorted for the trip.
Leave to Perth on Thursday and back end of August.
See you all when I get back, might take a little while to write the report. 😉
Rods in a rod tube, now to throw some clothes and camera equipment in.

 

Just about sorted for the trip.
Leave to Perth on Thursday and back end of August.
See you all when I get back, might take a little while to write the report. 😉
Rods in a rod tube, now to throw some clothes and camera equipment in.

 

Just about sorted for the trip.
Leave to Perth on Thursday and back end of August.
See you all when I get back, might take a little while to write the report. 😉
Rods in a rod tube, now to throw some clothes and camera equipment in.

 

That is awesome.