Luvit

We had a great trip but naughty bear did more drinking than he did fishing. 
We did throw lures for Tailor but they were not there. 
Man there are some whales now. They were everywhere you looked. 
Such a fantastic island. I don't think we appreciate how amazing it is and is so close to BNE.
Shame the Tailor didn't want to play but still a fantastic trip. 

Where were you 50 years a go.
I know a lot of you were not around then.
I was just out of corp training in the army and was sent to Shoalwater Bay near Rockhampton.When I arrived I found out that myself and 2 other privates had to feed 253 soldiers. As the oldest I took charge and one of the first things I got done was to get the walk in fridge cleaned out.Unknown to me a 20lb cod was taken out of the fridge and left on the table and got flyblown. Staffsargent that caught it was not very happy.
While I was there I saw the moon landing on a 12 inch black and white TV.
Few days later 4 of the top brass went on a fishing trip and caught 300 bream,They thought they would just dump them at the kitchen for the cooks to clean,wrong I said bring them back when they are scaled and gutted.Then the 3 cooks grilled them whole and each person got a whole fish and vegies.I thought I might get into trouble for making the top brass clean their catch, but they promoted me to corporal when we returned home.
Dino

haha nice one. 
I was about 4 month old. By then I had broken most records for biggest fish....
One of the previous statements is true. 

definitely,  not one fish come on live bait or fresh dead bait,  

Hi All, 
Its been a while since my last fishing post and a long time since I last had a fish to be honest I think Australia Day was my last fish . Headed out with a mate from Tasmania who has not ever caught a decent shallow water bay snapper before , So the pressure was on . Lucky me,  with literally months off the water and know knowledge of fish on the chew any where the search was on. 
Headed out for a quick  bay snapper session Saturday arvo leaving Clontarf around just after 1pm to grab some live baits and then find some nice hard rubble bottom to anchor up on and burley in hope of a July snapper,
After spending a couple of hours searching for live baits and finding some nice rubble bottom with a little drop off we anchored up about 3.45pm and started to burley up , send some baits back hoping some fish would come on the chew, 
After waiting close to 1hr (5pm),  the 1st rod got lit up and the decky was into a nice fish with good head shakes,  few tense moment as the fish ran for drop off with great intent ,  but some nice rod work and Ben had his head turned and coming to the boat nicely,   few more small runs and  I slid the net under a great fish , as we were dehooking this fish and getting ready for a few happy snaps - the other bait-runner went off hard , so I set the hook with it still in the rod holder - struggling to get this one out of the holder,  I was now onto another nice fish which I felt running hard along the bottom almost straight away.,  after some back and forth action I slowly had nice snapper in the net and on the deck of the boat 🙂 yay me,  trip successful,  So we quickly rest the baits and went about a few photos,  after getting a shot of Ben holding both fish , both rods went off again with a big double hook up on 2 more cracking snapper at 75 & 78cm  - which went back - I went checked the esky had a quick measure and with a 81cm & 84cm in the ice box I realized we where wasting out time.  Ben had set another 2 baits out and whilst holding my Snapper for a photo we had another double hook up,  Ill put the photo up of myself looking away at the back of the boat holding my fish with a concerned look of holy geeeeezzzzz.  😆.  
We had another crazy 20minutes with about 5 more fish hooked and released totaling 11 for the session and taking the 1st 2 home for a feed, 
Both fish weight 6.0kg & 6.1Kg  . 
 
Hope you all enjoy the read 🙂
Cheers Josh <><

went for a look around off straddie today to see if we could find some new ground was me terry my brother and his mate, we headed over the bar just before the sun came up and our first stop was the livie grounds we found it hard to get livies but after an hour or so had some in the well,and the search was on we went past boat rock and found a little lump where we got some nice parrot my brother then got a a nice pearlie and a few snapper and a nice large mouth ,was good day but had to leave around midday as i had other things on might head out sunday,

Hi AFO gang, 
Been a little quiet on the posting front for the last month or so. Have been doing some fishing here and there with a couple of great trips with @Luvit and @Luke Landrunner off Mooloolaba a while back. That was a pretty awesome day although bloody hell the weather turned shite really quick on the way back but the Grady White kept us safe! Thanks again @Luvit
In between have been doing some basic whiting fishing north of Scarbs / Newport and the Cockle Banks with some pretty good success mixed in with some crabs. 
But I have some more time this weekend and with the weather looking the way it is I might take the Scout past the northern artificial / coffee rocks and try my hand at some reef bashing from Flinders up to Hutchies and around. Anybody been out there recently or heading out on Saturday? 
All the reports are showing fish fish fish and I'd love to get into some decent reef fish for a change. 
Cheers

Ouch alright!!!  I may or may not have slightly chuckled at the fact you weren't even on a boat ..... 🙂   Bit confused by the thread title - perhaps 'Not Quite Quiet Time' ..... ?    Have a great, and more importantly safe, time in the Kimberley mate, looking forward to the report and pics 🙂 

These are the ones I got:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Knipex-71-02-200-CoBolt-Compact-Bolt-Cutters-7102200/271257050182?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
There are a couple of variations of these ones, 1) Thinner rubber on the handle, 2) Angled head, 3) Spring in between handle, and there is even a 160mm version.
I ordered mine from Germany (where they are made) due to the cost of locally  sourced ones, that is if you can find them and they can be up to 2  times the price so you need to shop around.
With the GST added it will end up costing  me $71.39 delivered and these will cut up to 3.6mm piano wire which is extremely hard so most hooks should not be a problem. Big hooks are extremely hard, I ended up getting a HIT red jaw 600mm pair of bolt cutters for the big shark hooks, I tried several different brands of bolt cutters and some were left with a dimple in the jaws after one cut. The HIT ones are designed for high tensile wire so no issues.

It's never fun and I try my best to not have this happen on the boat. Just in a rush trying to pack and a small mishap. 

The boys had some nail pinchers which did the job.

One week before l head to WA for the big Kimberley trip. It has been a busy time taking over the Gobblers business, doing some orders, flying to Melbourne for work and getting gear ready to pack. In the process of doing this l had my worst hook in the finger moment and I wasn’t even fishing. I had a hand full of lures and while trying to pick up my jig bag full of heavy jigs. It slipped and one of the lures got caught in it and then as it dropped the hooks pulled into the finger. 

Lucky they were small hooks. Kids cut it off for me and it pulled out easy. 
We have extended our 10% off sale till the end of month if anyone wants any. Use the code MYS19 at checkout. www.gobblers.com.au
 I want my wife to be busy making them while I’m off enjoying myself. 😂

Thanks for your support Steve.
PM sent

Thanks Steve,
Predominantly in the bay for snapper the 3.75' jerk shads and 3' curl tails work the best on a 1/4oz jig head for most applications. 
3 colours you could choose from are Mangrove Mauler,Tournament Snapper and Aged copper. (don't feel obliged to buy all 3 colours, just giving you a choice 😉 )
 https://www.gobblers.com.au/post/how-to-catch-moreton-bay-snapper-on-soft-plastics-gobblers-lures-blog
https://www.gobblers.com.au/product-page/gobblers-lures-mangrove-mauler
https://www.gobblers.com.au/product-page/gobblers-lures-c4-aged-copper
https://www.gobblers.com.au/product-page/gobblers-lures-tournament-snapper

The Mangrove Mauler & The AGed Copper have color changing properties depending on which angle the the light that hits them. If it is overcast they darken and if sunny they take on a more translucent appearance.
Here is a small vid I did last week showing the how they change. 

joined_video_ba4b2975fdf849a98e2f81c40c100aaa.MP4 Thanks Wayne 
(3) Gobblers Lures - Videos.html

Classic movie.

It's never fun and I try my best to not have this happen on the boat. Just in a rush trying to pack and a small mishap. 

The boys had some nail pinchers which did the job.

Thanks for your support Steve.
PM sent

So what do we call that? If it's not Master Baiting...Captain Cook perhaps? Either way takes a lot of practice and hard work 🤩 Least it was on free spool
 

Thanks Steve,
Predominantly in the bay for snapper the 3.75' jerk shads and 3' curl tails work the best on a 1/4oz jig head for most applications. 
3 colours you could choose from are Mangrove Mauler,Tournament Snapper and Aged copper. (don't feel obliged to buy all 3 colours, just giving you a choice 😉 )
 https://www.gobblers.com.au/post/how-to-catch-moreton-bay-snapper-on-soft-plastics-gobblers-lures-blog
https://www.gobblers.com.au/product-page/gobblers-lures-mangrove-mauler
https://www.gobblers.com.au/product-page/gobblers-lures-c4-aged-copper
https://www.gobblers.com.au/product-page/gobblers-lures-tournament-snapper

The Mangrove Mauler & The AGed Copper have color changing properties depending on which angle the the light that hits them. If it is overcast they darken and if sunny they take on a more translucent appearance.
Here is a small vid I did last week showing the how they change. 

joined_video_ba4b2975fdf849a98e2f81c40c100aaa.MP4 Thanks Wayne 
(3) Gobblers Lures - Videos.html

It's never fun and I try my best to not have this happen on the boat. Just in a rush trying to pack and a small mishap. 

Fast forward to 2.40
 

Ouch! that's gotta hurt, I had just ordered a pair of 200mm Knipex bolt cutters for that very same reason,  I do have a larger HIT 600mm pair for large shark hooks but also wanted a much smaller pair to carry around i my tackle bag for moments like these, should that happen to me or someone nearby. The 200mm ones are much  easier to handle one handed and will cut though most (up to 3.5mm) hooks easily as well.
Only ever had one small hook into my thumb, it didn't hurt that much but by the time I got medical treatment hours later, the old thumb was well and truly "sensitive". The hook didn't go right through so the Doc aesthetically ring blocked my thumb, now that hurt! jabbed me about 15 times to try and make my thumb go numb, then they cut the hook tip out! That little episode left a lasting impression on me, don't want a repeat! 😬

OUCH! Did you use side cutters to cut the barb off? 

Hi Wayne, if you can recommend a good model for Bay snapper I will order a couple of packets just so Julie keeps busy when you are away.