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curranboy99

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curranboy99 last won the day on June 11 2016

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  • State
    Queensland
  • Country
    Australia
  • Post Code
    4054
  • Bio
    I mostly fish in the saltwater estuaries in northern brisbane for the bread n butter species, with the odd freshwater session targeting eel tail catfish, mullet, and tilapia.
  • Interests
    Fishing, Hiking, Rock Climbing, and a bit more fishing
  • Occupation
    barista trainee

Fishing

  • Favourite Bait
    live bloodworms, fresh mullet flesh, chicken thigh
  • Favourite Lure
    Squidgy Pro Wriggler 65mm, rmg scorpion 38
  • Lure Types Used
    Bait
  • Fish You Target
    Bream
  • Fishing Types
    Estuary and Coastal Fishing
  • Best Catch
    40cm Tilapia on 2LB Line

Personal Bests

  • Cod
    mid 20's (in cm)
  • Jewfish
    60odd
  • Whiting
    37cm
  • Flathead
    36cm
  • Bream
    35cm

Boating

  • Boat Owner
    No

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  1. Thanks guys for the feedback For sure agree the sieena is a great reel as I own the FD 1000, not the new one though as im quite sceptical with the materials and how it feels. But should just buy the fe sieena, its pretty enough! Thanks again
  2. Saw this thread and thought I might contribute to it... So here we go! Product: Shakespeare Tidewater 2000 Type: Spin Reel Price: $75.99 Quality: Poor Quality - Drag is rubbish, clunky to wind the handle, handle becomes loose after a few retrieves, but the handle knob is fair. Experience: Only used it once - caught a couple bream on it fine in close quarters, then started using it on the flats where long casts where needed. And the problems begun, the spool would begin to lock-up on the reel with a loose drag, the bail arm and handle begun to come loose after punching long casts out and putting pressure on the reel trying to get some flathead in made the spool lock-up even worse.. Rating: 1/5 - Complete lemon for that price, don't buy it! not worth it Ideal Match-Up Rod: Nothing! Leave it in the glass box at the tackle store.
  3. Im going to take my new boat up thru brekkie creek and sound around for new structure

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    2. curranboy99

      curranboy99

      alright then.. I don't think anyone with the right mind would do so anyway :P 

    3. samurai201

      samurai201

      was joking mate.. happy to show u when ur free

       

    4. curranboy99

      curranboy99

      thanks samurai for that helpfulness.. bit busy for the time being with work, training, etc.

      So later on, i'll be interested :) 

  4. Hey mate

     G day.I am a beginner to bream fishing and I pick this up for my first fishing trip then learn more fishing tips.

    I read some of your article and maybe you a pro guy targeting this. So just wondering could I get some advice about bream and mullet fishing in brizzy river from you if possible.Something like gear setting,bait ,tide and when maybe the best time to make sure fishing hooked and not drag your line too early or too later.I am land based fishing now and when my bank account say yes I will buy a boat.Any idea and advice are much appreciated.:fishing2:

    1. curranboy99

      curranboy99

      Hi @Jun. Sorry for the quite late reply (haven't been on the site lately)

      I'm definitely not a pro bream fisher, just getting a little bit of luck lately which may make my bream posts look better.

      I rarely if ever fish in the Brisbane river so can't give you advice there but you could try the pine river (20 mintues north of brissy river) at deep water bend on the tide change fishing baits close to structure or even at the Kedron brook floodway at nudgee along the rockwall near the mouth. These 2 spots is where I fish for estuary bream mostly and do okay to poor to great (hit and miss).

      The gear I run for bream consist of 6'6 - 7'0 2kg - 4kg graphite spin rods, with a 1000 - 2500 sized spin reels loaded with 3lb - 6lb braid or 4lb - 6lb mono line and find it perfect I also use sz2 octopus style hooks and light fluoro leaders. The best bream baits I've found is 1. FRESH LOCAL mullet strips 3cm long x 2cm wide 2. LIVE bloodworms (note bloodworms are expensive $9 - $11 for 25g of them) 3. chicken thigh or breast strips 4cm long x 2cm wide.

      The best tide I've found so far in my bream fishing is either 2 hours before high then 1 hour after high or 1 hour before low then 2 hours after low. And for hook setting when I get the tap, tap, tap go thru the rod/line I ignore it and wait for the rod to pull towards the water solidly and lift the rod in a firm upward motion to set the hooks 90% of the time.

      Hope this helps, and you get some monster bream soon! :) 

  5. happy 2016! hopefully the wind dies down for tomorrow as forecasted  

  6. Wow thats a good report. Very well written, easy to read, want to keep reading it, did you get straight A's in english at high school?! Those sorts of creeks can always lead to suprises and change a boring weekend into one you'll won't forget in quite some time!! Great Job
  7. hello northside chic I have been fishing over at bribie island recently on the surf side and got plenty of whiting and dart. A good spot to catch some whiting that I know of is at woorim near lions park which is a semi-surf beach which fishes good on rising or falling tides anytime from 6am - 12pm and if kids get bored fishing they can swim on this safe beach (never ever been caught in a rip here), use beachworms live or preserved on a short shank hook with a 1ball or 2ball sinker. I don't know anything about crabbing there but probbley the Bongaree jetty might have some. hope this helps
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