Junky

I've never had much luck with either brand and I fished them hard. 
Put on a gulp, powerbait, squidgy a or slider grub... Bang, fish on. 
 
Also, plastic manufacturers do not listen to anglers sometimes. 
I had an unbeatable color, from a well known brand that still exists to this day and has a massive selection available, that absolutely brained the big snapper. 
Lo and behold, that color was discontinued. 
Why? 
They were always sold out. 
 
Probably worked to well. 
I've tried all other colours in the exact brand and style that I fancied and basically halved the catch rate, and the overall size of the fish. 
Very frustrating imo. 
 
The color will never return I'm told. 
 

I've never had much luck with either brand and I fished them hard. 
Put on a gulp, powerbait, squidgy a or slider grub... Bang, fish on. 
 
Also, plastic manufacturers do not listen to anglers sometimes. 
I had an unbeatable color, from a well known brand that still exists to this day and has a massive selection available, that absolutely brained the big snapper. 
Lo and behold, that color was discontinued. 
Why? 
They were always sold out. 
 
Probably worked to well. 
I've tried all other colours in the exact brand and style that I fancied and basically halved the catch rate, and the overall size of the fish. 
Very frustrating imo. 
 
The color will never return I'm told. 
 

I've never had much luck with either brand and I fished them hard. 
Put on a gulp, powerbait, squidgy a or slider grub... Bang, fish on. 
 
Also, plastic manufacturers do not listen to anglers sometimes. 
I had an unbeatable color, from a well known brand that still exists to this day and has a massive selection available, that absolutely brained the big snapper. 
Lo and behold, that color was discontinued. 
Why? 
They were always sold out. 
 
Probably worked to well. 
I've tried all other colours in the exact brand and style that I fancied and basically halved the catch rate, and the overall size of the fish. 
Very frustrating imo. 
 
The color will never return I'm told. 
 

I've never had much luck with either brand and I fished them hard. 
Put on a gulp, powerbait, squidgy a or slider grub... Bang, fish on. 
 
Also, plastic manufacturers do not listen to anglers sometimes. 
I had an unbeatable color, from a well known brand that still exists to this day and has a massive selection available, that absolutely brained the big snapper. 
Lo and behold, that color was discontinued. 
Why? 
They were always sold out. 
 
Probably worked to well. 
I've tried all other colours in the exact brand and style that I fancied and basically halved the catch rate, and the overall size of the fish. 
Very frustrating imo. 
 
The color will never return I'm told. 
 

January 2024 scoreboard.
 
Bream
1st @benno573 36.5cm NORTH
2nd @Peter K 32cm SOUTH
3rd @Neil Stratford Bream 31cm SOUTH
Australian Bass/Estuary Perch
1st
2nd
3rd
Mangrove Jack
1st
2nd
3rd
Whiting
1st @Neil Stratford 39cm SOUTH
2nd @Neil Stratford 36.5cm SOUTH
3rd @Neil Stratford 36cm SOUTH
Flathead
1st @ellicat 73.5cm SOUTH
2nd @Neil Stratford Flathead 62cm SOUTH
3rd
Snapper
1st @Neil Stratford 74.5cm SOUTH
2nd @Allnighter 69cm SOUTH
3rd @Allnighter 63.5cm SOUTH
Jewfish - Silver, Black or Teraglin
1st @Neil Stratford 43cm Mulloway SOUTH
2nd
3rd
Threadfin Salmon
1st
2nd
3rd
Golden Perch
1st
2nd
3rd
Tailor
1st
2nd
3rd
Tuna
1st
2nd
3rd
Mackerel
1st @Neil Stratford Spanish 110cm SOUTH
2nd @Neil Stratford Spanish 110cm SOUTH
3rd @Neil Stratford School 72cm SOUTH
Cod (any type freshwater or salt)
1st @Neil Stratford Cod 32cm
2nd
3rd
Trevally (any type)
1st @AUS-BNE-FISHO Giant Trevally 60cm SOUTH
2nd @AUS-BNE-FISHO Giant Trevally 51cm SOUTH
3rd @ellicat GT 26.5cm SOUTH
Shark (including shovel nose)
1st @AUS-BNE-FISHO 130cm Shovel nose shark SOUTH
2nd@AUS-BNE-FISHO 78cm Bull shark SOUTH
3rd
Emperor and Tuskfish
1st  @Neil StratfordSpangled Emp 55cm  SOUTH
2nd @Huxstang Grass Emp 40.5cm SOUTH
3rd @Neil Stratford and @Huxstang Grass Emp 39cm SOUTH
 
Total Team North                                    3 points/9 contestants = 0.3
 
Total Team South                                  50 points 16 contestants = 3.1
 
 
Winner = Team South!!!!!
 
 
 
 

Tom pipers savoury mince.
Add cheese and tobasco, salt and pepper. 

Got out with my partner and daughter on Friday, just caught the top of the run in and spent some time exploring some of the drains . As the tide turned we started to fish.
I was focused on drifting around with lures, running motor oil coloured grubs , paddle tails and shrimp. Laser ayu double clutch when I though a flatty might be sitting in the shallows. 

I missed a couple of hits throughout the day (amateur hour) and spite our efforts neither of us landed any fish.
 
The next day we took out a frozen mullet I netted a while ago to target the same drains, this time fishing the top 2 hours of the run in. We both caught at least 8 legal bream , at least another 12 undersized. the largest just on 30cm, all released to fight another day.
all bream caught on a 1/0 circle on strips of mullet. 10lb leader.
 
It was my partners first time on the boat since April last year so there was no complaints until it was time to load the boat….
When approaching the ramp my partner threw the rope around the cleat but not secured and stupidly I jumped off onto the jetty , pushing the boat off and away to the abyss. My partner panicked as it had been some time since she operated the tiller . I was struggling not to laugh which later cost me some snarls and awkward words. 
 
I obviously take full responsibility as I should have secured the boat to the ramp myself or at least checked what she had done … a valuable lesson … 
🤪
Take-offs from the day:
-it’s a juggling act having a toddler on a boat , definitely need to find more ways to entertain her and also keep her cool, keeping her under an umbrella did okay but she was definitely too hot. 
-need to spend some more time training my partner in boat operations in case of an emergency. 
-need to train myself more to try and avoid said emergency.

Yes mate, doing more. 
I'm addicted.
Will do the same way. Turned out bloody awesome for a bloke who had no idea what I was doing, so can only get better at it now. Have plenty of ingredients left over as well. 
Im also going to try one with the brains, instead of egg. See how that goes. 
 
They were lovely on the feet but the kids have confiscated those 2 skins, so I shall do some more. I'm chuffed they like them actually. Gone from no interest to maybe helping me with the next ones. 

Tom pipers savoury mince.
Add cheese and tobasco, salt and pepper. 

Tom pipers savoury mince.
Add cheese and tobasco, salt and pepper. 

Tom pipers savoury mince.
Add cheese and tobasco, salt and pepper. 

Tom pipers savoury mince.
Add cheese and tobasco, salt and pepper. 

Hi all, 
I headed up to Yeppoon a couple weeks ago to visit some family and go fishing. I flew up and arrived on Sunday arvo, so wasted no time and went for a quick session at the harbour. The first two casts of my net came up empty but on my third cast I got a few herring, so kept them live and moved spots. I dropped a couple livies down behind the boat and floated a small cube down as well. 
First cast I was on a small mackerel, which I released (undersize). Then, I think I found the fishing very quiet, and was struggling to connect to anything. A small grunter gave me some more hope and after a few bait changes my big rod eventually screamed off. I set the hook and a fun fight around some pylons started, where I eventually landed a solid 50-55cm cod. I probably should have kept this but decided to let it go to catch next time. 
The next day I got the bus to the Causeway to fish the run through tide. It was already busy when I got there but the first cast of my net I got a nice sized silver biddy. I floated this out into the run through unweighted, and although things were looking quiet plenty of trevally had already been caught so I was hopeful I would get one. 
Sure enough, my bait got smashed and a fun fight with a 51cm GT started. I landed it successfully and gave it away to someone else fishing. After that, I didn't get any more bites and headed off when the tide stopped running through.
At low tide that day, I went out to Double Heads spinning, but only picked up a few grinners despite the calm conditions. Then, I went to the harbour again in the arvo, but the only fish getting around were a couple of flat salmon. 
When I got home that night I rerigged my gear in preparation for fishing the next day. When I arrived at the Causeway a nice jack had already been caught, and I watched someone pull one in just as I casted out my first live biddy of the day. Things were a bit quiet for me for the first two casts, but with my bait still kicking I redeployed it and hooked up to a nice fish. After a few runs, I landed another nice 60cm GT, which I was pretty happy with. I gave it away to another fella who hadn't caught any fish that day, fished for a bit longer, and then headed home when it stopped running through. I put in 60 casts at Double Heads that arvo and I think I gave the harbour a miss, as I only caught more grinners and a wolf herring at Double Heads. 
The next morning I walked five k's to the Causeway and arrived at 4:45AM, and to my surprise the mozzies were very bad. Luckily, another fisho who arrived shortly after gave me some bug spray. He caught a small jack on plastics, and then when the run through started I couldn't catch much bait. I think I ended up getting off the donut with a small cod to end the session but it was definitely a quiet day. I went to Double Heads for a third time and only got more grinners, so I decided to give it a miss for the rest of the trip. I did go to Ross Creek for a quick flick as well but no luck. 
The next day I was back at the Causeway in the morning, hoping for a jack or trevally. Things were slow to start with (one small cod) but I did eventually hook up to another solid trev, which I pulled hooks on. Bugger. I kept fishing until the run through finished, very disappointed about the lost fish as it felt pretty big. That arvo, I had a flick down at Statue Bay at low tide with some shallow diving hardbodies and surface on sunset, but this brought no joy. I did find a big dead blue salmon in the rock wall which was unusual. 
I got the bus to the Causeway for my final session on Friday, hopeful today would be the day I caught a jack or barra. Unfortunately, I struggled to catch any bait but was eventually given some livies so sent them out. To my surprise, as the run through increased, two nice size barra (one maybe 60cm and one maybe 1m) were caught by some people fishing the edge of the run through, so I will definitely give this a try next time. Someone also caught a 60cm or so model on lures. I finished up when the run through stopped with a big fat donut, so hopefully next time I catch a good fish. I flew home that night, feeling pretty sad I didn't catch one of those barra! 🤣
Photos:
Yeppoon Trip 7/01-12/01 - Lensdump
Anyway, thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed the report.
Cheers Hamish

Hi all,
I went out with @ellicat (Brian) for a session around Macleay and Peel Island last Friday. We launched at 6:30AM at Victoria Point and we were fishing before 7:00AM at one of Brian's spots at Macleay. It wasn't long before Brian had caught a legal snap, but unfortunately after this we got sharked several times (and landed a couple more undersize fish). We stayed here for a while longer but eventually decided to head to a spot at Peel Island. 
We said hi to @Another Wazza quickly before starting a drift with some plastics and vibes. The weather was pretty good and it was around tide change, but I only managed two grinners on a soft vibe. We repeated the same and different drifts a couple more times but it was to no avail. Additionally, the wind picked up slightly as well as the tide so we decided to go back to Macleay to try there again. 
The anchor was deployed and I chucked over a fresh strip of grinner. It wasn't long before I was on, but it was pretty obvious I was on a ray after a few fast runs. I actually got this one up to the boat, but seeing as though it was gut hooked we cut the line and got rid of it. I hooked another one shortly after but the bite was pretty quiet for the most part.
To finish up the day, we decided to do a couple of drifts around Macleay. This produced a few bites and one undersize snap for Brian, so a bit after 2 we headed back to the ramp and called it a day. Brian let me have the snapper and it tasted good.  Thanks again for taking me out on the boat Brian, it was lots of fun. 
Thanks for reading, 
Cheers Hamish

Grab a pair of pointy nose pliers, and keep them on you when lure fishing.
You need to slightly, emphasis on slightly, bend the little metal ring to the left or right on the nose of the lure. This is the ring that you would attach a split ring to.  
Start with a slight adjustment to the left and swim the lure. 
If it's worse, go back the other way. If it's getting better, make another adjustment the same way. 
You will eventually have it swimming dead straight, however it may take several adjustments to achieve. 
It's not uncommon to have to tune a lure to swim correctly. 

Grab a pair of pointy nose pliers, and keep them on you when lure fishing.
You need to slightly, emphasis on slightly, bend the little metal ring to the left or right on the nose of the lure. This is the ring that you would attach a split ring to.  
Start with a slight adjustment to the left and swim the lure. 
If it's worse, go back the other way. If it's getting better, make another adjustment the same way. 
You will eventually have it swimming dead straight, however it may take several adjustments to achieve. 
It's not uncommon to have to tune a lure to swim correctly. 

Grab a pair of pointy nose pliers, and keep them on you when lure fishing.
You need to slightly, emphasis on slightly, bend the little metal ring to the left or right on the nose of the lure. This is the ring that you would attach a split ring to.  
Start with a slight adjustment to the left and swim the lure. 
If it's worse, go back the other way. If it's getting better, make another adjustment the same way. 
You will eventually have it swimming dead straight, however it may take several adjustments to achieve. 
It's not uncommon to have to tune a lure to swim correctly. 

Ideally up Karumba way... 
Minimum 6kg baitcaster or 7kg spin, or both. 😜
 
Never really into fly but I reckon you'll have fun on the smaller barra and you may also get a few jacks as well. 
 
 

Ideally up Karumba way... 
Minimum 6kg baitcaster or 7kg spin, or both. 😜
 
Never really into fly but I reckon you'll have fun on the smaller barra and you may also get a few jacks as well. 
 
 

Hi All.
Overcast & grey morning.
We didn't have our new recruit, so we headed for the rocks at sunrise.
Calm water which was good.
Started with a bonito. These fish like a fight. Tested my new Penn 6000 conflict reel. Works well.
We ended up with 4 snapper 42 to 48cm. We let the bonito go. Caught 3 of them. Also caught  2 tailor ( released )
Bait was fresh squid & Metal lures. I had a new lure a Nomad Ridgeback 40g. Tailor seem to like them.
Off to breakfast at the Norah Head coffee shop.
Top morning. Lots of laughs. These teenagers are really into rock fishing, even if their Mother's do not approve.
Cheers.

Also keep in mind that a crook battery can kill a good battery in a parallel setup. 

Also keep in mind that a crook battery can kill a good battery in a parallel setup. 

Also keep in mind that a crook battery can kill a good battery in a parallel setup. 

Also keep in mind that a crook battery can kill a good battery in a parallel setup. 

Is this only happening at night, or is this when it's noticed? 
 
Have you swapped over the power supplies to each fridge, checking to see that the same power supply is failing, or the same fridge is failing?
 
Have you thoroughly checked all the connections between the fridges and the batteries?
 
Sounds to me like a poor connection. 
 
Disclaimer.... This is assuming your batteries are in top order, your engine is putting out approx 14v when underway, and your solar is connected up correctly with an anchor light and some lights music to calm the night.
 
There are no sound systems cranking out Metallica till all hours, television, stern lights on and the deck flood lights ablaze.