Junky

Once you get up above Bundaberg, watch out for crocks. We wear crocks up here...
Jokes aside. Crocodiles are not stupid, and love repetitive actions of fisherman. 
Treat every entry point to the water as a fish cleaning station. Boat ramps, little sandy beaches, everywhere. 
The further north you go, the closer you get to becoming a meal. 
Don't steup camp right on the rivers edge either. 
Talk to locals about the areas you wish to visit. 
We are the sillier species in this case. 
 
 
 
That being said. 
Have fun. Plenty of fish to catch. 
Get yourself a 10lb, 20 to 30lb, and a 50lb setup. 
Get a couple of gold bombers, some slim twitches, a handful of plastics, and also get setup for weedless fishing the plastics up the creeks. 
Check out Andy's fishing and wild cook. He spends a lot of time up in the creeks showing how to fish plastics weedless for jacks, cod etc. 
 
You'll have a ball. Just live by my first tip, or risk death ignoring it. 
 
 

Once you get up above Bundaberg, watch out for crocks. We wear crocks up here...
Jokes aside. Crocodiles are not stupid, and love repetitive actions of fisherman. 
Treat every entry point to the water as a fish cleaning station. Boat ramps, little sandy beaches, everywhere. 
The further north you go, the closer you get to becoming a meal. 
Don't steup camp right on the rivers edge either. 
Talk to locals about the areas you wish to visit. 
We are the sillier species in this case. 
 
 
 
That being said. 
Have fun. Plenty of fish to catch. 
Get yourself a 10lb, 20 to 30lb, and a 50lb setup. 
Get a couple of gold bombers, some slim twitches, a handful of plastics, and also get setup for weedless fishing the plastics up the creeks. 
Check out Andy's fishing and wild cook. He spends a lot of time up in the creeks showing how to fish plastics weedless for jacks, cod etc. 
 
You'll have a ball. Just live by my first tip, or risk death ignoring it. 
 
 

Once you get up above Bundaberg, watch out for crocks. We wear crocks up here...
Jokes aside. Crocodiles are not stupid, and love repetitive actions of fisherman. 
Treat every entry point to the water as a fish cleaning station. Boat ramps, little sandy beaches, everywhere. 
The further north you go, the closer you get to becoming a meal. 
Don't steup camp right on the rivers edge either. 
Talk to locals about the areas you wish to visit. 
We are the sillier species in this case. 
 
 
 
That being said. 
Have fun. Plenty of fish to catch. 
Get yourself a 10lb, 20 to 30lb, and a 50lb setup. 
Get a couple of gold bombers, some slim twitches, a handful of plastics, and also get setup for weedless fishing the plastics up the creeks. 
Check out Andy's fishing and wild cook. He spends a lot of time up in the creeks showing how to fish plastics weedless for jacks, cod etc. 
 
You'll have a ball. Just live by my first tip, or risk death ignoring it. 
 
 

You know, that's a great pondering question that I've been thinking about lately myself.
While braid does have terrible abrasion resistance, if the hook sets well enough, abrasion is kept to a minimum. I know fish flick the line with their tail etc, but a clean fight will see a successful landing 9 times out of 10.
 
Some of my biggest fish have been caught the lazy way. Braid, straight to hook. 
 
That brings me to thinking that when I lose a decent fish, it's always at the leader. 
Hmmmmm. 
 
I rarely use over 50lb braid. 
Only 100lb for popping/stick baiting, and that line will be sent down if something is wrecking me on the reef. 

Once you get up above Bundaberg, watch out for crocks. We wear crocks up here...
Jokes aside. Crocodiles are not stupid, and love repetitive actions of fisherman. 
Treat every entry point to the water as a fish cleaning station. Boat ramps, little sandy beaches, everywhere. 
The further north you go, the closer you get to becoming a meal. 
Don't steup camp right on the rivers edge either. 
Talk to locals about the areas you wish to visit. 
We are the sillier species in this case. 
 
 
 
That being said. 
Have fun. Plenty of fish to catch. 
Get yourself a 10lb, 20 to 30lb, and a 50lb setup. 
Get a couple of gold bombers, some slim twitches, a handful of plastics, and also get setup for weedless fishing the plastics up the creeks. 
Check out Andy's fishing and wild cook. He spends a lot of time up in the creeks showing how to fish plastics weedless for jacks, cod etc. 
 
You'll have a ball. Just live by my first tip, or risk death ignoring it. 
 
 

They're a good solid platform. 
Welds are fine, Aussie built mate👌.
Over time, depending how hard you are on it, you'll probably have to touch a few welds up, but that aluminium for you. 
200hp will push that along nicely. 
 
 
Never been in one to give opinion on the ride. I'd say it'll be okay. Been in a few like it, and they ride nicely. 
 
Don't know Canada's pricing but here in Australia that amounts to a bit under 85k.
That's what a 2023 model goes for. 
 
While it's never been in the water, it still has ageing of components to take into consideration. 
 
 
 
 

You know, that's a great pondering question that I've been thinking about lately myself.
While braid does have terrible abrasion resistance, if the hook sets well enough, abrasion is kept to a minimum. I know fish flick the line with their tail etc, but a clean fight will see a successful landing 9 times out of 10.
 
Some of my biggest fish have been caught the lazy way. Braid, straight to hook. 
 
That brings me to thinking that when I lose a decent fish, it's always at the leader. 
Hmmmmm. 
 
I rarely use over 50lb braid. 
Only 100lb for popping/stick baiting, and that line will be sent down if something is wrecking me on the reef. 

Once you get up above Bundaberg, watch out for crocks. We wear crocks up here...
Jokes aside. Crocodiles are not stupid, and love repetitive actions of fisherman. 
Treat every entry point to the water as a fish cleaning station. Boat ramps, little sandy beaches, everywhere. 
The further north you go, the closer you get to becoming a meal. 
Don't steup camp right on the rivers edge either. 
Talk to locals about the areas you wish to visit. 
We are the sillier species in this case. 
 
 
 
That being said. 
Have fun. Plenty of fish to catch. 
Get yourself a 10lb, 20 to 30lb, and a 50lb setup. 
Get a couple of gold bombers, some slim twitches, a handful of plastics, and also get setup for weedless fishing the plastics up the creeks. 
Check out Andy's fishing and wild cook. He spends a lot of time up in the creeks showing how to fish plastics weedless for jacks, cod etc. 
 
You'll have a ball. Just live by my first tip, or risk death ignoring it. 
 
 

I'd love to hear what  @Daryl McPhee has to say on the matter.
 
What's concerning is how are they going to spin this towards fishos.
 
 
I agree with Bob regarding these studies and the climate change money trough.
Not only that, is written by Australia's biggest propaganda machine. 

I can't say whether he'd do the job but it's worth asking him. 
Stradbroke Yachts. 
He builds aluminium sailing cats. 
I'm certain he's in the marina at the end of beverage road. 
 
 
Don't know him at all. I saw him last week on a sailing vlog on YouTube, sailing delos. 
They're looking at building one of his cats. 

I'd love to hear what  @Daryl McPhee has to say on the matter.
 
What's concerning is how are they going to spin this towards fishos.
 
 
I agree with Bob regarding these studies and the climate change money trough.
Not only that, is written by Australia's biggest propaganda machine. 

I'd love to hear what  @Daryl McPhee has to say on the matter.
 
What's concerning is how are they going to spin this towards fishos.
 
 
I agree with Bob regarding these studies and the climate change money trough.
Not only that, is written by Australia's biggest propaganda machine. 

I'd love to hear what  @Daryl McPhee has to say on the matter.
 
What's concerning is how are they going to spin this towards fishos.
 
 
I agree with Bob regarding these studies and the climate change money trough.
Not only that, is written by Australia's biggest propaganda machine. 

Yes mate, outside.
Not particularly off Moreton, just offshore in general. 
 
I'm no Einstein. Get that out before I go any further. 
 
I use the wave rider sites. 
Wave rider
They will give you average wave heights as well as peak heights. 
The period is the gap between the peaks, and the zero crossing is how many seconds you will spend either side of the middle average of the wave height. The up and down, so to speak.
The higher the number, the bigger and more powerful the swell, but again, up and down motion does not bother me. 
 
Good old willy weather, bom and windy app for the area you're in to get an idea of wind speeds. 
Wind is the big player I'm my personal experience....
 
All good having a glass out day in 2m swell. 
Put 15kn of sw wind in top and it becomes lumpy. 
Happens a lot up at 1770.
 
 
Current will play a small factor but I've found that more on the bar crossings during peak tidal flows. 
Wide Bay bar is a classic example. 
 
 
You won't have much that will bother you in Moreton Bay with that new boat you're getting.
Practice manoeuvring it in strong winds and you're away. 
 

Yes mate, outside.
Not particularly off Moreton, just offshore in general. 
 
I'm no Einstein. Get that out before I go any further. 
 
I use the wave rider sites. 
Wave rider
They will give you average wave heights as well as peak heights. 
The period is the gap between the peaks, and the zero crossing is how many seconds you will spend either side of the middle average of the wave height. The up and down, so to speak.
The higher the number, the bigger and more powerful the swell, but again, up and down motion does not bother me. 
 
Good old willy weather, bom and windy app for the area you're in to get an idea of wind speeds. 
Wind is the big player I'm my personal experience....
 
All good having a glass out day in 2m swell. 
Put 15kn of sw wind in top and it becomes lumpy. 
Happens a lot up at 1770.
 
 
Current will play a small factor but I've found that more on the bar crossings during peak tidal flows. 
Wide Bay bar is a classic example. 
 
 
You won't have much that will bother you in Moreton Bay with that new boat you're getting.
Practice manoeuvring it in strong winds and you're away. 
 

Yes mate, outside.
Not particularly off Moreton, just offshore in general. 
 
I'm no Einstein. Get that out before I go any further. 
 
I use the wave rider sites. 
Wave rider
They will give you average wave heights as well as peak heights. 
The period is the gap between the peaks, and the zero crossing is how many seconds you will spend either side of the middle average of the wave height. The up and down, so to speak.
The higher the number, the bigger and more powerful the swell, but again, up and down motion does not bother me. 
 
Good old willy weather, bom and windy app for the area you're in to get an idea of wind speeds. 
Wind is the big player I'm my personal experience....
 
All good having a glass out day in 2m swell. 
Put 15kn of sw wind in top and it becomes lumpy. 
Happens a lot up at 1770.
 
 
Current will play a small factor but I've found that more on the bar crossings during peak tidal flows. 
Wide Bay bar is a classic example. 
 
 
You won't have much that will bother you in Moreton Bay with that new boat you're getting.
Practice manoeuvring it in strong winds and you're away. 
 

Yes mate, outside.
Not particularly off Moreton, just offshore in general. 
 
I'm no Einstein. Get that out before I go any further. 
 
I use the wave rider sites. 
Wave rider
They will give you average wave heights as well as peak heights. 
The period is the gap between the peaks, and the zero crossing is how many seconds you will spend either side of the middle average of the wave height. The up and down, so to speak.
The higher the number, the bigger and more powerful the swell, but again, up and down motion does not bother me. 
 
Good old willy weather, bom and windy app for the area you're in to get an idea of wind speeds. 
Wind is the big player I'm my personal experience....
 
All good having a glass out day in 2m swell. 
Put 15kn of sw wind in top and it becomes lumpy. 
Happens a lot up at 1770.
 
 
Current will play a small factor but I've found that more on the bar crossings during peak tidal flows. 
Wide Bay bar is a classic example. 
 
 
You won't have much that will bother you in Moreton Bay with that new boat you're getting.
Practice manoeuvring it in strong winds and you're away. 
 

School holidays next week Brian. 
You'll be surrounded by the workers.
 
Wind above 10 to 15kn is the enemy. Especially when it is blowing against the swell. 
 
Rain is no problem at all. 
I have a hard top... 😜
Rain flattens off the chop, however if the wind is present it creates a washing machine.
 
Want more on why we're getting crap weather... 
 
https://youtu.be/H5kQYlDoS48?si=DDjje05iyddKzc16
 

Call in and see Pete at Mossops fishing store in Cleveland.
You'll be in Cleveland to catch the ferry over to Stradbroke Island. Mossops is 5 Min up the road. Explain your situation and I guarantee you will not regret it. Those boys are all mad keen like us, and his bait is the best in town. 
 
Mossops tackle store
 
Amity Pt is awesome. 
You can fish right at the front of the campground, however there are plenty of places to cast a line. Pretty much if you can get to the waters edge, you can fish it. 
Bream, whiting, trevally, tailor, Moses perch, snapper, sweetlip, sharks, squid, mackerel. 
 
Good luck.
And don't forget to get him to post up a report here when you're finished. 

Call in and see Pete at Mossops fishing store in Cleveland.
You'll be in Cleveland to catch the ferry over to Stradbroke Island. Mossops is 5 Min up the road. Explain your situation and I guarantee you will not regret it. Those boys are all mad keen like us, and his bait is the best in town. 
 
Mossops tackle store
 
Amity Pt is awesome. 
You can fish right at the front of the campground, however there are plenty of places to cast a line. Pretty much if you can get to the waters edge, you can fish it. 
Bream, whiting, trevally, tailor, Moses perch, snapper, sweetlip, sharks, squid, mackerel. 
 
Good luck.
And don't forget to get him to post up a report here when you're finished. 

Call in and see Pete at Mossops fishing store in Cleveland.
You'll be in Cleveland to catch the ferry over to Stradbroke Island. Mossops is 5 Min up the road. Explain your situation and I guarantee you will not regret it. Those boys are all mad keen like us, and his bait is the best in town. 
 
Mossops tackle store
 
Amity Pt is awesome. 
You can fish right at the front of the campground, however there are plenty of places to cast a line. Pretty much if you can get to the waters edge, you can fish it. 
Bream, whiting, trevally, tailor, Moses perch, snapper, sweetlip, sharks, squid, mackerel. 
 
Good luck.
And don't forget to get him to post up a report here when you're finished. 

Call in and see Pete at Mossops fishing store in Cleveland.
You'll be in Cleveland to catch the ferry over to Stradbroke Island. Mossops is 5 Min up the road. Explain your situation and I guarantee you will not regret it. Those boys are all mad keen like us, and his bait is the best in town. 
 
Mossops tackle store
 
Amity Pt is awesome. 
You can fish right at the front of the campground, however there are plenty of places to cast a line. Pretty much if you can get to the waters edge, you can fish it. 
Bream, whiting, trevally, tailor, Moses perch, snapper, sweetlip, sharks, squid, mackerel. 
 
Good luck.
And don't forget to get him to post up a report here when you're finished. 

Call in and see Pete at Mossops fishing store in Cleveland.
You'll be in Cleveland to catch the ferry over to Stradbroke Island. Mossops is 5 Min up the road. Explain your situation and I guarantee you will not regret it. Those boys are all mad keen like us, and his bait is the best in town. 
 
Mossops tackle store
 
Amity Pt is awesome. 
You can fish right at the front of the campground, however there are plenty of places to cast a line. Pretty much if you can get to the waters edge, you can fish it. 
Bream, whiting, trevally, tailor, Moses perch, snapper, sweetlip, sharks, squid, mackerel. 
 
Good luck.
And don't forget to get him to post up a report here when you're finished. 

Dunno about black bream, but the bream under the pontoon at the Yamba tavern are dead set horses. 
9lenty of weed around the pontoons in that canal estate, as long as you've got a boat. The home owners get a bit cranky if you walk the rocks/beach. 

Dunno about black bream, but the bream under the pontoon at the Yamba tavern are dead set horses. 
9lenty of weed around the pontoons in that canal estate, as long as you've got a boat. The home owners get a bit cranky if you walk the rocks/beach.