GregOug

Found this website which seems to have high end snorkelling gear. I never knew such gear existed but it certainly looks like the way to go if you can afford the prices asked. Just posting in case someone is looking for gear at the moment and once again I am not recommending this site. I know nothing about it.
cheers
Greg
https://ninjashark.com.au/pages/australia-day-sale

Had my first crack for the season today got half a bucket of medium to larges , between Redlands and mark rocks. They were patchy and only up for a bit due to the big tides. There around in the southern bay, the reports will flow on from people over the long weekend then just wait for some smaller tides and there will be some good buckets on the Southside.

Yeah. My casting is pathetic too. That’s why young people exist. To cast for us!

Hopefully the below link will take you to a current report re prawning around Brisbane.
 
cheers
Greg
https://www.bnbfishing.com.au/greater-brisbane-prawning-report/?mc_cid=69c9eafe97&mc_eid=47674f88e7

Love to join you KM, if only my boat would finally get finished 

Thanks @GregOug - I am keen to finally get amongst them this season.

Hi GregOug
Thanks for that, good to know they're going to be firing soon. 🙂 
Cheers Hamish

Hopefully the below link will take you to a current report re prawning around Brisbane.
 
cheers
Greg
https://www.bnbfishing.com.au/greater-brisbane-prawning-report/?mc_cid=69c9eafe97&mc_eid=47674f88e7

Hopefully the below link will take you to a current report re prawning around Brisbane.
 
cheers
Greg
https://www.bnbfishing.com.au/greater-brisbane-prawning-report/?mc_cid=69c9eafe97&mc_eid=47674f88e7

Just reading an old fishing hints book and found one for cod. It’s titled Ten, Twenty, Cod Aplenty. Simply states that cod are much more active when the barometer is above 1020. Also applies for Golden Perch and Bass. Might help someone. 

What do you mean ? They're both big ones !

Sorry Hamish, haven’t been on for a while owing to other commitments on the home front.
rigs - I usually fish a running sinker to a swivel then a trace to hook/s to suit the bait. Usually a single for baits like prawns, mullet fillet, worms, pippies etc, snell or gangs for bigger baits, pillies, gar etc. I always have a 2nd rod with a slug rigged up ready to go - you never know when something is going to show. I usually spend a bit of time throwing a slug around even if you can’t see fish actively feeding. Really erratic retrieves work best, you’ll pick up tailor, trevally, huge dart and the odd kingie, queenie etc. have even caught mulloway on slugs before. You’ll sometimes get mackerel or tuna in close enough to have a crack as well.
id be happy to take you along on a future trip - just might be a little while before I get to head out.
good work on the threadys though - I have been trying to get one land based for ages and haven’t quite cracked it yet. 

Hi all
Last night I put in another session on the Brisbane River with my Dad and brother. We were fishing, near Green Bridge. Overall, it was a pretty successful night, here is what happened. 
So, we rock up to the fishing destination (jetty, don't tell anyone) and see it's as crowded as we've ever seen. Two guys fishing together, and an older couple taking up the spot we'd normally go in. After a quick throw of the cast nets, we decided to fish off the side and back of the jetty. One rod out for bream, the other live baiting for salmon/jew. We started throwing the nets for about 10 minutes after I had chucked out a whole dead herring and a cube of prawn. Initially throwing the nets, we were catching nothing, so we went to have another sit down with the rods. We got our first take on the dead herring with in 2 minutes of us doing that, and the fish felt good. Sadly, after some vicious head shaking, it spat the bait and we lost the fish. I re-baited and we started throwing the nets again.
That's when we started getting some good prawns, we realized to be successful we had to throw our net right in the shallows/mangroves. After numerous bait checks, we got another take on the herring, which felt considerably smaller. It pickered the bait off the hook, making me think it probably wasn't a trophy fish at all 😉. Now, it was about 7:30 and the prawns really started coming in. Unfortunately, 😞  the older couple hadn't left yet, nor had the other guys, taking up most of the jetty. In fishing situations like these, I probably should've gotten there earlier to get a better spot. After a couple more tiny takes and a few more prawns, the older couple hooked up to a decent fish which turned out to be a fairly big pike eel. Then, they got a double hook up, a pike eel and a little bull shark. Then, they caught another little bully. This happened in the space of say, 45 minutes. It was about 8:15 and I guess those other guys decided that the fishing was good 'cos they called in one of their mates, and in within fifteen minutes of that, they called in another one of their mates. These guys started to get a bit annoying/rude, throwing their lines directly over mine and trying to take my spot and swearing a bit too loudly for when there's little kids around (another guy had rocked up with his children, about 4-6 I'd say). It was then about 8:30PM, so we did a final bit of netting, caught a couple prawns and frog mouth pilchards then packed the nets away in the car. 
With the final half hour of fishing, I just chucked out a whole herring on my light line to see if a big bream/cod was sitting in the mangroves. It ended up turning into a small pike eel, which was about 50cm and released because no-one seemed to have a donga and we didn't really need any shark bait. The bloody thing nearly bit me twice (once on the shoe, once on the glove) and then we decided just to 'nudge' her back in. Here it is - 
After skull dragging it in, we began to pack up and just left the last line out with a live mullet on it. Well, nothing smashed it, and I spent about 10 minutes untangling it from the guy who threw his line over mine. At 9:00PM, we decided to leave just as it began to rain. Overall, it was a pretty good session, here are the nights statistics (tide, time, moon, etc)
Statistics of Night
Tide: 1.2M - 1.7M (halfway high to high)
Time Fished: 6:40PM-9:00PM
Fish Caught: Pike eel, 50cm
Bait Caught: Prawns, frog mouth pilchard, mullet
Moon: Third Quarter Cycle
Tackle used for the night:
30lb mainline, 100lb mono leader, size 6 ball sinker, 80lb trace (mono), 6/o circle hook, large barrel swivel
14lb braid mainline, 20lb fluorocarbon leader, size 2 ball sinker, 2/0 suicide hook.
That's everything, hope you enjoyed this report.
Cheers Hamish 🙂 
 

Hi oledude
Sorry, I've got no experience with that but in general with cod darker lures that are purple, gold and black work. Spinnerbaits, hard bodies, cicada jackals and live shrimp are what most people I've heard of use for catching cod. Hope this helps, 🙂 
Cheers Hamish

They have been consistent all year round 2019/20. Some huge locals threadies have been caught recently by a few guys. 147cm on a gantia, 130cm sugarpen and heaps of mtr ones on poppers, vibes, bent minnows etc

I had a 4.2m Stacer with an old 30hp Johnson tiller steer - it struggled to get on the plane coming back from Mud Island years ago with myself and two mates (each of us 105-110kg) but from memory it was also taking on a little bit of water. Mine had a hydro foil when I acquired it so I don't know how much difference they make but would be worth trying.
Someone more knowledgeable than me may also be able to advise whether 2 strokes produce more power than 4 strokes?
Is there much extra weight in the boat?

Generally water will not worry them if wet from the key side so you need to grab a multi meter and check the voltages on the back of the isolator switch to see if it has been damaged with water.
First check the terminal that is connected to the battery and if you have full power to the switch, turn it on and check the other terminal to see if power is getting through the isolator.
If you have power on both lugs of the isolator when turned on, you need to check any buss bar connections, circuit breakers and fuses on the main power feed cables.
Also look for any burnt wiring that may have shorted from the water.
 

I had a 4.2m runabout with a 35hp 2 stroke Merc and it went well with 4 POB (although it felt a little bit crowded).
Maybe you could experiment with your prop pitch. 4 knots really is a terrible result for any 30 horse engine.

Welcome to the forum, Erick.
I can't give you a specific location in Sydney, however as general advice you should find worms at any surf beach with sand (not shell grit). The less people traffic the better.

A bit tough to find a spot that will tick all your species boxes, but if you 'Google map' the Nerang River you should be able to locate some parks where you can have a fish for whiting, grunter, bream and maybe a flatty. Look for parks/access points where you can see a sandbank in the water. Anything with a rock wall could see you in with a chance for an estuary cod.
I think to find a mulloway you would have to be fishing from a rocky headland at night.
Good luck

Link to scallops being substituted:
https://www.doctordavidfriedman.com/blog/scallops-the-most-counterfeit-food
 

Well, the shovel nose shark flap meat is a known substitute for scallop meat so cook it the same as you would scallops. From memory pike are just a bunch of bones and I wouldn’t bother cooking them. Without knowing what the other undesirables are I can’t comment further. Good luck!

Couple of quick questions on your rig Hamish, why the star sinker (do you have it anchored to the bottom?) and also do you have any mono in between your braid and wire trace? If not, might be a good idea to add a couple of metres to act as a shock absorber if you hook a decent shark.

I might take my Dad's ancient overhead rod there too. He bought it in NT when he was with his mate barra fishing. The eye broke off too. Also GregOug, to be able to use your rod temporarily while the eye is broken you can wrap masking tape around the broken eye so it's smoother and won't cut the line. 🙂 
Cheers Hamish

Top way to start a day (except for the rods incident).
146mm is close enough (apparently) to call it 6 inches. Good to finally see it !