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  1. Anzac Day 2024 - Redcliffe to the Pine

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    41 minutes ago, mangajack said:

    One thing of note Raef and I have noticed lately....flathead have become a pretty scarce for us capture in the last 18 months....areas we normally can't avoid them are now pretty much flathead free zones.

    One section in the pine we fished today has always been a flathead area as far back as I can remember (50 odd years of fishing this stretch) and yet today and the last 4 visits there have not produced a single flathead.....the norm was 6 to 10 flathead there.

    I have noticed the same thing in the Bris River, Cabo River and Ningi Creek....hot spots gone dead.

    Anyone else noticed this since the 2011 and 2013 floods?

    I find there’s lots of flathead in the Brisbane River in winter months but I think this coincides with breeding.

  7. Brisbane River Session #294 and #295

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    11 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

    Having access to a tinnie is going to add a whole new dimension to fishing for you guys. Nice work lads!

    Thanks Steve. 

    10 hours ago, Huxstang said:

    Nice work Hamish.  That snap would have been a very tasty addition to the plate and at 60cm they put up a good account for themselves.

    We went out yesterday.  Not much run = not much fun.  Hit Harries and thanks to the benefits of livescope could see there was SFA of any size around at least two of the wrecks.

    Went down to Peel west and nothing on the artificial and then had a look at the wreck just near the channel marker - probably 6 or 7 fish over a metre swimming over and around the wreck but they werent tempted by anything.

    The only thing biting all day were bloody grinners.   At least it was a nice day.

     

    Thanks @Huxstang, sounds like a quiet day but livescoping would still be very fun!

    2 hours ago, Neil Stratford said:

    Well done Hamish , he would have pulled a bit of drag.

    regards

    neil

    Thanks Neil. 

    1 hour ago, mangajack said:

    Thanks for the report Hamish, I was down there late Sunday arvo for a few snapps and a flathead plus the damn tailor that are everywhere lately.

    Time to give the Bris River a spell and sus out some other grounds I used to fish in the 70's and 80's.....one spot threw up a 88cm snapp last Friday night I heard....land based as well.

    No worries manga, sounds like your session was still pretty successful, have you ever tried upstream of the city in the river?

  10. Brisbane River Session #294 and #295

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    17 hours ago, ellicat said:

    Did you get a pic for the comp ?

    Nice snapper, Hamish. Good to see you guys out fishing.

    Thank you Brian, and somehow I completely forgot about the comp in the moment, I specifically tried to remember it that morning 😂 

    16 hours ago, GregOug said:

    I think his thumb is pointing up. It’s just behind the fish, so you can’t see it. And I’ve triangulated the wharf and pylons in the background against Hamish and the fish and he’s spot on. 60cms!

    😂 

    3 hours ago, Rebel said:

    Top story.

    Super photo.

    Can't beat catching Snapper.

    Cheers Rebel.

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    Brisbane River Session #294 and #295

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    Hi all,

    I was on a holiday down in Victoria for a week (went for one fish for trout but no luck) and got back last Thursday around midnight. Decided to have a rest on Friday but Saturday morning @Cavvy and I tried a spot on our kayak. We launched at about 5am and arrived at the spot by quarter past, just before the sun rose. We spent the next four hours flicking some shallow diving hardbodies around but unfortunately, we did not catch any threadfin. There was plenty of bait jumping but I guess the fish weren't hungry, so we will have to get them next time. 

    Stats of Trip:

    Tide: 9:30AM, .6M, Low. 

    Moon Phase: 25%

    Lures Used: Zerek Pyra and Megabass Oneten R

    Air Pressure: 1015

    Humidity: 83%

    Overall Success Rate: 30% - first session on the river this holidays

    The next session was today with @Thorbjorn Hale at The Port, on Thorbjorn's tinny. We launched at around 9am from a very crowded POB boat ramp, and after we got away first thing on the agenda was catching some livies. It wasn't long before we had a fair few mullets gathered so we went out to the wharves and started fishing. 

    It was awesome weather, and it was quite flat for as far as I could see. On my first cast my live mullet remained untouched for a fair amount of time before line started screaming off of my reel. Thorbjorn picked up my rod while I wound in my soft vibe and the fish took a good run. I started the fight and the fish was taking some decent runs and had some good headshakes. It wasn't long before I had a nice 60cm or so snapper on the deck of the boat, which we were both happy with (and I was regretting not buying some ice for the esky). After a quick photo we released the snapper and got lines back out. 

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    Snap

    Following this, we each caught a decent sized stingray, but after that the bite went very quiet, so we decided to go and chase some livies at the Poo Chute and try again. We were successful with the herring (despite my substandard cast netting), but back at the spot we couldn't lose a bait, apart from Thorbjorn catching a small shovelly. We moved again, and at this spot we each pulled in a catty, which wasn't a great sign. As we were moving though, we noticed a boat was hooked up to a decent fish. We waited until we saw it, and sure enough the gold of a thready emerged, so it was good to see someone was having some success on the soft vibes. 

    We chased a bit more live bait which was fun and had a quick rest before anchoring on the edge of the main channel around the Clara Rock area. Unfortunately for us, this didn't equate to any fish, and the only action was a few nibbles and plenty of waves from the Moreton Island boats. At about five, we decided to call it quits and we drove home. Overall, it was a great day with the weather staying flat for basically the entire day, thanks again for taking me out Thorbjorn!

    Stats of Trip:

    Tide: 8:15AM, .9M, Low, 1:35Pm, 1.6M, High, 7:15PM, .8M, Low. 

    Moon Phase: 35%

    Bait Used/Caught: Live mullet, herring, whiting, prawn, silver biddy, anchovy

    Fish Caught: Snapper, catfish, shovelnose, stingray

    Lures Used: Soft vibes 

    Air Pressure: 1015-1017

    Humidity: 64%-81%

    Overall Success Rate: 75% - fun day out with a few bites and a new PB snap for me. 

    Anyway, thanks for reading everyone, hope you enjoyed the report. 

    Cheers, Hamish. 🙂 

  21. Yeppoon Trip 28/02-2/03

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    On 3/4/2024 at 5:41 PM, ellicat said:

    Bummer about the lack of action.

    Today, we had plenty of action but snip offs and bust offs and pulled hooks were the order of the day. We managed several Bonito and a grassie and some grinners. Then the sea toads and sharks saw us pulling up stumps early and giving Green a go. Sharks here were swimming around the boat and we hooked a few before going in shallow to jig unsuccessfully for squid. So you didn't miss much while you were away.

    Have fun in Melbourne. Going to the casino ? haha

    Thanks Brian, sounds like a partly successful session in the bay. Melbourne was alright, I think the casino would’ve been more fun than all the shopping I had to do.

    On 3/4/2024 at 7:45 PM, mangajack said:

    Next time you fish the harbour fish unweighted livies along the north eastern part of the marina....you will not get a bite on lures or anchored baits there   but unweighted livies work. Threadies and cod there usually.

    Alternatively work the Rita DeMata headland if you can still get access to it. Threadies and barra.

    I fished Corio Bay and the headlands there the most....some good fish on the headlands there....very hard to land though. The reefs go out a hundred metres from the waters edge in some spots. GT's spanish macks and barra there. Occasional cobia and coral trout have come ashore there.

    Thanks for the tips mangajack. My Dad and I were actually fishing there and the two fish we caught were with unweighted baits so it’s good to know some bigger fish can be caught.

    Ill be up again in Winter but I think I’ll be limited to Double Heads unfortunately instead of Corio Bay because I Won’t have a car.

    On 6/4/2024 at 9:31 AM, kmcrosby78 said:

    The boys and I tried for squid at Green too on Wed morning for no luck (despite Spero making it look easy the day before … 🙄🤪). Had wind against tide so we’ll use that excuse …. 🤔.

    Shame about the overall lack of success Hamish but always good to fish somewhere different. Taking a rod to Victoria?

    Shame about the dud squid session KM, and yep I’ve packed a rod but so far no luck. Mainly just relaxing this trip though due to the cold weather haha.

    1 hour ago, rayke1938 said:

    Got your license?

    Fishing license or drivers license? I’ll have my L’s in May so I’m pretty excited about that Ray.

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    Yeppoon Trip 28/02-2/03

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    Hi all, 

    I drove up to Yeppoon last Thursday for a quick visit. After arriving late Thursday arvo, my Dad and I decided to go for a fish at the Causeway later that night as there was a run through tide. It was still pretty crowded just before 10, but there weren't any fish getting caught. My Dad and I alternated the lures we were using for the next hour and a half but after no bites we decided to call it quits. 

    The next morning I didn't go fishing, but in the afternoon I went out to Double Heads. Unfortunately, the wind was very strong and the water was a bit brown, so I didn't bother fishing. My Dad and I then went to Ross Creek, where we also caught nothing except a large stingray which my Dad hooked that put up a good fight. 

    The next morning we decided to give the harbor a crack. We caught some livies and tried a couple of spots, and ended up on the rockwall at the mouth of the harbour. We didn't have much success here, but my Dad did hook up to a decent fish (probably a cod) which broke him off in some of the rocks. We were a bit more hopeful about this spot now so decided to try there the next day, because it was still very windy. 

    The next morning we repeated the same thing, where this time my Dad caught an undersize cod. Things were still very quiet and windy though. We also flicked plenty of lures around but no hookups. The next morning we came back to this spot and I caught one bream, so it was also very quiet. A bit unsure what to do to try and get a bite, my Dad and I decided to have a flick with some lures around the harbour later that night, which resulted in nothing except a very long sleep in the next morning. We tried in the harbour again that arvo with some smaller plastics and soft vibes but no bites once again. 

    Overall, although it was a quiet trip, it was still good to try some fishing up in Yeppoon. I'm going to Victoria today so won't be able to fish in the river that much this holidays unfortunately. 

    Cheers, Hamish. 

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