AUS-BNE-FISHO

Hey gooodluck Yep, as stated above that would be a catshark. I've only caught one onboard @ellicat's boat Ellicatch, but ellicat himself is the resident catshark expert on the forum All sharks and rays have a maximun legal limit of 1.5M in QLD waters. I believe the no take species are scalloped hammerhead, white pointer, and grey nurse (You'll find more on the DPI site though). Cheers Hamish

Hey Craig16 Welcome to the forum. I've never fished it, but I'm sure you'd be able to succeed if you gave it some persistance! Cheers Hamish

Hope you have a safe and quick recovery, fishingnut. Cheers Hamish

Crap... Alright, everyone here heard NOTHING!

IN that case, he's even more ancient then you, Mr Smoke Signals From 120 years ago!!!

Hi all This arvo's haul. Report to come later. No winner though Cheers Hamish P.S. I'm mastering the one handed breambo selfie!

Watching the Broncs. Eels 10. Broncs 6. Come on guys, this is the one to win!

Photo or it didn't happen!

I'll be very excited to read about you and a big fish in the same report!

Oops. Sorry. I kind of traded all my information for English into fishing at 3:00PM today. Lol.

Yeah. Not even Southside combined could out-sledge you! (That's a compliment ) Cheers Hamish

That would've been a good 60 ago though, wouldn't of it?! I thought you were only ancient one around here who used smoke signals! Because they were around 120 years ago, that's for sure.

In fact, I pity you!

Hey KM Hope you get it done soon. Painting must be a pain when you could be fishing! Sigh. You've just lost all hope!

Take a look at the leaderboard, @GregOug!

We have until the 5th October Greg... Hopefully since you're fishing it gives some more motivation to go Cheers Hamish

Hey Junky (Bit late getting back on this thread. Oops) Yep, I love cooking on fires. They are very fun to just sit around and keeping going. I need to get out camping sometime! The knots are very handy. I like them as I can impress my mates when I'm the only one in the class who knows how to lash. I've camped at Karingal before. Like most places, I like it there! Hey ellicat That would be perfect. If/when we cross paths (I guess weather dependant), I'll happily take it! Hi Drop Bear I have read about them in some old threads. I'd love to go to one! Cheers Hamish

Hey rayke1938 Good one. Those are some quality specimens. Cheers Hamish

Hey GregOug Looks like everyone on here has chipped in and given you some good information, so I hope it goes well. Any local tackle stores may have a couple in the know as well. Cheers Hamish

Hey Breaming with bro That sounds good, I will have to learn the FG ( and possibly PR) knot this hols! I know two leader knots, 3 knots (that you can use to tie your line to the hook), and that's it! Simpleton much Hamish!

Hey Leo I think you should go a bit bigger (if you can). 3.7M is what Id want for a river boat. Rarely to be taken out in the bay. If it gets hairy it will be hairy, and the last thing you want is to have boating troubles/get capsized/ etc. Cheers Hamish

You can't forget my bloody river perch! And catfish! Lol CHeers Hamish

Bwhahahahahaha Yes, that was very well sung by me and my mates this arvo. Now I can proceed in flogging the local park every day for two weeks in hope for some good fish! I'm also open for decky spots onboard anyone's rig Cheers Hamish

Hey gooodluck Welcome to the forum. I've been to Woorim once (I think, lol), and caught some whiting and dart in the surf. I'm a very novice surf fisho, but your best bet for things like these (I think you already know judging from the pics above though), is to use good baits, such as worms, and light leader. You won't need an extremely long rod to cast out far, but they do take a bit of getting used to. Here are a couple options that may class as 'bigger' fish for you - - Tailor: You will read many tailor reports (mainly in Winter time), caught on gang hooks and pillies. I haven't caught them, but casting these into a deep gutter at night with lots of bait will hopefully get you one. - Mulloway/Jewfish: These can be caught on livies, and will often come out of deep gutters as well. You will need a heavier leader, as they get a lot bigger than tailor, and even though they aren't live strip baits can still work. Pelagics - Finally, don't discount fish liek mackerel. I doubt you could get them from the surf (and I haven't even caught one), but from the rocks, or Shorncliffe Pier, you could get them. I have heard the Halco Twisty lures are very good, so just cause they're a bit cheaper doesn't mean they're worse! Cheers Hamish

Hey Dino Great fish and session. Good job on the 50cm bass. Cheers Hamish