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Yep, same here. I do hope you manage something OK. I'm guessing it's a queenie? Cheers Hamish

Bah. That's what ya said last time, Breaming with bro. And by the looks of it you got squat all? Cheers Hamish

Good luck you two! Let's hope both your missions are successful. Cheers Hamish

Hey kmcrosby78 Thanks for that, hopefully I can work them out as good as the local park eventually Hi Sneaky1 Yep, a good day out it was, especially for me Cheers Hamish

Hey Sam Thanks for that, haha, I'd imagine the only thing they could catch in your wardrobe would be the odd shirt-fish I may have to try the bigger ones eventually too. I was actually trying to get a bream (but didn't use the light leader in case I hoked up to something bigger), so now I figure that the flatties will often hang right near next to the bank, as well as the bream I already am wanting some new plastics, Lol. I think you've gotten me addicted! Cheers Hamish

Hey Brian Yep, that is a great idea. I have now become like @kmcrosby78 and browse Gumtree (I normally try to snap up dirt cheap cast nets or look at the reels for parts if there's no good deals), and I think you could easily find a good reel on Gumtree compared to a new one. Breaming with bro, here is my advice. If you get something like a $30 reel brand new, it's going to be pretty crappy. I think the Jarvis Walker 6000 reel I got lasted OK, but that's only really good for casting big baits. Keep looking on the second hand market for good deals, don't try and get a cheapy because it will be K-mart quality (or worse!). Cheers Hamish

Hey Steve Great thread. Very good idea to give people a timely reminder. My dad and I always where our block jackets on the yak, not that we have been in very bad weather ever/that much. The one time when it got slightly hairy (even though it wasn't to windy a bit of chop makes it uncomfortable in a kayak), we got back in quiet quickly. I think it's important people can judge well when the weather is bad if they think it is not safe for them to stay out. I probably need to practise getting back into the yak myself. I can do it but don't know how easy it'd be for me to do it loaded up with gear if I went overboard. Cheers Hamish

Hey jon Thanks for that, it's pretty good I got it on the lure too. We really couldn't believe it, but I guess there's a fair amount of them in there. Glad you enjoyed the report Cheers Hamish

Hey ellicat Good luck! Hopefully you find some marks that become your 'Spot X', and they produce! The only tip I could give is to fish each different spot you find more than once on different tide, moon, weather cycles, etc. I'll be interested to see how you go. Do you plan to take a rod as well? Cheers Hamish

Thanks Breaming with bro Hey Old Scaley Thanks for that, and yep, it is quite amazing to see fish like flatties find there way this far up the river... And I know it's not a fluke because that's the third one in the 50-60cm range I've caught! Cheers Hamish

Hey ellicat Thanks for that, the flatty certainly made the session a bit more worthwhile. There are a couple spots a bit more upstream I know of that I still need to try a bit more that will hopefully produce. I reckon I may manage a good cod or bream in that creek too. Cheers Hamish

Hi all Happy Father's day today. Hope every father out there has a good one! Cheers Hamish

Hey Leo I'm in Sherwood. I just checked on maps and realised that the drive is only about 45 mins, not an hour. I must've misheard my dad (oops). We will have to plan a yak trip together sometime. I'd be happy with even a small squire off the yak You are mad keen to get up that early and drive.. I was struggling with my start this morning, that's for sure. Thanks for that too, I was most surprised when I realised it was a flathead coming up on my lure! Cheers Hamish

Hey all Today my dad and I decided that because there was no tennis on this morning, we would make the most of it and try and get our name on the board for a species in Suburbs of Origin. Our plan was quite simple; keep one rod with a plastic/lure, and catch some livies for the other two. We planned to drift to the first spot, then fish that for a bit, then fish Cobia Bridge for a bit more, then drift back up with the tide. We were awoken at about 4:30AM by the alarm, and I believe we were collecting bait at about 5:30AM. It only took four casts to get about 15-20 good sized prawns, and then we loaded the yak and left. We decided to ditch the drift idea, as we thought it'd be better to paddle down with the tide and come back up with the rise. We arrived at what we call 'Three Pylon Creek', as there are three pylons out the front, and started fishing. I did my first cast out in the middle of the creek, then another one to a jetty nearby... Then to the mud bank. My soft plastic lure, a 3 inch motor oil grub (thanks @samsteele115, legend!), was twitched once. Then twice. Then I felt some weight and realised I was on. all hell broke loose shortly after, and this thing was running around as fast as a cheetah! It leapt out of the water at one point early in the fight, and I saw some silver so I thought it was a salmon. I had my drag as tight as I dared, so it wasn't taking any runs. My dad was quick to grab our kayak net, and just before this he had identified it as a flatty! We got it in just after it took a good run, but once it was on the boat all hell broke loose...Again! It went crazy in my dads legs, and was clearly very unhappy to be on the boat! After some rowers had a good time watching us muck around, we got it on the measurer. My dad called it for 55cm, so I was pretty happy with that, especially because it's only my second fish on a lure ever! Here is the fish just prior to being released While it's no biggun, it's a respectable Brisbane River fish. After that, my dad got a few nibbles and an OK hit on the salmon line, but they were all small by the looks. I had a sinker that was probably to big for shallower water but still used that so I didn't have to change it. After our adrenaline rush subsided, we decided to set sail to our next spot - Cobia Bridge! We got to the beach at about ten past seven, and did some cast netting briefly. My dad got nothing but some tiny prawns, which was unfortunate seeing as though the last time we were here we got mullet, biddies, and whiting in two throws! After some casting (only for a couple small hits), we hit the bridge pylons. We put ourselves in the middle of two pylons which kept our yak from drifting. It was pretty cosy. I dropped the lighter line line down with bait, and after a couple minutes of nothing my dad did the same. It was very deep there, and I knew if I did hook a really big fish I'd probably get spooled because I didn't have much line. LOL. We stayed in this spot for a short while, (well about half an hour), and despite some small nibbles we still got squat all. My dad was really hoping this spot would produce, and I reckon it will too, we just need to fish it a bit more! It is nice under the shelter of the bridge but the bloody trains that go by every second minute are annoying. Going under the bridge The next spot is another small creek I pass, actually on my way to school. The tide had changed by now so it was ideal to drift back up towards it. There is actually a river walk project being built there, so there will soon be some EPIC structure for cod, salmon, bream, jacks, and god knows what in there. It'd only be fish able be boat/kayak, but there will be some spots you can fish from it land based when it's done at the end of 2021! https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/traffic-and-transport/roads-infrastructure-and-bikeways/bikeway-and-pathway-projects/indooroopilly-indooroopilly-riverwalk I gave the pylons some good casts with my soft plastic grub, for unfortunately nothing. The actual creek was very shallow, though I still casted in there in hope of another lizard, or even bream. I have seen a big bream on the surface there on my way to school, as well as catfish swimming out. The structure is very promising, as there is a heap of rocks around and in the creek too. Despite my best efforts, and best skim-casts, this spot proved fish-less. "Oh Well!", we thought, "Next time for sure!". We then crossed the river and fished a bunch of the jetties. It would've been far more ideal if I had changed lure to a hard body, but I figured there was not much point as I could skim-cast and cast my soft plastic better. The slow roll and twitching retrieve wasn't working, and on some jetties we even trolled the lure along, so it was disappointing to not get anything. We eventually stopped fishing the jetties, and it is actually very lucky that my school is on the river and has a jetty! We pulled up there, and had a quick break - Basically, we got onto the jetty, and I casted my lines in straight away in hope of something like a good breambo. I tied the kayak up to the jetty with some rope I put in for this reason, and my dad and I ate some lollies and a PB sanga (well I ate the lollies and he got the sanga). The drifting we did before this was not very productive, with nothing but a snag and some deep rocky areas which could possibly hold fish. Me looking very jolly like with the three finger salute The tide was well and truly ripping in by now, so we paddled up back to Three Pylon Creek. My dad and I started the drift prior to the creek, and drifted down. There are a heap of ancient looking pylons there, so I'm wondering if it was an old wharf when they used to ferry logs and stuff like that up and down the river. We got to the creek which was far higher, and decided to actually go up it. I put the casts through the middle, in the snags, and on both banks, for nothing. We kept going up and up and up though, until we got to a bridge and the creek rocked out. It was also a bit stalemate and not much flow here, so we figured it was time to go back (that, it was getting hot, and we were exhausted). Up Three Pylon Creek... With a Paddle! The final paddle back was quite hot and tiring, though we eventually made it back to the jetty. After we unloaded the yak, had a quick snack, and packed up, we were off to home. The session was pretty fun overall, with the flatty and the good exploration trip. Some interesting things to note may be that there was a absolute truckload of bait at Three Pylon creek (mainly mullet and herring), the flathead came out of about 20cm of water on a very muddy bottom, under Cobia Bridge there wasn't much bait and not many fish, and finally, around the new river walk project the pylons haven't been there for very long, maybe why the fish aren't there? That's the full session though, and here are the stats of the trip - Tide: 6:50AM, Low, .3M, 12:50PM, High, 1.7M Moon Phase: 90% moon, so quite a bit of run Bait used: Live prawns Lures used: 3 inch Motor Oil Z-man Grubs on a 1/6th jig head Bait caught: Prawns Fish caught: 1 x Dusky Flathead, 55cm Weather: Glass out, hot, slightly cloudy Time fished: 5:30AM (or so) - 9:40AM Tackle used: 12lb, 14lb, 30lb braid mainline, 20lb, 30lb fluorocarbon leader, 1/6th jig head on Z-man Motor Oil 3 inch grub, 4/o suicide and circle hooks, large barrel swivel, size 2 and 6 ball sinkers, size 2500 Shimano Nasci and Diawa Shinboi, size 650 Penn reel, 8 foot Ugly Stik rod, 6"6' Abu Garcia Venomat? rod, 2M Rogue Firepoint boat rod. Air Pressure: 1020 Overall Success Rate: 80% - at least I got one good one! OK, that's the report done everyone. Thanks for reading this session, I hope you guys at least somewhat enjoyed the report Stay safe with COVID-19! Cheers Hamish Some good bait prawns

Hey Towknee That is great I think.. The fact that they are recycling and that they are thinking for 'out of the box' ways to recycle! Cheers Hamish

Hey Breaming with bro Thanks for researching and posting it on here. You must really love your Stradics. Even the first one looks more high-tech than some of my reels Cheers Hamish

Hey GregOug Thanks for all the information. Very handy, not that I'll be catching snapper any time soon though. Cheers Hamish

Thanks GregOug, hopefully I can manage another Brisbane River flatty to upgrade the size a bit soon! Thanks Old Scaley, and yep, I'm happy now my name is going on the board The salmon should be coming up... should! Cheers Hamish

Hey Leosonfire Good session. When you said you were going yesterday I tried convincing the old man to come (yes, I get to call my dad that now. Lol), but he didn't want to do the drive over seeing as though it's about an hours drive. Nice fish, and looks like some fun was had. Great job! Cheers Hamish

Hey a-frame81 Nice one. Good to see the yak goes OK. Hope you can get some fish eventually. Cheers Hamish