AUS-BNE-FISHO

I could beat one of you... Well, maybe GregOug with some luck

I have the secret-ist spot of all... The local park

We may be Landlubbers, but you lot are pirates!

I'm sure you simply don't have more people because they really want to avoid Northside's corrupt team! It is common opinion, ya know. Aww, really! I was totally planning on giving it a full on autopsy...

We know you're secretly plotting an evil plan, with christophagus and Cobiaaddict right beside you. You even have a spy up far North, Breaming with bro! Is it not obvious how corrupt (yes, I'm using my big boy words) Northside is!

Yeah. For you to be sacked as 'headmaster'

I know a couple of tricks. Breaking the fishes neck, the back, and not to mention the old stretching trick!

It's a crime to do an English lesson... When I didn't get English homework!!!

You should be on detention for that!

Sorry NguyenD, GregOug is a bit salty because he ended up losing the ' longest names' category. Oh right, all you guys in Gen X and all you Baby Boomers won't get that Cheers Hamish

Haha, yes. I reeled it back in and to my surprise that was all that was left ellicat! Hey Angry51 I'm hoping I'll be able to catch it another day Hi Cobiaaddict That's crazy. Just shows the force they have in there mouths! CHeers Hamish

HOLY... That's bloody massive!!! A great prefish there Cobiaaddict. You'll be wanting some of those ones in the comp. How big did it measure? Cheers Hamish

The local co-ops are probably more accessible by boat then the plain old seafood store!

Hey all Look closely. You might notice something is not right... Cheers Hamish

Look on the list now. You'll see we have almost twice as much as you guys! Cheers Hamish

Hey Old Scaley and Drop Bear That is a terrific snapper session at the magnificent mouth of the brilliant Brisbane River. (How's that for alliteration ). Good job though, looks like you guys have found a few spots (to keep secret from the Northsiders), for the comp! Cheers Hamish

Evening GregOug I've never been there myself, but I'd sure hope you get some stonkas. I'll be excited to hear the report. I doubt there'd be many people as it is not holidays or anything, so maybe most facilities wouldn't be very crowded? Cheers Hamish

Hi JMW21 Welcome to the forum. I haven't been to the mouth when it's rough, but I'd take ellicat's advice - go to somewhere like West End if the wind is up. There won't be many big whitecaps, and they'll only form if there's really strong winds and the tide is going against the wind. Good luck for a threadfin/jewie. Cheers Hamish

Hey rayke1938 A pity about the big wind gusts, but at least you tagged some of the fish Cheers Hamish

You are clearly delirious at the time of writing this. Please take a rest so we do not have to deal with it!

Compared to you Northside people we are!

Yeah GregOug, congrats on winning the LAMEST category of them all. The highly LAME 'length of your names combined category!'. . You clearly are polite enough to leave the real categories to the professionals. Cheers Hamish

Hey ellicat Thanks for that, haha, I didn't want to give it ten percent, didn't want to give it eleven, and it was the first even number after ten. I have a weird way of thinking .Lol! Thanks GregOug, I just hope one of my reports gives me something good to report about! Cheers Hamish

Hey all OK, I'm going to quickly do the reports now as I'm feeling well again. The first session was on Sunday the 9th, and the second was on Friday (the public holiday). I had a weekend of fishing planned on the long weekend, but of course it was cut short due to myself getting sick. On the Sunday, I got down to the park at 2:15PM (or about). I chucked out the lines, with prawn (and the salmon line with mullet). I started throwing the cast net, but to no avail. I saw the perch line get pickered once, and then again, but I kept missing them. The river perch seem to be a very timid fish, or at least the small ones. Nothing like a small squire or baby bream, that is for sure. I eventually heard a run. I ran over, picked it up, and it was hooked. The fish was hooked, had some weight, and was putting up a good tussle (seems to be your favourite word ellicat, Lol). I made light work of it on my gear, and I eventually lifted up an OK perch from the river. See photo ' A 31cm River Perch - an OK fight was had' A bit prior to this, my friend had arrived. I released the perch, but the bugger didn't kick off. Instead, it got washed up onto the muddy bank, much to our dismay. We couldn't just leave it there too die, so my friend decided (or, maybe he didn't have a choice) to scoop it up with the net. He just couldn't reach, and he accidentally dropped the net. He then had to hop on the mud, which he gave me the perch from. He clambered up the other side, getting back to me soon after. In this time, I thought the perch would have to become crab bait, but after a lot of swimming it kicked off. Phew. That was a bit of drama. I started to get a few OK prawns when cast netting, but fishing was still bloody slow. The salmon line was going untouched, the cod line was only getting pickered (occasionally), and at this point even the perch line wasn't getting pickered! I kept trying to get live prawns, and the time flew by. Soon, I threw towards the other end of the jetty. I felt some prawns clicking, clicking, and then a fair bit of tugging as I pulled the net up. I figured I'd have some good prawns, but the second I saw the top of the net I realised I'd jagged a bream, which was probably eating the prawns surrounding it. See photo ' A 29cm Cast net bream' After that bream, which was released, it was almost time to go. I kept cast netting and fishing, but soon we were on our way back. I packed up all the gear, and called it a day. Here are the stats of that trip - Stats of trip - Tide: High tide, 2:25PM, 1.7M, Low tide, 8:20PM, .6M Moon phase: Waning Gibbous, 70%, so a fair bit of run Weather: Very windy and cloudy Bait used: Prawns, mullet Bait caught: Prawns Fish caught: Bream, Perch (x1) Tackle used: 12, 14lb, 30lb braid mainlines, 20lb 30lb fluorocarbon leaders, 80lb trace (mono), size 4/o suicide and circle hooks, size 6 and 2 ball/bean sinkers, large barrel swivel, size 2500 Shimano Nasci and Shinobi, Size 650 Penn reel, 8", 6"6', and 2M, Ugly Stik, Venomat?, and Rogue Firepoint boat rods used. The second trip was on the public holiday, Friday. My plan was to go for a morning fish. When we got there, the tide was not ideal, but we began cast netting anyway. To our disappointment, I figured out that someone had left fish blood (I'd assume from bait) on the jetty, which is a multi-use jetty used by the whole community. Some ruin it for all... See photo - It had just been cleaned too, so it was a real shame My dad just kept throwing, and on some of the left over prawn the perch line got a run. It seems to be very typical of this fish to pick up the bait, take a run, and then if the hook is not set it will immediately fall out. There was still some bait left on the hook, so I was hopeful that we would still be off the donut. My dad just kept throwing, and caught the only thing for the morning - a couple glassies. See photo - My dad cleaning out glassies. He put in about 40 good throws this morning for bugger all... and I ran out of bait! The cast netting continued, and apart from a minuscule sized prawn, he got nothing. Now it was about seven (we woke up at five and left at 5:20AM), and it was up to me I ensured the mornings work wasn't for nothing. Well, I got a few more runs (small ones) from what I can only think would be River Perch, and I think I lost a massive one as on the last bit of good bait the line was squealing off the reel like no tomorrow, but unfortunately I think I pulled the hooks when I picked it up. I kept trying to catch livies for a bit longer, but once again, I couldn't manage anything. I wasn't feeling to flash, but did see the fella who took the photo of me with my 84cm threadie in April and I had a nice chat with him. Since low tide wasn't until midday or so, I decided to call it quits at about nine in the morning because I was completely out of bait. Not a good thing for a first session, but at least I managed to get out for a fish. Here are the stats of that miserable session - Stats of trip - Tide: High tide, 1.6M, 6:23AM, Low tide, 12:42PM, .5M Moon Phase: Waning Crescent, 24%, not much run Weather: Slightly cloudy, chilly Bait caught: - Bait used: Prawns Tackle used: 12lb, 14lb, 30lb, braid mainlines, 20lb and 30lb fluorocarbon leader, 80lb mono trace, size 2 and 6 ball/bean sinkers, size 4/o suicide and circle hooks, large barrel swivel, size 2500 and 650 Shimano Nasci, Diawa Shinobi, Penn reel, 8" Ugly Stik rod, 6"6' Venomat?, rod, Size 2M Rogue Firepoint boat rod Overall Success Rate: 12% - The session was like dog crap - I caught a cold... and that was it! Alright, thanks for reading everyone. I hope you enjoyed. Sorry for any grammar errors. These are starting to sound like one of my oral presentations with the bit at the end. ... And it certainly wasn't a good Suburbs of Origin Prefish. Cheers Hamish

Hey Jaz44 I think a 6hp engine may be a bit risky. It may not power your boat. I have heard, I believe from a member on here called Luvit in one of his old reports, that due to the big tides some cannot get out the other way with a six horse power engine, and need to be rescued. So I would advice to go as big as you can afford, simply for safety. Cheers Hamish