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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

Hey Drop Bear That's good he is doing well. Hopefully he has the time for a bit of a fish Cheers Hamish

It's actually called appending, GregOug. (When you add to the end of something). Also, @Kat, would you be interested in this comp? Cheers Hamish Oh yeah, and you Northside buggers have something to worry about now tugger is on the team!

Hey Dinodadog Nice one. It is very good that the fish are being held well when you take the piccy Cheers Hamish

Hey Kat Yep, that makes good sense. I interpret it more like, 'if it is a grey zone, and nothing covers it, then as long as you are doing it in a legal area, how can you be in trouble for it?'. If the DPI rules do not mention it, then I think it'd be OK... If you ever buy an opera house trap, the store that sold it to you should probably give you warnings about the laws for it, or that's what I think anyways. I'll be interested to hear others opinions about this matter. Cheers Hamish

OK, so what I found on funnel traps on DPI is that there isn't any regulations on them in the salt -(I'm assuming that's what the 'bottle' trap would classify under. Funnel traps Freshwater The maximum funnel trap size is 70cm long and 50cm high or wide. The maximum mesh size of funnel traps is 25mm, with up to a maximum of 4 entrances made of rigid material. The maximum entrance size is 10cm. The following restrictions apply: Funnel traps with a maximum rigid opening size of 5cm in all dimensions can be used in all Queensland fresh waters. Funnel traps with a rigid opening size of between 5cm and 10cm can only be used in fresh waters west of a line following the Great Dividing Range and west of the Gore Highway (A39) or in the following impoundments—Atkinsons Dam, Baroon Pocket Dam, Beehive Dam, Bill Gunn Dam (Lake Dyer), Bjelke-Petersen Dam, Boondooma Dam, Borumba Dam, Burdekin Dam (Lake Dalrymple), Callide Dam, Cania Dam, Connolly Dam, Cooby Dam, Coolmunda Dam, Cressbrook Dam, Eungella Dam, Ewen Maddock Dam, Fairbairn Dam, Fred Haigh Dam (Lake Monduran), Glenlyon Dam, Gordonbrook Dam, Hinze Dam, Kinchant Dam, Koombooloomba Dam, Lake Awonga, Lake Gregory, Lake MacDonald, Lenthalls Dam (Lake Lenthall), Leslie Dam, Maroon Dam, Middle Creek Dam, Moogerah Dam, Mount Morgan Big Dam, North Pine Dam, Peter Faust Dam, Ross River Dam, Sideling Creek Dam (Lake Kurwongbah), Somerset Dam, Storm King Dam, Teemburra Dam, Theresa Creek Dam, Tinaroo Dam, Wivenhoe Dam, Wuruma Dam, Wyaralong Dam Kat, if I've missed something, would you mind showing where you read it? Cheers Hamish

Hey, @tugger, would you want to compete in this comp? I have a feeling you may win some of the categories against @GregOug's gang of naughty Northsider's! (for once my English lesson came into use - the subject of it was 'alliteration'). Lol. Cheers Hamish

Hey Kat Yes, in general livies are the best bait. I've never used live yabbies personally, but I know many on here use them with great success. I'm sure when they see this thread you'll get a good bit of information. Light line (from what I've heard) is key with the yabbies. And then for you it should only be a matter of patience. I have tried beach worming once with my dad. It's very hard I must admit. Good luck to you on that one. I have caught many whiting and bream on servo worms, so if you get some good fresh ones I'd imagine they'd be an excellent bait. Opera House traps, which are these - Are not illegal in Queensland. I used to use them a heap to get live river shrimp, but rarely did I catch fish. Another type of trap that you could use is the simple bottle trap, which seems to go OK for some - If you really want some live fish (i.e. poddy mullet, herring, garfish) which are a prime bait for flathead, cod, bream, and most estuarine predators, a cast net is a very common method. In terms of worms and baiting them, I thread them up the hook and then leave the barb exposed so whatever eats it will be hooked. This also provides a natural bait presentation. When rigging live mullet, herring, or other baits, you can pin them through the nose, jaw, tail, or just below the pectoral? fin. All work, but normally with a mullet, gar, winter whiting, and bait fish that have a thicker mouth you rig them through the lip. With baits such as herring, you rig them through the nose... Or at least that's how do it - Mullet rigged through the lip Herring rigged through nose Also, I just found this video on catching worms. Hope it helps - Hope all of that helped a bit. Sorry if it's a bit long/big. If there's something else I can try to answer it Cheers Hamish

Yep, they're like most other trevally then. Pan sized GT's (or a bit bigger) are one of my favourite fish to chew on... FRESH! Cheers Hamish

Yes, fair enough @ellicat. To make matters worse in some ways I think it was pig he shot himself (even though it was the tiniest chunk). Luckily all my information was backed up on my account, so I don't think anything to bad will happen. We're just more annoyed because the only way it happened is if someone quickly sneaked in, then straight back out, grabbing the first thing in sight! Cheers Hamish

Hey Breaming with bro What a trophy fish. Epic catch on such light line. Good job. I've heard mixed opinions on queenies, have you had some yet? Cheers Hamish

Hey ellicat While you did donut, that is a mad camping trip. Looks like great fun. (I've been sick all weekend, and to make matters worse we've realised someone's nicked my phone and school computer from our home). I love the fire shot, and the border closure pic seems to show that when they say they've blocked all exits, they mean it! (They being the government). Looks like a good trip, and good times. Hopefully the next time you're back it gets some big cod and yellas. I saw a video of a fella on the internet (I believe his Youtube channel is ' Timmy Turtle', but he caught a metrey on a bit of steak! Amazing). Cheers Hamish

Hey Clinton WOW - that is a huge catfish. I have heard they get big when they're around the islands. Apparently due to the cleaner water they taste btter too. Do you have any pics? Cheers Hamish

Hey Allnighter. That is easily a metery and a twenty pounder! Cheers Hamish

Hey bulldogs195461 When I wash my reel, I follow these three steps - Number 1 - Wipe! Wipe of any sand/dirt/grit inside and out on the reel. Do this with a bit of wet paper towel. Number 2 - Lube it up! Oil all the joints where it can rust, and stop spinning. This keeps your reel going fluently. Number 3 - WD40 - I've heard this doesn't go well with plastic reels, but put some on certain parts of the reel so they don't rust! The reason rinsing may not be the best choice is that it can wash grit deeper into the reel. Cheers Hamish