AUS-BNE-FISHO

Nice boat!

Good work Thorbjorn, those are some good fish.

Nice work Dino.

Nice work Neil, that looks like a neat set up.

Thanks Brett. I'll try some pellets in the berley as well. Thanks Charlie. Any report is a good report, thanks mate.

Looks like you guys still got on a few good ones today Ray, nice work.

Hi manga, I make a mix of wet sand, tuna oil, and breadcrumbs into fist size balls. I freeze them and chuck a couple in at the start of the session, it seems to help bring them all in to the same area. Thanks Steve. I have an Excel spreadsheet which has all the info about my past sessions. I have my favorite tides and moons to fish at some spots, but I definitely don't have it fully worked out..... Yet

Thanks Rebel. I probably could, it's a shame I don't eat the prawns. Yep, or give some away to Charlie.

Hi all This morning I snuck out for a quick flick with my cast net in hopes of catching a few Brissy River Banana Prawns. I slept in a bit more than I should have and ended up arriving at the spot just before sunrise, after a quick ride. I wasted no time and was pleased to catch four prawns on my first cast of the morning. I continued catching a couple each cast until the sun started shining on the river, which was when the prawns slowly started to trickly away into deeper water. I also had a rod out with a live prawn, which for the most part, was getting no love. I continued casting around the jetty in hopes of some more prawns, and eventually I found a few in a deeper pocket of water I don't normally cast at. I ended up increasing the tally into an amount that made it not quite satisfying but worthwhile enough for the two or so hours I put in. I left a bit after eight, after catching five prawns in one throw. There were plenty of casts I got nothing at all, and in hindsight I should have gotten up at 4:30AM instead of turning off my clock and going back to bed . Next time I come prawning here I will definitely bring some berley and get there at a more suitable hour. Stats of Trip: Tide: I prawned the last of the run out to the slack. Would've been better if I got there earlier. 1:30AM, 2.3M, High, 8:10AM, .2M, Low. Moon Phase: 74%. No moonrise or moonset while I was prawning. Bait Caught and Used: Live prawns, mullet. Fish Caught: Zilch, a bit more than a kilo of prawns though. Humidity: 67-77% Air Pressure: Around 1033 at my house when I left, dropping to 1027. Notes: Prawns are definitely best at this spot before sunrise. Next time wake up earlier. Overall Success Rate: 50% - no fish and will probably be my last fishing session for a few weeks because of school. Thanks for reading, Cheers Hamish

Looks like a fun day Andrew. Were there any new baitrunner reels on display that you saw?

Good work Dino, looks like it was worth going out.

Nice stuff Bob, those are some quality trout. Do they bite best in Summer or Winter?

Good stuff Ray, nice haul there.

Nice work @Old Scaley!

Good to hear its going well Matt. Someone else will be able to help with the questions

Nice work Neil, that’s a good feed of sandies. What was bait of choice?

Hi KM, This session was much closer to the mouth, compared to where I usually fish. I haven't had much luck locally recently apart from a few prawns, but going to put in a bit more effort around some closer spots now that school has started again.

Thanks Andrew, I guess it can get pretty crowded in areas the prawn trawlers are fishing so probably a good thing.

Thanks Doughnuts. That makes sense, I don't fish much in August anyways because of school but will keep an eye out for it when I do go out around then and see what difference it makes.

Awesome session Donuts, those are some massive grassies.

Good work Ray, looks like a great day.

Thanks Neil. Cheers Steve. I do like this spot but it can often be very quiet as well. Why do the fish leave the river @mangajack? Is it something to do with the algae?

Thanks Angry, it was a pretty good lunch. Probably not Brian, knowing them.

Hi all This morning I snuck out for a quick fish to one of my spots that I hadn't been to in quite a while. I convinced my Dad to give me a lift, but first stop of the morning was to catch bait. Unfortunately, my bait spot didn't really have anything at it, so after spending fifteen minutes there we headed to the main fishing spot. I was there a bit before six, and the tide was still rising. This was good, because it meant I could catch a couple silver biddies and a Chrissy tree of anchovies. I sent some baits out on sunrise, and kept throwing my net in hope of a few more livies. No success was had, and by 7:00AM when I had only received a few picks I was starting to feel the pressure. I had a few mates coming from school who weren't fishos so was hoping I'd be able to put them on some fish. Sure enough, at 8:00AM, I had some tailor bites which didn't hook up, then the next cast wound in a 48CM or so model that provided some solid aerobatics. Tailor I sent a bait back out, but it went a bit quiet again (released the tailor). Luckily, Michael arrived to the jetty as well, so I had some company. My mates from school like to sleep in, so I wasn't expecting them anytime soon. I guess that's a shame for them, because I pulled in two more tailor over the next hour or so, the best being 53CM (new PB!). Nice We kept both of these with a plan to cook one up on the jetty, and after a rather uneventful bite period Michael got some more tailor hits. Unluckily, it didn't hook up, but we were hopeful of a few more fish. There weren't anymore livies about either, but we persisted with a mix of dead and live bait. Tailor were caught on live biddy/fingered biddy/live herring. My mate Nicu eventually arrived, but it was mid way through a particularly fast run out tide so we weren't expecting many fish. Luckily, it was nearly lunchtime, so after some casting practice, we filleted and cooked up the fish. This coincided with my other two friends arriving, so once everyone was there we all had a feed of some fresh tailor (which was very tasty). The bite remained quiet throughout the day, and even with a mix of live and dead bait we failed to hook anything big. Eventually, around 1:00PM, the boys headed off on a shopping trip to pick up lunch. It had been very slow fishing in this time, with hardly any bites or bait turning up either. Luckily for me, sometime after they had left, I baitchecked one of my rods which had a piece of tailor belly as bait. As I started winding in, I thought to myself, 'This is on', and sure enough as I began to bring the weight up to the surface it took off a few times. Thinking it was a ray, I pulled it in quite roughly, and even though it was running a fair bit I kept winding. I was very pleased to see a rather large flatty surface, nice! After a good netting job from Michael, we had the fish on the jetty. A quick pic and I sent the 75CM model on it's way to get caught when it was even bigger. New PB Flatty After that was sorted out, everyone was a bit more hopeful a bigger fish would cruise through. It was well into the rising tide now, and my mates eventually returned with some pizza for everyone - they should've stayed! We all dug into the feed, and with the last of the livebaits lobbed out were hopeful of a fish. Apart from another guy fishing, John, pulling in a sand crab, it remained quiet for the rest of the arvo, much to the disappointment of my mates. By 3:00PM, we'd all had enough, and after cleaning up the jetty of all litter from the previous night we were out of there. A ferry and train ride home saw the end to a pretty fun day for me - hopefully next weekend I'll be able to put my mates onto their first decent fish from the river if they come out again. Stats of Trip: Tide: 6:15AM, 1.8M, High, 12:30PM, .5M, Low, 7:30PM, 2.5M, High Moon Phase: 84.5%, nearly full moon. Lots of run. Bait Caught and Used: Live anchovies, live herring, live silver biddy. Fish Caught: Tailor x 3, Flathead x 1 Tackle Used: Shimano Baitrunner DC 8000 on Kmart Rod, Okuma Coronado CDX 55 on Silstar Crystal Powertip Rod, Shimano Sedona 6000 on Abu Garcia Nanotech Nexus. 30 pound braid mainlines and 50 pound Black Magic trace. Size 4 star sinker and 6/o circle hooks. Air Pressure: 82% Humidity: 1024 Notes: No prawns or trawlers, potentially suggesting they have left the river/were not there. Not much bait either so would make sense why there were no threadies or jewies chasing the baits. Also a fair few small queenfish around. Overall Success Rates: 70% - fun day Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. Cheers Hamish

That’s sounds good. Have you been trying any land based fishing recently?