AUS-BNE-FISHO

Good luck Damo, what is the purpose of tanning them?

No thanks!

Wow! I wouldn't expect to see one that big above the barrage. I'm going up to Yeppoon in a few weeks and wouldn't mind seeing one that big in the wild though. (from a distance, obviously ).

Great report and great work on all of those fish!

Welcome back to the forum. Good work on all the fish.

I had this show up once but it went away when I reloaded the page.

Good work Ray, hopefully you get some bigger ones next time.

Thanks Damo. Thanks Kat, hopefully you get onto a few soon. I'll ask next time but my mum won't eat fish I catch from the river and my siblings don't like fish so it is normally just my dad and myself eating it anyways. Thanks Thorbjorn, sorry to hear about the jetski, hope you sort it out all good.

Shrimp trap?

Good job Rebel.

Thanks Brett, I'll catch them again next time. Thanks Charlie, it sure is. Thanks Greg, hopefully you get some big ones soon. Cheers Mems, I probably won't be getting out over the next two weeks but when I'm on holidays I'd be keen to go. Maybe Newstead Apartments.

I've been thinking as the water in the river gets clearer I should start throwing a jig around. I've caught small ones in the cast net before so no reason a big one won't be around I guess.

Thanks Brian. I'll start bringing my esky bag now so if I catch a couple keepers I can take them home. Now that you put it like that, it does seem the rating systems need some recalibration .

Thanks Steve. I’m just hoping for a big thready or jewie soon, haha. I guess a bag out on snapper is pretty good too!

Great work Leeroy, that’s a solid session.

I don't do heaps of boat fishing, but I can't imagine it would make heaps of difference. Potentially less snags if you have less line out as your rig won't be drifting/moving as much.

Is might just the pipeline going across the mouth of Boggy Creek?

Hey mate, Try downsizing the sinker to the minimum you need to get to the bottom, or rigs like a paternoster rig where your hook isn't on the bottom. Sometimes some spots are just much more snaggy that others, though.

The Brisbane River is tidal (salt) all the way up to Colleges Crossing/Old Mt Crosby Weir, so you're definitely allowed to cast there. I'm not sure where Breakfast Creek becomes freshwater though, but where it's still tidal you can normally catch lots of bait.

Hi all, Last weekend I headed out for two sessions. One on Saturday morning fish with livies for threadfin and jew, and the other out with @TheCharliefisho targeting some creek catties. Both were successful enough, so I’ll start on Saturday. @Cavvy decided he wanted to give me a lift (no, I convinced him) and after a decently early start we were at the chosen spot by 6:30AM. The sun hadn’t peaked up yet though, and it was still prime time for collecting bait and fishing. Dad had a few throws with the net before he started catching some, but it wasn’t long before he had a few mullet, biddies, and glassies. Satisfied with his efforts, he decided to head home and get back to bed. I sent three lines out and got back to netting, and unfortunately for him that was the wrong decision because it wasn’t long before I had a low forties squire on the jetty. I got the hook out and after a quick pic lowered him down in a bucket and swum him until he kicked off. First Squire The bite was pretty hectic for the next 45 minutes, and only seconds after my next bait (a couple small glassies and biddies on the same hook I think) I was on yet again. This fish put up a decent account for itself, and I was pleased to see my second squire for the morning, a just legal 35CM model. Once again, this guy went back, and despite a little bit of barotrauma kicked back down fine after I swum him for a minute. I think this spot fishes best when the tide is pumping and on early morning, so I’ll have to give it another crack soon. Another Unluckily for me, bait wasn’t the most abundant, and between my sub average cast netting, I was spending more time trying to catch livies than watching my lines. Also, this spot is elevated about five meters above the water and the ferries like to come in close, so I was a bit apprehensive to leave my lines out far while I wasn’t there. Fortunately, I got a few more bite sized biddies and mullet, and sent them out. The next fish was a rather fat catty, which was a waste of a good livie, but I continued to persist in hope of a better bite. Sure enough, my rod went off again, and after setting the hook, I had fun landing my largest squire of the day at 44.5cm. I think this took a couple glassies and a silver biddy on the hook – it seems they like small baits but a few of them on the hook. After I landed this guy, the bite slowed a bit on the squire, but there were a few decent pecks that may have been large bream. Biggest I capitalized on this opportunity and tried to catch a few more livies, but to my dismay, even after casting for 30 minutes or so, I had hardly managed a fish in the net. As the tide started to slow, I chucked out a mullet about as large as you would like for a jewie or thready, and when I was really running low on the baits casted out a couple fillets of strip mullet. Annoyingly, all this brought was two catfish in quick succession, both of which were fat, ugly, and decent size. After I had dealt with them, I got back to cast netting and got a few herring and other small baitfish, including one large prawn (I really need to get out one night chasing them). I also caught a small muddy on the line and had a much larger one drop off before I saw it (almost sure that’s what it was), as they hit as the tide had slowed to a trickle. As the tide started to change I would love to have said the bait situation did too, but I still couldn’t get any in the net. Luckily, just as the run in began, I nailed my fourth squire of the day, somewhere in the low forties. I probably could have kept this one as it was towards the end of the session, but I ended up chucking him back. Lucky day for the fish. New record for squire – bagout! At about 1:00PM I had just caught a couple more livies but got an angry call from my Dad asking where I was… Guess I had forgotten I was supposed to be home by then, lol. I casted all my lines out for one last time and packed up, but unluckily no jews or threads came swimming by. I had $1.02 on my card so used it to buy a softserve from Central station Maccas on the way home, and that would have been one of the highlights of the day seeing as though I hadn’t eaten anything. I got home pleased to have finally broke my fishing drought, hopefully I can get a 50 squire or some big fish soon. Stats of Trip: Tide: 5:00AM, 1.9M, High (small high), 11:50AM, .5M, Low, 6:00PM, 1.7M, High. Moon Phase: 47.2% - there wasn’t a heap of tidal difference in height but this spot always has lots of run Bait Caught: Everything – herring, mullet, biddies, winter whiting, prawn, glassies. Fish Caught: Squire x 4, Catfish x 3, Muddy x 1 Air Pressure: 1009 Humidity: 60% Gear/Tackle Used: Okuma Coronado CDX 5500 on Silstar Crystal Power Tip 6-8KG 8 foot, 30 pound x8 J-braid, Jarvis Walker 8 foot 5-10KG rod on Shimano Baitrunner DC 8000 with 30 pound x 8 Penn Slammer braid, Shimano Sedona 6000 on 7 foot Abu Garcia Nanotech rod, 30 pound x 4 braid. 50 pound FC rock trace, 6/o Masterpro circles. Size 4 star sinker. Fixed sinker rig. Overall Success Rate: 70% - but can’t complain about a bagout on Brissy River squire landbased. The next session was just a quick fish with Charlie at his creek spot on Sunday arvo. I got there at about four and caught my first catty (he had already caught three) within five minutes of casting out. Charlie proceeded to catch about three times the number of catties as me, I guess I’m a bit out of touch with the old trusty Alvey. We probably ended up with fifteen fish combined, and highlights of the arvo include me pulling in a small muddy and a couple of big bream hits casting towards the bank (I dropped one before we got it out of the water). Quick Stats: Tide: Rising. Moon Phase: 57%, there wasn’t heaps of run Gear Used: Charlie used a light spinning setup and I used a Alvey kids combo, both about 10 pound line, small sinker and suicide hook. Servo prawns for bait. Overall Success Rate: 85% - fun session catching a few fish Thanks for reading this report, I hope you enjoyed. Sadly I won’t be able to get out for a fish over the next couple of weeks, maybe a couple of short local sessions, as I’m going to be too busy with school. Hopefully I can catch a couple good ones on the holidays. Cheers Hamish

Thanks Brian and Charlie. It was really hot down on the bank so I didn't mind hopping in to cool off.

Hi, You can normally catch lots of herring and occasionally some pike on small sabiki jigs around jetties in the river, but some days you just won't get anything. Normally you can cast net schools of herring around jetties off the front in deeper water, silver biddies and mullet towards the bank, or decent amounts of prawns at night. I never fish around Pinkenba though, only upstream from the Gateway. Cheers.

Woohoo. So happy my favorite website is back up, haha. I managed to catch a couple of decent fish in the river. Hamish

Hi all At about 5AM this morning I met @TheCharliefisho and my Dad and we drove to our chosen spot to try and catch a few bass before the closed season (we were fishing in tidal water). We arrived by about 5:45AM and were at the ideal spot after a hike in the dark. Our cicadas plopped along the surface of the narrow stream that we were fishing. It wasn't long before our hearts went racing and a big bass had a go at Charlie's lure. Despite the big splash, there was no hookup to be seen, so we kept casting in anticipation... But unfortunately there didn't seem to be any more fish cruising around that spot. Starting After a good 30 minutes flicking that stretch of the river, we moved on to where I had caught a few last time. To start with, we had to make a bridge out of a heavy plank to get across a rapid, but after we did this we were once again in the prime zone... we thought. Bridge Another 45 minutes passed by, and by now it was about quarter past seven without a fish to show for our efforts. We decided to go for a bit of an explore down where we hadn't been before, so we got walking. A big stingray lie (about 1.2M across) caught our eyes, as well as a few mullet bust ups, but more casts with our cicada led to no love from the fish. They come all the way up the river I guess. @Cavvy ended up going bush bashing past his head to try and find a nearby scout campsite (he found it eventually, but no fish) and Charlie and I had a brief chat to a couple of other anglers who also hadn't had any bites. Turns out (according to Dad) they were some kiwis who had come up from a holiday, it then made sense why they were casting some massive poppers and stickbaits about (like what you use for GT's on the reef), lol. We switched over to a Halco Laserpro 45 and a small RMG both in Golden Green in hopes of a bite. While making our way back up we worked every snag we could cast to, but still couldn't manage a fish. Oh well, we thought, and after regrouping with my Dad we decided to head back upstream to another area we could fish. After about 20 minutes of bushbashing/exploring, we arrived, had to get our feet wet to cross part of the river, then started casting. It wasn't looking good, and by now it was about 10AM. Just as we were completely losing hope, Charlie and I heard my Dad saying, "fish!". We ran up to see what the commotion was about, and sure enough he had caught a nice 35CM or so bass on his Duo International Cicada. After releasing that one, we had another cast, and upon winding my RMG past a log, it got walloped by a smaller 25-30CM model. A short fight around the structure ensued, and I had my bass up too. With plenty of hope we got back to flicking, but unfortunately we didn't pull any more fish off that snag (I also had to wade out to get my lure off a snag which may have spooked them). Photo skills need some work As we continued to walk upstream, I switched to a small lipless crankbait which also didn't bring me any fish. Dad and Charlie had more of a fish at the snag we caught them while I walked up and picked up some rubbish (fire was still warm so clearly some grubs had been there the night before, as it was completely trashed). As we finished up, we felt a little disappointed about the lack of fish, but at least we caught two. I think from today I've learnt that: It's important to be quiet and not spook the bass if you're fishing topwater They hang around snags so it's best to target them opposed to less snaggy area Anyway, thanks for reading this report, I hope you enjoyed. I think I'll be giving the bass a break until it warms up again unless I try one of the dams. Here are some quick stats: Stats: Weather: Sunny, 5-22 degrees, no clouds. Gear Used: I used a Diawa Tierra 2500 on Abu Garcia Veritas 2-4KG, My Dad used the 3000 Stradic on a 4-7Kg Shimano Raider, Charlie used a similiar spinning combo, 10 pound leaders, 8-15 pound mainline. Fish Caught: Bass x 2 Lures Used: Cicada topwater lures, Halco RMG's, Halco Laser Pro's, small lipless crankbaits. Notes: Very quiet until we found a couple on a snag, where it still remained quiet after we caught the first two. Cool water potentially reason for lack of fish activity. Not many other people fish there, maybe everyone knows that the bass aren't really chewing? Overall Success Rate: 60% - caught a couple Cheers Hamish

Thanks @Huxstang, I'll have a look at it.