AUS-BNE-FISHO

I would suggest changing things up, try live baits, lighter weighted baits around structure, lighter line, bigger baits, or soft plastic lures.

On 3/4/2024 at 5:41 PM, ellicat said:

Bummer about the lack of action.

Today, we had plenty of action but snip offs and bust offs and pulled hooks were the order of the day. We managed several Bonito and a grassie and some grinners. Then the sea toads and sharks saw us pulling up stumps early and giving Green a go. Sharks here were swimming around the boat and we hooked a few before going in shallow to jig unsuccessfully for squid. So you didn't miss much while you were away.

Have fun in Melbourne. Going to the casino ? haha

Thanks Brian, sounds like a partly successful session in the bay. Melbourne was alright, I think the casino would’ve been more fun than all the shopping I had to do.

On 3/4/2024 at 7:45 PM, mangajack said:

Next time you fish the harbour fish unweighted livies along the north eastern part of the marina....you will not get a bite on lures or anchored baits there   but unweighted livies work. Threadies and cod there usually.

Alternatively work the Rita DeMata headland if you can still get access to it. Threadies and barra.

I fished Corio Bay and the headlands there the most....some good fish on the headlands there....very hard to land though. The reefs go out a hundred metres from the waters edge in some spots. GT's spanish macks and barra there. Occasional cobia and coral trout have come ashore there.

Thanks for the tips mangajack. My Dad and I were actually fishing there and the two fish we caught were with unweighted baits so it’s good to know some bigger fish can be caught.

Ill be up again in Winter but I think I’ll be limited to Double Heads unfortunately instead of Corio Bay because I Won’t have a car.

On 6/4/2024 at 9:31 AM, kmcrosby78 said:

The boys and I tried for squid at Green too on Wed morning for no luck (despite Spero making it look easy the day before … ). Had wind against tide so we’ll use that excuse …. .

Shame about the overall lack of success Hamish but always good to fish somewhere different. Taking a rod to Victoria?

Shame about the dud squid session KM, and yep I’ve packed a rod but so far no luck. Mainly just relaxing this trip though due to the cold weather haha.

1 hour ago, rayke1938 said:

Got your license?

Fishing license or drivers license? I’ll have my L’s in May so I’m pretty excited about that Ray.

Nice reel Greg and nice bargain too.

Welcome to the forum Brenton. If you’re in the area I would suggest stopping by Yeppoon for a fish during Winter, you could try trolling around some of the headlands near the Rosslyn Bay Harbour for some mackerel. Otherwise the Fitzroy River would probably be worth a look too.

Good stuff @mangajack. Do you ever see any threadfin feeding under the lights when the tailor are there? 

I know the Brisbane River definitely has 100% mud bottom .

Thanks guys  

Have a speedy recovery @Rebel

Good luck mate. 

I would stick to Ebay as I have never had an issue with them. 

1 hour ago, crazywalrus said:

Hi. I have fished Amity from the shore many times. You rarely catch something legal, but there are plenty of fish there to keep you interested.  That said I know @straddiebrad picked up a ripper snapper off the  end of one of the rock groins at the camp grounds in section A.  
 

Amity offers a range of fishing and has pretty deep water accessible from the shore.  I have broken the area into 3 sections.  

Section A  has a few sections as well. The rock groins can offer some good small reef species, like snapper and Moses perch.  You can also successfully work a squid jig over the sand and grass sections in between. 
 

On a good day you can pick up some small  flathead and bream working a plastic over the sand and grass   
 

Lots of people fish from the jetty but I do not rate it since the sand has reduced the depth  it is good, late dusk and night to chase squid on the right tide   For kids though you can put a small hook on and fish under the lights and catch endless butter bream   They are ok on the chew cooked whole.

The last section to fish here is the end of the old boat ramp and to a lesser extent the rock wall at the park   You can fish bait here or plastics.  I have caught some nice pan sized snapper here   On it’s day you can stand on the end of the ramp with a slug on, cast out let it sink and the spin it back quickly and pick up endless bonito. 
 

Section B  

The rock wall section.  There are several streets that end at the rock wall giving access  Beware the neighbours think they own the shoreline and get pretty cranky if you try and rock hop down the wall. It can be fun to fish this area but stick to the slack tide times. It can be frustrating with the snags here but it offers a lot of reef species. The channel comes in close here and offers depths of 15m   I have caught legal snapper, grassy sweet lip and tusk fish here. 
 

On a northerly wind the bait gets pushed into the wall and can have long tailed tuna within casting distance  I personally have not caught one, but boy it is exciting trying to, with bust ups metres from the shore  

Section C 

This is where the rock wall meets the beach. It offers the reef species casting back along the wall and where the sand meets the rocks. It can be very productive  there. There can also be some very nice bream and tarwhine here on bait and plastics  

The beach offers some fun with a tiny whiting hook, with many whiting and bream available to catch  

On its day if you are lucky, you can spin up schoolies and spotty mackerels, so make sure you always have a few slugs in the tackle box  I have caught them on two occasions there. 
 

I hope that helps. Tackle on the island is expensive and there is not a huge choice, so make sure you have sufficient before you catch the ferry across  I love Straddie and Amity  if you have a car there are some awesome fishing opportunities over at Pt lookout   Good luck and have fun  
 

Great advice @crazywalrus. 

16 minutes ago, Huxstang said:

Never been up that far.  I thought it was all just muddy banks?

 

There’s a lot of jetties, pylons, deep rock formations and eddies, deep holes that are 20+m, creeks, and lots of mud banks as well. 

I’ve never caught much on soft plastics except a small zman grub in motor oil with a jig spinner, my favourite two lures for bass are a RMG Scorpion 35 in Golden Green or a Duo Cicada surface lure. I’m sure plenty of different lures would work though. Good luck.

12 minutes ago, Peter K said:

Thanks, would it be suitable for aust bass, I'm interested it giving it a go in some small creeks, its a spin outfit and quite flexible so I'm not sure what is needed for that style of fishing, any thoughts?

 

Much appreciated.

Peter

I use a 2-4KG rod for bass fishing, so seeing as yours is 4-8lb which is basically the same thing I would say it is suitable. I use 8 pound braid and ten pound leader and haven't been busted off yet. 

Hi Peter, being a shorter rod I would say it would be better suited to accurately casting lures/baits short distances, maybe in a creek or kayak fishing.

1 hour ago, Huxstang said:

Holidays start at Easter…good time not to use a boat ramp on a weekend or plan on going camping 

You could always try upstream in the river, maybe not where the city cats are running, but I’m sure you’d find plenty of interesting things around Indooroopilly or jindalee with the live scope.

I definitely prefer thinner braid, though due to price I have switched from using Diawa jbraid x8 or Penn braid to Hercules Braid from EBay, which although a bit thicker is only 20 bucks for 300 meters of 8 strand.

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

For fishing the area I suggested, Manly Ramp is good. Plenty of parking and not usually too busy except at peak times. Not launching between 7am to 9am or returning at lunchtime or after 3pm, it's mostly easy sailing, with no ramp rage and big crowds like Raby Bay.

 

PS  When are school holidays ?

They start in two weeks time Brian.

Nice artwork!

Good stuff Rebel. 

Great boat and some great fish @tugger!

Better than nothing Ray.