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I can't help but laugh when the croc stares at the cameraman and then tries to get into the tinny. Lol.

Nice work Bob, those are some cool catches. What do you think the closest Australian fish is to them? Cheers Hamish

Nice one Dino, those are some good size bass! Cheers Hamish

Hi Myles You’d probably be best off using the 4000 size reel. When I have fished the seaway on a charter boat I have used 3000 size reels (so very similar to your 4000 vanford) and live herring. The Ugly Stik was just a general recommendation as they are nice, sturdy rods to fish with when using bait, if I were to purchase one I would look at the Ugly Stik Gold series. Personally if I was you I would continue to use your 4000 size vanford when you target larger fish and invest in a lighter combo for small trevally and other little fish. Using a heavier Ugly Stik or lure combo was just a recommendation. Cheers Hamish

Thanks Drop Bear.

G'day Mrtall The Brisbane River has plenty of jetties. Two you could try out are Riverhills Recreation Hub (behind Sumners bike jumps) and Jindalee Jetty (behind] the skatepark). They have been damaged in the flood so they won't be fishable for a while. Welcome to the forum! Cheers Hamish

That's a shame Ray, I hope you have better luck next time. Cheers Hamish

Nice work Neil. Are shark mackerel as good as eating as Spanish, School, etc? Cheers Hamish

Good one Rice, those are some solid fish from the river. The Barred Grunter aka Javelin fish need to be 40cm whereas the bream only need to be 25cm. Cheers Hamish

Thanks Brian.

Hi Myles It’s good to see you have been catching some fish. Personally I would continue using your 4000 size reel for any lighter fishing for parrotfish, pinkies, etc, and invest in a large baitrunner on a heavy rod (I.e thunnus 12000 on a 15-20kg Ugly Stik) for any bait fishing for kingfish, Jew, etc. If you plan to chase the larger fish on lures then a heavy spinning reel on a graphite rod would probably suit. Good luck, and be careful taking a 310 tinny into the seaway as it can get quiet rough. Cheers Hamish

Yep. Somehow I didn't get burnt at all. Hopefully next time the long hours will lead to something decent.

(I should have said I always came home for lunch for a couple of hours each time, lol. It didn’t seem a whole lot was biting in the midday hours though). Greg, I would say there’s a pretty good chance you could catch something in the harbour landbased. If you get there early in the morning (quarter past six) you will be able to pick your spot. Have a light rod with a tiny ball sinker (00) and a small longshank hook. Grab a bag of prawns from the nearby servo and use them on this rod for bream, cod, etc. Have a heavier rod with 20/30 pound braid and 30 pound leader. A small 1 or 2 ball sinker and a trace of about 70cm with a 4/o circle hook will be ideal. This will be good for livies. I like a baitrunner style reel but a spinning or overhead reel would be fine. Throw your cast net as close as possible to the rock wall, and work your way out towards deeper water (not too deep though). As well as herring, bony bream, Ponyfish, lancers, flat salmon, and other various bait fish can be caught. Alternate between dropping your bait straight down and casting it, to see where the fish are. Night time is supposedly best in the harbour though I only got to try morning and arvo, as I had to go home for lunch most days. Cheers Hamish P.S. If you are not keen on walking down the rocks to land a fish I would recommend you buy a dilly to lower down and land your fish. It can get windy so make sure you set up your gear so it doesn’t blow away.

Thanks Greg. No, not really. I fished mostly everyday all day, but I wouldn’t say I had to put in a whole lot of effort to find the fish. Cheers Hamish

Good job Dino, those are some nice bass. Cheers Hamish

Hi all This is just going to be a quick report, detailing the last two sessions I have had in the Brisbane River. The first session was on my holidays, but before my trip to Yeppoon. It was a crabbing mission, landbased... I strapped my pots to my bike buggy late one arvo, and filled some bait bags up. I'm pretty sure I had some catfish, and a rather large pike eel I had bludgeoned to death in a prior session (oops). After a rather exhausting ride, I arrived at my first location. I slid down the bank and walked through some brush. To my disappointment a nearby homeowner had a pot there, but not in the water. I tied up, and after having spiders crawl on me, mozzies bite me everywhere, and sink into mud, I was pleased to be able to scamper to my next spot of choice. After weaving through a group of tradies finishing work, and passing a large pump of some sort, I was in position to chuck my pot in. I set it up and threw it in what I thought would be a prime spot for a mud crab. Now that I had my pots set it was time for me to get home, hose off before mum found out how muddy I was, and catch a muddie in the morning! Despite getting stuck in the mud a couple times, my best efforts to catch a crab failed. Although it was an overnight soak I still had some hope. I must admit, I was most angry when I saw the one of my bait bags had a giant hole in it from a crab (or eel, maybe). The next time I can I definitely reckon I will give a crack checking my pots in shorter time intervals. Stats of Trip: Tide: 6:50PM, .3M, Low, 1:00AM, 2.2M, High, 7:40AM, .6M, Low. Moon Phase: 10%, growing Bait Used: Pike eel and catfish Gear Used: Pryml Crab Pots Crab Caught: - Overall Success Rate: 15% The next session, which was my last session before the end of holidays, was with the @TheCharliefisho. We planned to send some livies out in hope of a fish in the river, at a spot I had some success the week before. My Dad and I picked Charlie up at about half past six, but too my dismay there were already some people at the prime part of the jetty. After a brief convo (one of them didn't really speak English, one did), it was revealed that they had only just gotten there. I told you we should've left earlier, Charlie! Anyways, we got a couple rods out with deadbait (we had two each), but my dad voluntarily got to cast netting. He wasn't having much luck, and after 15 minutes he only had a coupla little prawns and a herring. I dispersed more berley into the water, and he soon left. Much to my annoyance, I released I had left my hat and sunnies at home! Lucky I had a backup in the car (hat). I started to get a few decent prawns, and one or two casts I got an alright amount of better sized ones (8 or so, around the 10-15cm mark). I also got some good sized herring, which I was pleased with. Another fella, who had rocked up to the already crowded jetty, then started casting. He asked me to show him how to throw, so I gave him a quick lesson. He didn't get it immediately but throughout the day I was pleased to see him throw some pancakes with his 7 foot net. He also gave me a small mullet which was used for the last couple hours of the day for no luck . Seeing as though we had some good baits, we deployed them. I think we started off using a mix of our herring and prawns, although these were getting pickered very quickly. This continued for about an hour, and I continued getting more bait. High tide was nearing and I knew it was the prime time for us to nail a thready. On one of my last throws of the net, I felt some serious buzzing. I knew there was a big fish in there, and I was happy when two 20CM mullets came up. There was more in my net but I was a bit eager in retrieving it. We changed baits to live mullet, herring, prawn, and gudgeon in hopes of a fish. More time passed, and no one was catching anything. The tide began to run out, so I did a little bit more cast netting. At this location high tide is the best time for bait - as soon as it starts to run out you will be lucky to get much at all, and on low tide it's mostly small stuff. To my pleasure, I got another bait sized mullet and a few more prawns. I had a rest and Charlie and I resumed fishing. We had switched one of the baits to a mullet fillet in hope of a bream or squire, but this soon got pickered (as did the second fillet of mullet). Time had flown by and it was about midday - we had still caught nothing. One of the other blokes had caught a little River Perch, which was his dinner. Around now, some clown came down to the jetty. He had a nice 'gravel' bike (mix between road and mountain bike), and a Saragosa reel on a great looking rod. He was flicking a huge deep diver around, and firing it out at all angles of the jetty. He looked like he had just come off Big Cat Reality charters though - because I think that's the only place he might've had a chance of landing something in the middle of the day on a lure that size! Lol. After 4 casts he gave up, told me and Charlie some rubbish about our lines getting tangled (because apparently two each is too many), and then started flying an exxy looking drone around! He soon rode off, and wasn't missed by anyone on the jetty. After untangling my line numerous times from someone using a sinker that was too light (the people who had been at the jetty first), I was pleased to see the new space made when they headed off. I casted out my line with the big livie, and it didn't take long before there was some action. I set the hook, and I could tell it was a big fish. Unfortunately, it was only around 10 seconds before it rubbed/bit me off (I'm not sure which, though I don't think it was a shark, and my line was wrapped around a pylon). The trace had only been frayed a little and cut in half though. I think it was a jewie, but I guess I will never know... We continued fishing with rekindled hope, but unfortunately no fish were encountered for the rest of the day. We tried dead baits, live baits, big prawns, small prawns, and Charlie even flicked a piece of prawn about in hope of a bream to get off the donut. The jetty was becoming more crowded as the day went on, and only one more River Perch was landed by another fella. As we were departing a lady with 4 rods and 2 crab pots rocked up. She also had enough deadbait for years, and a pot full of River Perch. Obviously a Brisbane River Perch Fisho. Lol. Stats of Trip: Tide: 3:45AM, .4M, Low, 9:40AM, 2.2M, High, 4:20PM, .3M, Low. Fished for nine hours (7-4) Moon Phase: 98%, growing Bait Caught: Prawns, mullet, herring, gudgeons Bait Used: Live mullet, prawn, herring, gudgeons, deadbait Fish Caught: - Tackle Used: I used a Shimano Aero Baitrunner + Rogue Firepoint Boat Rdd (5-8KG, 30 pound braid, 50 pound leader), Abu Garcia Amabassadeur on Ugly Stik (20 pound braid, 30 pound leader), and Abu Garcia Nanotech Nexus on a cheapy reel, Charlie used a 4000 size spinning reel on a Shimano rod. Air Pressure: 1018-1020 Humidity: 59%-69% Overall Success Rate: 20% - a fun 9hrs Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed. Sorry for yet another boring report. Cheers Hamish

Thanks for the cool videos. Those Arapimas sure look like fun.

Nice one KM, those are some nice fish. It's a shame the tailor weren't chewing but good you got onto some other fish too. Cheers Hamish

Hi Bob Welcome to the forum. Those are some awesome captures! I love my Abu Ambasseudor reel too. Cheers Hamish

Thanks. Thanks Junky. Yes, I am very happy with it as my first Fingermark. Apparently there are a few in the area so hopefully when I'm up next I'll be able to catch another.

Hi Fad To stop the reel seizing up, try taking the spool and reel handle off. Give it a wipe clean and put re-oil if needed. If that doesn't work a service would be wise, depending on the value of your reel. Also, when washing your reel be careful not to wash it excessively powerful, as it can cause grit to go into the reel further. Cheers Hamish

Nice try Ray. At least you gave the magpies a feed! Lol. Hopefully there are more bass chewing next time. Cheers Hamish

Hi all Happy Easter! I hope everyone has been having a good Easter long weekend. Cheers Hamish

It would probably cost differently depending on what material you decide on and how many square metres your deck is going to be. Maybe find out how large you want your deck to be then choose your material, then you can figure out how many square metres you will need (and the cost of your material for your deck).

Thank you Neil. Thanks KM. I was certainly happy to catch a new species. Cheers Hamish