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Hi tugger Nice work! That's a great feed of reefies! I hope that will keep you in stock for a while. By the way, do you vacuum seal the fish? Or is this not necessary? Cheers Hamish

I think they will hold up fine for me too. Lol.

Oh sorry, I read wrong. I thought it said near the beach. That’s even more awesome! A mackerel from the beach. Wow!!!

Hi Greg Nice work! That mackie is huge!!! I’m glad you got into a few good ones, especially that mackerel and tailor. Did you catch it on the troll? Cheers Hamish

Thanks a heap Ray. That looks really good. Thanks for the tip about Ali Express Ed. Cheers Hamish

I know the feeling Kai. I really need to start trailing more seasickness tablets. Good work on the flatties. Cheers Hamish

Hey KM That would be great! Thanks a heap. Seems like you got a really good deal. Cheers Hamish

Hi all Sorry to hassle everyone with another question, but I just wanted to get some other opinions. 1. The main types of hooks I use are 2/o, 3/o, 4/o, 5/o, and 6/o circle hooks. Sometimes I go up to an 8/o. My question is, is it worth buying bulk hooks? Even is they are just crappy Jarvis Walker hooks, which I must say I prefer using in lots of situations than good Gamakatsu ones, do you guys reckon bulk is the go? Thanks in advance for any help, Cheers Hamish

Nice work Ray - 43 is still good!

Hey Greg It may be tougher to fish around here but it is not overfished. Overfishing is when there are none of the species left. Plenty of people get bream, jew, flatties, and more in the Pine, and in the heart of Brizzy people get snapper, threadies, jew, cod, flatties, and heaps more in the river. I know a few people who do really good (inshore) at 1770 on the trout, blue salmon, flatties, and more. Maybe give that a try? I hope you do get a few legal fish eventually. Cheers Hamish

Hey Tuna Bad luck. It is a shame you didn't get more. That Red Emperor is really cool though. I just guess it shows the effects of Global Warming are still happening here and changing the oceans a bit too. Cheers Hamish

Thanks Dad. There's always next time! Hi Brian Yes, I think it was. I still can't get over the fight the catty put up. It was at least ten minutes long. That is interesting about the barometer - maybe I will get to test it in coming weeks. Cheers Bro. It was definitely worth waking up for! Hamish

Hi all After a lot of planning, convincing, and good behaviour, I somehow managed to tee up a fishing trip with someone on the river, and even better - Dad was going to drive me there. Saturday was busy; a day that had Mountain Biking, Tennis, School, and getting ready for fishing all crammed in. Of course, I wasn't just going to get fishing. There had to be a catch. The rest of the family was going to bring the bikes along and ride on the nearby bikeway for a couple hours while I fished. "Eh, no worries"... or so I thought. I woke up at the crack of dawn, and got everything packed in the car. After that, I helped Dad put all the bikes on the car. We were ready to go. Now all we needed were the passengers. Let's just say for the next hour and a half it was not pretty, until we finally arrived there. Whinging, whinging, whinging... apparently being woken up on a Sunday morning isn't a good feeling . Somehow, we managed to all arrive unharmed at the chosen spot, which was a good thing. It was a bit of a walk, but after getting everyone else ready I got my three rods, backpack, cast net, and esky all gathered up and started walking. I crossed a very busy road but eventually made it to the jetty. Nice! I said hi to the fella I was fishing with (he is the one I went fishing with a few times at the local park), and I got my lines in. To begin with, I baited up with some river shrimp and garfish. He had tailor scraps (he'd caught one there a few days ago) and squid I believe. After catching up for a bit, I threw the net a couple times to no avail. We kept persisting for a fish though, and even by this time it was already warming up! The first bite that was had was had by the other guy. His rod buckled, and he yelled out to me. We didn't have a net, but we did have a gaff. The fight was really good, with large headshakes and lots of movement. What was it going to be? The rod was buckled over, and the fish was coming up. We saw the leader, then the sinker. It was a flatty! And a really big one too! I mean like 70CM big! Woohoo! He'd been getting a few around this size in the recent times he told me, so it was looking good. Unfortunately, he'd hooked it on a high part of the jetty. We had to walk him down to land him (by him I mean her - she looked full of eggs). This was the challenging part, and because we didn't want him to flick off the hook we had to go slow. Unfortunately, that's just what happened. The fish flicked away and won it's freedom. We were a bit disappointed but didn't mind at the same time - at least they were biting. It was looking good on the fish front - we'd seen a couple birds circling and diving for bait, which was really amazing to watch, and I was told this is a good sign for fish activity. It didn't take long for a bit more success, but this wasn't too amazing - a quick fight ensured a catfish surfaced. After this, we noticed the tide had slowed down a bit, so we got to cast netting. I was down on the jetty throwing the net and I managed to get a silver biddy. This was live baited immediately in hope of a squire. The rod with a shrimp had been switched to garfish and dropped straight down. I was down on the jetty when I heard Michael telling me my rod was going off, so I got the net up and ran over! This fish was good. It was heavy. It wasn't moving. My adrenaline was up. The fight began. It was on the small setup - a Stradic 3000 and Shimano Raider ( @benno573's old rod). I was excited, and I started trying to get the fish to come up. I couldn't move it, and then, it ran off. The drag was tight, and I had no control, the fish was staying down and going under the jetty. Michael got the other line in, and then I had a clean playing field. After the first run, where the fish went right under the jetty, I was on my knees. I needed to try and get him out of the snags, because I could feel the line rubbing against all sorts of things. I was slowly gaining line on this giant of a fish. After about a minute of where I thought he was going to bust me off, I got him out of the snag. Now, he just ran straight back under the jetty. The line gaining process was slow, but I was lifting the fish up and up even more. Eventually, I saw leader. He wasn't coming up. What was it??? The braid was in. The leader was visible. It was only a matter of seconds... CATFISH! No No No! Just what we didn't want. But when I say catfish, I mean this thing was enormous. I reckon you could've fit a footy into it's guts. It was a huge fish. I got him up, and we managed to lift him up. The fish was grabbed in the mouth, and ever so slowly was lifted up. "Oh my God"! The joggers who were watching this long fight take place were amazed at the fish. To be honest, so was I. It was humungous. It wasn't a thready but it was definitely a good workout for the combo. We got a quick photo and measurement (58CM - funnily enough, my PB catfish before this was about half the girth and 58CM - this one was just way, way fatter) and then opted for the quick release. At least we were both off the donut. I didn't hold it for the photo Anyways, after that fish, we were still seeing birds, and the tide was slowing. It was becoming stinking hot now, but man, that catty amazed us! The photo does not do it justice, as the saying goes. Apart from a couple bites, the fishing had gone a bit quiet for us. I decided to have another go with the cast net, as it was nearing tide change. I threw the net with a decent opening . I felt some pulls and tugs. I felt lots of pulls and tugs. I felt some fish! As I pulled up the net I had that great feeling of seeing silver flashes in your net. I got it up - low and behold there was a school of perfect sized bait mullet in the net! The few I took home We made good use of these and straight away chucked one out each live. They were looking good and seeing as though it was tide change we thought this would be our best chance of getting a fish on one. I reeled in my Stradic now and left my two heavier combos out, which gave me some hope of a good fish. Some others had came too, who were fishing with some squid. Neither livies were getting a hit, but after numerous bait checks our hopes were still high. It was really hot so everyone crowded the shady parts of the jetty. We were still hopeful for a bite, and around this point, when not much was really happening, another fella rocked up. Michael knew him, so we all had a good chat about numerous things to do with fishing. The bite had really gone quiet, and we weren't even getting any nibbles. My Dad dropped by quickly. I managed to convince him to let me stay longer, which was very good. I had to make the most of it now, so the goal was just to catch a fish. I wanted to see if anything would take the livie, but Michael and the other bloke were switching to a strip bait. I decided to keep one rod with a strip bait and one rod with a livie. It was looking hopeful, and our lines were getting numerous nibbles and bites for about half an hour. We were all quite excited, and this gave us a bit more hope. Michael's line got a couple good bites, as did the other blokes. It was really good to see. The theory was the (squire) could get their mouth around a strip better than a 20CM livie. Fair enough, haha. Around half past 11, three lines went off at once. Michael hooked up, and I heard the great sound of my ratchet going off. The other fella had his rod dragged across the jetty! I ran over to mine, and there was something on it. Unluckily for me, it had bricked me in some snag beneath the jetty. Dam! The rod with the hookup was being bent over like no tomorrow, and it was looking good. After a long, quiet bite, this was what everyone needed. We were ready to land the fish, and just like that, up came a beautiful Brisbane River Squire! Yewhoo! It looked very good, and the colours on it were superb. We were all happy with the fish, and it was some good encouragement to get the lines back in. A great river fish Eventually, it was time to walk back home for me. We had been getting smacked and nibbled constantly but not managing to hook up to anything. Baits were mauled and rod were pulled, but fish the fish were seemingly finicky. We also thought a school may have moved in, due to the increased fish activity. The other bloke headed off just before me, and I left just after. I gave Michael a couple of the mullet and kept the rest to freeze. It was a really great session, and I had a great time fishing the river at a new spot. I didn't catch the most or best fish, but I got to watch some mighty fine ones being pulled up anyways. I hope you enjoyed this report - I may be a bit inactive now because school is ramping up but holidays will be good as. Here are the stats of the trip for anyone interested - Stats of Trip: Tide: 4:15AM, .4M, Low, 9:50AM, 2.0M, High, 3:50PM, .3M, Low Moon Phase: 96% full Bait Caught: Mullet Bait Used: Mullet, herring, silver biddy, river shrimp, garfish, and squid. Fish Caught: I got a huge catfish, Michael got a squire, catfish, and flatty Tackle Used: 15LB, 20LB, 30LB Braid Mainlines, 15LB, 20LB, 30LB Fluorocarbon and Mono leaders, large sinkers from about size 4 star to size 2 and 6 ball, large swivels, circle hooks (4/o and 6/o), Shimano Stradic 3000 on Shimano Raider 4-7KG, Penn SSM 650 on Rogue Firepoint Boat Rod, and Abu Garcia Barra King 6500 on Ugly Stik. Air Pressure: 1020-1023 Humidity: 83% Weather: Sunny, lovely blue skies, light winds Temperature: 26 degrees Celsius Overall Success Rate: 90% - awesome day on the water Cheers Hamish P.S. When I left the other bloke came back after running some errands and got another squire! Two squire

Go the Broncos! They held onto it in the end which was good to watch. Poor Reece Walsh though - missing the field goal and the extra 2 points for the tries.

Thanks Ed. I was wrong! Hi Benno Thanks for the advice. That is definitely a good option. If I got a tandem one it would be even better, then Dad and I could both go in it. I don't mind paddling, in fact at the moment I'd probably prefer that so I can get a bit stronger. Lol. Thanks Sam. I think this is what I'll do. It seems like a far more sensible thing. Cheers Hamish

Nice work Daryl. In school holidays I'll have to get the train there and fish one day. Cheers Hamish

Hey Bro Good work! That's a solid tailor. It would've been yummy. They go OK as bait too, as I saw today. If you're just fishing for tailor something lighter should suffice but if you're going for bigger pelagics (or kingies) that may be better. Cheers Hamish

Hi Kat Nice work! Good report! Live bait is always fun to catch even if it is just some mullet in the cast net. I'm glad you got a feed out of the bay. Cheers Hamish

Hey @Eoghan Welcome to the forum. I doubt you'll get the link off the original poster - this topic is more than ten years old. Here is a report from Fisheries which will help - https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/76181/yfb-factsheet.pdf Cheers Hamish

Hey Trevor I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that in one edition of Grants Guide he said they get to 2.2m. You wouldn’t get one any bigger than 1.5m in SEQ - maybe right up north though. Those are some massive theadies, nice work too! Cheers Hamish

Hey Superhans Here is how I think. When lure fishing, you want a knot like the FG so it hinders the action of the lure least. Fluorocarbon is good for abrasion resistance, and it is very hard to see in the water. I have caught fish on mono, fluorocarbon, and braid - fluorocarbon and mono don't have too many differences, in my opinion, when lure fishing. If you are into lure fishing I'd recommend learning at least one leader knot. Bait fishing is a bit more simple. You could definitely just connect a longer trace via a swivel. This is often what you want so your bait can flutter around in the current. So really, you can do either - it comes down to choice! Cheers Hamish

Hey Tuna They're easy to catch. Unweighted hook, bitta meat, dough, or shrimp, and you'll be laughing! They go decent as bully baits too. Cheers Hamish

Hi @goldiefisho I think you can say you're one of the few people to have seen a barra on the GC. They're there if you're dedicated enough, I see plenty of people getting them in the canals. apparently they're in the Brizzy River too - but one species at a time for me. First I needa crack those threadies! They are definitely in the Noosa too. I see lots of photos from there. It's interesting really. I'm sure ten years ago no one was getting any barra in SEQ! Cheers Hamish

Nice. Yeah, I've been going out a bit - school is ramping up again though. I hope to go out for one more 'good' session this weekend, then it will just be at the local park. Cheers Hamish

It looks good either way!