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Hi Ed. It's a bummer you have to sell it, but at least you may get a few charters out of it. Best of luck with it all Cheers Hamish

Heya @thevale That sounds like a good plan. Chook pellets are a nice berley, mixed in with some breadcrumbs and fish oil they can be very effective. I hope you have success fishing there, it's a bugger you can't keep your catch but best of luck fishing anyways. Cheers Hamish

Hey Fathom Welcome to the forum! That is spectacular! So many crabs! Cheers Hamish Same!

Hey Bro I can't help you on a rod. Apart from an Ugly Stik, which would probably be do-able, I'm not that much help. You could also look at the Live Fibre rods but I'd imagine they'd cost too much. Good luck offshore fishing. I think persistence is key. Snapper and Kingfish both like live baits - maybe jig some (you can get them in harbour, near pylons, etc) and try them Cheers Hamish

Nice session Bro, I'm glad you got those flatties. They'd be yummy as. Just shows persistence is a winner.

Problem - I don't have a catch to cook!

Cheers Steve. They look scrumptious.

A bit of an update - I still have not caught a BR Jack. In fact, I haven't really pulled anything decent out of the river for yonks. Last weekend (before lockdown) when I was out flatty fishing, I found some very large, strong eddies, in very thick rock and mangrove structure. I mean, they were so strong that the yak would be going at a cruising pace, we would do a 90 degree turn when we entered one. It did make it easy to go up the river though. I was thinking, as well as fishing for flatties, threadies, and all the other stuff (grunter have become on my target list recently as well), and even a bream or another flatty on a lure would be great, I could fish these with 4 inch Z-man Grubz with a light weedless jighead, and a deep diver, and see if I could get anything. You'd surely think something would be hanging in there? Maybe another reason I am not catching at the moment is because of a (somewhat) lack of bait up the river. I have only been hearing reports of down the river (Murrarie, Colsmlie, even Kangaroo Point), but not anything up here. Anyways it's called fishing not catching, Lol! Dad and I really should've made an effort to get the sounder running this lockdown. I wonder if it will go for another week. Cheers Hamish

Hey Greg Yes, that is true. But I got the impression the outfit Gzup was talking about was quite light. I don't think you'd want something too heavy. A 10 pound fish is pretty big! Hamish

Hey Gzup Ten pound would be good too. I don't have much experience with the rod but I'd imagine 15LB would be a bit on the heavy side. Cheers Hamish

Hi Gzup 12LB would be perfect. You could fish a tiny bit lighter or heavier but that is nice in the middle. Just remember, if you are using braid you will need to tie some mono/fluorocarbon leader to your line, for abrasion resistance. Cheers Hamish

Hi all Thanks to everyone who participated! I hope everyone enjoyed the comp, and I'm glad that so many people participated! The following people won the following categories - @Allnighter - Category 1, Snapper @AUS-BNE-FISHO - Category 3, Bream (All species) @Old Scaley - Category 4, Cods and Groupers @Neil Stratford - Categories 5, 8 10, 12, and 13, Grass Emperor, Whiting, Yellowtail Kingfish/Cobia/Amberjack/Samson fish, Tailor/Aussie Salmon and Miscellaneous. @rayke1938 - Categories 6 and 9, Bass and Yellowbelly @Kat - Category 7, and 11, Flathead and Crustacean Congratulations! I suppose this ends the Winter Fishing Classic for 2021. If anyone has any improvements or things you liked, I'd love to hear them. Cheers Hamish

Good luck by the way!

Hi Kat I am going out tomorrow too. I am looking for an elusive BIG river flatty, thready, mulloway, or whatever in the ocean would like to eat a lure! I'll be stoked with anything to be honest. Cheers Hamish

Haha, thanks Ed. I can’t wait for the next one. Thanks Brian. I am certainly very lucky to have a fishing club! Hi Bro Sounds like it was a bit of fun. I hope your river recovers quick smart. Cheers Hamish

Best of luck Leeroy.

Thanks Robbie, it should be very fun to use.

Hi Greg Thanks Greg. I hope to learn how to do this over time. Cheers Steve. I hope it will be fun. Hi @Newbie to Brisbane Thank you so much for your generosity! I will talk to Dad tonight about this. Cheers Hamish

Hi Dino Nice work! That’s a very nice haul of bass. Cheers Hamish

Bugger! That sounds like fun. Hi Neil Good capture. That is a quality whiting. Cheers Hamish

Hi all This morning I had school fishing club, on the jetty. I was quite exhausted the day before, so I just went to bed early. It took me a while to get ready for school but somehow I managed to make it on time (to fishing club). I was just using the school's gear, which was handlines and servo prawns. Some came with five metres of line on them, some came in the biggest mess I've ever seen, but a couple were in perfectly fine working order. We had to pass a test for a couple of things, one which was casting a handline (That brought back memories of when I used to fish with them, one of which when two fell off the chair at the same time, and then turned out to be two big bream, not me knocking them off, lol). the other test was just putting on a prawn which was no worries. To begin with, I casted my line into an eddy, in a channel made between the bank and the jetty. In this part of the river, the bank is littered with structure, such as rocks, vines, and huge eddies. It is very fishy. My hook and sinker held in the eddy, and in about five minutes I was getting nibbles. "Tap, tap, tap... bang"! I was on something small, but it still provided a bit of fun on the handline. Very quietly I wound it in, making sure the fish did not run around the pylons. Soon enough, I had a very small cod on the jetty, to the surprise of most of the teachers. I grabbed it in the mouth and got the hook out, then took a quick picture. I let him back, and was quite happy that I'd managed to catch something. Estuary Cod After about ten more minutes, of which I did get a couple of small nibbles, there were at least 25 people on the tiny jetty. It was squishy. Many more people came down, and lines were deployed everywhere you could think of. Luckily, a couple of my mates came to, which meant I had someone to talk to. We continued fishing the eddy, and kept loosing prawns to get bait. After a couple more casts and picks, I got a bad snag, which I just busted off. The school had kindly brought lots of hooks and sinkers, so this time I tied up with a smaller hook and sinker in hope I could escape the snags. My friends were still getting lots of nibbles now, as was I, but I wasn't hooking up. There seemed to be lots of small stuff around. Someone on the other side of the jetty hooked up to something, which turned out to be a small eel (only 20CM - not even legal size!). Just to make matters a bit worse, I got snagged yet again, Lol. I busted off my hook and retied my line. This time I went back to the original rig in hope of catching another fish. I had an alright bite which I missed, and then I just spent the next part of the morning getting pickered. Someone hooked a bream, about 8CM, which was actually impressive as it was about a 3/o hook (and in the mouth perfectly). Sooner or later, it was time to go, but my mate didn't leave without causing a 5 way tangle... Thanks for reading this report. I hope you enjoyed. Obviously it's something a bit different, but there is a fishing club camp next hols. It didn't seem like the best spot, but apparently a couple threadies have been landed there. Maybe next week I will try with some live bait! Here are the stats of the trip, for anyone interested - Stats of trip - Tide: High, 2:26AM, 2.1M, Low, 9:00AM, .5M Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous Bait Caught: - Bait Used: Servo Prawns Fish Caught: Estuary Cod x 1, and others caught small bream and eel Tackle Used: A simple handline with about 10LB mono mainline, and about a size 1-2 and 1/o suicide and #3 baitholder hook. Humidity: 55% Air Pressure: 1021 Weather: Sunny, chilly Time Fished: About 7-8AM Overall Success Rate: 80% - I caught something and had a good time Cheers Hamish

Hi Daryl Thanks for that video. It was good to have some information in it too, with the rig included. Cheers Hamish

Hi all Well I've been very quiet on this thread lately, but I think I've come to a decision - I am going to go for an Alvey - reason being, I have a couple Spin reels which will go nicely on the rods, and I have found something that fits my budget nicely. I am thinking I will go for the Alvey 60GT Surf Reel, priced at $169 at BCF. https://www.bcf.com.au/p/alvey-60gt-surf-reel/590580.html?cgid=BCF08022#search_term=alvey&start=8 (It is the one Tuna are fish recommended). @Old Scaley, above you recommended the size at 6 inch or 6.6 inch. I did a search and could not find the information on the sizing of the Alvey reel. I am assuming a reel at that size would be the equivalent of a 3000-4000 size reel? Sorry to bug anyone, Cheers Hamish

Nice work Ray. Those are some fine trout