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Bull shark - 78cm Whered you go fishing Brian? Nice work on the PB flatty.

Oops, caught a decent bully today that I let go without measuring or photo that I should’ve submitted! Nice work on the snaps Brian.

Nice going Ray. Hope your shrimp traps are full of shrimp when you recover them. Hamish

Hi all Snuck up to the Sunnycoast near Dunethin Rock on the Maroochy River with @charlie.hans.fishing on Boxing Day. Plan was to fish in Dunethin Lake and the surrounding area of the Maroochy River to try for a few flatties and maybe a jack if one came by. We arrived mid arvo on Boxing Day and went down for a fish around mid tide, flicking plastics off of the lake jetty. I was off the donut first after we had each had a couple of missed hits with a little flatty. We continued flicking for another hour before it started to rain - just as this happened Charlie got a little flatty too. Decided to go to the beach for a swim that arvo but the next morning we were fishing again. We started off canoeing around the lake a bit to no avail, so went had a cast around the opposite bank of the river to the mouth of the lake. I think Charlie got a spotted grunter here and one or two flathead (one that was legal sized). These put up a decent fight as he caught them casting in some shallow water near a snag. I got off the donut with a small flatty that liked my 2.75 inch Froff Bait paddle tail while we were drifting in the canoe (it was my first time using these lures, they're alright) but didn't manage to catch much more that day. I think we had another flick down at the lake jetty for nothing. It was very hot and unpleasant fishing, and with a lot of rain around the area recently too the mosquitos were very bad... It was nice going down to the beach again that arvo. The next morning we had a quick flick around the bank opposite the mouth of the lake again. Here, Charlie got a bream on a plastic while we were drifting on the canoe along the bank. After a few more drifts and with a lot of tide/wind action making us drift very fast, we decided to go and have a cast at the deepest section of the lake. A ways into our first drift, Charlie hooked up to something decent. It was pretty heavy and quick, he hooked it in shallow water near the mangroves. Unfortunately, just as we were about to see it the hooks pulled. Bugger. I had another good hit on this drift, before later in the morning catching a flatty around the 40 mark. My Dad also had a cast on his canoe somewhere that morning and got an undersize barred grunter on a plastic. We tried for a bit longer but the heat and mosquitos were pretty unbearable so we decided to go back to the campsite, pack up, and go home! Thanks for reading, although the fishing was a bit quiet it was still good to get a few hookups. The next day I was sick and have just recovered enough to go fishing now so will try in the river tomorrow. Cheers Hamish

Great stuff! Looks like you got lots of good fish there.

Nice work, luderick sound like they’re lots of fun.

Good work Rebel. It would’ve been a fun session with the bonito and snapper biting.

Welcome to the forum fatboy.

Good work Lachlan, sounds like a fun day with the tuna.

Happy New Year everyone

Sounds like a great fish Dan nice work. If you don’t mind using an external site you can make an account on Lensdump, upload your photo there and insert the link here.

Nice stuff Rebel.

Sacred kingfisher

Swallow

Kingfisher

Thanks Junky. Definitely good to mix up the sessions a bit. I was a bit disappointed I did but it was worth the rest, I’m hoping for the Jack too Steve.

Three spot crab

Moses perch

First try!

That’s gross!

I’m known to be a very aggressive fish.

Thanks Brian, yep, but getting the lure back was probably worth a swim anyway. We plan on chasing flatties and maybe a Jack if we’re lucky.

Hi all, This report will be about my last couple of sessions in the river. Last Monday I had a day off, but on Tuesday I was fishing at a local spot targeting threadies. Bait was no worries as I stopped on my ride to catch some, but despite the fact I was fishing the low tide change (prime time for this spot in my opinion) the bites were slow. I got off the donut with a catty and throughout the day managed to pull in two sharks and some more catfish. So overall, a pretty miserable day and another threadyless session. Stats: Tide: 9:00AM, .5M, Low Moon Phase: 44% Air Pressure: 1009 Humidity: 76% Bait Used: Live mullet and bony bream Fish Caught: Sharks and catties Overall Success Rate: 20% The next day I spent the day eel fishing at my local park, but unfortunately I didn't manage any. Hopefully I get some soon because I need them for shark bait. On Thursday, I was lucky enough that @Thorbjorn Hale offered to take me out in his boat again down at the POB. We launched at Colmslie and shot down to Bulimba Creek first, where we got some mullet, then the Poo Chute where we got a few herring. Armed with some nice livebait, we tried over near the Coal Wharfs for not a nibble, then at the pipeline for one catty, before a quick crack at the ends of the main docks. Here, I was snipped off by a shark, and after this, upon Thorbjorns advice, I sent a big 40cm or so piece of pike eel down on one of his rigs. Sure enough, my Penn Spinfisher 8500 began to scream after a little while, but by the time we had cleared all the other lines it had disappeared, leaving just a ten centimetre of so piece of eel on my hook. Bugger. After this, we went back to the Poo Chute to get some more herring, which was successful. Upon reanchoring at the docks, I had a screaming run within minutes of sending my bait down. Over the next couple of hours, Thorbjorn and I had about 8 of these, all Dusky Whalers, six of which snipped us off and two of which we landed. One about 60cm by Thorbs and one around the 1.3M mark by myself. A bit before five we called it quits, and this was good because as we got back to the ramp it started to rain pretty hard. Thanks for the great day on the boat @Thorbjorn Hale, hopefully we can get the big sharks next time! By the way, we also watched someone catch a jewie/thready on a vibe a couple hundred meters away from us, so there were a couple fish around. Stats: Tide: 4:30AM, 1.9M, High, 10:30AM, .8M, Low, 4:30PM, 2.1M, High. Moon Phase: 67% Bait Caught: Herring and mullet Air Pressure: 1005 Humidity: 84% Fish Caught: Sharks and catties Overall Success Rate: 80% - fun day out on the port, definitely beats landbased fishing! On Friday, I tried a local spot I hadn't fished at before, and only had deadbait as it is to high up to cast net. This meant all I could catch was a fat catty, and then no more bites. I left getting rained on and the train got delayed before my stop so I had to walk home from extra far away, what a crappy day. Stats: Tide: 6:30AM, 2M, High, 12:40PM, .6M, Low Moon Phase: 77% Bait Used: Bony bream Air Pressure: 1006 Humidity: 90% Fish Caught: Catty Overall Success Rate: 10% On Saturday I had another day off, but then this morning my Dad and I were out chasing bass at a spot we hadn't been to for a while. It was pretty overgrown, but we managed to clamber down the steep track to the bank. First up we had a cast off a sandstone section, where there was plenty of surface action, but I could only manage one tiddler size bass on surface. Following that we repositioned slightly for no luck. My Dad continued bushbashing and after I caught another small bass I saw a massive splash in the middle of the river next to a snag. That was my Dad's lure, but unfortunately it only turned out to be a small bass (30-35cm) and I slipped along through the bushes for no reason. I was sort of rewarded for this trek though, because after switching to a seven gram Savage Gear spinnerbait, I hooked up. It was only a dirty tilly though, so after that was rehomed up the bank I fired another cast out. When my spinnerbait got close to the bank, I hooked a more formidable opponent that screamed off and reefed me in a stick. After a bit of convincing, I managed to get my Dad to jump into the river and have a swim to try and retrieve the fish. This was successful after much stress, but annoyingly, it was only a 37cm bass, not the big model we were hoping for! We had a few more casts around here for one more surface bust up and a bit more swimming to retrieve snagged lures, then we went to suss out a new spot which seemed promising but bought no fish. https://lensdump.com/i/3qozhM My Dad and the Bass he recovered Stats: Air Pressure: 1002 Humidity: 88% Fish Caught: Bass and tilapia Lures Used: Cicada surface lures, spinnerbaits. Overall Success Rate: 60% - fun morning Thanks for reading, I'm going camping at the Sunny coast for a couple of nights now, so hopefully I have some more luck up there. Merry Christmas everyone, Hamish

Hi all, Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Cheers Hamish

Nice work manga. Sounds like a busy day but at least you got a good feed.