AUS-BNE-FISHO

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.

Nice work @Junky. Sounds like a quality session on the reefies.

Corn

Banana tree?

Apple tree

Cat

Cat

Rat

Cane toad

Turtle

Dolphin

Good report Dan, those dollies would’ve been fun, hopefully you get more spear fishing next time too.