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Nice work, 54 is a good snap.

Sounds like a good whiting session Rebel, nice work.

Thanks Thorbjorn. Hopefully we turn it around soon. Thanks Rebel

Sounds great to me Steve. It would definitely be a lot more fun than most of those sessions lol.

Hi all, Thought I would chuck up a report about my last few unsuccessful fishing trips in the Brissy River. The first session was a couple of Mondays ago, at a local jetty. I arrived at about 5 and got a bit of bait together, but the bite was slow to begin with. Fishing the low tide change, I was hopeful of a threadie, but unfortunately all I could manage was one pup bullie. It wasn't long until my mate came down, but the bite didn't seem to change. That was until he took a phone call, and a rather large fish picked up my live bony bream, swimming against the current before I set the hook. This increase in drag pressure didn't seem to phase what I assume was a rather large shark though, and it screamed off without stopped until the spool of my 5500 baitrunner reel was empty of all line. Bugger. No more bites were had after this. Stats: Tide: 8:20AM, .6M, Low. Moon Phase: 63% Bait Caught/Used Fish Caught: Shark Tackle Used: Okuma Coronado CDX 5500 on Silstar Crystal Powertip Rod, Shimano Baitrunner on Kmart rod, Shimano Stradic on Shimano Raider, Penn Live Liner on Ugly Stik. 30 and 15 pound braids, 50 pound/80 pound traces, size 6 ball or size 3 snapper sinkers. 6/o circle hooks and barrel swivels. Air Pressure: 1008 Humidity: 80% Overall Success Rate: 40% - hooked up to a big one at least The next day I went fishing with @Thorbjorn Hale - the spot we went to initially had no bait so we went back to his usual spot, where there was still hardly any bait. I did manage two large mullet in a couple of casts which saved the session, so after we got them a couple of baits were lobbed out. Things started off slowly, with myself only catching one catty for the whole day, but Thorbjorn did hook up to two very large sharks, both of which jumped out (around 2 meters) but managed to get off before he could land them. We left at around 1ish, with no more fish coming in for the day. Stats: Tide: 8:50AM, .9M, Low Moon Phase: 54% Bait Used/Caught: Mullet Fish Caught: Catfish Tackle Used: I used three 6000 baitrunners with 8 foot fibreglass rods, 30 pound braid, 50 pound trace, size 4 star sinkers, barrel swivels, 6/o circle hooks. Air Pressure: 1010 Humidity: 64% Overall Success Rate: 40% On Wednesday, I was back at that spot, with a heavy shark rod and a couple of live bait rods. First up, I sent out some mullet fillet, which brought an undersize grunter onto the jetty. Then, I caught a decent sized live mullet which I sent out on my shark rod, which seemed to remain untouched for quite a while. Thorbjorn arrived soon as well, and sent out some shark baits too. Eventually my mullet got some action, and upon undoing a tangle and checking my line it turned out I had a 52cm or so tailor on. This was cut into half and sent out as a bait, and it wasn't long before the pieces started getting munched up by pup bull sharks. Thorbjorn eventually landed one, a decent shark around the 80cm mark. Later in the session, he also sent out a herring, and after about two minutes of fishing he pulled in a very solid 95cm thready. Nice! Stats: Tide: 10:00AM, 1M, Low Moon Phase: 44% Bait Caught/Used: Mullet, tailor, herring Fish Caught: I got grunter, tailor, Thorbjorn got shark, threadfin Air Pressure: 1010 Humidity: 61% Tackle Used: I used a Penn Spinfisher 8500 and 15-24KG Savage Gear Salt rod, Penn Liveliner on Uglystik, and Shimano Sedona on Abu Garcia Nexus. 50 pound trace or wire trace, size 4 star sinkers, 6/o circle hooks, barrel swivels. Overall Success Rate: 70% - a few bites. On Thursday, I was at the same spot again, trying for a big shark. Bait collecting was successful for once, with myself managing 6 big mullet in one cast, which was enough to fish for the whole day. Thorbjorn and I sent some pieces out on our shark rods, and strips out on our lighter rods. There isn't really much to say about the days fishing, apart from the fact I caught one pike eel and the bite was very slow. I headed off a bit after midday again to get to work, and got my gear ready to go fishing the next day. Stats: Tide: 11:20AM, 1M, Low Moon Phase: 35% Bait Caught/Used: Mullet Fish Caught: Pike eel Air Pressure: 1011 Humidity: 69% Tackle Used: I used a Penn Spinfisher 8500 and 15-24KG Savage Gear Salt rod, Penn Liveliner on Uglystik, and Shimano Sedona on Abu Garcia Nexus. 50 pound trace or wire trace, size 4 star sinkers, 6/o circle hooks, barrel swivels. Overall Success Rate: 20% That Friday and Saturday, I was away camping at Mt Barney, which was good, but I didn't catch any fish in the small creek nearby our campsite. On Sunday, my Dad and I launched into a spot in the river we hadn't kayaked before. There was heaps of bait skipping around when we got there, but the first half an hour was pretty unsuccessful with no touches on our lures. A while after that, we decided to go and catch some livebait - about half a dozen prime size poddy mullet made their way into our cast net bucket, and we continued fishing lures now with an unweighted livie swimming out the back. This to was unsuccessful, and at about 9:00AM we headed off defeated with a big donut. Stats: Tide: 9:50AM, 2.1M, High. Moon Phase: 10% Air Pressure: 1010 Humidity: 71% Tackle Used: Shimano Stradic and Raider, Shimano Curado and Cranx rod. 15 and 20 pound mainlines, 30 pound leaders. Bait/Lure Used: Zerek pyra, Atomic slim twitcher, soft vibes, live mullet Fish Caught: - Overall Success Rate: 20% On Monday, I was back fishing with Thorbjorn at his spot. I arrived a bit before seven to some rather dirty water, which was a bit of a surprise. This did mean I managed to catch a couple of bony bream in the cast net, and seeing as though I already had some spare this meant we had a decent amount of bait. Another fisho caught a stingray and catfish early up, but I only got off the donut with an eel and a toadfish later in the day. Around tide change I also caught two pup bull sharks, but unluckily didn't manage any bigger models. I headed off late in the arvo and got my stuff ready for fishing the next day. Stats: Tide: 8:45AM, 2.5M, High, 3:10PM, .7M, Low. Moon Phase: 5% Bait Caught/Used: Live mullet, herring, prawns, bony bream Fish Caught: Sharks, toadfish, eel Air Pressure: 1010 Humidity: 59% Tackle Used: I used a Penn Spinfisher 8500 and 15-24KG Savage Gear Salt rod, Penn Liveliner on Uglystik, and Shimano Sedona on Abu Garcia Nexus. 50 pound trace or wire trace, size 4 star sinkers, 6/o circle hooks, barrel swivels. Overall Success Rate: 30% - a couple of bites On Tuesday I just went for a morning session at high tide at one of my local spots, targeting threadies and sharks. I got a bit of bait relatively quickly, although the bonies were a bit smaller than what I would've liked using. Despite this, I lobbed a mixture of baits out, and waited for a bite (which seemed non-existent). Eventually, I hooked up to something - a fat catty. At around 10AM I headed home feeling a bit defeated with the complete lack of fish. Stats: Tide: 10:00AM, 2.3M, High Moon Phase: 1% Bait Caught/Used: Live bony bream and poddy mullet Fish Caught: Catfish Air Pressure: 1011 Humidity: 59% Overall Success Rate: 10% The next day, I was lucky enough to be able to go out in Thorbjorn's boat. We launched at Jindalee, and gathered some livies for the first bit of the fishing session. It wasn't long before we had a few bony bream and mullet, and we were anchored at the first spot. Here, Thorbjorn caught a shark before it went a bit quiet around high tide change, so we went up and tried two different spots. These were unsuccessful, so we went down to the Jindalee Bridge, where Thorbjorn caught another shark. A while later we were back at the starting spot. Here, I caught two sharks and we also had a few more missed bites. Overall, it was a great day fishing, thanks again for taking me out on the boat @Thorbjorn Hale. Stats: Tide: 11:00AM, 2.4M, High. Moon Phase: New Moon Bait Caught/Used: Live mullet and bony bream Fish Caught: Sharks x 4, Catfish x 2 Air Pressure: 1010 Humidity: 67% Overall Success Rate: 60% - fun boat day On Thursday, I was fishing with a mate from school at a spot I hadn't been to in a while. Upon arriving, it took us about half an hour to get a few livies, but after that we were fishing. It was only five minutes before the first bait got something alright on it. My mate took the rod, but to my disappointment (he was still pretty excited), a rather large pike eel surfaced. It got tangled in my dilly quite badly, so I decided to keep it for shark bait. After that, the fishing only got worse, and we landed several small catties and another eel before calling it quits in the arvo. Stats: Tide: 11:00AM, 2.4M, High Moon Phase: 2% Bait Caught/Used: Live mullet, bony bream, anchovies, ponyfish Fish Caught: Pike eels and catties Air Pressure: 1007 Humidity: 85% Overall Success Rate: 50% - no donut On Friday I was back at one of my local spots, seeing if I could get a more desirable fish (answer, no I couldn't). I got a nice size school of poddies at the top of the jetty walkway, and decided that would be my bait for the day. It wasn't long before I was also on the first shark of the day, and then another one which jumped out, and then a third one. The bite went a bit quiet as the rising tide really started to rip in, so I called it quits after that and rode my bike home at about 11:00AM. Stats: Tide: 5:30AM, .2M, Low. Moon Phase: 6.3% Bait Caught/Used: Live mullet Air Pressure: 1003 Humidity: 72% Fish Caught: Sharks Overall Success Rate: 30% - no donut Not being able to catch anything in the salt, my Dad and I decided to go bass fishing on Saturday morning. We got up nice and early and arrived at the spot a bit after first light, greeted with a very muddy track. We slid through spider webs and on the mud but eventually made it down to the first spot, where I got snagged but overcasting twice (not awake) but retrieved my lure, before my Dad and I moved on to a different spot. Here, my Dad got a decent bass first cast, and I got two in the next few minutes, but then the surface bite died down a bit (bass were around 30-40cm). We continued with surface for a while longer, before I switched to a Duo Shad and proceeded to catch 4 bass up to about 40cm, including one of which I caught on the way back of swimming out to get my lure from a snag. Biggest thanks goes to my Dad for swimming into over head high water to retrieve my Cicada after I did a dodgy cast. Stats: Tide: Low Moon Phase: 13% Lures Used: Cicadas and Duo Shad Air Pressure: 1002 Humidity: 82% Overall Success Rate: 60% - got a few bass The last session of this report was yesterday, at a local jetty again. I got there a bit after 5:30AM, and although bait was slow I still managed to get a few livies together. I hooked up onto the first shark of the day, but it snipped through my 30 pound leader, and then my mate got two, one of which bit him off as it got close to the jetty. Later in the session, as the tide changed, a got a 55cm or so catty on a 20cm mullet, which was surprising, and then called it quits at about 11. Overall, it was another pretty average session. Stats: Tide: 6:15AM, .2M, Low Moon Phase: 22% Bait Caught/Used: Live bony bream and mullet Fish Caught: Sharks, catfish Air Pressure: Moderate-high Humidity: Moderate Overall Success Rate: 20% Thanks for reading, sorry for the long and unsuccessful report, hopefully I'll catch something this week. Gave it a break today for the first time this holidays but will go and try and catch an eel this arvo. Cheers Hamish.

Hi, There haven’t been many prawns in the river lately. Not enough to bother prawning. Wait for the lunar new year and see if any come in then otherwise they should be around next year in the colder months.

Nice job Rebel, the drummer would have been lots of fun.

I think that’s because you’re already logged into your account. If you weren’t logged in you wouldn’t be able to reply to this post.

Good work Neil those are some great whiting.

Sorry to hear about the donut Ray, I’m sure you’ll get them next time.

Sounds like some good whiting Rebel, nice work.

Great size bass for Rick and good numbers too Ray.

Good stuff Neil, very nice mackies!

I’m in for Southside. I think your idea with the averages sounds good Brian.

Thanks Rebel. Thanks Brian, that sounds good. Thanks mangajack. Thanks Charlie.

Thanks Neil, yep I should make a graph with the data, good idea. Thanks guys.

Sounds like a productive session Rebel, great work!

Great work Ray, sounds like another good session despite the heat.

Hi all NOTE: Pictures are attached to the Lensdump link at the bottom of the report. I finished school at the end of last week and since then I've been fishing a heap for a couple decent catches. The first session was two Thursdays ago, at a local jetty targeting threadfin and sharks. I arrived while the tide was high early in the morning, and the first cast of the net produced enough bony bream and mullet for the session. I deployed livies, including one unweighted bait out the side of the jetty, and waited for a bite. It wasn't long before the unweighted bait, which had a live prawn, screamed off, but unluckily no hook up. I continued to fish after this and apart from a couple of nibbles the bite remained quiet. Then, at about 8:00AM, my rod out the side of the jetty, baited with a fresh dead prawn, had a few bites. I wound it in and sure enough I was on - one run later I had a solid 55CM flatty on the jetty. This gave me a bit of hope for the rest of the day, but I continued to fish until 12:00PM and it was very quiet. I did manage a 30CM bream on a live bony bream, but apart from that I had no bites for the rest of the session - even more surprisingly no signs of bullies either. I left at 12 when some annoying bogan kids came down and I also had to get to work. Stats: Tide: 1:00AM, .3M, Low, 7:00AM, 1.9M, High, 1:00PM, .5M, Low. Moon Phase: 86% Bait Caught/Used: Live prawns, mullet, herring. Fish Caught: Flathead x 1, Bream x 1, lost a good run Tackle Used: Shimano Stradic 3000 on Shimano Raider 4-7KG, Penn Liveliner 6500 on 8 foot Ugly Stik 6-10KG, Shimano Baitrunner 8000 on Kmart Rod, Okuma Coronada CDX on Silstar Crystal Powertip rod. Air Pressure: 1013 Humidity: 79% Overall Success Rate: 50% - can't complain with a flatty and bream. The next day was Friday, so me and a few other mates decided to go fishing before school for the last day. We went at a spot near school I knew we could catch decent bream at with unweighted dead prawns, and sure enough, first drop with the handline I pulled in a bream. After that, my mate Nicu and I caught some catfish, before Nicu was busted off by something that was pulling line very fast off the handline, and the same happened to me shortly after. Oh well, but I'll definitely be back here when I catch enough prawns for a session! Stats: Tide: 8:00AM, 2.1M, High. Moon Phase: 93% Bait Caught/Used: Dead prawns Fish Caught: Bream and catties, two big bust offs Tackle Used: Light line handlines, small hooks and 00 ball sinkers Air Pressure: 1012 Humidity: 77% Overall Success Rate: 70% - target goal of catching something before school was achieved That arvo I went for a session at my local park - armed with minimum deadbait I attempted to catch some livies first up, which went relatively well as I got some mullet and bony bream. Baits were deployed, but the bite seemed quiet, and with the tide rising it wasn't looking like I was going to catch any more live bait. I had plenty of casts around the place, and annoyingly someone had left a sunken crab pot in one of my favourite castnetting spots making it difficult to catch more bait. I got off the donut with a couple of fat catties, but there were no sharks to be seen. One of the catties took a bony bream that was about 25CM long, the catty was only about 40CM long itself. Stats: Tide: 2:10PM, .4M, Low, 8:00PM, 2M, High. Moon Phase: 93% Bait Caught/Used: Bony bream and poddy mullet alive and dead Fish Caught: Catfish Tackle Used: Shimano Stradic 3000 on 4-7KG Shimano Raider, Shimano Baitrunner with Kmart Rod, Shimano Sentire 5-9KG on Shimano Symetre 4000. 15, 20, and 30 pound braid mainlines, snapper and ball sinkers, circle hooks, 20/30/80 pound leader/trace. Air Pressure: 1010 Humidity: 62% Overall Success Rate: 40% - good way to spend the arvo That Saturday, I slept in, but in the arvo I was back out at the local park trying my luck. Once again, I got a few bony bream in the net and sent these out live, in hopes of enticing a bull shark or threadfin onto the end of my line. I don't really have much to say about this afternoon, apart from that my baits got chomped several times by rather large catties, none of which were particularly fun to bring in as they all fought like a wet sock. By six, I called it quits - I plan to give my local park a couple more cracks but because the council still hasn't even started jetty repair works I predict it will be a while before I can manage a good fish here. Stats: Tide: 3:10PM, .4M, Low, 9PM, 1.9M, High. Moon Phase: 98% Bait Caught/Used: Live bonies. Fish Caught: Several catfish Tackle Used: Shimano Stradic 3000 on 4-7KG Shimano Raider, Shimano Baitrunner with Kmart Rod, Shimano Sentire 5-9KG on Shimano Symetre 4000. 15, 20, and 30 pound braid mainlines, snapper and ball sinkers, circle hooks, 20/30/80 pound leader/trace. Air Pressure: 1007 Humidity: 75% Overall Success Rate: 30% - no donut On Sunday, I planned a trip with @Thorbjorn Hale to spot in the river. We hadn't fished together for a while so it was good to catch up, but once we arrived at the spot (after a pretty hot walk from the ferry terminal), we were both disappointed to see a lack of bait hanging around. Fortunately, Thorbjorn did get one herring in the first cast of his net, which he promptly turned into a 20 kilo stingray that was a bit of an effort to get up in our dillies. For the next couple of hours, we casted our nets relentlessly for hardly any bait. Thorbjorn even walked about a K away to a nearby spot that I knew normally held bait, but this was a waste of time because he didn't end up finding any baitfish at all. Luckily for us, I had brought some soft drink, lollies, and chips (plus a normal lunch), so this kept us fishing for a bit longer. Later in the arvo, closer to the low tide, I was having a go with my net, and hit a Christmas Tree of herring. This was very good, and we got our livies out so we were within a chance of a fish. I dropped two decent fish after this, one which had a lot of headshakes and I pulled hooks on, and the other which I saw the colour of but shook the hooks just as I was about to get a positive ID. This one was either a flatty or catty. For the rest of the arvo, Thorbjorn and I had a bit of fun pulling in several large stingrays, ranging from 10-20KG, with most around the 20KG mark. I would say that the smallest, which was around 10-15KG, was definitely the least effort to get in, and Thorbjorn decided to keep this one for a feed (apparently it tasted alright but not as good as a smaller model). At about 4 we headed home, disappointed we didn't catch anything big but still happy enough that we didn't donut. Stats: Tide: 2:45AM, .3M, Low, 9:00AM, 2.3M, High, 3:30PM, .6M, Low Moon Phase: Full Moon Bait Caught/Used: Live herring Fish Caught: Stingrays Tackle Used: I used three eight foot fibreglass rods with baitrunner reels, 30 pound braid, 50 pound trace, size four star sinkers, and 6/o circle hooks. Air Pressure: 1007-1010 Humidity: 75%-91% Overall Success Rate: 50% - a few bites Monday morning came around, and I was out of the house a bit after 4 on my bike going to a spot to try for some threadfin or bullies again. I arrived at low tide, which was ideal, but what was not ideal was the complete lack of baitfish hanging around. I didn't have any dead bait, and after ages cast netting, plus a massive hole in my net, I finally had a couple poddy mullet and bony bream that could be used (including one large bony I cut in half for shark bait). Annoyingly, the bite stayed very quiet all the way up until the high tide change, where a couple of my baits had some action. These only proved to be rather large pike eels, both of which were cut off and released back to the water. I continued to fish and net into the arvo, eventually running out of livebait. By now, Charlie came down for a fish as well, but apart from two herring that didn't last long on the hooks in the pumping tide and a heap of toadfish, I didn't catch any more baitfish to deploy on my lines. This was especially disappointing, and after a 12.5 hour session I was hoping I would be rewarded with a half-decent fish. Stats: Tide: 3:50AM, .1M, Low, 10:15AM, 2.4M, High, 4:50Pm, .4M, Low. Moon Phase: Full Moon Bait Caught/Used: Not much, but herring, poddy mullet, and bony bream. Fish Caught: 2 x pike eels Tackle Used: 4000 Shimano Symetre on Shimano Sentire rod, 3000 Stradic on Raider rod, Shimano Baitrunner on Kmart rod, Penn Spinfisher Liveliner 6500 on Ugly Stik. 15, 20, 30 pound braid mainlines, 50 pound trace, 4/o and 6/o circle hooks, size 1-3 snapper sinkers, barrel swivels. Air Pressure: 1007 Humidity: 71% Overall Success Rate: 5% - terrible day Then on Tuesday, I was back at a spot in the lower reaches of the river, fishing with Thorbjorn, Charlie, and a couple other guys in hope of a decent bite or three. I was at the jetty first, and a slow bait situation to start off did not inspire confidence. A council worker then came down needing to wash the jetty, as I had to move my stuff for that, but after he was done Thorbjorn and I got back to fishing. A couple live herring and prawn later we had some catfish on the jetty, one of which was kept for bait. The situation just kept getting worse and worse, and by the time Charlie arrived it was also quite hot. Then, the tide began to change, and apart from a few odd baitfish bait had been slow for everyone. I finally managed a Chrissy Tree just as the tide started to pick up, which was good as I was completely exhausted. Baits were deployed, and as the skies began to spit down on us, it actually became quite cold. This seemed to stop the fish from biting, and although everyone caught a catty or two there wasn't anything big getting around. Charlie also had a good fight with a 8KG or so ray, which would have been fun to pull in. The cold weather didn't stop us all going for a swim, which was probably the highlight of the day. It did mean we left freezing and with no more bites Charlie and I called it quits at about 3:30PM. Stats: Tide: 4:00AM, .3M, Low, 10:30AM, 2.7M, High, 5:00PM, .6M, Low. Moon Phase: Full Moon Bait Caught/Used: Herring, mullet Fish Caught: Cattie, eels, stingrays Tackle Used: I used three eight foot fibreglass rods with baitrunner reels, 30 pound braid, 50 pound trace, size four star sinkers, and 6/o circle hooks, plus an extra 7 foot rod with a Shimano Sedona 6000 (30 pound braid, 50 pound trace). Air Pressure: 1006 Humidity: 90% Overall Success Rate: 30% - fun day but not much fishing action and very cold The following day I hit a spot I hadn't been to in a few months - next time I will probably give a spot in the vicinity recommended to me by @Old Scaley a shot, as the ferries are currently cutting in super close due to a new bridge being constructed making fishing slightly difficult. Anyway, I got the 6:00AM ferry across the river and arrived shortly after. First measure of business was collecting livebait, which there didn't seem to be a lot of. First cast of the net I pulled in a 50CM or so thready and a couple small prawns, if I had a lure or lighter rod I would've been tempted to drop a bait in around here. I eventually coerced an assortment of mullet, herring, prawn, and whiting into my net, after also landing a random luderick. These were deployed, and the bites seemed pretty active, and being the last part of the rising tide that was no surprise. Despite this, there was nothing more than catfish and pike eel bites and hookups, despite having some rather large mullet out in hope of a jewie (although this vermin could be expected due to the dirty water). As the tide continued to rise the water cleared and eventually I had a more formidable opponent on the end of my line, a rather large stingray. Although not much fun to bring in it was still some decent practise for fighting a big fish. I eventually ran out of bait, so had a bit more of a cast around for some prawns and herring, which got smashed by catties. One last cast around for about 30 minutes brought an anchovy, so I sent this out (no fish) as I packed up, just on the start of the run out. "Another quiet day, oh well", I thought to myself. Stats: Tide: 4:45AM, .2M, Low, 11:15AM, 2.4M, High Moon Phase: 97% Bait Caught/Used: Live mullet, prawn, herring, whiting, and anchovies Fish Caught: Stingray, catfish Tackle Used: I used three eight foot fibreglass rods with baitrunner reels, 30 pound braid, 50 pound trace, size four star sinkers, and 6/o circle hooks Air Pressure: 1002 Humidity: 91% Overall Success Rate: 30% - quiet day By Thursday, I was at a bit of a loss as to where to go, as it seemed most ends of the river had been quiet for bait. Knowing this, I decided to go to a local jetty that normally had bait but wasn't great for fishing, catch the bait, and ride to a nearby rockwall and try my luck there. I was at said jetty by about 4:45AM Thursday morning, but the action just wasn't there, and after about 20 casts for lots of toadies and a rather big bullrout I decided to cross the rockwall plan off the list and hit a different local jetty. This proved to be a good decision, because despite the fact the jetty was a terrible mess there was a mix of herring, bony bream, and anchovies around on the last part of the run out. After I deployed all lines, including an unweighted bait again, I cleaned up the jetty, which took ages. This did bring an entire new spool of Diawa J-Thread 20 pound leader, just what I needed for my trip to the Port the next day. As the tide changed, I managed to nab a few more bonies and some poddy mullet - the herring and anchovies disappeared. This was no problem though, and because I wasn't planning on fishing for ages I decided I would pack my net away and just wait for some bites (so far, one catty and one run on the unweighted bait, which I switched to a soft vibe). The tide was well and truly running in by now, and as I was transferring some livies from one bucket to another I heard the not-so-familiar sound of my new Penn Spinfisher Liveliner having line peeled off by a fish. Based off of the initial take I knew it was decent, and this was affirmed by the first couple of runs when the fish went screaming around the jetty. Despite a massive tangle with my second rod, I still managed to get the fish closer and closer to the bank, and despite a desperate bid for freedom being taken under the pontoon I successfully netted a nice size 108cm Threadfin. Beauty! I continued fishing after this, and it was a great day, with a perfect blue sky, some relatively clean water around high tide, and a nice bit of breeze to keep me cool. Additionally, another council worker had also come down to wash the jetty with a pressure washer, which was great as it meant the jetty was now clean again after the people who were there last night left prawn smooshed all over the place. I caught one more catfish before running out of bait, and some other fisherman came down but they didn't catch any while I was there. Stats: Tide: 5:35AM, .3M, Low, 12:15PM, 2.3M, High. Moon Phase: 93% Bait Caught/Used: Live anchovies, herring, mullet, and bony bream Fish Caught: Threadfin salmon x 1, catfish x 2 Tackle Used: Shimano Stradic 3000 on Shimano Raider, Shimano Symetre 4000 on Shimano Sentire, Penn Liveliner on Ugly Stik, 15, 20, 30 pound braid mainlines, 50 pound leaders, 4/o/6/o circle hooks, varying sinkers, barrel swivels. Air Pressure: 999 Humidity: 42% Overall Success Rate: 100% - threadfin and good release Then, on Saturday, @Cavvy, Charlie, and I went for a flick in the freshwater reaches of the river. It was a successful session, and Charlie did the report (have a read!): Stats: Tide: 9:00AM low tide of .5M Moon Phase: 80% Lures used: Cicada topwater lures Fish Caught: Several bass Tackle Used: I used a Diawa Tierra 2500 with 8 pound braid on an Abu Garcia Veritas 7 foot 2-4KG rod, ten pound leader, Jackall Cicada. My Dad used a 4-7Kg Shimano Raider, 3000 Shimano Stradic, 15 pound braid and ten pound leader, and Duo Realis Cicada. Air Pressure: 1002 Humidity: 60% Overall Success Rate: 80% - can't complain about catching bass The final session of this report was this morning, at another local spot targeting shark and threadfin again. I'm still yet to catch a shark this Summer which is very surprising. Anyway, I got there at about 5:30AM and had a bit of a cast with the net. Bait was slow but eventually my mate and I got a few poddies that we sent out on the lines. Now, we could relax... It wasn't long before my mates rod had some interest. A few minutes later he had a 95CM bully landed, which is quite a solid size for the river pups around here in my experience. This was on a rather large live mullet, so after rerigging he deployed another one. The bite went quiet again, and apart from the occasional peck our mullets remained untouched. That was until, his rod went off again, and he brought in a smaller model closer to the 80CM mark. This was still good to see, and after giving it another hour I packed up and rode home (had something on). He reckons he had a bit more action as the tide continued to rise but no landed fish. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get into some sharks. Stats: Tide: 8:15AM, .6M, Low. Moon Phase: 70% Bait Caught/Used: Live poddy mullet Fish Caught: I got zilch, mate got some bullies and a catty Tackle Used: I used a Okuma Coronado CDX baitrunner on a Silstar rod, and a Shimano Symetre 4000 on a Shimano Sentire rod. 30 and 20 lb braid, 50 pound trace, size 3 snapper sinkers, 6/o circle hooks, barrel swivels. Air Pressure: 1005 Humidity: 56% Overall Success Rate: 50% - good to see some shark action. So, to answer the question in the title, yes it was worth putting in those fifty or so hours for the one threadfin, because a bad days fishing beats a good day at school. Pictures: https://lensdump.com/a/KvaCo Hopefully I'll be able to catch a couple more good fish this year. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. Cheers Hamish .

Sounds like a good session mangajack, shame about the lack of crabs.

Good stuff Huxstang, sounds like a good session on the kingies!

Good stuff Ray, 49cm is a great bass!

You could probably think of getting an 8000 reel for that size rod which would allow you to hold more line.

Hi all, Earlier today, @Old Scaley, @charlie.hans.fishing, @ellicat, and myself snuck over to the Port for a session chasing some snapper. We launched from the POB Boat Ramp at about 9:30AM, with myself in Steve's boat and Charlie in Brian's boat - good way to start December! The first part of the day for myself and Steve was dropping the crab pots, so (although slowly) I put a mix of flathead, whiting, and mullet frames in those and we dropped them at Steve's spot of choice. Then, it was onto the fishing. We went over to where Brian and Charlie were and Brian had lost a large fish, likely a snapper, within five minutes of being there, but no other action. Steve and I started drifting, and hopes were high, but with the tide roaring it wasn't long before we decided to upsize our sinkers. Once we did this, we were back in the game, but the fishing was very slow, and all of us repeated similar drifts over the area for no luck. Steve also flicked a vibe around here to no avail. As the day progressed, the wind slowly began to pick up, but luckily the wind was blowing in the same direction as the tide meaning it wasn't as rough as it could have been. Steve and I eventually gave the pipeline at the mouth of Boggy Creek a shot, but after one long drift for no results we decided to go and check the crab pots. It had only been a couple of hours but we were still very disappointed to see nothing in any of the pots. We decided on a slight spot change out to deeper water for the pots, and upon that we shot back over to the starting fishing spot. It was getting closer to high tide now, but there was still plenty of run to keep us drifting, and I fortunately got off the donut with an undersize squire on cuttlefish. Shortly after, we decided to go and pull the pots, to avoid getting caught in rougher conditions once the tide changed. This was relatively uneventful, with only one small jenny sand crab coming aboard briefly before being released. Once we had packed the pots away, Steve and I headed back to the spot I got the undersize snap. This proved to be a good call, because a few minutes into our drift Steve hooked up onto a better model, that pulled a fair bit of line off of his reel. After a solid fight, we had a keeper snap on the boat, coming in at around 42CM. We did a couple more drifts for another undersize snap, before calling it quits just after the tide change. We had a couple bites on pillies towards the end of the session but nothing converted. Charlie ended up getting a Moses Perch a bit later in the day as well, so no donut for him. Thanks for reading, and a big thanks to Steve and Brian for taking Charlie and I out on their boats today, it was still a great day with a couple of fish. Cheers Hamish. Stats: Tide: 5:10AM, .5M, Low, 12:00PM, High, 2.3M. Moon Phase: 88% Bait Used: Cuttlefish, pilchard. Fish Caught: Snapper x 3 Tackle Used: Light-medium spinning gear, relatively heavy ball sinkers, circle hooks, 15-20 pound leader. Humidity: 47% Air Pressure: 1001 Overall Success Rate: 60% - target species was acquired.

10 foot bottom and top pocket Fintek cast net for landbased Brisbane River netting. Drawstring net if you plan on casting in a lot of snaggy areas where you can’t let the net sink.