AUS-BNE-FISHO

Thankyou for turning next week's forecast for the better -

Yes those baby Nannie’s have been down in the southern bay for many years now but you never hear of any big ones getting caught .
 

Well done fellows , that’s a good effort.
regards
neil

We are heading to Canada for weeks on Wednesday….hopefully it will have stopped blowing by the time we get home.  I will be super keen to wet some line by the time I get home.

Great effort.  

Good stuff Hamish 

Hahaha if only this wind would stop blowing 

Nice surprise.
So, you found some good new ground by the looks. Lookout Team North. haha

This came up on my phone and thought I would share 
https://youtube.com/shorts/U6iAV2HJiTg?feature=shared

I used to cast excessively heavy baits with light rods but one day I completely forgot how heavy my bait was, and how light my rod was, and the next thing I had snapped my rod at the butt when I went for a big cast. So be careful doing that.

Hi all, 
I've been out for two sessions at my local park recently. One was a couple of weeks ago and very unsuccessful, as the only thing I caught in the net was a catfish and there were many logs drifting by making fishing difficult. The second was on low tide one Friday arvo where I got enough prawns to have a cast and a couple of small catfish. Both were pretty disappointing sessions, but it was better than not going fishing. 
Quick Stats:
Tide: Varied, low and rising. 
Fish Caught: Nothing good
Bait Used: Prawns
The next session was last night/this morning with Thorbjorn on his tinny. We launched at POB boat ramp with a rather calm river awaiting us. After going through Boat Passage, it wasn't long before we managed to get a good amount of herring and mullet at Luggage Point. Following that, we went to the first fishing spot of the night, where Thorbjorn had some good success on snapper the night before, and dropped our lines down. 
The bites were a bit quiet at first, but just as I was about to cook my dinner my rod had a few taps. Sure enough I was on, and pulled in a small but legal snapper that was kept for dinner.

Snap
The bites stayed quiet here though, so we moved spots after an hour or so more of fishing and sporadic rain. 
It wasn't long before Thorbjorn had a good run at the next spot, but unluckily it didn't hook up. We sent baits back down, and after a decently long wait Thorbs was on again. This time the fish was hooked, and after a few nice runs and big headshakes we had a solid jewie on the boat (about 85cm I think). After a quick pic we vented and released the jewie, which eventually kicked off strongly. 

Jewfish
After this, we were hopeful of some more action and the fishing didn't disappoint, with Thorbs pulling in a nice 45cm or so snap on a livie that was also kept.

Snap
A catty later Thorbjorn had some jewie looking nibbles on his rod before hooking up to a very good fish. It was taking some pretty fast runs and plenty of headshakes, but before we could see it, the hook came out. We were both pretty disappointed about this but sent some baits down and continued fishing until after midnight. We finished up when we ran out of livies and because I sadly have a couple exams I needed to study for today that are in coming weeks. Thanks again for taking me out @Thorbjorn Hale it was a fun night, here are the stats of the trip for anyone interested:
Stats of Trip:
Tide: 6:50PM, 2.1M, High, 1:00AM, .6M, Low.
Moon Phase: 23%
Air Pressure: 1013
Humidity: 88%
Bait Used: Live herring and mullet
Fish Caught: Jewie x 1, snapper x 2, catfish x 1
Overall Success Rate: 100%, some nice fish landed. 
Thanks for reading the report,
Cheers Hamish. 

Hi all, 
I've been out for two sessions at my local park recently. One was a couple of weeks ago and very unsuccessful, as the only thing I caught in the net was a catfish and there were many logs drifting by making fishing difficult. The second was on low tide one Friday arvo where I got enough prawns to have a cast and a couple of small catfish. Both were pretty disappointing sessions, but it was better than not going fishing. 
Quick Stats:
Tide: Varied, low and rising. 
Fish Caught: Nothing good
Bait Used: Prawns
The next session was last night/this morning with Thorbjorn on his tinny. We launched at POB boat ramp with a rather calm river awaiting us. After going through Boat Passage, it wasn't long before we managed to get a good amount of herring and mullet at Luggage Point. Following that, we went to the first fishing spot of the night, where Thorbjorn had some good success on snapper the night before, and dropped our lines down. 
The bites were a bit quiet at first, but just as I was about to cook my dinner my rod had a few taps. Sure enough I was on, and pulled in a small but legal snapper that was kept for dinner.

Snap
The bites stayed quiet here though, so we moved spots after an hour or so more of fishing and sporadic rain. 
It wasn't long before Thorbjorn had a good run at the next spot, but unluckily it didn't hook up. We sent baits back down, and after a decently long wait Thorbs was on again. This time the fish was hooked, and after a few nice runs and big headshakes we had a solid jewie on the boat (about 85cm I think). After a quick pic we vented and released the jewie, which eventually kicked off strongly. 

Jewfish
After this, we were hopeful of some more action and the fishing didn't disappoint, with Thorbs pulling in a nice 45cm or so snap on a livie that was also kept.

Snap
A catty later Thorbjorn had some jewie looking nibbles on his rod before hooking up to a very good fish. It was taking some pretty fast runs and plenty of headshakes, but before we could see it, the hook came out. We were both pretty disappointed about this but sent some baits down and continued fishing until after midnight. We finished up when we ran out of livies and because I sadly have a couple exams I needed to study for today that are in coming weeks. Thanks again for taking me out @Thorbjorn Hale it was a fun night, here are the stats of the trip for anyone interested:
Stats of Trip:
Tide: 6:50PM, 2.1M, High, 1:00AM, .6M, Low.
Moon Phase: 23%
Air Pressure: 1013
Humidity: 88%
Bait Used: Live herring and mullet
Fish Caught: Jewie x 1, snapper x 2, catfish x 1
Overall Success Rate: 100%, some nice fish landed. 
Thanks for reading the report,
Cheers Hamish. 

Hi all, 
I've been out for two sessions at my local park recently. One was a couple of weeks ago and very unsuccessful, as the only thing I caught in the net was a catfish and there were many logs drifting by making fishing difficult. The second was on low tide one Friday arvo where I got enough prawns to have a cast and a couple of small catfish. Both were pretty disappointing sessions, but it was better than not going fishing. 
Quick Stats:
Tide: Varied, low and rising. 
Fish Caught: Nothing good
Bait Used: Prawns
The next session was last night/this morning with Thorbjorn on his tinny. We launched at POB boat ramp with a rather calm river awaiting us. After going through Boat Passage, it wasn't long before we managed to get a good amount of herring and mullet at Luggage Point. Following that, we went to the first fishing spot of the night, where Thorbjorn had some good success on snapper the night before, and dropped our lines down. 
The bites were a bit quiet at first, but just as I was about to cook my dinner my rod had a few taps. Sure enough I was on, and pulled in a small but legal snapper that was kept for dinner.

Snap
The bites stayed quiet here though, so we moved spots after an hour or so more of fishing and sporadic rain. 
It wasn't long before Thorbjorn had a good run at the next spot, but unluckily it didn't hook up. We sent baits back down, and after a decently long wait Thorbs was on again. This time the fish was hooked, and after a few nice runs and big headshakes we had a solid jewie on the boat (about 85cm I think). After a quick pic we vented and released the jewie, which eventually kicked off strongly. 

Jewfish
After this, we were hopeful of some more action and the fishing didn't disappoint, with Thorbs pulling in a nice 45cm or so snap on a livie that was also kept.

Snap
A catty later Thorbjorn had some jewie looking nibbles on his rod before hooking up to a very good fish. It was taking some pretty fast runs and plenty of headshakes, but before we could see it, the hook came out. We were both pretty disappointed about this but sent some baits down and continued fishing until after midnight. We finished up when we ran out of livies and because I sadly have a couple exams I needed to study for today that are in coming weeks. Thanks again for taking me out @Thorbjorn Hale it was a fun night, here are the stats of the trip for anyone interested:
Stats of Trip:
Tide: 6:50PM, 2.1M, High, 1:00AM, .6M, Low.
Moon Phase: 23%
Air Pressure: 1013
Humidity: 88%
Bait Used: Live herring and mullet
Fish Caught: Jewie x 1, snapper x 2, catfish x 1
Overall Success Rate: 100%, some nice fish landed. 
Thanks for reading the report,
Cheers Hamish. 

Hi all, 
I've been out for two sessions at my local park recently. One was a couple of weeks ago and very unsuccessful, as the only thing I caught in the net was a catfish and there were many logs drifting by making fishing difficult. The second was on low tide one Friday arvo where I got enough prawns to have a cast and a couple of small catfish. Both were pretty disappointing sessions, but it was better than not going fishing. 
Quick Stats:
Tide: Varied, low and rising. 
Fish Caught: Nothing good
Bait Used: Prawns
The next session was last night/this morning with Thorbjorn on his tinny. We launched at POB boat ramp with a rather calm river awaiting us. After going through Boat Passage, it wasn't long before we managed to get a good amount of herring and mullet at Luggage Point. Following that, we went to the first fishing spot of the night, where Thorbjorn had some good success on snapper the night before, and dropped our lines down. 
The bites were a bit quiet at first, but just as I was about to cook my dinner my rod had a few taps. Sure enough I was on, and pulled in a small but legal snapper that was kept for dinner.

Snap
The bites stayed quiet here though, so we moved spots after an hour or so more of fishing and sporadic rain. 
It wasn't long before Thorbjorn had a good run at the next spot, but unluckily it didn't hook up. We sent baits back down, and after a decently long wait Thorbs was on again. This time the fish was hooked, and after a few nice runs and big headshakes we had a solid jewie on the boat (about 85cm I think). After a quick pic we vented and released the jewie, which eventually kicked off strongly. 

Jewfish
After this, we were hopeful of some more action and the fishing didn't disappoint, with Thorbs pulling in a nice 45cm or so snap on a livie that was also kept.

Snap
A catty later Thorbjorn had some jewie looking nibbles on his rod before hooking up to a very good fish. It was taking some pretty fast runs and plenty of headshakes, but before we could see it, the hook came out. We were both pretty disappointed about this but sent some baits down and continued fishing until after midnight. We finished up when we ran out of livies and because I sadly have a couple exams I needed to study for today that are in coming weeks. Thanks again for taking me out @Thorbjorn Hale it was a fun night, here are the stats of the trip for anyone interested:
Stats of Trip:
Tide: 6:50PM, 2.1M, High, 1:00AM, .6M, Low.
Moon Phase: 23%
Air Pressure: 1013
Humidity: 88%
Bait Used: Live herring and mullet
Fish Caught: Jewie x 1, snapper x 2, catfish x 1
Overall Success Rate: 100%, some nice fish landed. 
Thanks for reading the report,
Cheers Hamish. 

Did some exploring for some new territory this afternoon and found a little patch of small Large Mouth Nannygai, nothing huge but a good sign especially for waaaay down the southern bay anyway. 🙂

Hi all, 
I've been out for two sessions at my local park recently. One was a couple of weeks ago and very unsuccessful, as the only thing I caught in the net was a catfish and there were many logs drifting by making fishing difficult. The second was on low tide one Friday arvo where I got enough prawns to have a cast and a couple of small catfish. Both were pretty disappointing sessions, but it was better than not going fishing. 
Quick Stats:
Tide: Varied, low and rising. 
Fish Caught: Nothing good
Bait Used: Prawns
The next session was last night/this morning with Thorbjorn on his tinny. We launched at POB boat ramp with a rather calm river awaiting us. After going through Boat Passage, it wasn't long before we managed to get a good amount of herring and mullet at Luggage Point. Following that, we went to the first fishing spot of the night, where Thorbjorn had some good success on snapper the night before, and dropped our lines down. 
The bites were a bit quiet at first, but just as I was about to cook my dinner my rod had a few taps. Sure enough I was on, and pulled in a small but legal snapper that was kept for dinner.

Snap
The bites stayed quiet here though, so we moved spots after an hour or so more of fishing and sporadic rain. 
It wasn't long before Thorbjorn had a good run at the next spot, but unluckily it didn't hook up. We sent baits back down, and after a decently long wait Thorbs was on again. This time the fish was hooked, and after a few nice runs and big headshakes we had a solid jewie on the boat (about 85cm I think). After a quick pic we vented and released the jewie, which eventually kicked off strongly. 

Jewfish
After this, we were hopeful of some more action and the fishing didn't disappoint, with Thorbs pulling in a nice 45cm or so snap on a livie that was also kept.

Snap
A catty later Thorbjorn had some jewie looking nibbles on his rod before hooking up to a very good fish. It was taking some pretty fast runs and plenty of headshakes, but before we could see it, the hook came out. We were both pretty disappointed about this but sent some baits down and continued fishing until after midnight. We finished up when we ran out of livies and because I sadly have a couple exams I needed to study for today that are in coming weeks. Thanks again for taking me out @Thorbjorn Hale it was a fun night, here are the stats of the trip for anyone interested:
Stats of Trip:
Tide: 6:50PM, 2.1M, High, 1:00AM, .6M, Low.
Moon Phase: 23%
Air Pressure: 1013
Humidity: 88%
Bait Used: Live herring and mullet
Fish Caught: Jewie x 1, snapper x 2, catfish x 1
Overall Success Rate: 100%, some nice fish landed. 
Thanks for reading the report,
Cheers Hamish. 

Thanks Brian, and not really, maybe four or five others when we started from Clara Rock area to the end of the wharfs, saw a couple of guys heading over to Moreton at the servo so maybe most people were out in the bay because POB ramp was decently busy. 

Mid-Upper kedron brook fishing
This is a small guide i've put together about a local waterway I have fished alot with @James ReevesAnd his brother tom, the kedron brook has a bikepath going along almost the whole duration of it so access to most spots is easy. Most of the best spots are downstream of Grange.
(Be careful, there's plenty of karens around)

Fish species
Nile and spotted tilapia
Sea Mullet
Eel tail catfish
Longfin eel
Silver perch
Australian Bass
Bullrout
(Small aquarium fish such as swordtails can also be found)
(Freshwater Prawns)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Guide:
Weather conditions:
Rain is absolutely horrible, the fish will usually completley shut down if there is even just a shower, best times to fish would be sunrise, 11am-2pm, 5-pm to 8pm. Overcast is good unless targeting mullet

Tilapia
Gear: light spinning rod, 6-12lb leader
Lures: Gulp worms (Cast at trees and let it sink unweighted or on a lightweight jighead), 2.5 inch paddle tails (Slowly hop along bottom)
Bait: Prawns (Sinker), Bread (squish into a ball of dough rig unweighted or under a float, or do not squish bread and let it float), worms (Sinker, unweighted or float)
Distribution: All along the freshwater parts of the brook
Notes: Tilapia are invasive, so make sure to kill them and dispose of them properly


Catfish 
Gear: spinning rod, 6-16lb leader, they have teeth but they wont really fray your line
Lures: Those metal spinners used for trout work weirdly well for some reason (Sightcast at catfish, slow roll on bottom, be persistent)
Bait: White grubs found in garden (Sinker, unweighted, Work super well, by far the most effective bait I have used), prawns (Sinker, unweighted) Bread (Sinker, unweighted)
Distribution: All along the freshwater parts of the brook
Notes: Be careful there are venomous spines at the end of their dorsal and pectoral fins


Mullet:
Gear: light spinning rod, 2-10lb leader
Bait: Bread (Squish into small ball of dough, float, only strike when the mullet has pulled the float fully under and started running)
Distribution: All along the brook



Bass: 
Gear: Light spinning rod, 4-14lb leader
Distribution: Windsor and downstream
I haven't caught one myself but my friend@James Reevesand his brother Tom have caught them on small poppers, if you're curious on how to catch them you'll have to ask @James Reeves



Silver perch: 
gear: Light spinning rod, 2-10lb leader
Bait: Bread (Squish into small ball of dough, float)
Very rare to catch in the brook
Distribution: I have only caught them around alderly

Bullrout: 
Notes: It's fun to get spiked by them, as @crazywalrus would know


I've also spotted some sort of carp, probably a Koi or a big goldfish: 

Nice one.
Were there many other boats out ?

Hi all, 
I've been out for two sessions at my local park recently. One was a couple of weeks ago and very unsuccessful, as the only thing I caught in the net was a catfish and there were many logs drifting by making fishing difficult. The second was on low tide one Friday arvo where I got enough prawns to have a cast and a couple of small catfish. Both were pretty disappointing sessions, but it was better than not going fishing. 
Quick Stats:
Tide: Varied, low and rising. 
Fish Caught: Nothing good
Bait Used: Prawns
The next session was last night/this morning with Thorbjorn on his tinny. We launched at POB boat ramp with a rather calm river awaiting us. After going through Boat Passage, it wasn't long before we managed to get a good amount of herring and mullet at Luggage Point. Following that, we went to the first fishing spot of the night, where Thorbjorn had some good success on snapper the night before, and dropped our lines down. 
The bites were a bit quiet at first, but just as I was about to cook my dinner my rod had a few taps. Sure enough I was on, and pulled in a small but legal snapper that was kept for dinner.

Snap
The bites stayed quiet here though, so we moved spots after an hour or so more of fishing and sporadic rain. 
It wasn't long before Thorbjorn had a good run at the next spot, but unluckily it didn't hook up. We sent baits back down, and after a decently long wait Thorbs was on again. This time the fish was hooked, and after a few nice runs and big headshakes we had a solid jewie on the boat (about 85cm I think). After a quick pic we vented and released the jewie, which eventually kicked off strongly. 

Jewfish
After this, we were hopeful of some more action and the fishing didn't disappoint, with Thorbs pulling in a nice 45cm or so snap on a livie that was also kept.

Snap
A catty later Thorbjorn had some jewie looking nibbles on his rod before hooking up to a very good fish. It was taking some pretty fast runs and plenty of headshakes, but before we could see it, the hook came out. We were both pretty disappointed about this but sent some baits down and continued fishing until after midnight. We finished up when we ran out of livies and because I sadly have a couple exams I needed to study for today that are in coming weeks. Thanks again for taking me out @Thorbjorn Hale it was a fun night, here are the stats of the trip for anyone interested:
Stats of Trip:
Tide: 6:50PM, 2.1M, High, 1:00AM, .6M, Low.
Moon Phase: 23%
Air Pressure: 1013
Humidity: 88%
Bait Used: Live herring and mullet
Fish Caught: Jewie x 1, snapper x 2, catfish x 1
Overall Success Rate: 100%, some nice fish landed. 
Thanks for reading the report,
Cheers Hamish. 

Hi all, 
I've been out for two sessions at my local park recently. One was a couple of weeks ago and very unsuccessful, as the only thing I caught in the net was a catfish and there were many logs drifting by making fishing difficult. The second was on low tide one Friday arvo where I got enough prawns to have a cast and a couple of small catfish. Both were pretty disappointing sessions, but it was better than not going fishing. 
Quick Stats:
Tide: Varied, low and rising. 
Fish Caught: Nothing good
Bait Used: Prawns
The next session was last night/this morning with Thorbjorn on his tinny. We launched at POB boat ramp with a rather calm river awaiting us. After going through Boat Passage, it wasn't long before we managed to get a good amount of herring and mullet at Luggage Point. Following that, we went to the first fishing spot of the night, where Thorbjorn had some good success on snapper the night before, and dropped our lines down. 
The bites were a bit quiet at first, but just as I was about to cook my dinner my rod had a few taps. Sure enough I was on, and pulled in a small but legal snapper that was kept for dinner.

Snap
The bites stayed quiet here though, so we moved spots after an hour or so more of fishing and sporadic rain. 
It wasn't long before Thorbjorn had a good run at the next spot, but unluckily it didn't hook up. We sent baits back down, and after a decently long wait Thorbs was on again. This time the fish was hooked, and after a few nice runs and big headshakes we had a solid jewie on the boat (about 85cm I think). After a quick pic we vented and released the jewie, which eventually kicked off strongly. 

Jewfish
After this, we were hopeful of some more action and the fishing didn't disappoint, with Thorbs pulling in a nice 45cm or so snap on a livie that was also kept.

Snap
A catty later Thorbjorn had some jewie looking nibbles on his rod before hooking up to a very good fish. It was taking some pretty fast runs and plenty of headshakes, but before we could see it, the hook came out. We were both pretty disappointed about this but sent some baits down and continued fishing until after midnight. We finished up when we ran out of livies and because I sadly have a couple exams I needed to study for today that are in coming weeks. Thanks again for taking me out @Thorbjorn Hale it was a fun night, here are the stats of the trip for anyone interested:
Stats of Trip:
Tide: 6:50PM, 2.1M, High, 1:00AM, .6M, Low.
Moon Phase: 23%
Air Pressure: 1013
Humidity: 88%
Bait Used: Live herring and mullet
Fish Caught: Jewie x 1, snapper x 2, catfish x 1
Overall Success Rate: 100%, some nice fish landed. 
Thanks for reading the report,
Cheers Hamish. 

Nice stuff! 

Nice stuff! 

Good work 👍 

Went to NPD this morning with Craig. Neil and Hai. Weather was a bit dreich at first with the drizzle easing and the sun coming out to a perfect glassed out day.  The shrimp traps opposite the ramp were disappointing so we headed off to the first spot where we found a few bass and a couple of forkies at the first drop off before running out of bait. We then did the rest of our pots and pulled up on fad 2 and got stuck into some quality bass and the odd small forky, The fish slowed down after a couple of hours and we went to the floats where Craig caught a nice 45cm yella. We were told that there were some bass around FAD 0 but could not locate anything there so we called it a day with 6 forkies,1 yella and 41 bass with the majority of the bass being over 30cm and aprox half of them over 40cm with the largest 46cm