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It was good as always to catch up with Darren and Brian. Especially good to see @ellicat getting another bluey. Shows you you don’t have to be a specialist to land them 😂 Sorry Brian, couldn’t resist- you’ve still caught 2 more than me.  @kmcrosby78, I was out with a mate in his new rig and the day was more about fine tuning than fishing. We did drop a line near the boys and I got a big stripy, then the SES toads and grinders moved in so we headed home  

Hi,
If you read my reports I go rock fishing once a week every where.
I have three rock fishing rods & reels. Never let me down. Caught some big fish over the years.
Dawia over there rod. ( 11ft )
Penn Prevail 2. 10 FT & 12 fT.
Penn Conflict 6000 reel.
Penn Clash 5000
Fin - Nor LT 100
Penn Slammer 4500HS.
I only use top rated Mono line.
Various baits  & lures.
Cheers.

Looks like a fun session. Nice work on the mackerel and tuskies.

Thankyou for a great mornings fishing Brian ! @ellicat 
It was great to catch up with you again, glad to see you're looking fit and healthy and still have that sense of humour that makes great company and easy to share some laughs with👍
Thanks for outfishing me on your side of the boat, making sure you were well ahead on the scoreboard before moving the boat slightly to then give me the dregs in the same spot hahaaaa.... 😄 but hey at least i managed to get your macks in the net for ya this time 🙄
Was good to meet Leo @Leosonfire too and see Steve @Old Scaley again. Had a Mackerel with crispy skin, and a tuskie for dinnies... delish 👍

Well, it's already that time of year again. All Stars game is on in a fortnight on 16thh Feb.
I'll get the tipping comp up and running again over the next few days and post the details in this thread.
All members are free to join in.

Looks like a fun session. Nice work on the mackerel and tuskies.

Looks like a fun session. Nice work on the mackerel and tuskies.

Headed out with Darren (@Allnighter) today, and @Leosonfire tagged along in his new boat too. Got to my mark around 7am in time for the start of the run in. Things were looking crook when the first half a dozen fish were grinners. We were bottom fishing while waiting for the pillie under a float to entice a schoolie or two.
Soon enough the mack rod screamed off. I was playing it in when Darren's rod went off. He brought his in close enough to see it was vermin in the shape of a fairly hefty Leopard shark. Pretty fish, but it was in the macks way, so Darren tucked it out of the way and slid the net under the schoolie. 64cm. A good start to the esky deposits.
A few more grinners, then a decent grassie, then it went a bit quiet, so we shifted 50 metres or so. I was getting bites here, but not Darren. Then another schoolie came in. We shifted a little again and, down 3/Nil, Darren was onto something heavy. Up popped a 45cm Blackspot Tuskfish. Very well received and straight on ice.
Not long after he was on again. This one took him to the reef. After a patient 2 minutes or so it came back out and I slid the net under another bluey about the same size as the first. Then he caught another Leopard shark about 7 - 8 foot long!
I got another mackerel and another grassie for the esky before the toads chased us away. A quick stop back at my first mark and my line screamed off. It was no toad. Ended up being a 4-5 foot shovellie. A bit disappointing but it had me puffing for a bit. @Old Scaley dropped in and said g'day then anchored not far away. We left soon after.
Back to the ramp at 2, happy with a top day on the water. It's always beautiful at the Rous on a sunny day.
 
A couple of old fools - one on a mack, one on a Leopard shark -
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNZg3pijBjwQGyGZCu5K5t_C9VillVOhVsjALmyOfIHF9KCGXZ-LCN_adCwq4BjJw/photo/AF1QipOucbZUE7yfTHu5R-cDPoy2PY21HznliEY3i99h?key=Mm1JY0RtVXZ5Z0JCc1MySV9ZTDR4Y0hjQThJaFpR
 
Darren's first bluey -
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNZg3pijBjwQGyGZCu5K5t_C9VillVOhVsjALmyOfIHF9KCGXZ-LCN_adCwq4BjJw/photo/AF1QipOSTUYR1n3hDszSx2GIJA5FZVoUNCxJ8PJKwQvo?key=Mm1JY0RtVXZ5Z0JCc1MySV9ZTDR4Y0hjQThJaFpR
 
Leo in his shiny new boat -
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNZg3pijBjwQGyGZCu5K5t_C9VillVOhVsjALmyOfIHF9KCGXZ-LCN_adCwq4BjJw/photo/AF1QipMWhfZU8C3ahFWqDUx9b6kG_DRmgBZZ5-fXH3aL?key=Mm1JY0RtVXZ5Z0JCc1MySV9ZTDR4Y0hjQThJaFpR

Hey guys just wondering if anyone had any experiencia with penn the 12ft 12-20kg penn allegiance 3 rods it's reasonable price felt good in the hands at the shops and would likely pair well with my penn conflict 6000. Obviously the rod is for surf with target species being jewfish or larger than aussie salmon/tailer type fish. I always fish with bait and sinker so cast wieght has to be considered. Generally I fish the south coast anywhere from Wollongong to batemansbay depending on work.
Thanks In  advance 
 
 

@burger I grew up at the Newport Arms. There is know other place like it.

Mud Island will cop it this weekend because of all the rivers and creeks flushing in the past week.
Redcliffe has a lot of the pine flush influencing it too.

Shimano has stuffed the squidgy range since Starlo and Bushy sold out....I hope those two did well out of the venture.
Shimano most likely will not listen to anything about Squidgies and will continue to drop or modify items to what they think they might be able to sell.....so many good lures now lost forever....bugs, wild prawns, lobbies etc. Thier "green" alternative Biobaits are not working at all for me.

Good stuff Rebel, sounds like another fun rock fishing session. 😃 

Another slow day at the eastern arm this morning. We were able to recover our shrimp pots that were submerged when the dam rose, Most of the the shrimp in them were dead and stunk the boat out but we still got enough to have a fish. We initially went upstream but could not find a fish on the sounder so we went downstream and managed to catch 14 bass and 2 tandans. The fish were scattered and between 14 and 30 feet and the only plus hardly any barred grunter to steal our sparse shrimp. Very large flock of shags just seemed to be resting on the water when we were on way back to ramp,

Clearly a very clever company ...... Hmmm, we have a colour that always sells out, ummmm, let's discontinue it ........ Clowns!!

They discontinued the Squidgy Stealth Prawns as well. I have no idea why - the Tiger Prawn colour was usually sold out every time I looked for them.

Year 7 Maths was the best four years of Greg's life ........ 🤭🙃🤣.
Well done to those that got out and caught some fish - some nice ones caught during the comp 🙂.

I have seen lots of dead catfish and bony bream floating around Indooroopilly recently, its a shame that all these fish and crabs are dying. 

Hi Charlie
In my opinion, Daiwa bait junkies are slightly easier to rig, but the body is not as natural as that on Z-man lures. 
I reckon both have a pretty similar action, but the size hook needed to rig them can vary greatly.
I think Z-man soft plastics last longer and do not melt as much, opposed to Daiwa bait junkies, which often become mushy if left pre rigged in a tackle box. If I am honest I don’t think the Z-man 10x Tough means much, just a marketing gimmick. Z-man and Baitjunkies are made of similar materials (both plastisol, or sometime similiar) so they will last relatively the same.
Cheers Hamish

Yes

That's a long drive to Qld just for a morning session. 🤣
Are drummer good on the table ?
Nice session. Way to finish their holidays.
 

Good stuff Rebel, sounds like another fun rock fishing session. 😃 

I've never had much luck with either brand and I fished them hard. 
Put on a gulp, powerbait, squidgy a or slider grub... Bang, fish on. 
 
Also, plastic manufacturers do not listen to anglers sometimes. 
I had an unbeatable color, from a well known brand that still exists to this day and has a massive selection available, that absolutely brained the big snapper. 
Lo and behold, that color was discontinued. 
Why? 
They were always sold out. 
 
Probably worked to well. 
I've tried all other colours in the exact brand and style that I fancied and basically halved the catch rate, and the overall size of the fish. 
Very frustrating imo. 
 
The color will never return I'm told. 
 

Hi All. 
Last day of the holidays for these Teenagers. Decided to go some where different. God's country.
Arrived around sunrise. just before low tide.
Bonito on the bite straight away. A few tailor ( released )
I started with a drummer. That woke me up, spilt my coffee. After A good fight I let him go.
The boys caught some nice bream. Around 33cm.
I  changed to bait. First snapper 47cm.
We ended up with two snapper. Three bonito. Three bream.
Good time. Lots of laughs.
Bait was squid & various lures.
Newport Arms for breakfast. Where else.
Cheers.

hey @mzaakir - might want to have a read here:
 
I would be giving the river a miss for a little while