AUS-BNE-FISHO

A couple more for team South .
Whiting 390mm , 365mm and 360mm.
Mulloway
 

Good to know 😂
Nice work on all those grassies guys, they’ll make a good feed.

It’s all good BCF tested multiple types of Shimano reels even the same model all have the pretty much the same wobble even some other brands he picked up in the display had a bit of wobble it’s got 10 year warranty so if anything comes of it if it fails I’ll get a replacement or repair 
 
thank you all for your help 🙂 
 
Cheers Rick

Grab a pair of pointy nose pliers, and keep them on you when lure fishing.
You need to slightly, emphasis on slightly, bend the little metal ring to the left or right on the nose of the lure. This is the ring that you would attach a split ring to.  
Start with a slight adjustment to the left and swim the lure. 
If it's worse, go back the other way. If it's getting better, make another adjustment the same way. 
You will eventually have it swimming dead straight, however it may take several adjustments to achieve. 
It's not uncommon to have to tune a lure to swim correctly. 

I use a loop knot to a split ring when throwing stick baits, and a uni knot to the solid ring of the hook on jigs, with the split ring off the other side to change jigs easily.
We do a lot of lure changes when casting stick baits, and change jigs a fair bit as well. Using a split ring allows me to change as often as I like without cutting down the leader and having to tie a leader on while out. 

Good to know 😂
Nice work on all those grassies guys, they’ll make a good feed.

Good to know 😂
Nice work on all those grassies guys, they’ll make a good feed.

Yuk !! haha. The breeze on the water kept things bearable.
Grassies are a favourite at our place, too. I like fishing off Bribie, but the same as you - it has to be the right day.

Fun day out as usual, @ellicat  Always good when a back-up plan works out well. 

Good to know 😂
Nice work on all those grassies guys, they’ll make a good feed.

Good to know 😂
Nice work on all those grassies guys, they’ll make a good feed.

Good to know 😂
Nice work on all those grassies guys, they’ll make a good feed.

It sure was warm today Looking through the lens of a welding mask….🙃
Nice report , my old man is keen on grassies… we spent 6 hours looking around for them around Bribie yesterday. Have done well in the past at inner gneerings but there’s only a handful of opportunities to take the tinny out there each year.
nice catch mate… enjoy.

Trev 26.5cm
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNZg3pijBjwQGyGZCu5K5t_C9VillVOhVsjALmyOfIHF9KCGXZ-LCN_adCwq4BjJw/photo/AF1QipNEq-WfLnF_3scwcJqEf81B0ebp7Txq0xMWf5mL?key=Mm1JY0RtVXZ5Z0JCc1MySV9ZTDR4Y0hjQThJaFpR
 

Headed out with Steve ( @Old Scaley ) this morning. The plan was to take a window in the weather and fish the Rous early and head back to Green Island around 10. The weather didn't play ball and it was fairly rough as we approached my mark, so the call was made and we headed back to Green, hopeful of a few grassies and maybe a squire or two.
Things were quiet to start, as the tide was on the verge of turning. A couple of small grassies and tuskies were landed by Steve and a couple of tiny squire pestered me. I threw the bait jig over to see if there was any about and landed this little trev -
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNZg3pijBjwQGyGZCu5K5t_C9VillVOhVsjALmyOfIHF9KCGXZ-LCN_adCwq4BjJw/photo/AF1QipP-MD0uT7V7np4H_nVKx5JVJFYWh0acOu-T29xk?key=Mm1JY0RtVXZ5Z0JCc1MySV9ZTDR4Y0hjQThJaFpR
One for the comp. haha
The tide eventually changed and the grassies came on the chew. They took a liking to cuttlefish as well as some flesh baits from grinners and whiptails. We threw a couple of just legals back, but managed to score 8 in the low to mid thirties. A couple of good feeds coming up.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNZg3pijBjwQGyGZCu5K5t_C9VillVOhVsjALmyOfIHF9KCGXZ-LCN_adCwq4BjJw/photo/AF1QipMzGUDIKX7esyr1uKg1BLZKkX9JDJTkCC3hinHW?key=Mm1JY0RtVXZ5Z0JCc1MySV9ZTDR4Y0hjQThJaFpR
Also caught a bream for the comp, but failed to measure the shark that started my score for the day. It was only around 70cm, and took a pillie under a float.
Breambo -
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNZg3pijBjwQGyGZCu5K5t_C9VillVOhVsjALmyOfIHF9KCGXZ-LCN_adCwq4BjJw/photo/AF1QipNEq-WfLnF_3scwcJqEf81B0ebp7Txq0xMWf5mL?key=Mm1JY0RtVXZ5Z0JCc1MySV9ZTDR4Y0hjQThJaFpR
 
Looks like it'll be a while before we can get out again, unfortunately.
 
Apologies to those who returned to work or school today. We weren't thinking about you. haha

Running a tally for 2024

Fishing: 1
Surfing: 0
Got a couple of fish in the shallows on the weekend with my bro. Nothing to write home about but good to get out nonetheless - last trip was early november. All on light gear and plastics. Aiming for a surf soon but not sure when with this whirlygig spinning around up north!

So back in the day I used to fish land based under Boyd's Bay Bridge (on the southside). Bream / Flathead / Trevally and Tailor (during winter)
Caveat being we only fished at night and with live or freshly caught dead bait (herring). Never fished there during the day and never had much success with frozen bait around there.
Collecting baits was a bit of a mission as you can't use cast nets in NSW. So on our way down we would collect bait from some of the Gold Coast canals in preparation for a nights fishing.
Current can get strong there so targeting turn of the tide and slowly floating / drifting lightly weighted baits with the current is key. Keep your bait looking natural and moving and not anchored to down with a heavy sinker.
We were cheapskates back in the day as students, but if it was worth a drive from Brisbane and worth the fishing permit that should tell you there is fish there.
That spot under the bridge we have had some awesome trevally sessions. Where you hear them bust up, throw out a popper and hold on.

fish on sunrise or dusk around the end of the rock walls (either side of the river) and spin with 40g - 60g metal lures on 15-20lb line.  i like the halco twisties as they have a bit more of an erratic action but any of them will work.  good chance of picking up tailor and trevally.  get yourself onto the lowest safe rock you can and cast towards areas of whitewater or where there is a clear deeper section.  let the lure sink down a good way and start an erratic retrieve slow/fast wind, stop, crank etc.  hopefully you'll pick something up - just remember to keep an eye on the surf/swell.

Just sounded up the structure, although got it marked pretty well.  Didnt bother spot locking on it as it was a really gentle drift.
All I know is that the smoker gave me zero chance, I had the rod fully loaded and plenty of drag one the Saragossa 6000 and I made about 3 metres before it decided that the structure was more attractive than coming up and looking at me.  Very similar take to the slatey.  My 40lb leader came up with all the signs of loosing a fight with structure 🤣
I did have the Livescope down for a while and nothing was reacting to artificials so threw down a dirty old bit of squid on a 7/0.  
That north side of Moreton was crazy alive with bait fish but only one small bust up of tuna once and nothing else.  There was something hanging around on the surface - there was a floating stick and initially I thought dolphin fish but they were just sitting fin out and almost stationary.  Only saw one close enough to say it wasnt a pelagic as it was a large flat sided looking fish.  Not sure if anyone else has experienced this, we guessed bat fish or something like that.

Taylor are a category.
Sounds like a tough day at the office. A 30cm flattie would see 3rd place at this stage.

Well i did 11 hours on the Bris River today.....only legal fish encountered were tailor up to about 55cm....wasting perfectly good live baits for jew.
Plenty of squire and small grunter about smashing plastics but none a suitable size for the esky.
Unusually the only flathead encounter was in the cast net.....all 30cm of him.
I concewntrated on the reefs in the river and avoided the wharves today.

Two more for team south Snapper 745mm and Spangled Emperor 550mm

 

 

A bit rough out there today and so was my photography.
3 grassies - 40.5, 39 & 38
1 slatey…they arent in the comp from memory…66cm.  Got bricked by its daddy one drift earlier….absolutely smoked me.
https://photos.google.com/u/1/share/AF1QipNZg3pijBjwQGyGZCu5K5t_C9VillVOhVsjALmyOfIHF9KCGXZ-LCN_adCwq4BjJw/photo/AF1QipNOxdi9aHHq1U1r0Rxi13bsnR71VjcE4Y4ellXW?key=Mm1JY0RtVXZ5Z0JCc1MySV9ZTDR4Y0hjQThJaFpR

Flathead 620mm, Bream 310mm,Cod 320mm, Grassys 390mm 370mm,380mm School Mac 720mm Spanish Mac 2x 1100mm
For Team South.
Regards
Neil





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Sounds like a successful mission, if that mission was to find the fish, @Wayne-o . Gotta be happy with a metre plus Spaniard in the esky.
I think the reef fishes ok all year. Bummer the light gear was inadequate, but more knowledge for next time.
Thanks for reporting back. Will you go again before the holiday ends ?