Leosonfire

@natang maybe try posting some recent photos without the cover and some of the outboard without the cover? Maybe get the outboard serviced 90hp 2 stroke that hasn’t been serviced since 2017 and over 350hrs may put people off. It’s a sought after hull, if I had $10k spare I’d buy it if the 90 got tick of approval from service they are expensive to replace which is why that bloke offered $3k gee for 3 I’d definitely buy. Anyway I’m no expert just my thoughts. Good luck mate

11 minutes ago, shaun1800 said:

Uh bloody perfect weather today too! I'm both looking forward to and also dreading your fishing report tomorrow. Stupid work. 

Mate I’ve got a feeling u missed a good one

Confucius once said “never bite the hand that feeds you”

Awesome day with Brian the legend! Forever grateful! Good chats and laughs. Can’t wait to do it again. By the way technically if you don’t land the grinner it doesn’t count (great tactic by me I must say, to drop it before it was in the boat)  Thanks again mate

36 minutes ago, Pesciesky said:

Gday anglers

I've just moved up to Mackay  and I plan to try and catch a feed every chance i get. 

I am pretty inexperienced with saltwater fishing. I fished freshwater as a kid and have got a few bream and flatty  a few years back in the lake.

Been spending a bit of time on youtube learning some knots and other information and will be going through the pages on this site as well.

Hope you're all getting on to a few.

Enjoy 

Luc

 

Onya mate should be good fishing up there. Went out with @ellicat today the bloody legend. His report to come 

20 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hey guys

My mate (who is a keen paddler) has been pushing my dad and me to go for a paddle with his dad and him for the last while. Dad hasn't been available recently, as he is busy with work and cub scouts (he's a leader), but this week he decided to do it! We met at the local park and after I had caught some live bait we left. The livies consisted off prawns, mainly smaller buggers, but there were a couple OK ones in there too. I had three rods - one with a simple running sinker rig, one with a swivel, and one with a special hardbody lure (more on that later). 

They looked appealing to me, but not so much to the fish  

The plan was to go to the nearest bridge (a bit over 3 clicks away) so we set off. The tide was going out, and we were going downstream, so it worked quite well. Quickly, we were at the large feeder creek that we have named 'Three Pylon Creek', as there are three pylons at the front of it. I need to fish it more, but the few catfish I have pulled up from there fight like bloody salmon! We went down the bend next, and then saw my school pontoon. I won the bet against my dad as well as he thought we weren't going to reach it. Sooner than later, we were at the bridge. There is actually a sandy beach there, so we put the lines in the yak and waited with our live prawns. My friend and dad (and friends' dad) starting having some races in the kayaks while I just kept fishing. I had one throw of the cast net eventually but to no avail. 

There was a drop off just on the edge of the bank, which I hoped would make the fishing better. It was a bit weird taking one step then getting knee deep, but it was only a scouting mission. This spot seems like it would go OK to fish from a rising/run out, and tie up to one of the big bridge pylons. Hopefully then we could catch a big salmon, or something along the lines of that. You'd have to think there'd be big cod sitting near the pylons too..

The set up

#relax

I think it's a bit eroded here!!!  

It is also worth a mention that this place used to have a ferry terminal or something along the lines of that. I have read on this forum people have caught threadfins here, but on the jetty that was here prior 2011 floods. If anyone wants to know the bridge, I'll just PM you... but anyone who's been on for a long time might know from this hint - Cobia. My dad gave the net a couple throws too, and it seems there is a lot of bait there. In two throws, he got a bunch of big glassies, some mullet, bream, and even a little whiting! 

Soon it was time to reel the lines back in, but just as I was about to reel the light one in it got some nibbles. I missed them though, and when I retrieved the bait it was now headless. Oh well! The salmon line still had it's larger prawn perfectly intact, so it was a bit disappointing I couldn't just chuck it back out. The 3Km paddle back to the park was nice and relaxing, and I didn't have any back pains like I did on the way there. I paddled for the whole time straight, which got us there a bit quicker and allowed us to compete with our mates in surf skis! 

I chucked the lines out back on the jetty, and once again, no fish. The one is the cod spot got pickered though, but I guess I won't know if it would've been worth fishing this arvo. We left for home then, and I gave the yak a quick hose off and put the gear around the side to pack up tomorrow. 

On a side note (thought I'd tell everyone), we got a new car!  The suba is gone now though, so that is a bit sad... The only thing is with the new car, we hate the smell of the leather? Or something like that.  I was just thinking as well, there are a few different yakkers on the forum! @Leosonfire, @Cavvy, @benno573, @samsteele115... (probably more I can't think of right now). Maybe a social trip to Wello Point or something along the lines of that guys? (Or anywhere better for our locations..)

I hope you all enjoyed the report, and let's hope that we don't have to go back into isolation due to COVID-19 or something along the lines of that. Here are the stats of this report - 

Stats of trip - 

Tide: High, 9:50AM, 1.7M, Low, .3M, 3:50pm, High, 10:40PM, 2.4M

Moon Phase: First quarter moon, nearly full moon - lots of run

Air Pressure: 1026

Tackle Used: 12lb, 14lb, 30lb braid mainlines, 20lb, 30lb fluorocarbon leaders, 80lb mono trace, size 4/o circle and suicide hooks, size 6 and 2 ball sinkers, custom made hardbody lure (approx. 3-4cm), size 2500 Shimano and Diawa Nasci and Shinobi, Size 650 Penn reel, Ugly Stik 8" rod, 6"6' Vemonet rod, Rogue Firepoint boat rod (6"6'). 

The hardbody lure was given to me by a good friend's dad. I was at his party, and since his dad makes lures, he made one for me! I will post a picture up when I get the chance. It is a deep diving hardbody, probably good for bream, bass, and maybe even lizards!

Bait used: Live prawn

Bait caught: Prawn, mullet, glassy, whiting

Fish caught: - 

Time fished: 3 (something) until 4 (something)

Weather: Glassy, no wind, moderate temp

Overall Success Rate: 70% - a good scouting mission

Cheers Hamish

Always keen for a paddle mate

On 02/08/2020 at 9:25 AM, ellicat said:

The weather is looking too good to miss out on this week.

So Monday @Old Scaley and I are heading out, Tuesday @Leosonfire and I are heading out and on Wednesday @shaun1800 and I are tagging up with @GregOug and decky and heading up Curtain way.

Tuesday is showing up as an 'Excellent' day for fishing according to the almanac, with Monday and Wednesday showing as 'Good' days.

Hopefully with 3 days on the water there will be something to show for it (other than an early tan) and the reports will keep those who have to work entertained.

 

Looking forward to it! Cracking day coming up with the fishing gods smiling down on us

2 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hey Leosonfire

I couldn't find too much, but did find a little report on Ausfish  -

http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/showthread.php/95763-King-Island-Tuesday-Night

Good luck,

Cheers Hamish  

Thanks mate I saw that...long time ago thou

1 hour ago, Ed. said:

Isn't there a snapper ban till middle of the August!

Yeh that’s what I mean...once the ban ends

Hi all

is king island worth a paddle in the yak come snapper time?? Anyone had good success? 
 

chers

leon 

10 hours ago, ellicat said:

Yeah, it's a type of wrasse but not sure which one. Pretty common in the Bay.

Did the sounder help much ?

It was great for finding structure and knowing depths. I’m not great at reading/using them might need a lesson

9 hours ago, benno573 said:

Gunther’s wrasse. Grow to about 20cm. Don’t put one in a fish tank - they beat the hell out of other fish!

Thanks they were all about that size 

40 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Wait, the real question is - 

Did you score any whiting???

Cheers Hamish

Wind was blowing harder than forecast so couldn’t paddle to cockle grounds and still learning the area so didn’t really know were to go so stayed in close around the red cliffs and played with the new sounder. 

Scored 4 of these nice looking specimens with crazy sharp fangs off Scarborough in the yak today. Species?

Heading out in the yak to practice my whiting fishing in deception bay this arvo! Carn northsiders! 

9 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hi Breaming with bro

I'm sure christophagus will correct me if I'm wrong but I believe it is the largest fish. 

For example, if Team Southside got a 40cm bream, but team Northside only ends up with a couple 15cm bream, Southside would win the for the bream. 

There are lots of different species. Whichever team has the most larger species wins. (Obviously the Southsiders will win ). 

Cheers Hamish

Hamdog Game on! Us northsiders will ruin your Xmas in July  

15 hours ago, Cobiaaddict said:

I am in,  Will rep for the Northside.  

Carn Northside! Glad I got the addict on my side! 

Could u explain this Como for the new members??

Wow just wow! U guys were very lucky  

18 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Nice one mate. Looks great. What sounder do you have on it? 

Lowrance mark5x

48 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hey ellicat

That is a good session - for the bait gathering and a good fish. 

I had a pupil free day in school today, hence why I wrote my quick report.  I also spent my evening cleaning the scout dunnies... my dad agreed to employ me but I am on probation until I show him I can do it (once that happens, the rates are $20/1hr). 

You'll be slaying the snaps with your good baits once the season is back on... Hopefully you'll get some bigguns! If you get some squid, there'll be the added bonus of calamari too. 

Are/did you eating any of the catch? 

Cheers Hamish  

You’ll have saved for a boat in no time mate

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

You'll have to come out to help spend the new baits late August, @Leosonfire. I've now got Bonito, grinners and whiting gathered. Now if only I could catch squid.

With pleasure! Give me a few days notice and I’ll take the day off work

17 minutes ago, ellicat said:

So we headed out from Manly around 8 o'clock and headed straight to Wello. First spot saw us getting pickered by something too small for 3/0's so we moved in a little shallower where the bites were better but we were worse. Fish were leading about 4 to nil when @shaun1800 finally avoided the donut boating an undersize grassie. Tick 1 off the species list as this was the target for here. Fish continued to rack up a score against us so decided to head to the Rous where @Drop Bear pointed me this morning saying the mackerel were still on the chew..

So we arrived at the Rous and deployed our lines with pillies under a float and proceeded to berley up. The current wasn't ripping through but was a good steady pace. To wile away the waiting we deployed our light gear hoping for some whiting to stock the bait freezer. They played the game sporadically amongst some rock whiting, tarwhine, tiddler squire and other little creatures I can't remember (or choose not to....grinner). I replaced my pillie at one stage with a whiptail hoping a bit of movement might help us.

After about 2 hours of being patient we upped anchor and headed towards Fisherman's Gutter where we drifted a line about 5 times collecting a few whiting each drift to add to the esky.

I also managed to hook this beast on the retrieve -

Not the size I was after but another target species ticked off.

A beautiful calm day in the Bay with crystal clear water. Not so good for fishing but great for the soul.

Hope you workers enjoyed work today...

Thanks for the day @shaun1800. Welcome aboard again if you dare.

Great work leaving them for the rest of us to catch @ellicat and @shaun1800