Cam Lenton

Legend. Well done. Reminds me of the bikes and trailers we made for the Urangan Pier when I was younger. 

Legend. Well done. Reminds me of the bikes and trailers we made for the Urangan Pier when I was younger. 

Legend. Well done. Reminds me of the bikes and trailers we made for the Urangan Pier when I was younger. 

Legend. Well done. Reminds me of the bikes and trailers we made for the Urangan Pier when I was younger. 

Evening all
Hope your weekend was a little more fruitful than mine 😂 
Took the tinny out last night. Great tide/moon phase. Had perfect sized live mullet and live prawns for bait. Drifting top and change of the tide in known Jew and Salmon territory. Unfortunately, spent more time watching the footy on Kayo than reeling In the fish. Just wondering if the affects of the deluge SE QLD received a week still has an effect of fishing. The Logan and Albert river get quite ‘fresh’ after   rain, with the fresh water working its way down stream. Just wondering if people take previous rain into account when fishing local rivers? 
cheers
Cam

Cheers Hamish

Any excuse is a good excuse 😂

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

Hey Cam
My better catches of fish in the river have been in a low rain period. In the middle reaches I find especially I get bugger all if it's raining. I think it needs to be quite saline to fish well up where I am... I'd assume after a big flush out the vermin would come out.
I don't think we've had enough rain at the moment for the mouth of the river to get too dirty. You may know/have seen otherwise. 
Cheers Hamish

I've rarely done well in the rivers with lots of fresh around. Don't really know why. But it's a good excuse 🤷‍♂️

Definitely keep trying and when you work it out let us all know. haha
I think the fresh would have more effect in smaller rivers, for sure. Theoretically the fish should be in greater numbers as they move away from the fresh washing through.

Thanks Ellicat
Sounds right, but nothing for me. Must mean I have to keep trying 😉 oh no 😂
I was in the Logan and Albert 

Thanks Ellicat
Sounds right, but nothing for me. Must mean I have to keep trying 😉 oh no 😂
I was in the Logan and Albert 

Hi mate. I lived in the bay about 25 years ago when I was a teenager. I lived in Urangan, across from the boat harbour. I loved fishing the flats on the beach for a flathead and whiting. At times big trevelly (8-10kg)  would scavenge the yabbie holes and you would land one from there. 
Not sure if you’re allowed anymore, but I’d also fish from the rock wall of the harbour. The rock around near the aquarium was also fantastic for big bream. 
Happy fishing. 

Gunther’s Wrasse

Gunther’s Wrasse

Gunther’s Wrasse

Gunther’s Wrasse

Much better than other social
media sites. 😂 No arguing about why we should or shouldn’t be protesting. Just fishing and enjoying what we have 😂

Much better than other social
media sites. 😂 No arguing about why we should or shouldn’t be protesting. Just fishing and enjoying what we have 😂

Much better than other social
media sites. 😂 No arguing about why we should or shouldn’t be protesting. Just fishing and enjoying what we have 😂

Much better than other social
media sites. 😂 No arguing about why we should or shouldn’t be protesting. Just fishing and enjoying what we have 😂

If everyone would just catch hardly any of them like I do, there'd be heaps of them .......... 🤔🤣

Hi all, I’m mostly land based and regularly fish with my wife  between my place (across the road from Albert river) Down to Northern Gold Coast. I love using google maps, finding new likely spots and testing them out. I get bored easily so I like catching the bait as much the fishing, love finding places to pump yabbies, cast a net for prawns or livies, dig pippies or whatever. I think I love fishing more and more because theres always plenty to learn, and so many variables between spots. Of late I have been getting into float fishing targetting gar and luderick. Hope to pick some of your brains about that sort of stuff.
cheers
steve

Hi Cam
I am not an experienced boatie, but just wanted to say welcome to the forum!
We would love a report too (if you could/wanted too). 🙂 
Cheers Hamish