Kat

I like fishing in the Brisbane River in neap tides more than king tides as it means I can have my baits in the zone for longer, as king tides normally sweep baits to the bank. In saying this I normally get bites in both scenarios, it just seems to depend on the day as to when the fish are chewing the most (or moon/tide). 

Same way I approach all other tides @Bretto77  Just get out when wind and weather allow and if you brain the fish it is a bonus. 

I'm interested to see what others think about neap tides and fish behavior.  In my experience activity windows are generally shorter and less pronounced. 
Obviously there are many other variables at play here, (location, weather, time of year etc). Less current (in estuaries) generally decreases water turbidity due to suspended solids and increases sedimentation. It does not however always mean greater water clarity. 
I am interested to know how others approach fishing around neap tides in estuaries and bays?

Hint - he defected to the dark side …🤪🤣

Okay - enough is enough! Who is "The Dentist"?
Sounds like a great day! Jealous as always 😸

Okay - enough is enough! Who is "The Dentist"?
Sounds like a great day! Jealous as always 😸

Yes, The Nod of Approval was received.

Sounds like a good day @ellicat and the dentist. Mrs Ellicat would have been happy to see a few grassies in the esky. 

Headed out with 'The Dentist' today. Up at 2.30am for a 5am launch from Mooloolaba.
Headed to the area where we've had success on the grassies in the past. I managed a grassie first cast and then again on the second cast. Not monsters but were big enough to not need to measure them - mid 30's. At the same time, The Dentist was getting snagged and busted off and was retying for most of the first part of the morning.
I thought it would be my day to out-fish him. Wrong. I didn't add a legal fish after those first two. Meanwhile the boat tally went to 8 grassies to low forties (Av size was down a bit this trip), 3 Spanish Flag and a Hussar. Only bothered by a few sharks, but nothing like the Bay. Towards stumps I landed three Red Throat Emperor which was cool to see. Undersized though.
A Wobbygong finished my day. On the way back to the ramp we came upon plenty of schools of Tuna busting up - both Long Tail and Mack.
Thanks for the day, mate.
 
No pics as we didn't have time at the end of the day, due to being delayed because of low discipline levels and having a few casts at the tuna.

Great report and good to see the mojo returning for skipper Ray 😎

Neil the fish whisperer! Are you available for hire? (Asking for a friend).

I bet everyone is glad you found the key with chocolate donuts. There should be more of it.
Funny write-up.

I got an invite from Ray K  and Rick to do a bass trip to Hinze dam this morning.
Ray and Rick have been on skid row of recent times, finding it difficult  to boat any bass at all. Clocking up a few dreaded donut trips in succession - times were  grim for the  2 bass kings.
Desperate times called for desperate measures , so I decided to turn their worlds upside down and shouted chocolate donuts for breakfast before even contemplating dropping a line in the water . We all took our donut medicine and moved on to break the drought.
It was a three step process to get the little blighters biting again.
1. We took our donut medicine at 5.30am , and all agreed to move on from the recent dark times.
2. Rick was assigned the job of  clearing the dam of eels , catfish and  the barred grunter (vermin)  , he did this very well and didn’t  complain too much , he just got on with it and achieved an excellent result.
3 . We then proceeded the catch Bass till the bait ran out .
Success was achieved and the bass boys can now move on and get back to scoring a whole heap more fish.

A few more photos for team south 
Speckled Grunter 210mm
Flathead 310 mm and 375mm
Bream 260mm
Bass 320mm , 290mm amd 315mm






 

Awesome catch.  Well done!

Two more yellow belly, a 53cm and a 57cm.


Actually caught 3 that went 53cm today.

@Allnighter 53cm snapper
https://photos.app.goo.gl/nmoAUyNrcqZ64mYX7

@Allnighter 66cm snapper
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9mQ9VPKYzAy4hZho7

I found no extra problems with coloured Gliss over white...same problems long term though.
With the newer 8, 9 12 and 16 braid lines out there these days that are remarkably thin and either super slick or natural tight weave you will better the casting distance of Gliss.
Do not be afraid to search out 9 or 12 ply braids on Aliesxpress, I am currently using some that is at least as good as Tasline for thin diameter, super supple and super slick....$36ish for 1000m delivered. It is a very good braid for me so far and at that price I don't care if I change it out every year or so.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000588801486.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.29.298fkz1Kkz1Kcp&algo_pvid=13be6c6a-7344-4732-9249-cfda9c4057c0&algo_exp_id=13be6c6a-7344-4732-9249-cfda9c4057c0-14&pdp_npi=4%40dis!AUD!11.33!11.33!!!7.29!7.29!%402103243417090723159276007e833a!10000003450278939!sea!AU!4158163313!&curPageLogUid=t6AI3pUr8FfX&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A

Awesome catch.  Well done!

2 whiting for team south
370mm and 390mm

Awesome catch.  Well done!

Awesome catch.  Well done!

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