Kat

Hey Hamish.  I put him back but was just wondering if anyone had actually tasted ray.
Cheers Kat

I couldn't stay home with the forecast conditions today looking great. I decided to have a go at Harry's. Haven't been there in over a decade. It was packed, so I sounded around and eventually found some bait showing on the sounder. Taking @Allnighter's recent tips I had a bait jig rigged and ready, but got no joy unfortunately.
So I anchored up and deployed a couple of lines while I sat there and observed the other boats not showing any action. The conditions for boating were superb.

 
After no love for an hour or more (not even a touch) I pulled the anchor and decided to go have a look at some marks I made at Mud last week and also have a sound around looking for structure in deeper water. Didn't find any so went to mark 61. Put out a couple of lines again - one with a small pilly and the other with a squid.
Squid went off and had a bit of weight to it and peeled a bit of loose drag. Hopes were dashed when I saw this -

Then the pilly went off and in came this little fella -

Caught a few of his siblings before I started to get snipped off. I suspect little mackerel from what the sounder was showing. A couple more snips and I decided to quit that spot with no entry into the comp and have another look around before heading home. Found a great piece of structure in some deeper water that is now mark 79 that I'll be back to next time I go to Mud. Back at the ramp at 1.30pm where I once again enjoyed the thrill of the electric winch.,
For now I'm just watching the weather for Thursday when @Leosonfire and I are going to head up to Curtain in an attempt to get demolished by Kingfish. 😂

This is the time of the year that the sand and yellowfin whiting really start to kick into gear. There have been plenty of sand whiting in the Southport Broadwater for the landbased angler of late. There have been quite a few bream mixed in with them as well. These ones were from a couple of hours last night using surf worms for bait with the best fish of 36 cm. You don't need a boat to consistently get a feed of fish. 

I thought this was a huge fish!  I was quite disappointed when it was close enough to see - BTW - anyone know what kind of ray it is?

Not quite big enough... but I tried 😞

@Kat that's a blue spotted Ray. Well done. I remember being really upset when I was about 7 when I was told they are no good to eat. I reckon they would be pretty good.

Not quite big enough... but I tried 😞

Not quite big enough... but I tried 😞

I thought this was a huge fish!  I was quite disappointed when it was close enough to see - BTW - anyone know what kind of ray it is?

Not quite big enough... but I tried 😞

Hiya.  No.  My parents live on MacLeay.  I actually have only been to Karragarra and Russell so far.  Do you know what the land based fishing on Lamb is like?
Cheers Kat

Off to MacLeay Island for a few days.  May island hop.  Going to try and beat the leaderboard on flathead, whiting (yeah right), or Bream.  I know we are all on the same team but....
I am addicted and know the weather sucks but at least I am not in a boat 🤣

Just a colour grade away. 🙂
 

Off to MacLeay Island for a few days.  May island hop.  Going to try and beat the leaderboard on flathead, whiting (yeah right), or Bream.  I know we are all on the same team but....
I am addicted and know the weather sucks but at least I am not in a boat 🤣

Hey @Drop Bear I was excited but soon realised I have already read this article!  This is where I read about collecting the fresh bait and using soldier crabs.  
Cheers Kat

Off to MacLeay Island for a few days.  May island hop.  Going to try and beat the leaderboard on flathead, whiting (yeah right), or Bream.  I know we are all on the same team but....
I am addicted and know the weather sucks but at least I am not in a boat 🤣

Cool.  Thanks.  Anyway I will try using them again if I suck them up.

Hi @Drop Bear
Actually handling them was pretty creepy it reminded me of the little bugs in that Tom Selleck 80's movie - but squishy - eeew.
 

They looked like this...

Off to MacLeay Island for a few days.  May island hop.  Going to try and beat the leaderboard on flathead, whiting (yeah right), or Bream.  I know we are all on the same team but....
I am addicted and know the weather sucks but at least I am not in a boat 🤣

Off to MacLeay Island for a few days.  May island hop.  Going to try and beat the leaderboard on flathead, whiting (yeah right), or Bream.  I know we are all on the same team but....
I am addicted and know the weather sucks but at least I am not in a boat 🤣

Hey @Junky.
I am unsure of Northside Chic’s gender as their name gives no clue. ‘Chic’ means fashionable or stylish which I think you would agree could refer to either sex. 
cheers
Greg
 

Hi everyone
This is my first attempt at one of these on the forum, so don’t go too hard on me. 😂 
Hamish: Nom nom nom, these nuts are delicious!!!
Mum: Stop eating those Hamish, they’ll give ya diarrhoea
Hamish: ...Well I know I’m not cleaning the toilet next! 

Cheers Hamish

Hey @ellicat no I dont plan to chase them down - LOL - I am not insane.  I will give them a try if I end up pumping them up instead of yabbies as I did the other day 🤣

Could have sworn I posted and asked to be put down for Southside.  Mustn't have pressed submit properly - anyway I know I am not making the leaderboard but I am proud of my biggest whiting so far!  Particularly as i was pumping for yabbies but having no luck and only getting the occasional little crab (not sure what they are called).  Tide was not low enough for yabbies - so chucked them in my bucket remembering i read somewhere you could use them for live bait - shove two or three on your hook.  As i was putting them on my hook waiting for the tide to go out further i saw some fish jumping in front of me - so i quickly cast out my line and within a minute was reeling him in 😊