Neil Stratford

Congrats on your 1st legal Mulloway Ellicat hopefully your next one is just around the corner. Regards Neil

Hi Bretto , The Mac Tuna is a troll bait . regards Neil

Yes Kat , and you haven’t missed out on too much by not ever eaten Crocodile , it’s not that good. A good bit of rib fillet is all over it big time.

Went out for a quick fish this morning in the hope of snaring some fresh Croc Steaks for a family BBQ . Could only find a few measly mackerel steaks . Bummer ! Might have to review my technique and choice of bait I think. Regards and Lol Neil

Now that’s an eye opener! . Take it easy Ray. Give me a call when your able to wear a pirate eye patch and I’ll take you down to Hinze in my boat . regards Neil

Let’s hope they can capture it and move it ,if it moves down in the Pin area. I’ll be a whole lot harder to find it down there .There are a few sightings of them in the Mary River and even inside Fraser Island at times . Not really surprised that one has eventually ventured into Moreton Bay.

Hello Kat , yes I found these less than 2km offshore on this occasion . I’m sure you’d be ok to catch them without too much drama. If you use the right techniques ,they aren’t difficult to catch at all . You just need some muscles to pull the rods out of the rod holders at times and then also to get them past sharks . Looking forward to seeing you holding one up soon . regards Neil

Yes Jon , I m based in Brisbane.

Hey Greg , Team South are very interested in what bait u used to catch that Tuskfish ?

Got over my Dose of Covid prior to Xmas , then got some flu thing just after Xmas Finally felt well enough on the weekend to do a decent fishing trip . Left home at 4am this morning ,fished the bottom first up on the rising tide and got 6 nice Grassy Sweetlip and an assortment of other colourful ooglies , then on top of the tide put out a couple of troll baits and got 3 nice Spanish then headed in . Unfortunately when I photographed the biggest Spanish for the summer comp I didn’t notice the Green ID tag slipped under the fish , so could only enter the two small fish . Major Bummer! As it was probably a 25kg fish. Bit of wind early but it glassed out to a beautiful day.

A few more for team south. Grassy emperor 465mm Grassy Emperor 430mm Mauri cod 425mm Mauri Cod 440mm Spanish Mackerel 1075mm Spanish Mackerel 1360mm regards Neil

A few more fish for team south Whiting 375mm Big eye trevally 420mm Bull Shark 860mm regards Neil

Well done Jono, quality fish that one . Good photo too ! You should have just said, you dived on it and man wrestled it out !! congrats neil

Yes you get sick of seeing this over and over again . IMO this is hooning , Dangerous operation , speed noise etc etc .Were their vessels impounded ? .That’s a tight waterway with not too much room for error. Neil

Bass for team south

Few more fish for team south. 3 jew 3 whiting

Few more for team south regards Neil

They’re stocked in Monduran Dam up just North of Gin Gin , so they’ll be in the Kolan River.Don’t know how far north of there they can be found. regards Neil

Here’s an entry for Mackerel category all 385mm of him regards neil

I was notified of a couple of tagged bass recaptures this morning. This one was an interesting one . Looks like it swam so far north then decided he was lost and started swimming south again.One determined bass! Good to see it was released again . I wonder where it will turn up next. regards Neil

Is a BBQ lunch going to be the new norm ? If so , The local red claw population better watch out. regards Neil

Great to see you getting some bass and yellas again at NPD . Well done Neil

Great video , well done on the wild bass, beautiful looking water! Neil

6 more Barra on Friday , A couple more pics. 5 1/2 hour drive home this morning , all unpacked with my feet up in the air con. Barra fix over ! Regards Neil

Hi Ray , no all caught casting hard bodies and plastics . We’ve now got 20 Barra with one more day to go. Some more photos attached