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Northside bream 32cm 

Could not find them today few opposite the fence, few on andrews drop off ,nothing fad 2. about 10 scattered around fad 0. Total 18 bass and one tandan between the 3 of us all on live shrimp. Some nice photos from Hai.

Grunter with the finger

Haven't had much to post this year. Forgot to check but hope this counts....

Well, it's not sheep stations, so I will generously allow it this time, due to you being a long suffering North player.

Haven't had much to post this year. Forgot to check but hope this counts....

Haven't had much to post this year. Forgot to check but hope this counts....

Haven't had much to post this year. Forgot to check but hope this counts....

Team North 
Queenfish 92cm

Team North
GT @ 105
 
 
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Team North
GT 110cm
 
 
 
 

Haven't had much to post this year. Forgot to check but hope this counts....

Haven't had much to post this year. Forgot to check but hope this counts....

Not many shrimp in the first few pots. We went to the drop off opposite the fence and quickly caught 20 bass before running out of shrimp so we went downstream to the rest of our pots that were productive and foolishly decided to check out some downstream spots for a total of 4 more bass instead of returning to the first spot. At least we enjoyed the glassed out conditions. 

The reason why Manly harbour is relatively highly toxic is it has no real tidal flow and a long history of works on boats there especially anti fouling removal and repainting. It accumulates and is not dispersed with tidal movements.
So in saying that most rivers and water frontages are safe to eat fish from because they either have decent tidal flow or they have minimal industrial contamination.
Dont eat fish caught in Manly harbour, Scarborough harbour or around any of the boat yards where they redo anti fouling especially.
Scarborough also had quite a high level of cholera bacteria in it back in the 80's and 90's....have not seen mention of it since though....i would not be surprised if it still does being stagnant water.
Redcliffe to Manly Harbour and all the rivers and creeks between are safe....just avoid the boat yards areas especially.

Just had a great holiday up at Fraser Island to celebrate our 39th wedding anniversary.
Day 1
Brisbane to Rainbow Beach for breakfast and refuel .
Rainbow Beach to Inskip point to air down tyres and for the barge trip to Hook point .
Drive up beach from Hook Point to Dilli Village to exit to Lakes Drive .
Dilli Village to Lake Boomanjin to Lake Benaroon to Lake Birrabeen to Central Station to Lake McKenzie to Eurong Resort 
Check in  Dinner at Resort.
Day 2 
Eurong to Poyungan Rocks to Yidney Rocks to Happy Valley to Maheno Wreck to The Whale Carcass to The Pinnacles to Red Canyon Indian Head for lunch  to Champagne Pools .
Return to Eurong for dinner.
Day3 
Eurong  to Indian Head to Waddy Point to Ngkala Rocks to Orchid Beach Pub to Waddy Point for Lunch.
Return to Eurong to for dinner .
Day 4 
Eurong to Elli Creek to Sand Blow to Woralie Creek  / Coongul Creek /Bowarrady Creek .
Spend day parked up just north of Woralie Creek relaxing on beach for lunch and afternoon tea. 
 
Return to Eurong
Day 5
Breakfast at Eurong Bakery 
Check out of resort  at 10am
Drive down beach to barge .
Car Wash at Rainbow Beach 
Lunch
Refuel 1/2 between Rainbow beach and Gympie
Drive back to Brisbane 

 








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Just finished this spin rod for a mate. 7’5 graphite blank built for a 5k Stradic loaded with 30lb braid. All Fuji components. Loving how it turned out!
This will be used to chase snapper and trout on plastics up to 1oz, as well as tuna and mackerel on slugs up to 40g. Could even cast small stickbaits at reef edges too - proper Swiss Army knife!

Interesting morning with the wind. It was blowing a bit when we launched so we went to bottom end of Ians Island and inly found a few barred grunter so we headed to the half way spot where we boated 17 bass before the school moved on so next spot was the tip where it was a bit uncomfortable with a good chop rolling through but the bass were hungry the wind really picked up and when we finally decided to move I did not have enough power with both 24 volt motors going flat out to make way straight into the wind so had to go sideways to get out of the trees. We then slowly made our way across the lake where we found some calmer water in a couple of bays where we increased out final tally to 42 bass,2 yellas and one tandanus after running out of shrimp. As usual the eagle shadowed us all the way and enjoyed a deed of barred grunter. Best bass 46cm.

Bit damp this morning for Rick and I,. After doing shrimp pots we thought we were in for a good day picking up around 12 bass at first spot and that was that. Found a few small bass on fad2 before giving up with a total catch of 17 bass with 4 between 35 and 39cm with the rest 32 and 20cm Bonus was no forkies. No photos did not want to get camera wet.

Fellow fishers
A fish that's certainly had my attention for a long time has been the humble barred javelin. Having only recently acquired a tinny less than 2 years ago i'd never caught a legal one. This changed earlier in the year flicking lures around mud island. I hooked a nice one off the bottom (pics attached) and am pretty stoked about catching one locally over 60cm.
I've not since been able to catch another even though trying whenever the weather allows. As always the case in fishing it leads to many questions, but moreso makes me hungrier to find them. I'm interested to see what others experience has been with these awesome fish, particularly in Moreton Bay (MB). Feel free to add whatever comes to mind when you think of them, biggest one youve caught, if you think theyre always around in MB in some form, if theres seasons. Not sure if it's just me but they seem to be popping up regularly (more regularly locally? or am i just noticing them) in my social media feeds, ppl asking for fish ids, some youtube clips even more recently. 
Totally understand if some dont want to share, either, but hope you like the pics....they are cool as.
 

Went to NPD this morning with Craig. Neil and Hai. Weather was a bit dreich at first with the drizzle easing and the sun coming out to a perfect glassed out day.  The shrimp traps opposite the ramp were disappointing so we headed off to the first spot where we found a few bass and a couple of forkies at the first drop off before running out of bait. We then did the rest of our pots and pulled up on fad 2 and got stuck into some quality bass and the odd small forky, The fish slowed down after a couple of hours and we went to the floats where Craig caught a nice 45cm yella. We were told that there were some bass around FAD 0 but could not locate anything there so we called it a day with 6 forkies,1 yella and 41 bass with the majority of the bass being over 30cm and aprox half of them over 40cm with the largest 46cm

Went to western arm with Rick and Joy. Shrimp traps a bit light on but good size. We were restricted to fishing in the bays due to the wind. Found one spot that was ok but as the boat was yawing a lot we kept on getting snagged besides feeding the prolific barred grunter. Found a couple pf trees where we were able to tie off fore and aft but the barred grunter still prolific to the delight of the eagle. We finished off early with a total of 26 bass ,one tandanus and a nice yella. All tagged and released,
 

Brilliant. 
All you need now is a slingshot. 
 
 

Yeah, my bad. I've been up since 3.30 this morning and didn't even look at the weather before suggesting. Don't go to the Redcliffe reefs.

We have been trying to get up to Baroon Pocket dam for a while and been thwarted either due to availability or the dam closed due to rainfall. We finally made it this morning to find the visibility near zero due to a heavy fog that did not lift until around 8am. We used the gps to find one of out usual spots and found the bass hungry . We pulled around 40 before they went quiet so we went upstream and could not find any bass so we went downstream and found another school where we ran out of shrimp . Final tally was 62 bass and one tandan. Largest bass went 42cm and the tandan 58cm. Only disappointment was that Bucks pies were closed due to anzac day. 2 fish kept for the table others all tagged and released.