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I've done a lot of fishing with that class of set up, it's too light for cod and barra so I'd say it's definitely light for any reasonable size threadfin or jewellery fish.
Will it work in a pinch, yes, is it ideal, definitely not. I caught a 95cm cod on a 3kg rod with a 1000 size reel earlier in the year, it was a long fight and if there were any snags it would have been over quickly and not in my favour. If your going to keep them to eat then it would be fun but as mentioned not good for the fish.
I've got a PE3 rod and 2500 reel that would do the job, but I'd spool it with 35-40lb super thin braid and a 40-60lb soft fluorocarbon leader.
Is probably be inclined to run the 38lb shimano grapler braid that's only PE2 diameter and run 40lb black magic leader.
 

The other week, @Another Wazza and I headed up to Lucinda, with boats in tow, to meet up with @crazywalrus for 7 days of fishing.
The first 5 or 6 days the weather was rubbish. We tried to get offshore, but with 2 metre waves at the jetty we were turned away. The estuaries were where it had to be and there is plenty of rivers and creeks to explore.
On the 2nd day, at the mouth of the Herbert River, on the way back to the ramp, I ran into a sandbar. Slowly as it was only 40cm deep in the narrow way through. Unfortunately I sucked in some sand and the motor began to overheat. Wazza, who had made it through about 20 minutes earlier, came back and gave us a tow home.
The next morning the three of us all worked on getting the sand out by dropping the leg. A lot of sand came out, but when we put her back together there was no water coming from the tell tale. The impeller was in good nick.  I got on the phone to Mick at Coorparoo Marine. He ran us through some extra tricks to get the sand out. We got more out, but again when we put it back together the water wasn't flowing where it should. Bugger!! That afternoon we looked to get out again in Ted's 6.7M boat but it was still rubbish conditions outside, so we just fished the channel.
The trip wasn't panning out so well and after another dud day with Ted and I in his boat fishing the channel and Wazza fishing the creeks/rivers things were looking bleak. Then we got the message from Wazza with a picture of a Jack. Then another picture of a Jack. He was having a good time where we couldn't get to.
So, the next morning Ted decided to go home, as he had plenty of work on, and allow Wazza and I to fish out of his boat. That day Wazza and I decided to have a day off fishing. We put our heads together and Wazza raised some logic about my motor not getting water to the top but getting water out the bottom. The pump was working.
We dropped the leg again and repositioned a nylon sleeve that the water pipe wasn't seated into properly. Magic. The water was now coming out the top and I was back in action.
The next day we launched both our boats and headed for the creeks, as the wind was still rubbish. Wazza was into more Jacks. On the other hand I was struggling as my electric motor was now playing up. Spotlock would not hold and kept cutting out at low prop speeds. When I tried to drive it manually, it would not steer unless I turned the prop off. So I tried driving it by pointing the head in the direction I wanted, then turning the prop on, then turning the prop off and turning the head then turning the prop on, then off again etc etc. Very difficult and frustrating. Also at speed 9 it was barely moving the bow. I decided to go for a troll instead.
Trolling was slow and a tad on the boring side, but eventually I had a good hit and hooked up to something that was playing up nicely. I got maybe 8 winds and 10 seconds of excitement before the hooks pulled. Maybe a good Jack or smaller Barra.
The weather had turned the corner with good conditions forecast for the two day drive home, so we decided to stay an extra couple of days - stretching the trip to 9 days 'fishing'.
I pulled the prop off the electric to find a broken sheer pin. I carry spares, so I replaced that and was hopeful that was the cause of the other issues. The next day I headed out to the jetty while Wazza focused on the estuary again. The electric dramas were not fixed, so I motored around the jetty marking shows and throwing vibes and plastics for the poor result of 1 approx 25cm GT on the Squidtrex. Off the donut...just. There were a lot of boats out in the morning but most left by the afternoon.
Meanwhile, Wazza had added to his tally of Jacks, Cod, Queenfish and Barra.
 6 jacks 35 - 40cm
 2 cod 20 to 42cm
 1 queeny
 1 barra - 62cm
(from memory)
The last day had the best forecast and it turned out to be spot on. We both fished the jetty. I caught nothing, while Wazza was able to come up with a finiscad and some type of trevelly. Neither desirable, but way better than nothing. Some of the workers told us wher the GT's were, so we both threw stick baits at them, but they had lockjaw. I finished the session with a decent troll around hoping for a Spanish, but no cigar.
 
It was not the trip I was hoping for. I should have been able to read the tea leaves when the day before we departed, the accommodation I organised and paid for in December 2022 was cancelled. A mad scramble saw us find a replacement about 12 hours before we left. Anyway, I'd go back there for revenge. Next time a bit later in the year.
I think I have sorted the electric problem - a battery not holding charge. Hopefully, with a new one next week, the electric will function as it should.
 

Hi all
I've just gotten back from a trip in the Brisbane River, near the Story Bridge. I was fishing of the wharf in Captain Burke Park, that's the one near the beach.
First of all, we went to get some live bait from the beach. WE threw our nets for about 30 minutes and we were pretty unsuccessful. WE caught a sole, a couple baby bream, some glassies and one mullet. WE only used one of them though, the mullet. I chucked it out on my 650 Penn reel spooled with 30lb braid on a Rogue Firepoint 2m Boat rod. I had a size 1 star sinker on and a pretty large swivel. I had 80lb mono leader to a 6/o circle hook. The second rod isn't a very good quality setup though it has lasted and works great - I've had it for over 5 years. 
Once I casted the mullet out, it took about 15 minutes for our first action. I saw it getting some pretty good pecks, and i could feel they were good nibbles. When the nibbles stopped, i reeled my line in and expecting the bait to be gone, i saw it's head was bitten off clean. I cast it back out and then in about 5 minutes the reel was screaming. I tightened the drag and struck. Once the fish was on, it felt heavy and was taking some good runs. The very large head shakes gave me the feeling it was a Threadfin Salmon or Jewfish (Mulloway). Though, about 30 seconds - 1 minute later, the fish had busted me off. ON closer inspection, it looked like a knot failure but i made sure the braid was tight. I think the braid must've weakened from the knot and broke. The fish was off and i wound up the line and re-rigged.
After throwing numerous herring and prawns cocktails out (and herring and prawns) i realised dead baits we just going to keep getting pickered. As well as having 2 bream lines out, which also were getting pickered, we weren't having any luck. WE went out to catch some more live bait and we were eventually successful. Another lousy mullet was pinned through the tail and thrown back out in the river. WE waited and then we caught a little herring which was thrown out on the other line.
After about another 30-45 minutes, i got another take just as we were leaving. After the initial run, the fish shot up and took a jump. IT made a decent splash and was probably about 20 metres away from the pier. I thought it was a salmon at first, as it was silver and jumped. When i finally got it to the side of the pier though, i realized it was another small bull shark, probably just over 90cm. I walked it down to the beach, were i had an audience watching. After a quick struggle trying to de-hook it, it busted off and i took a picture. Then, i swum it and it kicked off. 
I guess this was a successful trip, but i was targeting threadfin salmon, which is what i reckon i had on first. I will certainly be coming back here for another session and i hope this interests someone in my tale.
Cheers Hamish

Hi all
This report is a little late, but better late than never. Three Tuesday's ago, I hopped on a plane up to Rockhampton. I then got the bus to Yeppoon, near my Grandma's house. The plan was to fish Double Heads, a rocky headland near the Rosslyn Bay Harbour, as well as a couple sessions in the Causeway and the Harbour. Target species were going to be mackerel off the rocks and flatties in the Causeway. It wasn't the greatest trip in terms of fishing but was still nice to escape the city and stay up there for a while.
First Day:
I got the earliest bus I could to the Causeway, and aimed to fish in the lake for some flatties. There was no run through, so I wasn't sure how the fishing was going to be. I started off with a 3.2inch Baitjunkie minnow and after only one small hit after about an hour, I switched to a smaller grub. This too didn't bring me any luck, so I switched to a lipless crankbait that I was retrieving relatively quickly across the bottom. Sure enough, I hooked up to a flatty (legal, but not by much), that spat the hooks as I was about to get it on the bank. After that ordeal, there were no more bites, so I headed off to Double Heads. It was my first time ever going out there, and after following someone along the track so I knew the way I was good to go. This is what I arrived to – 

Good conditions
Annoyingly, after a few casts with Halco Twisties of varying sizes, the first fish I landed was a grinner. It must have been a bit of a quiet day because I didn't see anyone else catch anything for the next three hours or so that I was there, and even though I gave it a good shot I couldn't manage anything more myself. I called it quits knowing where the spot was now, hoping I'd be a bit luckier the next day. 

Grinner
That arvo, I decided to give it a crack at the harbor with some livies. I recently bought a new 9 foot drawstring castnet, mainly for Yeppoon, and I've got to say it worked quite well, catching me plenty of herring and also various other fish. After I got a couple herring however, I sent some down as cubes and some out as livies. It wasn't long before I caught a couple small cod and bream, and then the livie rod had a good bite. I set the hooks but sadly after a couple good headshakes lost whatever was on. I continued to fish until about 4:30PM - didn't catch anything worth mentioning. 
Second Day:
The next morning, I was back at the Causeway flicking more lures around. I started out with a soft plastic, but after a relatively uneventful series of casts, I switched lures again. A little while later and I was surprised by a small cod coming out of the water from under a rock and attacking my lure. It was only in about ten centimetres of water, but still was cool to watch. A couple more lure changes later saw me leaving with no fish - back to Double Heads. This time, things were looking a bit more promising. I had gotten the right type of lure (Flasha spoon lure from the servo) and was flicking that around on my light rod. Additionally, some other fishos had already caught a couple of legal school mackerel, one of which I saw get pulled in. I had my first cast in anticipation, but to my disappointment, I didn't catch anything except a couple grinners for the day, nor did anyone else. After this, I decided things must be better early in the morning, so a plan was hatched to come back to the spot for a sunrise session the next day. 
That arvo, I also gave it another crack in the harbour, but it was much the same as the day before. I got bait no worries (also a large turtle in my cast net, wish I got a photo of that before I let it go), but small cod and bream were all I caught. The livie rod had a couple of hits but it ended up just being small fish as my bait rarely got taken whole anyways. 

Unlucky
Third Day:
I woke up early and walked the couple of kilometres to the spot and arrived shortly after sunrise. A couple of other anglers had also made their way out, and we were all eager to try out luck on the fish. 
 
Sunrise
That is what greeted us, but for the actual sunrise period the bite was pretty quiet. It wasn't until the sun was up everyone was plagued with grinners, which would eagerly take a spoon on a fast retrieve. The fishing was still quiet though, so I figured I might be going for a fair while before I actually caught something. This was the case, except I didn't catch anything other than grinners for the whole day, and I called it quits at midday. One fella did catch an undersize mackie, so I guess they were around, just not for me. Bugger. I gave the harbour a miss that arvo.
Fourth Day:
The next day was much the same, and although I was there before the sun came up and was the first person to get a line in all I could catch were grinners. I tried all different sorts of retrieves, from quite a slow pace to a fast burn, as well as letting the lure sink or retrieving as soon as it hit the surface. It is worth noting one guy dropped a legal sized schooly as he was about to land it and another guy caught two legal ones, both on a slightly larger lure. He also hooked a tuna which spooled him. I did land my first ever wolf herring though, which was some redemption, as well as a small trevally on a jig. I gave the arvo session a miss again that day – but prepped for another morning session in envy of the others catches.

First wolf herring
Fifth Day:
Once again, an early start saw me at the spot by sunrise. The sky was pretty red, and being a Sunday I was expecting the ledge to get pretty crowded. I had it to myself at first, and things were looking promising.

Sunrise
Sure enough, after landing a couple of grinners, I hooked up to something that was pulling a bit more string. After a quick tussle, I was pleased to land my first mack off the rocks, an undersize schooly. It was promptly released after a photo, in hope a larger model would cruise by.

Mackerel
Shortly after that, I had another hit that didn’t feel like a grinner. I was happy to see a nice queeny on the end of my line, and although it was only small it was still a new species for me on the lure.

Queenfish
After that, I continued flicking my lure around until about lunchtime, but having no more luck except wolf herring and grinners made it tricky to stay any longer. I was glad to have caught my first mackerel, especially with the poor weather that was forecast to come the next day. I even cast netted a couple of herring and floated them out, but this didn't bring me any joy. 
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Day
The next four days were all pretty uneventful, with some rough weather moving in for days six and seven making the rocks quite unpleasant to fish at/borderline unfishable. I was still out for sunrise both mornings, but with high winds and some rather large waves, I was struggling to keep sensitivity with my lines and ended up not catching anything at all.

Rough
On the sixth day, I went to the Causeway for an arvo session and did manage to land a couple of flatties and a small cod, one flatty would have been legal (soft plastics).

Pics
The seventh day I spent about 8 hours at the harbour after briefly going to Double Heads, having cast netted a truckload of herring I was optimistic a predator may come through, though apart from one bust off on the pylons and a fair few legal size bream and small fish on unweighted whole herring, it was a quiet day.
The eighth day I tried the harbour for the last time of the trip, but after catching nothing I went out to Double Heads to fish the arvo. The conditions were superb, and I was surprised to see only one other angler out there. He’d caught plenty of good fish off the rocks, and we had fun pulling in about 6 wolf herring each and losing plenty too. The highlight of that session would have been me hooking up to someone else’s line, which still had a big fish attached to the end. It was most likely one of the resident groupers, and it was a bit of fun until it broke me off.

Wolf herring
The ninth day was another quiet day, but I did try Double Heads in the morning. I think I only got one or two wolf herring but plenty of grinners, and unfortunately no big fish. There wasn’t really anyone else out on the rocks though, so it was nice to have the place to myself.

More wolf herring
Last Day:
Unfortunately, before I knew it, it was the last day of my trip. I decided to have a sleep in for the morning though, but give it a good crack in the arvo at Double Heads. I arrived shortly after 2:00PM with the goal of hooking up to a few wolf herring, and maybe a mackerel too. I had also topped up the braid on my Stradic 3000, so on my first cast my Flasha flew out into the strike zone.
It wasn’t until the second cast I got hit though, and it was a big hit. About half way through my retrieve, I felt the great feeling of my rod loading up, followed by the fish screaming away into the depths of the ocean. Very surprised to have hooked up to what I assume was a decent size longtail tuna, I crouched down and watched the line on my reel fly away. My drag was screaming, and after about 50 metres of line was taken I made the fatal mistake of tightening my drag. Sure enough, another ten metres of line peeled away from my spool before disaster struck, and the hooks pulled. I was pretty devastated to say the least, but after checking my line and leader I flung my lure out yet again. A couple of grinners later and the sound of line screaming off my reel could be heard again, although unluckily this one did not hook up as well and it came off the line after about five seconds. I assume that was because the take was on the drop and the fish was able to shake my hook out with the extra slack line.
It was only around 3:00PM now, so I had high hopes for the rest of the arvo. A few other people came and left, but all I could manage was one lone wolf herring as well as my second mackerel of the trip, even smaller than the first.

Mack
Eventually around four o clock, another angler using quiet heavily weighted dead bait hooked up and was spooled. I’m unsure whether that was a tuna or maybe shark/ray of some sort, but it was big whatever it was as he had heavy gear. Fortunately for him, fifteen minutes later he was on again on a smaller combo, to another good fighter. 20 minutes after the hookup, a 115cm whitespot shovelnose had been landed on the rocks, which he kept for dinner. I had a few more casts after this but eventually decided to have my last cast for the trip, which did not result in anything. Bugger.
So, as I left the rocks for the last time, and got the plane home the next day, I still think it was a pretty great trip overall. I’ve found a spot that works for big fish on live bait and lure, caught a couple and know what to do for next time, and also spent a lot of money at the servo on Flashas. In hindsight, I probably should’ve done every session at Double Heads, but oh well, there’s always next time.
Overall Success Rate: 70% - no big fish but still a fun trip
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed.
Cheers Hamish

pb jew from a passage mission with dad. went 76
 

Day 1
Started the week on Monday with an afternoon/evening session with @Leosonfire out at Mud. We launched about 2pm and headed for Mud. Spent well over an hour hunting bait but just couldn't find them. Eventually I said "Damn it, let's go fishing." We had some whole whiting and some cuttlefish just in case anyway.
As I pulled up on the mark, the sounder lit up with bait. Wouldn't you know it? Spent half an hour jigging then deployed our lines and sat back to wait for the bigguns to show up.
About 4.30 one of the lines went off and in came a 46cm model. Then nothing for ages. I had a run, but it failed to find the hook. Leo hooked up to a good one but pulled the hook about 2 minutes in. Disappointed.
That was it for the action. No pics, sorry. We got back to the ramp about 8pm where I donated my squire to Leo (who doesn't get out that often) and then I headed home to get ready for an early morning start with @Kat the next day.
 
Day 2
Met at Viccy Point ramp with two options - 1 hit Peel for the run out and turn, then hit Macleay for the run in, or vice versa.
We chose the first option after seeing how good the conditions were. Set about spot locking onto the mark and then deployed some fresh bait from the previous night. Soon after, Kat's line went off, peeling drag quite quickly.

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It went 51.5cm on the lie detector and we were over the moon at such a great start, with a good keeper in the boat by 7.30am. Shortly after, the electric gave in to the current, so we had to anchor and re-anchor but couldn't quite get right on the mark again.
Unfortunately, that was it until 12.30pm, apart from some vermin wobbys and undersize snapper. At 12.30 we ventured down to Macleay. It was similarly quiet until Kat hooked a little hammerhead that had fun picking up two other lines to keep me entertained untangling for a while. By some miracle I managed to disentangle the mess. That was my win for the day and we headed back to the ramp at 3, Kat with dinner sorted.
 
Day 3
I spent Wednesday stretching and getting ready for the big game. Sorry to the Queenslanders.
 
Day 4
I spent Thursday morning recovering from Origin, and then getting things ready for Day 5.
 
Day 5
Friday I went out with @Bretto77 for a predawn snapper raid. Launching at Manly, we headed for (to be continued...)

" I have fallen in love ",,,,, I think a girlfriend would be cheaper 
in your case rather than buying all that fishing gear,😂😂😂😂😂

@Tuna are fish 
Sounds good fun!
may I ask how many hours are the trip? How far did you go? 

Is it bulcock beach? Can you drive from there to bribe Island without paying? 😉

What happens if you throw knife and fork in?! 🤗

it was a 9 hour charter and we went out about 30km from moreton/stradbroke

@Tuna are fish 
Sounds good fun!
may I ask how many hours are the trip? How far did you go? 

What happens if you throw knife and fork in?! 🤗

Is it bulcock beach? Can you drive from there to bribe Island without paying? 😉

@Tuna are fish 
Sounds good fun!
may I ask how many hours are the trip? How far did you go? 

What happens if you throw knife and fork in?! 🤗

Is it bulcock beach? Can you drive from there to bribe Island without paying? 😉

What happens if you throw knife and fork in?! 🤗

Is it bulcock beach? Can you drive from there to bribe Island without paying? 😉

Maybe you should try spooning for tailor, lol, like I did today.
 
 

Hi all, been a while, I went on high calibre fishing charters yesterday and had some fun.
Over 100 fish caught, with a ton going back. Caught some flathead in 90 metres of water 🤯.  Saw plenty of whales and dolphins, only one fish got sharked. I brough home 8 fish making a good feed and got quite a few fish on the jig. Also when fighting a fish or pulling in my line at about 100m of depth after a while my hand and arm started locking up and I wasn’t able to move my middle finger or wrist, is this normal when you don’t deep fish often. Anyways great day out and had a ton of even had something waiting for me in the bathroom on return. 
(no I did not drink it for multiple reason, one being underage)

I thought they are finally coming, schooling up the Brisbane River in large numbers, scorching river bottom for prawns and herring. So I waited for them every time the tide changes at my local pontoon.  After about thirty offering of big prawns and herrings, I finally saw the glory - a golden baby thready of about 50cms. Not much fight at all on my boat rod coupled with a 4000 reel. But the beauty just catch your eyes immediately. Took the photos and send it back. 
They are really beautiful for eyes but unfortunately my phone can't catch it at night. 
Enjoy! 
 
 

Made a few more hybrids and jigs for 1770 ,  while the wife did an outstanding job on my resort wear shirts. I recon the locals will be jealous. Just got to encourage her to do  a trout , and a red throat shirt and the wardrobe will be complete.
Neil

I thought they are finally coming, schooling up the Brisbane River in large numbers, scorching river bottom for prawns and herring. So I waited for them every time the tide changes at my local pontoon.  After about thirty offering of big prawns and herrings, I finally saw the glory - a golden baby thready of about 50cms. Not much fight at all on my boat rod coupled with a 4000 reel. But the beauty just catch your eyes immediately. Took the photos and send it back. 
They are really beautiful for eyes but unfortunately my phone can't catch it at night. 
Enjoy!