subtlefly

Thanks team! 

What a fish!  Champion

Nice, I will use that:)

I also basically only get to fish on weekends also unless it's the hols.   I am glad to hear that you guys aren't believers.  I will no longer get sad if the almanac says no- I don't think the fish at the pontoon read it anyway

Great way to document the year that was so far!

Ok team, while this may be a dumb question it is important (to my mental health!) I know its called fishing and not catching….  but do you get effected by the fish app or almanac saying it is a 90% or 4 fish day?

I find myself sometimes prioritising my fishing sessions based on the rating for the day - and sometimes putting in more hours than i reasonably should because ‘’ its supposed to be a great day”   (and I also have caught nice fish on supposedly rubbish days)

I think on the pontoon its basically a window of 10 minutes during the tide run  as the big boys swim by - and then its over (no matter what the app says).  Do you guys just fish when you can - or do you read the tea leaves to decide what day to go out?

Cheers all have a great day

Nice work!

Once or twice a month:)  It all depends how busy things are

Whole squid

No I think I agree with you guys, probably a bull shark.  I am happy for those guys to keep on swimming.  I decided to stick to my game plan, when you are on the pontoon it is what it is.  I seem to have the grunter game down, now if only I could pick up a barra or mangrove jack, then I could attribute some skill to the fishing as well:)

So back at the pontoon on a decidedly ordinary fishing day last weekend and got a very nice strike and hook up- 30lb braid FC knot to 80lb platypus leader- this thing pulled for maybe 30 - 45 seconds - really swirled the top of the water out in the creek so  I don't think it was something big on the bottom like a  shovel nose or big stingray - anyways cut straight through the 80lb line.

Normally I understand that its best to make your bait seem as natural as possible - I am using whole squid (about 7-10 cm long) on a single large hook or live bait mullet or prawn when I can catch some - and have not been using a wire trace.  The big hit and chew off was on the squid.  Do you think it is worth running a trace to see what this thing is?  I don't really want to spend my time catching monster catfish or pike eel - But we have caught some cool sharks and there has been a 102 cm Barramundi and some smaller catch and release Mulloway from the pontoon...    There must also be Mangrove Jack there but I we haven't caught any yet.

So the mystery monster - is it worth trying to pull it up with a wire trace or is it (based on the experience and statistics) going to be some non edible/ugly/dangerous beast that is going for that type of bait you think?

Thanks team and have a great day- tight lines

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This is a barred grunter from last week - I have been  catching heaps of them.  Even when I catch small ones the stripes and streamlined shape is obvious.  The "bream" I posted first is rounder and all silver

I am not arguing- you guys will know more than me but I think they are not the same fish

Maybe the tail is just sitting a bit funny- he is a live fish, wasn't that interested in posing still.  I am a bit embarrassed now at mis identifying it as a bream.

Not a yellowfin bream then?

Ok so what is it?  It's definately different fish to the grunter I have been catching

Not sure what species.  

Whole squid

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