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Hi all.
Here's a quick report for Wednesday the 21st's trip out to the flats (Redcliffe region).
A few nights beforehand, @AUS-BNE-FISHO, another mate Jarvis, and myself planned to chuck around some lures during the outgoing tide on the flats around Hays Inlet.
Our target species was flatties, however anything else was welcome if the fishing was quiet, primarily due to the fact that our lures of choice were good all rounders.
At around 10:30 we set off on the train to Kippa Ring, and caught a bus out to the hornibrook pier end of the Hornibrook/Ted smout memorial bridge.
Note it was around 12:15 when we arrived at our spot.
We fished the pier for a short time; Hamish knew someone who's good at cleaning up the flatties there however we had no luck. However, this time was somewhat beneficial as it gave us some time to kill while we waited for the outgoing tide to make the flats walk-able.
It was a nice day.
We began to fish in the cleaner water up near the bridge, walking out and wading so we could cast into the deeper channels.
To start, Hamish used a 3.5 or 4 inch baitjunkie grub in the 'voltage' colour which is a similar colour to like nuclear chicken, if you're not familiar.
I used a 3.2 inch baitjunkie minnow in watermelon pearl colour, which was a nice natural pale and sandy green with little red flecks.
Jarvis was using some sort of powerbait plastic which I believe was a nemesis minnow.
While walking we came across some nice flatty lies, ranging from 40-50cm, so this was promising.
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Within around 25 minutes of fishing I was onto the first fish; a micro flatty which I didn't bother measuring, but I'd say was about 25cm or so haha.
We continued to fish as a group and moved a little further up the system every few casts.
Soon after my first fish I was onto another flathead at around 30cm this time.
Hamish and Jarvis were still yet to get off the donut.
We continued fishing for a little while and by this point we had reached the less clean water, closer to a distinguishable pipeline which came from out the mangroves.
Jarvis called out to Hamish and I and told us he was onto a fish. It seemed to be putting up a decent fight from what we could see from afar, so we suspected it was a good flatty.
Keep in mind Jarvis is only just getting into light tackle lure fishing so he was quite excited.
To our surprise, he pulled in a 40cm or so catty , of all species, especially those that would actually eat a plastic most of the time.
Although he'd caught many of these fishing the brissy river, he was still a happy man, as he had caught his first fish on a lure!
Hamish and I were happy for him.
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By now the tide was pushing back in again so we figured we had better start walking back to get our bags of the mangroves before they got washed away and before we had to wade all the way back.
For some last chance hookups though, we all punched out some hopeful casts on the way back.
On my last cast before I called it quits, I actually thought, "as if this will catch anything", as i had casted perhaps 8 metres out into 40cm deep water from the bank. Haha.
To my surprise, my polarised sunnies presented me with a nice view of a flatty jump up from his lie, swim over in a split second, and munch my lure as SOON as it splashed into the water.
I was able to bring this one onto the sand, so I claimed a picture. Even though small, I had still gotten 3 fish here at my second time trying out the spot, so i was satisfied.
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On the home stretch jarvis came across some line tangled within a little drain into the mangroves where there was some crab pots.
On the end, there was a nice atomic hardbody of some sort connected to a rotten carcass of another catty. Seems like they were more common around here than initially expected.
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This was pretty much where we ended our session but we did have some fun on the train ride back gambling our tackle with each other flipping a coin.
We all ended up 'winning' some new lures and hamish got that Atomic which I'm sure he will enjoy throwing for some jacks off the kayak during an upcoming trip we're going on.
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Cheers, Charlie.
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Tides: 12:20 PM, 1M (arrival). 2:17PM, 0.6m, LOW.
Moon: About 95% moon, increasing.
Tackle:
Charlie: 1-3kg Abu salty stage, 2500 diawa exceler. 10lb braid, 14lb fluoro.
3.2' baitjunkie minnow, Prolure Clone Prawn 92mm. (all fish caught on baitjunkie minnow).
Hamish: Abu veritas, 2500 diawa tierra, 10lb braid, 10lb fluoro.
4 inch baitjunkie grub; voltage. 3.2 inch baitjunkie minnow; gudgeon or motoroil colour.
(correct me if I'm wrong)
Jarvis: Unknown shimano 6'6 rod w/ abu blackmax reel or something, 8lb mono straight-through.
Powerbait nemesis minnow, savage gear 3d minnow.
A fairly successful day for some.
- ellicat, AUS-BNE-FISHO, Bretto77 and 9 others
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Merry Christmas Everyone.
- Angry51, AUS-BNE-FISHO, ellicat and 1 other
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That's a great whiting.
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Good report Hamish, well written.
It was a fun day out, thanks again to Brian for taking us out!
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On 29/8/2022 at 10:52 AM, Hweebe said:
I find that a luring specific rod and the taper can still be used for bait fishing (within the lure weight limits)
However a bait fishing specific rod doesn't have the right rod tip action taper to work a lure.
So to answer your question - Yes it can be used for bait fishing.
Agreed
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I saw their post on instagram about this, too.
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I've actually been wondering about this myself and a mate's dad a while back (pre-flooding) suggested there's carp in the big freshwater ponds out the back of the Oxley Common nature reserve.
I haven't fished it myself, and it looks quite shallow and lifeless since the last time I visited, so I really don't know if this is true for sure.
Just putting it out there.
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Welcome to the forum.
All those models there seem to be fine - They're a good length around that 7' mark and have a well-rounded weight rating too.
They'd be good off the boat. If you're fishing landbased, just chucking around some lures, some of these models have pretty heavy cast weights and rod ratings for that application.
I'd suggest potentially going lighter for the landbased luring, and stick to the models you've listed for off the boat.
Perhaps a 7' ish, 10-20 gram light, fast action rod would be good for the land.
Charlie
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That's cool!
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@FishingCrazy I reckon that's just a GT, i'm not too confident on my trev species either.
Seemed like a nice session.
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Hey Hamish.
Thanks a lot for the report.
Had lots of fun with you these past few sessions.
charlie
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On 22/11/2022 at 6:58 PM, djpalmer88 said:
Hey all, I've inherited a Millerod Finesse Freak rod without a reel. I was hoping for a few suggestions, but generally should I be looking for something around the 2500 size? Or go smaller? It's a light rod, so again assuming a reel on the lighter side. I likely won't be able to go out and try a few combos, but looking up to $500 I guess?
Thanks.1000 to 2000 size reel
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Great job!
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14 hours ago, Tuna are fish said:
Hi all,
happened to come into some beach rods that I’ll explain in a different topic, any1 know what there worth or want them (gonna put them on market place if no one does)
Hey mate.
If you can valuate that jarvis walker I'll keep myself updated with this post.
Not sure how much its worth personally sorry.
Are you based in SEQ?
I might buy the rod off you if you list it on marketplace or something.
Cheers.
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4 hours ago, Sharp edge said:
Hello everyone, I’m staying at granites carpark and camp near robe, SA.
I have never fished here before and I need some information about the beach, how deep it is, sandbars, channels, gutters ect.I also saw there is some lakes nearby (Coxiella lake and lake nadzab) and if they are any good and how to access them. Any information will be greatly appreciated,
Sorry, I don't know anything about these places... QLD based.
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Welcome WildeFishing.
You'll read some good reports and get good tips from everyone here.
Nice boat, too.
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2 hours ago, WildeFishing said:
Yeap, better than a mouth full of plastic taste and smell. If they get a little taste of something, it can stimulate a second strike, also masks your smell or any smells on your fingers, sunscreen, fuel etc.
Holts were mentioned earlier, they have a very weird and strong plastic smell, 100% would use scent on them just to mask that.
Yeah they're not pre-scented like baitjunkies or powerbait, and smell quite strongly like plasticy-chemicals. Like you said, I'd definitely suggest scent on these types of lures.
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15 hours ago, WildeFishing said:
The guys have given you some great choices there! I also second what ABF said in regards to scent. Plenty out there and work good but the S-Factor is great as it also has UV in there. UV attracts but any scent really helps getting a second strike if you drop the first nib.
A good one for beginners on lures/soft plastics I think is any grub or curly tail, as you get a fair bit of action out of the lure without having to do too much, assists you a little bit.
One thing to remember when going for flatties on any sort of soft plastic or soft vibe, keep in contact with the bottom, if your not getting to the bottom, you aint catching a flattie. Keep it slow, nice pauses and some nice little "hops", 90% of you hook ups will probably be on the drops of these hops/movements.
That's true, most flatties I've caught have all taken the lure as soon as its casted and hits the bottom. The lures suggested are probably best for all sizes of flatties @Jono4500, but I know people who cast lures up to 7 inches and even bigger for jointed swimbaits and glidebaits to chase those real big monster flatties.
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Adventuring the flats.
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Thanks Kat.
Last time i checked it was 15