Sasha Hess

Nice job, what did you catch the blackfish on?

Understandable, they can cause you to lose a lot of gear. For me they're still a fun fish and decent eating, although they aren't so fun when you lose a lure.

Nice report. Good to see there are some tailor getting around

Thankyou. We were landbased this trip, but drifting would definitely be better. I'll have to check that reef out once we've got the boat registered

The 5th, Sandstone point & Pumistone passage Me, my dad @dhessand my sister woke up at 4:30am, we left our home in Brisbane at 5am and started the roughly 1 hour drive to sandstone point, we arrived around the same time as the sun started to rise. The sky was overcast and the wind was fairly calm, just shy of being glassed out. This trip we all used lures, we started off with my dad using a Zman StreakZ curly tail on a 1/6 ounce, myself starting off with a 65mm slippery dog, and my sister using a gulp worm on a 1/8 jighead. My goal was to try and catch a whiting on a lure. after 30 or so minutes of casting I had no follows or hits on the slippery dog, so I swapped over to a gulp worm. And sure enough after a thew casts I started getting some bites and quickly hooked into a legal whiting, however out of my own stupidity I lifted it straight out of the water at the bank and it fell off. We leave sandstone point to fish the yabby bank we planned to fish on the outgoing tide, I was using a 130mm bent minnow on my second rod, got 2 hits but missed both of the hookups. around 7:40 am my dad landed the first flatty of the day around 42cm a nice keeper. At 8:00 my friend tom and his dad arrived, both throwing plastics. The bite has really started to fire up now, we where hooking fish every minute, every one caught one apart from me of course. The died after about 15 minutes, fishing was fairly slow after that, in that period we caught 4 flathead and missed 3. 10 am: My dad landed a decent flathead low-mid 50 a bit down the bank. 11 am: Chris, toms dad got a pike. All flathead caught on the 5th: The 6th, Port of Brisbane We arrived at 1:20pmish with my friend @James Reeves prepared to fish the slack tide at 2:30. We brought mullet gut and a whiting. for bait. Today was super busy with around 15 people under the bridge when usually there are 3 or so. People around us where getting plenty of legal bream, but the current was still roaring. Just before slack my sister landed a legal bream. My dad got bricked by bream multiple times. James hooked a good bream or a snapper but it came off. My dad got bricked again by what he thought would've been a cod. While the current was slack I tied on an unweighted 50mm bream prawn, I got a thew bites but didn't hook any unfortunately. Some guys next to us landed a legal snapper. The tide turned and current has started to pickup, plenty of bites but no hookups until about 3:30, my sister hooked a good fish, it was pulling plenty of drag which was fairly tight, but she got bricked unfortunately. We packed up and left at 4:30 pm

Thanks ted, haven't been able to spot any flatties yet, the wind or water clarity has been pretty average everytime I've tried, probably going try and spot some next time it's glassed at buckley's. But yeah I'll definitely post the footage from Anzac day once I've colour graded and edited it.

Mid-Upper kedron brook fishing This is a small guide i've put together about a local waterway I have fished alot with @James ReevesAnd his brother tom, the kedron brook has a bikepath going along almost the whole duration of it so access to most spots is easy. Most of the best spots are downstream of Grange. (Be careful, there's plenty of karens around) Fish species Nile and spotted tilapia Sea Mullet Eel tail catfish Longfin eel Silver perch Australian Bass Bullrout (Small aquarium fish such as swordtails can also be found) (Freshwater Prawns) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Guide: Weather conditions: Rain is absolutely horrible, the fish will usually completley shut down if there is even just a shower, best times to fish would be sunrise, 11am-2pm, 5-pm to 8pm. Overcast is good unless targeting mullet Tilapia Gear: light spinning rod, 6-12lb leader Lures: Gulp worms (Cast at trees and let it sink unweighted or on a lightweight jighead), 2.5 inch paddle tails (Slowly hop along bottom) Bait: Prawns (Sinker), Bread (squish into a ball of dough rig unweighted or under a float, or do not squish bread and let it float), worms (Sinker, unweighted or float) Distribution: All along the freshwater parts of the brook Notes: Tilapia are invasive, so make sure to kill them and dispose of them properly Catfish Gear: spinning rod, 6-16lb leader, they have teeth but they wont really fray your line Lures: Those metal spinners used for trout work weirdly well for some reason (Sightcast at catfish, slow roll on bottom, be persistent) Bait: White grubs found in garden (Sinker, unweighted, Work super well, by far the most effective bait I have used), prawns (Sinker, unweighted) Bread (Sinker, unweighted) Distribution: All along the freshwater parts of the brook Notes: Be careful there are venomous spines at the end of their dorsal and pectoral fins Mullet: Gear: light spinning rod, 2-10lb leader Bait: Bread (Squish into small ball of dough, float, only strike when the mullet has pulled the float fully under and started running) Distribution: All along the brook Bass: Gear: Light spinning rod, 4-14lb leader Distribution: Windsor and downstream I haven't caught one myself but my friend@James Reevesand his brother Tom have caught them on small poppers, if you're curious on how to catch them you'll have to ask @James Reeves Silver perch: gear: Light spinning rod, 2-10lb leader Bait: Bread (Squish into small ball of dough, float) Very rare to catch in the brook Distribution: I have only caught them around alderly Bullrout: Notes: It's fun to get spiked by them, as @crazywalrus would know I've also spotted some sort of carp, probably a Koi or a big goldfish:

You might be able lob it on your atomic, however you wouldn't be able to cast it very far. You would also want swap the trebles to be a finer gage if you actually plan on setting the hooks. I would just use that TD black you found on curbside, you would be able to cast the lure way better then your atomic and actually be able to set the hooks properly. I know you think the rod is too heavy but the flathead you would target with that lure would put up a fun fight.