Any Fishing Fenatics In Here?

[D-limo]

Ok turns out I went a bit overboard on my rig selection for chasing flatty's . How far north do you have to travel for Barra? Thinking about making a trip out of it.

[33GTRV]

what exactly is your setup mate. If you have a good enough setup and can stop some of these fish i might recommend a few spots but it requires some pretty serious gear. I fish there with an egrells "BEAR" Barra stick and a Stellar 5000 with 50lb braid and cant stop them every now and then. Barra fishing can be a pretty demanding thing.

[D-limo]

Just a 6-10kg Shimano Jewel 'Barra' baitcaster with Okuma Induron 250 Reel. Not looking for monsters just some fun and nice eating fish

As close to the Sunshine Coast as possible.

[33GTRV]

well barra and nice eating fish simply do not go into the same sentence. Id be looking for some jacks man. Go scouting the rivers around you and look for snaggy areas or rock ledges. Go back with said gear and a few slabs of FRESHLY caught mullet and some gear and hang on, also post pics. Jack are a bloody good eating fish, and to be honest, i prefer bream over barra lol

[jaffadrifts]

jew fishing on the spit...always a good night... and a wicked feed when ya bring a decent sized one up...

[D-limo]

I'm over bait. Hard body luring only. I'm guessing hunting Mangrove Jacks require fishing near mangroves? which is where I will inevitably lose lures lol.

[33GTRV]

contrary to the name, no it doesnt. And as for loosing lures, practice your throwing technique in the backyard with a bucket and get better. If you are loosing lures to the bottom, get a better choice of lure, look for a shallow diver, also use your commonsense when selecting lures. You dont use a lure that will dive to 4m+ if you are fishing a snag with 5 feet of water ofer it. Hardbody lure fishing is by far the most expensive way to fish the creeks as good hard bodies are worth upwards of $20 each(eg. Rapala X-Rap's, Predatek Vipers, Stiffy's, Bombers, Tilsons)

Alot of the jack i catch in the river are hanging out in the submerged trees or along rock ledges, they are an ambush predator and will usually only hit bait if they have somewhere to run to, like the snag or rocks. They can sometimes patrol the mangroves but they are usually very easily spooked when they are out in the open.

Cheers, Allan

[tuff33]

ive caught a few jacks around coomera river , paradise point, jacobs well

maybe we should organise a fishing trip everyone!

[D-limo]

Yeah snags are evil. I've got a Tilsan 8cm gold herring and am going to buy a couple of River2sea mid dives around the same size. Apparently flatty's have a crack at anything that passes within a few feet of them. Going to start looking for a small tinny.

[D-limo]

Just bought a 2010 6hp Suzi 4 stroke. Picking up a new Sea Jay 3.5m tinny next week

[mad082]

i've decided to sell my boat. 3.6m tinny, crappy trailer and early 80's suzuki 8hp (runs well). all registered. i just never use it. haven't used it since australia day 2010 (other than ocassionally starting the motor in a drum of water to give it a run)

[D-limo]

Maiden voyage commences tomorrow . Should be fun. Bought a rad Rapala straw sombrero today.

Amateur mate hooked himself with 2 trebles the other day. Barb deep under skin. Took 20 mins to release him lol.

[33GTRV]

fknlol

I dropped a beauty last night at the river, didnt even get a look at it, took me for a ride and near on spooled me on 50lb braid. It took a 6 inch long or so live mullet, felt like a barra, went like a barra but yeah, never got a look. I was cranky after that and left lol. Going back tomorow night with some serious gear as the moon phases are primo at the moment up here. Hoping for a few metre plus fish in this session, i had a few massive hits so i know they are there

[33GTRV]

so went out last night, not even a look at a bait or lure. After doing some digging i found out that the government let the pro's net the barra further upstream than they normally do, and let them net them out of season.......for research purposes? Bullshit. Bastards should have never come that far up the river to the spawning point

[33GTRV]

went out last night after the flood water receeded from the river barrage and threw a lure around, was rewarded with 3 metre plus fish in 2 hours, got a new PB fish ill post a pick up of, he went 1570mm! too big for my brag mat even lol. Poor thing was sick as a dog, had quiet a few lesions on him and a bit of bark missing off him from the floods id say. Apparently the pro's arent coming up the river anymore after they lost a couple of hundred grands worth of nets somewhere. Couple of the locals must have thought enough was enough and handed out some vigilante justice

[33GTRV]

how do i post photos with this new board format lol

[Excuses]

if someone has a boat ill be your best friend, im sick of this onshore fishing, i need the open sea!

[33GTRV]

here you go guys, hows this thing for a horse! Im 6"3 to put it in comparison, bloody big fish, went nearly 38kg

[jaffadrifts]

Caught a 43cm 2.2kg Sucka off the jetty in hervey bay. Then a

handful of snapper.

[xALmoN]

i am so jealous of you guys.

BUT. i'll be in qld a little more often come july 2012. would maybe bring my rod/reel and lures up too.