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    1.11 Meter Kayak Jewfish (27 September'22)

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    Hi @kingfish101

    I'm trying to replicate your poddy mullet trap and just had few questions if you don't mind:

    Apart from the main hole in the top do you put any holes in the sides to allow the fish to swim in?

    I assume the turned down edges of the main hole are to prevent the bread from floating out and make it harder for the mullet to escape once inside?

    Do you place the trap just below the surface i.e. so the lid is only a few centimetres below the surface?

    Thanks in advance

    Fil

    Farewell to a Fishraider

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    4 hours ago, Oscarthebeagle said:

     

    Thankyou all for reading the post and your your kind words. 

    Not sure if it's true or not but it is a lovely thought that he is in now a happy place where one of his old fishing friends was waiting at the ramp to head out fishing together. He might even get that big Dolphin fish that eluded him!!

    Yowie, if dad was poking fun at you and casting in your spot it means he probably liked you and thought you a friend. You two would have crossed paths many times over the 40+ years he fished the Hacking before you meeting through this site.

     

    Phil, Weipa was one of dads favourite places to go and i'm sure he loved chatting about it. Our first trip up there was about 20 years ago fishing with a guide doing day trips and from then on he visited most years doing the houseboat hire. He loved the peace and opportunity that staying on the houseboat provided and I think he really enjoyed the challenge of figuring the fishing out on his own rather than being told where to cast what lure by a guide. I remember him being annoyed one year when a local guide saw us in our Red Cliffs Barra spot only the guide to beat us to that spot the next day.

    The most recent trip it was my brother and his boys fishing, my brothers eldest kid posts on here as @kobi caught a fish. Bruce was very excited for this trip and most of our family discussions for the 6 months before revolved around this trip and planning for it. Including a fun afternoon in the backyard trying to teach the boys how to throw a cast net. Unfortunately my boys ( 6 & 8 ) were still just too young for the houseboat trip and will do a trip in a few years time in his memory rather than with him.

    On a side note Bruce passed away from an Asbestos related cancer, he was diagnosed just over a year ago. For those of us that work with this stuff take the safety measure seriously, it is horrible stuff and it robbed my father of years of his life.

    Ash

    Ash

    thanks for your post about Bruce and explaining the family relationships re the Weipa trips .
    Funny we had a similar experience with the guides when we’ve beaten them to the spots at Red Cliffs.

    Very sorry to hear the cause of your Dad’s passing. I recall thinking he didn’t look well in one of pics in a recent post. Appreciate your warning about asbestos, it’s in many houses still and a timely reminder for us all to be careful when dealing with it.

     All the best and hope to see you one day in Weipa.

    Phil

     

     

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    Central Coast Flathead

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    Before I start this post can I just acknowledge @Hookerbruce a great Fishraider who passed away last week. I only just saw the post from his son @Oscarthebeagle who wrote a magnificent eulogy in the Fishing Chat forum.

    Back to the fishing as Bruce would want.

    I had a short fish this arvo in the lower Brisbane Waters near Hardys Bay. Lots of boat traffic with the school holidays and also lots of murky water and slimy weed in the water (bottom of the tide) which looks to be dieing off as the warmer weather starts.

    Caught 5 flatties all on the same plastics - a five inch wriggler tail in black and gold glitter on a 1/8th jig head. I was flicking the weed edges in 1-2 meters of water on the start of the rising tide, which is not my usual preference but that was when I could get on the water!

    Three of the fish went back as they were in the 35cm range, maybe a touch bigger but too small for me. The keepers were both exactly 50cm, one quite light coloured and the other quite dark, reflecting the patches of bottom they were on. All fish hit the lure hard and were quite feisty which made for a fun little session .

    Fil

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    Farewell to a Fishraider

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    Ash

    I am very sorry to hear of Bruce's passing. I met him a couple of times at Weipa including this year when we waved to each other briefly when he and possibly you and the grandkids were fishing Boyd Point  and I watched Bruce bring in a very respectable queenie. I learnt about Weipa from his posts on Fishraider and he gave me plenty of helpful information to get me started in that first year (2009). I've been coming every year since (except the covid years).

    I sent him a message after this year's trip  and was wondering why he hadn't responded then I saw your post of your recent trip to SWR and assumed he was up there still and hadn't been on the web.

    I always enjoyed his informative posts even though I'm on the Northern Beaches and not familiar with his usual fishing spots. He was clearly a good fisherman and he shared his knowledge with others . I know he was very pleased to be taking you and the grandkids to Weipa this year and he spoke of the kids excitement during the planning stage.

    I'm glad you had one last trip with him on the blackfish up north and it sounded like a good time was had by you both. I'm sure you will look back on those happy times for years to come.

    Phil

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    Snooky Sydney pike

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    I’m pretty sure they are snook not pike which are similar but shorter. But I’ll leave a definite call on that to the fish ID experts on this forum.

    This may account for the lack of smell. Years ago I knew a local fisherman who regularly caught snook in Brisbane Waters and rated them as good eating.

    Fil

    Hawksbury area Saturday 6th of August. New PB

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    22 hours ago, essjay said:

    I am trying to be a great uncle to him and teach him all the skills i wish I had been tough as a kid. Its really hard for me not to spoil him with gifts and have the means to now days. However I have adopted the approach of teaching him everything I wish I had been taught instead of giving him things I wish i had as a kid. I think this is a far wiser approach to being a good uncle and role model. His parents are doing it the other way and I do not approve of it but what would I know. They are doing their best and it takes a village to raise a child. This I better understand now I am much older and wiser.

    Well said

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    93cm Kayak Jewfish (2 August '22)

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    19 hours ago, kingfish101 said:

    Hi Isaac

    When the jewfish attack the mullet they usually feel as though they are grabbing hold of it and shaking it around. It translates to bang, bang, bang on the rod and then when they realise there is a problem they are off like a rocket on the first strong run. During the runs there are usually more 'angry' head shakes as though they are trying to shake out the hook.

      

    Hi @kingfish101,  Do you strike as soon as you feel the take or give the fish some line before you hit?

    A few good sessions on the Drummer

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    1 minute ago, Bluebenbomb said:

    Wow. It's always exhilarating when you get that run, especially with a fish that fights dirty like drummer. Well done on the pigs!

    Yes you know there's a fair chance they can beat you if they manage to get under a ledge then its all over. So it's by no means an easy fight - which adds to the challenge

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    A few good sessions on the Drummer

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    Did a quick dash up the far north coast to visit some friends travelling over from NZ. So not really a fishing trip but couldn't help but pack some fishing gear and include a stop at Crescent Head/Hat Head  on the way back. Turned out to be a good decision as the drummer wanted to play. I managed three nice ones off the rocks near Crescent, all in the mid forties.

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    Some friends joined us next day at Hat Head and while my mate didn't know much about drummer fishing he was keen to give it a go. The swell had dropped right away so I wasn't optimistic. It seemed the pigs didn't mind the calm water and we brought five home and dropped a couple more at the waters edge. My mate also scored a good sized bream and tarwhine. He couldn't get over how hard the drummer fight for their size, although one he caught was up in the 50cm range and at that size you know it when you hook one.

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    Most fish caught on white bread with a couple on peeled prawn.

    Been eating drummer for three nights in a row and loving it!

    Cheers

    Fil

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    Week in Weipa

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    Great report Kobi. That’s a beauty coral trout! And a good sized cobia- where did you catch that?

    Is the pic of Bruce with the queenie the one he caught off Boyd Point when we saw you? 
    Jealous of those mud crabs, I must ask your grandad for some tips on catching them.

    cheers

    Fil

    Weipa 2022

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    Given the comments about having Weipa on their bucket list /jealous etc I thought I'd say I'm happy to pass on whatever I know about the place if others are interested . I'm no expert but have been going since 2009 so have picked up some things. I use the houseboats and their tenders as it's the most economical way of doing it with a few provisos: its not guided so you have to figure out where and how to fish it, you need to get a crew together to share costs (and housework), you need to have boat licenses (and some common sense) to manage driving the houseboat and tenders and to stay out of trouble (shallow reefs, sharks, crocs, stingers, sea snakes etc)- you're a long way from help.

    So PM if you have any questions.

    Cheers

    Fil

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