Ken A Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 After a week of strong SE winds & rain it cleared today so I had another dash at the tarpon. There wasn't quite as many fish tonight but I got about 7 decent hits & a few bumps on a popper & managed to land 3 tarpon & 2 small Bass. The Bass were about 25cm & the best Tarpon was 31cm (pic below) . The mozzies weren't as bad tonight as on previous nights thank christ As it got dark I heard all these rustling sounds in the grass & bush around me so I turned on my headlamp & there Cane Toads everywhere (amphibian type toads that is) so I found a handy chunk of wood & on my walk back to the road managed to take out 16 of the ugly bastards before my trusty weapon broke All up it was pretty good way to spend an hour or so. Knock off a few tarpon & some toads Hookem Herby looks like coming down there tomorrow night for a dash. At least it will split the Mozzies up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Great stuff Ken, mate them Tarpon definatly are a different looking fish. Hope you nail a big bass in there soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 great stuff ken..good to see you land one wish i had fishing like that just a walk a way.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narralakes Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Nice fish Ken, sleek looking fish those tarpoon. Are those red bug eyes on the popper? Did you make it yourself? Glad to see you are also giving those cane toads a "bit of stick" as well, sorry about the pun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jocool Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 on my walk back to the road manged to take out 16 of the ugly bastards before my trusty weapon broke 29607[/snapback] Didn't realise you had that many Lebs out there Ken! Good going on the Poons by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted January 29, 2005 Author Share Posted January 29, 2005 Are those red bug eyes on the popper Ken its just a standard R2Sea Bubble pop. Its upside down in the pic thats all. I'll get a few pics of the spot & hopefully some of Mozzie bait eerrr I mean Herby getting onto a poon or 2 today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookem_Herby Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Great Ken! I'm about to jump into the RID bath for my 6 hour soak before I meet you this arvo. The trevally hunt didn't quite go to plan last night. Had trouble getting herring with the cast net at the usual spot - all that rain & fresh water seems to have scattered them a bit. So, with only 8 livies in the tank, the mission commenced just on dark. Dad pulled the hooks on a good fish early on, I got smoked by a biggun 10 min later and the my last 2 live baits fell to a couple of decent bream (both 34cm) but not the trevor I was looking for. Anyway, was still good to get the boat out, have a beer and a fish with the old bugger and get him a feed, all in a few hours on a barmy Saturday afternoon at Mooloolaba. Poon hole here I come! See ya this arvo mate. Herby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted January 29, 2005 Author Share Posted January 29, 2005 I'm ready for both the Toads & the Mozzies mate. I have been internet shopping & bought some army surplus "repellant" that may do the job. Here is a picture of me at the Poon Hole set up for anti toad & anti mozzie defense A couple more belts wouldn't go astray for after dark mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookem_Herby Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 I'll opt for only the bath tonight but if you want to dress up then go right ahead! Are we having a cleansing cold ale at the tavern beforehand to discuss tactics? Will give you a call after lunch. Need to finish cleaning the boat and putting her back into storage. Herby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted January 30, 2005 Author Share Posted January 30, 2005 We bombed out completely. A couple guys had been flogging the place for an hour before we arrived & it seemed to have mucked it up. Fished through till dark among clouds of Mozzies & never had a single strike. Only the very odd swirl on the surface. It wasn't good but how often does that happen? Your going great at a spot & take someone else there & you bomb out completely. Only saw 4 toads as well I'll give it a dash tonite & see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bashir Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Ken some pics of a few slaughtered cane toads would be fantastic, otherwise I'll just have to wait for Origin 1 to see some squashed toads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jocool Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 I'll just have to wait for Origin 1 to see some squashed toads! 29708[/snapback] Bet early isn't it Bash??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookem_Herby Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Ahhh Ken still made a model guide! Beer was cold and went down well. Pity the only bites we got were from the mozzies! Anyway, there's always next time. Thanks for taking me to the Poon hole mate. We'll get 'em another night! Herby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 Didn't make it to the poon hole tonite This damn VB thing jumped up & wouldn't let me go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 I sure did & got zip again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluecod Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Interesting for a place to be firing pretty well and then a couple of consecutive zips. Discoloured water? Barometric pressure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 I agree 100% Bluecod. I feel its the barometric pressure that has done it myself. When it was firing well it was up around 1018 -1020 & pretty steady during the day with a small drop in the afternoon when storms start to form. The fish were going well then. There was also plenty of surface activity. When we struck out the pressure had dropped away to 1002 -1006 & has been hanging around that mark ever since. No hits at all & no sign of any surface activity. Soon as the barometer climbs I'll head back there & see what results I get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluecod Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Ken, I suspected that may have been the case and the line of thought that follows probably doesn't need to hijack your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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