Brisbane Waters

[Mondo Rock]

Hi Raiders

Haven't posted a report for a while (and been a bit grumpy about others posting what are effectively bragging photos with no details attached) so time for me to step up and report on the weekend just gone.

Headed out in Brisbane Waters to soak some baits and maybe chuck some lures if the opportunity arose. Had four in the boat so I knew I wouldn't have much time to fish myself - spent most of the day re-tying hooks, removing fish, cutting bait etc. Anyway after a late start we anchored up over a small channel near some oyster flats at St Hubert's Island and started a small burley trail. All rods were deployerd with varied baits of live nippers, squid and cooked prawns - some in the channel, some on the edge and one up on the weedy flats behind us in about 6 inches of water.

Tide was coming in and I suspect the fish were travelling past us on their way up to the flats for a high-tide feeding, but in any event we ended up catching 7 legal bream (plenty of smallies too), two whiting and a couple of flatties before the tide slowed down and the bites stopped. All fish caught on nippers or cooked prawn - nothin on the squid.

Biggest bream came from the bait up in the weed on the flats - I'd forgotten about it until one of my mates asked "what's going on with that rod?" only for me to turn and see a good bend in the little ugly-stick. Some locals have told me that it's always worth having a bait on the flats because the bream will nose around in the weed at high-tide looking for a feed. Looks like they were right.

Once again I was surprised at how well cooked prawns worked as bait. They were easily the most popular bait with the bream. The nippers accounted for the whiting and flathead, but we ended up letting half of the nippers go at the end of the day because most in the boat had switched to the prawns.

After a good couple of hours at this spot we roamed around for the rest of the day without much luck. Tried a combination of anchor and drift-fishing for one bream and a couple of missed hookups.

Anyway not a bad effort in the end. There's no real secret to fishing Brisbane Water - you've just got to pick your spot, burlet lightly and then get plenty of baits in the water. It's always satisfying at the end of the day to meet others who have gone 10km offshore and not done as well as you did 800 metres from the ramp.

[jewiehaven]

Good report mondo, but where are the piccies???

Brissy Waters is a great place to fish I would be happy with that catch for sure

[Mondo Rock]

No piccies I'm afraid JH - the camera stayed in my bag today.

[humkyle]

sounds like a good BW session. did u pump the nippers or buy live ones?

HK

[Ray R]

Hi Mondo, good report there buddy, lovely spot around the island, good to hear you got a couple,

funny how they like cooked prawns too, wouldn't work with Hutch and I though cause we would

probably eat the bait..

[humkyle]

Hi Mondo, good report there buddy, lovely spot around the island, good to hear you got a couple,

funny how they like cooked prawns too, wouldn't work with Hutch and I though cause we would

probably eat the bait..

haha, one for me, one for the fish, 2 for me, half for the fish

[Mondo Rock]

did u pump the nippers or buy live ones?

All pumped humkyle - the lower reaches of BW are absolutely choccas with them.

wouldn't work with Hutch and I though cause we would

probably eat the bait.

I have to admit that the bream didn't get all the cooked prawns.