Pirtek

[fishkiller]

fished with my son,on the water by 5.30 and yabbies pumped,a couple of livies with the castnet, ready to go at 6.00am.very heavy mist over brisbane and the entire bay,didn't burn off until 10.00am.no breath of wind until 1.00pm,then built to a 10 knot n/w fairly quick. unfortunatly the choice of species for queensland meant that every body south of mackay would be looking for a flathead,even though there is a small population of threadfin at the mouth of the brisbane river,they don't match the ones up north where they can go 25 to 30 kg, and how many "average" fishermen have the gear for thoses tackle testers.the prawns are running here at the moment so there was at least a hundred boats full of cast netters,2 or 3 to a tinny in some cases, spread around the islands.the prawns are so thick every time you rocked the boat they went leaping in all directions,and with that much tucker around nothing was interested in our baits.for nine hours worth we caught one 34cm dusky,a few small bream and squire,a stingray and a shark with whiskers(moreton bay version of a port jackson).i did have a live mullet mouthed by the big one i know hides behind karragarra,but i think she felt the float and dropped it,went there out of desperation,after 6 hours with no hits.well we still have our hats and mats and next year they (pirtek challenge organisers) might be kinder to us canetoads and make allowance for the species distribution over such a long coastline.and.a day with your 28year old fishing is the added bonus.

[adjustedpete]

Nice one Ivan, at least you were out there. Your money went to a good cause, and you had a day out with Tim. Thats a good day in my books.