Dan1977 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Hi Raiders Having just moved to Brisbane from Sydney thought I'd take the opportunity to get a few sessions in and have a crack at catching a couple of species I've never managed to and boy it didn't disappoint. First night right at the top of high tide the rod buckled over and after a solid fight on relatively light gear I managed my first ever mulloway at 65cms. Not a huge fish but I was stoked regardless. Quick photo and off he swam. Next first was what I was told by a fellow fisho there he was a black spotted grunter of 30cms - when unhooking him got the reasoning behind the name. Wild pigs make less noise! Didn't get a photo sorry. With all that going on I had to have another crack the following night. Again didn't disappoint as I got a nice bream and another first...this time a 55cm threadfin salmon! Great fish with some acrobatics and plenty of short powerful bursts of speed. All up a great couple of nights fishing in the sunny state! Cheers, TG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batfishing Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Grunter and threadfin, bring back some great memories......enjoy the new grounds, great first nights fishing Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Good work. Did you keep the salmon for the table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4myson Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Well done !! Who knew you had to move to QLD to finally nail that JEW !!! I got a few friends that complain they haven't nailed a Jew yet & have fished all over NSW , might have to tell them to move to QLD ... LOL .. How was the threadfin ? I heard there a great table fish .... Any truth to that ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan1977 Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 (edited) Threadfin was unfortunately just short of legal, which is 60cms. I've heard they're a good table fish. Never extensively targeted jew in nsw to be honest..but change of state change of luck may be the way to go! Edited November 14, 2015 by Tommy G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batfishing Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 threadfin and grunter are both great eating Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscarthebeagle Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Great to catch a few new species, have a look at the Blue Salmon I think this may be what you caught. Smaller size limit, not as good eating as the threadfin but still good, has to be eaten fresh. Good luck with your new fishing adventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan1977 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Hey Oscar you sure mate? It had a lot of bronze colour in it which I thought indicated a threadie rather than a blue. Anyone else have any thoughts? Either way happy with the result! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Congrats on a few good fish there mate! Heading up that way in February so I might have to hit you up on some locations! Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscarthebeagle Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 The color of the two species is very similar. Just thought the whiskers looked a bit short to be a threadfin, happy to be wrong. You will have to invest in a good id book for all these new species your catching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_ Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) Definitely a Thready, there aren't many if any Blue Salmon in the river that I've heard of. Whiskers are too long to be a Blue. Well done on a few nice fish, land based too by the looks of it. I've just moved to the Brisbane area myself and haven't tried the Brisbane river yet. Livies or lures? Edited November 17, 2015 by Dave_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan1977 Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Hey Dave, yeah landbased mate. All fish were caught on live bloodworms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_ Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) Hey Dave, yeah landbased mate. All fish were caught on live bloodworms. Nice mate, land based makes it an even sweeter catch. The Jacks are on big time down the GC in the Coomera River. I'm really torn between focusing on Jacks down there or Threadies in Brissy River... Edited November 17, 2015 by Dave_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan1977 Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 Hey Dave - tough one mate jacks are a heap of fun but I guess the opportunity to land a metre plus threadie..you're a chance of bigger jew in the brissy I've been told as well. Really appealing either way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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