Guest Guest123456789 Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 (edited) I headed out on my own this morning from Brisbane water. I went straight to west reef to have a go at snapper on soft plastics. A few bakers then headed further north. More bakers so I headed out to flathead grounds. A went through a bag of pillies pretty quickly for a lot of spikies and then the jackets came. I bailed on that spot and eventually caught a snapper on baker fillet. then caught another one but by then I was out of bait and they wouldn’t take a plastic (few types). headed back in and saw a boil up at box head. Managed to catch on one (a frigate I think) on a soft vibe - kept it for bait. Then caught a trevally in close. No shortage of wildlife, saws seals and whales. Water temps warmer at the 50 metre mark, 19 degrees i was sounding. I wonder if it was warmer further out. Cheers, Luke. Edited June 30, 2019 by Guest123456789 Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Nice report and some top fish well down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Nice result FHL 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Good stuff Luke! Great to see you giving the sps a go! It takes a while to get the hang of it but it’s a very active way of fishing for them. If you are encountering bakers, that means your in the right area! Most common bycatch of targeting snapper with sps! Well done! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JA1990 Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Miss fishing down there!!! well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Nice work. Interesting that you didn't find any legal flatties. They should be around especially around the spikies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 once the jackets turn up, your rigs get bitten off so you lose a few rigs. Great work luke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Here’s the recorded track. 17.1 NM and 8.5 hours for 4 fish! i think I’ll leave broken bay to you blokes with more experience, bigger boats, bigger wallets and more time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Nice report & feed at least you didn’t come home empty handed, from memory I think around this time of year I caught a few blue spots in 25 to 35m of water just south of the two reefs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 At least you have something for the table. I would have saved a couple of the spikies for bait. A bit tougher than the pillies, but not when the jackets turn up. The frigate will make good salted bait. Save it for the reddies, don't feed it to the jackets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, Yowie said: At least you have something for the table. I would have saved a couple of the spikies for bait. A bit tougher than the pillies, but not when the jackets turn up. The frigate will make good salted bait. Save it for the reddies, don't feed it to the jackets. Thanks Yowie, I thought about doing that with the spikies but was scared of misidentifying undersized flathead so released them all. The frigate though I’m not sure what to do with as I don’t plan on leaving the estuary again until 2027 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 1 minute ago, flatheadluke said: Thanks Yowie, I thought about doing that with the spikies but was scared of misidentifying undersized flathead so released them all. The frigate though I’m not sure what to do with as I don’t plan on leaving the estuary again until 2027 or so. Frigates are not the good eating tuna, but excellent for bait. I submitted a photo comparing the difference between a Long Spined Flathead (spikey) and a Blue Spot Flathead, some time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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