Pickles Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 (edited) Headed out at gentleman’s hour (5am) and launched in Derrubbin to get some flathead fillets. Fished the runout tide (seems to be the best tide at present for flathead) and although pilchards, fresh yellowtail fillets were used, it was the Hawkesbury prawns that produced all the fish. As well as a bag limit catch of Flatties (one at 56) I caught two big Jewies (but barely legal one going 67 and the a keeper at 72). I also dropped a BIG silver ghost as the leader on all rods was only 12lb. Edited June 6, 2023 by Pickles Spelling 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faker Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Dumb question how do you handle drift on boat and know bait hit bottom? I fished Brisbane waters on boat and got incredibly confused at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 5am is far too early for me Bob! And I'm apparently a 'morning' person! After years of serving hotel breakfasts when I was in the hospitality industry, I refuse to wake up earlier than 5am any longer. Anyhow, looks like your efforts were handsomely rewarded. Great work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Good feed there. Nice haul of flatties with a Jew to top it off! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Good feed there Bob. Nice bag of flatties, and a jewie to top it off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Great session Bob! nice bag of flatties and a legal Jew….shame about the lost ghost🤷🏻♂️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 (edited) Nice fish Pickles ! You definitely did better up river than I did down river on Saturday! You didn’t happen to notice the water temperature on your sounder did you? I’m curious to know if it is better than the 15-16 deg I found in broken bay . I had trouble losing a prawn and found down there the half pillie was the bait of the day . Edited June 6, 2023 by XD351 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 9 hours ago, Little_Flatty said: 5am is far too early for me Bob! And I'm apparently a 'morning' person! After years of serving hotel breakfasts when I was in the hospitality industry, I refuse to wake up earlier than 5am any longer. Anyhow, looks like your efforts were handsomely rewarded. Great work! I also like my sleep in but when you own a boat you soon realise that the early bird gets the parking spot 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 11 hours ago, faker said: Dumb question how do you handle drift on boat and know bait hit bottom? I fished Brisbane waters on boat and got incredibly confused at it Was anchored (Minkota), I usually only drift when off shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 2 hours ago, XD351 said: I also like my sleep in but when you own a boat you soon realise that the early bird gets the parking spot 🤣 So true Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Nice stuff Bob, lovely fish. Hopefully I can get onto a few Jews this winter. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Well done, sir a great mornings fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Top report. Nice jewie. Great photos. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 15 hours ago, faker said: Dumb question how do you handle drift on boat and know bait hit bottom? I fished Brisbane waters on boat and got incredibly confused at it No dumb questions on here faker, we all have different levels of expertise. When I go estuary fishing in my tinny I select a drift of maybe a 100m and drift with the current. I cast my soft plastics ahead of me, let it sink to the bottom, and retrieve it. I keep doing this till I get to the end of the drift, then start the motor and troll suitable diving hard body lures back to the start again. Of course, it depends on the speed of the drift (the slower the better). I usually cover all the water in the selected drift before moving on to another drift. Always catch something...Flathead, Bream, Trevally, Tailor, Salmon being the most common catches. Give it a try. bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Well done Bob. Nice to be able to nip up the road and get a good feed of fresh fillets, isn't it? Hopefully, I'll get back to Sydney sometime when I have sorted a few things out. Cheers, Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 7 hours ago, XD351 said: I also like my sleep in but when you own a boat you soon realise that the early bird gets the parking spot 🤣 Yet another nail in the coffin of my future boat ownership prospects…😩😱🤔🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 top notch work, definitely a few nice fillets there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share Posted June 7, 2023 13 hours ago, Pickles said: So true Ian Water temp was 16 so pretty cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bait_drifta Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 17 hours ago, XD351 said: Nice fish Pickles ! You definitely did better up river than I did down river on Saturday! You didn’t happen to notice the water temperature on your sounder did you? I’m curious to know if it is better than the 15-16 deg I found in broken bay . I had trouble losing a prawn and found down there the half pillie was the bait of the day . I had the same problem 2 Saturday’s ago XD351, I couldn’t turn a reel and had the same water temps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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