Bohle River (Townsville) report Sun June 17th

[Scott nthQld]

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[kingkev]

Excellent stuff...................

If nothing takes a peeled prawn then that is usually a sign that nothing is about and iiy's time to pack up and move on. Good to see a great bag of fish. My best ever Grunter was a 52cm specimen............can't wait to beat that. Your 62cm Grunter must have been great to catch and great on the plate

well done

[Scott nthQld]

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[Mozza]

Goes to show,

If they're not biting doesn't mean they're not there - will definitely file that away on the hard drive. Peeled prawn in most cases is just a pain in the @rse - get shredded by pickers within milliseconds of hitting the bottom.

Hmm, yes the time has come for a trip to Coco.....

Now, if this rain would just let up for a day or 2...

Good onya Scott, great report. Any pics?

Mozza

[Scott nthQld]

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[kingkev]

Grunter is a very underated fish for the plate. Give me Grunter before most other estuary fish any day. Scott you do of course realise that you have used up all your luck for a while...............waiting for your next outing,s report he!he!

Cheers

[Taipan]

Hey Moz, Do you launch from Townsville to get to Cocoa or do you use the dodgey so called ramp out there??

[mattooty]

Mate, did u check wat the tide was doing when the fish came on?
It seems to me that it might've been a tide change that triggered the fish or something in the water maybe?
Sounds like a good trip
Matt

[Scott nthQld]

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[Rod Fishing]

Well done Scott, your rght that grunter are under rated table fish they are also noce with orange and lime and corrianda stuffed in the gut.

My biggest one is 58cm but have been talking with a lad who caught one that almost went 75cm..

Good to see fish being caught.

Rod...

P.S. Looking to go out to the bomber on saturday.

[Mozza]

My piscatorial friends reckon that's typical of grunter, ie last of the run in.

Mozza

[kingkev]

I want to hit the Bohle soon.............just maybe I can catch a Grunter bigger than 52cm

happy fishing guys

[Mozza]

Taipan,

By boat unless its a family outing.

I pretty much don't care about the weather as long as its early enough so the S'Er hasn't sprung up too much. Coming home, its just a matter of 'surfing' the chop/swell in.

A bumpy half-hour ride up to the creek is better by far than a flippin' hour long drive in the fourby and a muddy, slippery 'boat ramp' at the end.

Cheaper too.

Mozza

[aaron_gilmour]

Nice session scott.

I am yet to target some grunter since moving here. With the weather looking bad for the macks might turn my attention back to the creeks and target a few salmon and grunter. With all the rain we have had I am sure the muddies will be on the chew as well.

will try this weekend.

Cheers

[Fishin_Dan]

That's good to hear guys.... Hoping to do ALOT more fishing in Townsville in the near future ;)

[Scott nthQld]

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[craigie]

Great catch Scottie !!

I'm a brisso but was fortunate enough to get up your way now & then.
Fished the Bohle last year and spotted the large resident croc, got a couple of happy snaps. He looked to be at least a 12 footer !!! Have you seen him lately?


Cheers
Craigie.

[Scott nthQld]

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[kingkev]

On that note Scotty..............I might give the Bohle a miss. Hate those floating handbags. Surley i can catch fish in a safer spot...............landbased must be the go

cheers

[Scott nthQld]

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[Fisher4life]

However, have you ever found it funny that when you're land based fishing you cast as far away from the land as you can get but in a boat you try to cast as close to the bank as practical??

;D


I agree.... so i keep that in mind when fishing land based now and usually flick the lures parallel along the edge of the bank, as that is where the structure and bait fish usually are hiding.