Sammy the Salmon

[TimD]

Just a quick report

Fished a spot on the Brisbane river tonight from 9pm-2am with my missus and a good mate,Using live prawns we managed 3-4 stinky catfish and i caught my first ever threadfin salmon at 58cm,He took the hook down deep and was bleeding pretty badly so he went in the esky.

cheers tim :)

[BLOOEY]

Nice tim, How'd he chew. Giving them a crack tonight myself. Ben

[yellahunter]

ripper salmon Tim,

[theclick]

Looks good mate, well done.

Still havnt caught one of these, they are bottom feeders right? I have trouble steering around the catfish

[gaintsquid]

Just a word of warning mate, i think the size limit of threadys has increased from 40cm to 60cm, but nice fish anyway.

[TimD]

Ben - He hasn't been eaten yet,Good luck tonight if you go chasing them :thumbsup:

Theclick- Mate i am no salmon expert but i am pretty sure there bottom feeders ;)

Giantsquid- Mate have a look in the 2008 Tide Guide,Legal size for Burnett/King salmon is 40cm except for in the Gulf of Carpentaria where it is 60cm :P

cheers tim :)

[BLOOEY]

Thanks, i think i need a bit of luck. Had a distinct lack of it chasing those fish. Ben

[84mick]

Good stuff Tim, I tried the other week with out any luck :(

Mick.

[chrisallangler]

Nice work Tim they are an awsome fish to catch and provide great fun.

Chris

[chief]

Great fish and most of it all ,isn't it great to catch a new spieces.Well done mate

[Aquarius]

Nice Fish mate, another species to add to your list.
I hear they are top eating
Worth catching a few catties if theres a chance you may get a salmon.
Cheers Brent

[oldboot]

there are two size limits for the two threadies..... cant remember the details but

The bigger size limit applies to the fish that has lips;D ;D

seriously one spicies looks like it has lips and the other doesn't.

the pics I have seen from the river look like they have lips

cheers

[TimD]

there are two size limits for the two threadies..... cant remember the details but

The bigger size limit applies to the fish that has lips;D ;D

seriously one spicies looks like it has lips and the other doesn't.

the pics I have seen from the river look like they have lips

cheers



Sorry mate but you are wrong about the size limits,Check out this link http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/xchg/dpi/hs.xsl/28_3042_ENA_HTML.htm

You will find that both king and blue salmon are legal at 40cm (60cm for king salmon in the Gulf of Carpentaria)

cheers tim :)

[Mozza]

Nice fish Tim,

Apart from the fact that you guys seem to catch way more Salmon (Tropical fish???) down there than up here means my opinions may be moot anway but here goes:

My experience with threadies both up in the NT and here in Townsville are that salmon are may not be bottoms feeders only.

In fact, I've been told by guides that a good way to catch them is to drift mullet or gar strips unweighted in the current especially where there is a colour change just off the tidal banks where muddied water from the bank meets clearer channel water. Or under floats near rocks on a rising tide. They love livies as other reports on this forum attest.

The only salmon I've caught in Townsville were caught in this fashion (the first). It was really funny because I said 'I'm going to catch a salmon' to my mate in the boat - he laughed at me then stopped not soon after when the first threadie hat hit the deck. It'd be interesting to hear if any of you guys catch one this way - let me know if you do.

Cheers
Mozza

[timor 2]

nice fish there timd where you fishing the lower reaches of the river or inthe upper near the Moggill ferry? cheers sean

[gaintsquid]

My bad they were thinking of upping the size's to 60cm, mustnt of done it yet.

on ya mate.