snapperbasher
16-04-2008, 09:02 AM
hey guys,
i have just spent 3.5 weeks at burrum heads finally i had a trip where the weather was good the fishing was great I think I caught about 30 different species of legal fish from whiting flathead and bream right through to a couple of 15kg spaniards most of the fishing was done in the river but i ran out to the gutters a few times.The golden trevally were thick before the new moon we caught about 20 over a couple of days they werent big at about 2-3kg but top fun on light gear the mackerel were also thick in the river the whole time most were undersize but every day we caught a handfull of good ones there were also queenfish and tailor mixed in with them most days we were catching 4 different species of mackerel(school,spottie,grey and spanish) there were also some cobia in the river with the best i saw caught about 12kg i didn't get a look at one unfortunately:( i also managed one barra up at buxton about 70cm a bloke next to me got one the same time that was a bit over a metre and probably 15kg or more:o the trips out to the gutters were a little slow had to work for the fish but we got a decent feed each time with sweetlip,squire,nannygai,hussar and mackerel being the bulk of the catch. oh I also caught a flathead over a metre on a 5" nuke chook off the boat ramp;D probably 90% of the fish were caught on lures both hardbodies and soft plastics i tried plastics out at the gutters but couldn't get one past the turrum some were 10kg plus good fun but a pain when your trying to catch reefies also caught big chinaman fish on a 7" nuke chook.
I havent got many photos but i will post some when i get them so this is all allegedly;D
Cheers Lochie
i have just spent 3.5 weeks at burrum heads finally i had a trip where the weather was good the fishing was great I think I caught about 30 different species of legal fish from whiting flathead and bream right through to a couple of 15kg spaniards most of the fishing was done in the river but i ran out to the gutters a few times.The golden trevally were thick before the new moon we caught about 20 over a couple of days they werent big at about 2-3kg but top fun on light gear the mackerel were also thick in the river the whole time most were undersize but every day we caught a handfull of good ones there were also queenfish and tailor mixed in with them most days we were catching 4 different species of mackerel(school,spottie,grey and spanish) there were also some cobia in the river with the best i saw caught about 12kg i didn't get a look at one unfortunately:( i also managed one barra up at buxton about 70cm a bloke next to me got one the same time that was a bit over a metre and probably 15kg or more:o the trips out to the gutters were a little slow had to work for the fish but we got a decent feed each time with sweetlip,squire,nannygai,hussar and mackerel being the bulk of the catch. oh I also caught a flathead over a metre on a 5" nuke chook off the boat ramp;D probably 90% of the fish were caught on lures both hardbodies and soft plastics i tried plastics out at the gutters but couldn't get one past the turrum some were 10kg plus good fun but a pain when your trying to catch reefies also caught big chinaman fish on a 7" nuke chook.
I havent got many photos but i will post some when i get them so this is all allegedly;D
Cheers Lochie