Redcliffe reds - Tuesday morning

[Freeeedom]

Launched at Clontarf about 5.00a.m. It was a bit choppier than I expected so a trip to Mud was out of the question. Went out the front of the Woody Point reefs and anchored up - with the falling tide and the wind out of the south-west it was fishable. if not terribly comfortable. Put out a bait on one rod while I rigged a pilchard under a float in case there was a tailor about. Hadn't managed to get half-way through rigging the pilly when ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ - something solid takes the bait. After a couple of minutes, and lots of head shakes, later a nice snapper 62cm is netted. In the next hour I landed another three (59, 61 and 65cm) and released another 4. About 6.30 the sun peeked around the clouds over Moreton and the fish disappeared. After releasing about half a dozen Moses perch I figured they weren't going to come back so by 7.30 I was back at the ramp. It was a great little session - who needs Mud anyway?
Cheers Freeeedom

[Scott nthQld]

Some great looking fish there Freedom. And from only a 2 1/2 hr session....gotta be happy with that

[baitwaster]

Another good session for the Freedom machine.
What does your boat look like again? ;D

[zigfreed]

Nice catch there Freeedom.
As another bonus think of the fuel you saved too!!!

Mick

[Silent]

Excellent bay snappers in brackets... fuel ecomony is a bonus...;)

[Fishin_Dan]

Nice going there mate! You've got some nice meals coming up ;)

[Az]

nice work mate, that's better than I would have done at mud anyway!

[BrandonH]

Great fish John!! You have to be happy about not having to hang around too long for a feed;)

I gota get my wheel bearing fixed so I can get out there and try for some of them 60cm+ fish!!!

Cheers
Brandon...

[Didley]

Looks like a good catch to me, Freeedom. I'll be out there myself on Friday if the weather is good.

[~Johno~]

Great work, ill be out there in my 5m dory on sunday, praying for a calm day.

[Roo]

Have a look at the Bite Peak period for tuesday morning(the pink bit of the graph).....coincides just nicely with your trip. you were right to head off when you did......according to the theory anyway;)

Cheers Roo.

[Roo]

Looks like a good catch to me, Freeedom. I'll be out there myself on Friday if the weather is good.

Didley,
Friday not so good early .....but should still be a chance around the last 1/2 of the run out.;D
Good luck
Cheers Roo.

[zigfreed]

Hey Roo

Which website did u get that from?

Mick

[Dirtysanchez]

Wow, a littled 61cm snapper eh ? you make it sound like a bit of a let down!

Beautiful fish Freeedom, you certainly know how to catch em of late

All the best..Russell

[Didley]

Didley,
Friday not so good early .....but should still be a chance around the last 1/2 of the run out.;D
Good luck
Cheers Roo.

Roo, what's your experience with this thing, is it any good.

[lunatic]

Hey Freeedom,
Great looking catch there mate. Even though it is hit and miss, I can't stay mad at Mud!
Cheers,
Lunatic

[Black_Rat]

Nice catch there ;D

While i'm heading across the Hornibrook at 6am in the morning to work your out catching snapper :(
I'll have to give it ago one day around Woody Point.

[For Steve]

You missed nothing at Mud. I'm thinking about giving bait a try - I can't raise a scale there lately.

Roo - that graph looks interesting. Where's it from?

Cheers
Brad

[Horse]

Good feed there Mate
I have not ventured up that way for a while but the better fish seem to be running there

Cheers

Neil

[chief 1]

nice work mate

[Freeeedom]

Have a look at the Bite Peak period for tuesday morning(the pink bit of the graph).....coincides just nicely with your trip. you were right to head off when you did......according to the theory anyway;)

Cheers Roo.


Interesting - but the graph shows a similar bite peak for this morning. I was there again, a bit earlier this time, but the same place with the same conditions and could hardly give a bait away. Managed one squire about 37cm about 5.30a.m. and no other decent bites, just a few undersize bream and Moses perch. I think that yesterday I might have been lucky enough to hit a school and my berley held them long enough for me to get a few. Still I guess you make your own luck by ebing there and putting in the time!
Cheers Freeeedom

[Roo]

Roo, what's your experience with this thing, is it any good.
Still working it out, first time i looked at it and planned a trip to my local close reef off tweed, I pulled a 15kg jew up on my squire gear and my fishing buddy that morning got a 9kg snapper and blown away by another on the first drift of the day. it was 3 drifts for 3 hits and 2 landed (all 7" gulps).....right on the bite peak period......then it went quiet.


Hey Roo

Which website did u get that from?

Mick

Here is the Page to Download it.
http://www.wtides.com/mailer.htm


You missed nothing at Mud. I'm thinking about giving bait a try - I can't raise a scale there lately.

Roo - that graph looks interesting. Where's it from?

Cheers
Brad
See above.


Interesting - but the graph shows a similar bite peak for this morning. I was there again, a bit earlier this time, but the same place with the same conditions and could hardly give a bait away. Managed one squire about 37cm about 5.30a.m. and no other decent bites, just a few undersize bream and Moses perch. I think that yesterday I might have been lucky enough to hit a school and my berley held them long enough for me to get a few. Still I guess you make your own luck by ebing there and putting in the time!
Cheers Freeeedom
Checked Seabreeze and the barometer was good and rising, 7-8knots of SW breeze sounds ok to me. the only thing not in you favour would have been the tide at 5.30 am was around the top of the high tide so you would of had not much flow perhaps. On the graph the Darker Mauve colour shows the tidal flow and at 5.30 there was none...(No Run, No Fun)....in fact the decent flow the same as yesterday's successful period wasn't until after 7am. there are lots of other variables other than tide/moon phase and barometer. maybe your shakra was misaligned:P.

Cheers Roo.

[Dirtysanchez]

Cheers Roo
Anything to give me half a chance of boating even one fish like this would be ace

[Didley]

Didley,
Friday not so good early .....but should still be a chance around the last 1/2 of the run out.;D
Good luck
Cheers Roo.

Roo, I fished Scarby reef this morning from 4.30am to 8.30 am, with a mate. Not 1 descent bite just pickers. Maybe it works????????

[Murks]

well done Freedom....you saved yourself plenty of time and frustration by not going to Mud it seems
Brett

[Seahorse]

Hey Freedom, what boat u got? might see u out there

Greg

[tunaticer]

I will be out near scarby reef about 3.30am this Sunday morning looking at the forecast of gusty chilly westerly winds. It should be good I think as Sat is supposed to have a few showers around.

Gotta love chilly mornings out there predawn.

Jack.

[Freeeedom]

Hey Freedom, what boat u got? might see u out there

Greg

Hi Greg - it's a white Quintrex 4.6m coastrunner with a blue canopy and a 50Yamaha four-stroke. I always fish with the canopy down
Cheers Freeeedom

[Jason.F's]

This just makes me envy as I need a boat to fish where you were. I can see it from my land based spot. Love the snapper as well keep up the good work cheers jason.

[Seahorse]

freedom i will keep eye out

[ddobson]

Good session and a good feed there. I have never fished there before. Just wondering the depth the reef is on an average ?

[~Johno~]

Off the reefs on high tides around 5 - 6 metres when your drifting around.

On the reefs at high, couple metres or less, depends where u are really.

[Freeeedom]

Off the reefs on high tides around 5 - 6 metres when your drifting around.

On the reefs at high, couple metres or less, depends where u are really.

Yeah - that's about right. Plenty of reef out of the water at low tide. I was fishing about 20 metres east of one of the reefs in about 4 metres of water (at high tide)
Cheers Freeeedom

[jarhead]

Top stuff mate, gotta be happy with that.

Wal

[Fishbait]

Nice session. Makes it worthwhile catching fish like that when you change your destination plans at the last minute. Well done!