robbocanyon
03-09-2012, 09:58 AM
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Please pardon my ignorance and lack of knowledge. Only just getting back into any fishing after many years away. Things have moved on with all these soft plastics and the like. I am pretty old school and certainly not up with the latest and greatest.
Recently acquired a second hand 3.85m tinny (Stacer Brumby?) with an older but little used Evinrude 30hp twin and starting to make first trips.
Dropped in at Cabbage Tree on Friday about 6.30am and moved up to Kalinga banks (I think?) at about the top of the tide. Dropped anchor and bottom fished with pillies. A bit of interest but mostly pickers and nothing to show for a couple hours. Moved down to Slipping Sands but there seemed too much run and no joy.
Tried next around the side of Short Island. A couple small Bream but no keepers and was starting to think the day would be like most of your nights out as a young bloke - teasing and kinda fun but no jackpot.
We moved down Cobby Passage and fished a little gutter near Mosquito Island. Dropped in & picked up a nice 50+cm flathead on first cast. We stayed within about 100m of there with a couple of little shifts as the tide dropped towards low and eventually picked up 8 nice Bream including two stormers. One went just on the kilo mark and another just under. The others were all reasonable quality and we enjoyed the afternoon. We used the pillies and some mullet for bait. We also picked up three big eels just behind the rock patch there. I have no experience with the creatures and would be interested to hear the views of others? Horrible slimey things was all I could see.
All in all a fun day for us though I am sure we are doing everything wrong and others could have done much better.
Happy to get any advice or pointers more experienced Ausfish members may offer.
Thanks.
Please pardon my ignorance and lack of knowledge. Only just getting back into any fishing after many years away. Things have moved on with all these soft plastics and the like. I am pretty old school and certainly not up with the latest and greatest.
Recently acquired a second hand 3.85m tinny (Stacer Brumby?) with an older but little used Evinrude 30hp twin and starting to make first trips.
Dropped in at Cabbage Tree on Friday about 6.30am and moved up to Kalinga banks (I think?) at about the top of the tide. Dropped anchor and bottom fished with pillies. A bit of interest but mostly pickers and nothing to show for a couple hours. Moved down to Slipping Sands but there seemed too much run and no joy.
Tried next around the side of Short Island. A couple small Bream but no keepers and was starting to think the day would be like most of your nights out as a young bloke - teasing and kinda fun but no jackpot.
We moved down Cobby Passage and fished a little gutter near Mosquito Island. Dropped in & picked up a nice 50+cm flathead on first cast. We stayed within about 100m of there with a couple of little shifts as the tide dropped towards low and eventually picked up 8 nice Bream including two stormers. One went just on the kilo mark and another just under. The others were all reasonable quality and we enjoyed the afternoon. We used the pillies and some mullet for bait. We also picked up three big eels just behind the rock patch there. I have no experience with the creatures and would be interested to hear the views of others? Horrible slimey things was all I could see.
All in all a fun day for us though I am sure we are doing everything wrong and others could have done much better.
Happy to get any advice or pointers more experienced Ausfish members may offer.
Thanks.