Wello/Green 18th March

[aquarius]

Howdy Folks, Steven 78 & I headed out to my favourite reef area's at daybreak this morning to chase a few squire.
Todays session was awsome with a fish almost on every cast.
Steven nailed the first keeper just before low tide , fish measured 48cms.
We ended up with a total of 8 nice keeper squire with biggest going 49cm.
All fish were caught in the 3 to 4 metre zone and boy the light gear really got a workout..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Reel screamers!!!
Best plastics were zoom watermellonseed and baby bass with the occassional pumpkinseed gulp throwin in for luck.
Conditions were great with the S/E only a light breeze.
Came home at 11-30 am and left them on the chew.
One of the best plastics sessions we have had in a long while.
Cheers Brent :D

[aquarius]

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[charleville]

Very nice. Well done! :) :) :)

Regards..........

[2DKnBJ]

Jeez Brent
We will have to start calling you the fish whisperer.
You have certainly got the art with the plastics.
Cheers dazza

[chief]

Sounds like a great mornings fishing , well done fellows and some really nice fish

[Biff]

Yep nice fish mate. I will give the mid morning high tides ago. ;)

[Fishin_Dan]

Good work Brent! Could have used some of them up at Mud today ::) Every fish we caught was about 1cm under :'( Caught loads though, so was a lot of fun...

I'll be fishing down at Wello soon with a mate of mine. Might see you out there

[Steven78]

The day of all days!!!!
First of all I would like to thank Brent for the show he put on today ;D Thanks Mate :)
As Brent mentioned we had a very active day. We stop counting under sized fish because we where catching so many and we forgot to keep counting them. Our guess would have been a minimum of 60 fish. I am the ugly bugger in the second picture. I love it when BOM gets it wrong in a good way as the boat traffic is minimal and we had Wellow all to your self’s at one stage. I also managed to catch my fear share of Ginners today looks like the Schoolies are not in large enough numbers to affect them yet.
Brent I shaved off all of my hair off again so that’s the last photo with hair on top of my head the Miss hates it ::)

[coxy]

Aquarius - awesome effort.
Any advice for a new comer to the Bay on "roughly" where to head for this kind of fishing?

[aquarius]

G,Day Coxy, My advice to a new comer would be checkout the bay island reef's at low tide to see where the rock bars and reef edges are.
This way you can go back on the incoming tide and fish close to them.
Use 1/8th jigheads or smaller in the shallow water and cast ahead of your drift but remember that structure loves to grab your gear so don't let it sit on the structure.
Keep casting and slow winding and give twitches now and then to entice a bite.
If the water is rough just throw the line out the back and sit and watch the wave action catch your fish.
Green plastics work very well in Moreton Bay.
3 to 4" zooms/gulps/powerbaits just to name a few and any colour can work on the right day.
You have to be patient and keep casting until your arms fall off. ;D
Good knots and a smooth drag on the reel sure helps when fighting a nice size Squire or Snapper.
If the bites are slow try some fish attractant spray on your plastic.
It may make the difference in bringing home a fish or three.
I use 10lb braid with 8 lb flourocarbon leader.
Hope you have some luck with the Sp's.
Cheers Brent :)

[coxy]

Thanks Aquarius for the advice. I'll let you know how good a coach you are soon.
Tight lines

[Wyoming]

Ha!!! Only 48 cm - Brent you are slipping. MY little snapper went 51 cm this morning just east of Green in 3 - 5 metres. We didn't get out there until 8.30 (Bankers' hours) and it was just on fire!

Go the Green Gulps! I will post a picture on Moday, cos I can't downloaded without my cable which is at work. Of course, this fish was photographed from all concievable angles. My PBFAW.

Are you out there again in the morning Brent? Give me a call if so.
Neil

[aquarius]

Hi Neil, Mate sounds like you had as much fun as we did.
51cms is a good fish in anyones book and just maybe you can do better tomorrow thats if you can get out before the sun shines :P :D :D ;D
Look forward to that photo mate.
No fishing for me tomorrow :( but hey ive had 2 good days this week so i can't complain.
Actually my biggest squire today was 49cms so not far off yours but it looks like we both have along way to catch up to Foggy ;D
Hope you get that new PB Snapper tomorrow.
Sea green is the snappers favourite colour..lol ;)
Go the Gulps!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its looking like we may have another bumper snapper season for 2006.
Cheers Brent ;)

[Steven78]

I think foggy is waiting for us to join the 5+ club. I hope he has the membership ready ;D

[foggy]

Well done guys. Had to work again so i have missed my opportunity again. But what's with these little fish. LOL ;D. Maybe I should get out there just to see if the big ones are still there. I have a few new spots for you guys to try. I will do a bit more research and plotting and let you know. Wyoming, I reckon you are driving over or very close to driving over a very interesting bottom anomalie on your way out to Wello. Lets talk soon.

[aquarius]

G,Day Graham, Mate we only take the smaller fish because they taste sweeter than those monsters you have been catching :P :P ;D.
Can't wait to try out those new spot x's you found.
Catch up with you soon.
Cheers Brent ;)

[T1]

Great work Aquarius!! How i yearn to catch fish on SP's like that! Only new to them but i don't think i have the right Rod so i'm going to get myself one this week. I think the choice of SP's seems to be specific too so will have to get some more appropriate ones too. And maybe a good coach for a trip or two...

[Steven78]

Foggy I agree with Brent the smaller ones taste better. I cannot wait for Winter MUD trips as i think it going to be a bumper time....

[Jack_Hunter]

Well done mate, nice catch of squire. Should be a good season

[foggy]

Stephen78
I agree with you and brent also, but the bigger ones are more of a thrill to catch. Nothing beats the site of a 70cm plus snapper lying beside the boat with a piece of plastic hanging out the side of its mouth. ;D

[Dezzer]

Good one Brent,
My diary says that is about this time last year that they started turning up in numbers in the shallows around Redcliffe. Hopefully another good season coming up! Next hitch break for me is 3 wks away so will be watching for your reports till then.
A good day like that beats a Gold Coast kick boxing night anytime.
Cheers, Derek

[aquarius]

G,Day Derek, Yes mate its shaping up to be another great snapper season.
With a bit of luck we may get some quality stuff over the 5 kilo mark.
Redcliffe shallows in three weeks you should see that water temp drop and hopefully the big fella's will appear.
Surface temp on Saturday was 26.4 degress.
Was talking to a fellow ausfisher fishing green this morning and he said it was quiet compared to yesterdays feeding frenzy.
Funny how the next day there moods change.
Cheers Brent ;)

[Wyoming]

Foggy - 51 cm is like Baby Bear's bed - Just Right.

Suinday's trip was really dissappointing after the joys of Saturday. I went over just about all the patches at Green, Huybers and Wello and got nowhere. Just as the wind was making it uncomfortable, I hooked a monster (at Wello) and got him right up to the boat at which point he decided that his life was in severe danger. One bis thwak while going into the net and he was gone.

Oh well, I'm still glowing with the memory of Saturday...
Neil