Fish Aplenty The Bay

[webby]

Great wx greeted us sat arvo as we headed across the bay to Rainbow for a Night excursion.
Drifted the drop offs for a couple of lizards and one snap first, also loosing 150m of braid to some unstoppable.
Dropped into see the Musk-a-teers at Blakesleys before sunset, then back up to Rainbow,
Bait was everywhere and current was raging.
Fish the night till around 1am, for a mixture of 8 fish with the best 3.5kg
Sunday was even better, uped anchor and got as far a Dialba Passage entrance, and the waters came alive with white bait, birds everywhere and so were the doggies and bonito.
Best site u could see, bait ball everywhere and doggies slashing into them, just dissappointed they were spots, but who cares when the reels are screaming.
Ended up with a dozen or more to take home after giving away 8-9 to some starving campers.
Home by 10am will a bit of filleting to do.
regards

[webby]

the two best for the night

[webby]

hands full of doggies

[webby]

a few more doggies

[allniter]

Good job Brian :o
great mixed bag there,
and good to see you're back out in the bay,
that is an unusually big knob for a 3.5 kg bay snapper ay - fine specimen that,
nothin wrong with those doggies mate, sounds like you and colin had a ball,
you better go and have a nap now, catch up on some lost sleep...........

[TIM-DONSELAAR]

some nice fish webby,i bet the starving campers were happy with a feed

cheers tim [smiley=beer.gif]

[Mrs_Longtail]

with your encouragement the boys went out and got a few mackrel it was just a shame that it wasn't the snapper you had.

[NeilD]

Brian.

That is one heck of a bag from the Bay on a weekend. Great stuff.

Neil

[skippa]

Good work Brian,

Nice to catch up again, but honestly your a lousy photgrapher, that photo definately doesn't do that snapper justice, plus you need to teach Colin (nice to meet ya mate) how to hold em for the camera too. ;)


Cheers,
Tony 8-)
PS I'm a good snapper holder ...... ::)

[longtail]

they were nice snapper indeed , i saw them first hand and they looked bigger than that ;) thanks for the tips brian , we went and got ourselves a good bag of doggies too after talking to you this morning .

see ya out there next time

cheers
jason

[dorado]

Excuse my ignorance please but are doggies the same as spotties?

Great catch btw :)

[jackash]

Nice snapper Webby. sounds like a decent haul. Nice looking mackeral too! Did ya get them on slugs or pillies???
Cheers
JACKASH

[jackash]

Nice snapper Webby. sounds like a decent haul. Nice looking mackeral too! Did ya get them on slugs or pillies???
Cheers
JACKASH

[Steven78]

Well Done Webby. I wondered how the Northern Bay was fishing.
What was the Swell like????

[outsiderskip]

ypu got a days work filleting there brian
nice catch

pete

[reeldreamer]

Excuse my ignorance please but are doggies the same as spotties?

Great catch btw :)


Doggies are very bland looking in the flesh where spotties have very bright noticable spots all over also there heads are a different shape. I am sure someone on here will know there scienctific names that clear set them apart!

I nice haul of bay fish there!

[bugman]

Haven't heard from you for a while mate.

Thought you may have died in a corner of that big new business premises of yours and your were just quitely rotting away and no one could find you ;D

[tazza_505]

geez thats great effort mate!

[webby]

Nearly did last week Brett, dreaded dose of the trots ;D, but still alive, just been laying low and doing the odd trip, waiting for that call to deckie ;)
Neil your a fan of Rainbow mate, you wouldnt have believed your eyes sunday morning, in all the years fishing the bay, i have never seen a sight like what happened, from Dialba entrance to the Myora light and acrooss to straddie the whole area was alive with white bait balls and doggies/bonito going ballistic, the slugs hits the water and were immediately hit or bitten off, there were so many, there were even small spots amongst the schools, so maybe it all about to happen, better late then never.
Darren you had the invite, but you wanted to stay at home and play with your African Guppies ;D
regards

[craigie]

Webby,

You have been busy !!!

Good to see you keeping your hand in with the Squabbies.
Did you get them in the spot you showed me 8-), south of the jewie spot.

cheers
Craigie.

[rakinray]

G/ day Brian very nice haul there mate seems all that rest last week end ;) didnt do you any harm ! hope to get amongst em next week.


CHEERS RAY :) PS any shots of the bait and bird action !

[dorado]

Thanks for the clarification ReelDreamer :)

[craigie]

Almost forgot to mention it................Is that a "Blubba Lipped Snapper" you have buried in the centre of your pile of fish with your original post ?? :-X ;)

[waldo35]

:o :o hey webby multiply ur 'nice day' fishin by 11 million "nice days fishing' [ which is the estimate and only the estimate of what recreational fishing effort is in qld] and then ask urself the question gee where did all the fish go
sure hope all that fish is gettn eaten and not just frozen to be thrown out later to make room 4 fresher fish

[Darryl]

Was a great day up the rainbow webby, for the hundreds of dollars of fuel i have spent running up there and back from the island .

It was good to finally catch 30 bucks worth the schoolies mate. ;) ;D

[rakinray]

G/ day Brian it seems you carnt even put up a top day in the bay post with some nice fish for the family and friends and share the experience with fellow fishos without somebody jumping on their soap box and trying to unload their DEEP AND MEANINGFUL wisdom >:( This site was once a place where we just enjoyed a few fishing YARNS ;) with men and woman ;D who loved the same thing, i guess thats why i dont bother posting to much these days ! I suppose it was always going to end up like a day in parliment ( bitchin,moaning,pixxing someone off ! ) but it would be nice to just have a place to enjoy without the hassles of our daily life trying to make our love for the water and all things " FISHING " any tougher than they need be. Just dont understand why someone would knock a fellow fisherman for doing nothing wrong except take a few fish home ( and thats not easy to do in the bay these days) for a feed or two :o I just go fishing because its what i love to do and its the only thing that i dont have to turn into a political debate >:( is that so wrong ?

CHEERS RAY just my thoughts ! :) Pic of a "FUN DAY IN THE BAY "

[webby]

Waldo35, Firstly I reply here two both your post, this one and re the prawns.
Seems like I've drawn the attention of some frustrated Commerical.
I think over the years we've been feed too much propergandar or bullshit regarding by-catches, and as i dont like spruking from the mouth about a subject i dont have answers for, the next best things was to actually go out and see for myself.
It wasnt a trip to try and cruiseify river trawlers, but find out the facts, and the skipper i went with was only too willing to show me, as he was sick of being called a (rapist of the river).
I knew on posting the report there would be positive and negative feedback, but thats what these sites are for, to air your greivences, and not sitting back and hiding under the blankets.
Im still not in favour of trawlers, and their numbers should be drastically reduced both river and bay.
Re the post on your fish x by 11million, mate i usually go out and kill everything that comes aboard, then throw it back, just like the bycatch from trawlers.
To finish i wonder why some trawlers are finding it hard to make ends meat, when they have pulled everything they can from the bay, and your worried about what the rec's catch, and our bycatch would be something in the order of 1%.
I hope that satisfies your thrist .
regards

[waldo35]

Waldo35, Firstly I reply here two both your post, this one and re the prawns.
Seems like I've drawn the attention of some frustrated Commerical.
I think over the years we've been feed too much propergandar or bullshit regarding by-catches, and as i dont like spruking from the mouth about a subject i dont have answers for, the next best things was to actually go out and see for myself.
It wasnt a trip to try and cruiseify river trawlers, but find out the facts, and the skipper i went with was only too willing to show me, as he was sick of being called a (rapist of the river).
I knew on posting the report there would be positive and negative feedback, but thats what these sites are for, to air your greivences, and not sitting back and hiding under the blankets.
Im still not in favour of trawlers, and their numbers should be drastically reduced both river and bay.
Re the post on your fish x by 11million, mate i usually go out and kill everything that comes aboard, then throw it back, just like the bycatch from trawlers.
To finish i wonder why some trawlers are finding it hard to make ends meat, when they have pulled everything they can from the bay, and your worried about what the rec's catch, and our bycatch would be something in the order of 1%.
I hope that satisfies your thrist .
regards
gee weebby according to a gov survey in 97 [using chrisweb figures multiplied by average species weight from aust seafood handbook] reccos hrvested 66 tonne of bream 134 tonne of tailor 92 tonne of catfish 25 tonne of flathead......317 tonne of fish representing only four of the myriad of species targetted by u reccos...........and weeeeeby go read the 2004 fisheries assesment paper which if i may quote states that aside from such abiotic factors as rainfall moreton bay is primarily a sustainable fishery. but mate good onya 4 at least having a go a being open minded.

[roz]

Nice feed of fish there Brian, much prefer the mackeral to snapper for eating though, also interesting report, I do agree on your views re commercial fishing, been up on my soap box a couple of time about that!!!

[allniter]

Waldo,
obviously the "prawn" report has inspired you to also replyto this post because of the author.
I think most rec fishos on here would admit that Webby's catch is in no way an average catch to all rec fishos.
If we could all do that well on even SOME fishing trips, we would consider ourselves quite lucky.
So to compare that trip to 11 million efforts or whatever is just ridiculous, and that fact alone makes statistics just a big guesstimate and a load of bullshit .
I have nothing personal against trawler operators - actually my son and i have approached them in the bay before while they were anchored up and had a good old yarn about the bay and fishing alike - good bunch of blokes they were.
But common sense suggests to most people that nets have a far more damaging effect, than mono with one hook on the end.
I have fished with Webby a few times now and if you are suggesting he justs fills the esky with any "legal" fish to fill the freezer at home, you are mistaken.
The bloke has pretty high standards on what is kept and what is released, he'll throw the "little" squire at 45cm back, one after the other, in search of a tru knobby.
And when we've bumped into fellow ausfishers on the bay, and they have scored nil for the night, he promptly lifts our esky lid to put his fish in their esky.......
much to my disgust.
So he farts a lot ..... he's only human...
Anyway...... I'm not lookin to blow too much smoke up his arse, he's just a damn good bloke.
Waldo, i notice you are a newby to this site, try reading a few posts for awhile, and then submit something constructive about your industry, your view may be more respected at least, well maybe.
regards darren

[Darryl]

And when we've bumped into fellow ausfishers on the bay, and they have scored nil for the night, he promptly lifts our esky lid to put his fish in their esky.......
much to my disgust.



That he has , well not for me, but people that have been camping with me. He wouldn't give me the plaque off his teeth ::) ;D ;D

[waldo35]

fair point darren. i wasnt trying to have a go personally at webby as i dont know the man but i am trying to get across the point that the ocean is a shared resource with an inherent requirement for all user groups to address environmental sustainability issues. im not syaing that that the profishing industry is perfect but a huge volumn of [mite i add proactive] work has been done to adress these issues. just trying to raise awareness of this need for total fisherys managemnt not tryna pick fights or score cheap points. thanx for ur constructive input

[waldo35]

ps darren a recent survey of moreton bay done by WMB oceanic group for the EPA s study of extractive industries in the bay found that prawn trawlers work mainly on sand or mud bottoms [ not the seagrass beds as previously suggested by other user groups] and that the effect of trawling on these bottoms was 'minimal'. the 11 million effort days figure is from the chris web and dpi fisherys web site and not sum fanciful figure plucked from the air. again darren thanx 4 ur open mind