Had Enough

[pickers]

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Had a gut full of wind , wife and kids and said stuff the wind I'm going for a fish , so I put the boat in at the passage and a couple of minutes later I was sounding around spot K in the brissy river and to my surprise there was plenty on the screen.dropped the pick and started to fish (stinky stuff) after 10 minutes of watching the lines bow like hell in the nice little breeze (30+knots) one rod go's off and in comes a nice squire around the 40cm mark...mmmmm..ok...think I'll stay a bit longer....missed the next couple of hits and then bagged another of the same size and missed a couple more and after about an hour and half it was fish gone and time for catfish salad with a stingray dressing....time to pull the pin.
was hard fishing with the wind but the fish were there and hungry right when the almanac said they would....so don't let a heep of wind put you off from having a fish in the river.
pickers

[nuggstar]

dose that almanac say anything about tomorow hehe, well done on the fish to.

[Jimbo73]

know the feeling pickers. i couldnt help myself and fished the mouth of oxley crk again this arv for few hours. im not looking for a feed just out to have some fun . scored my first river threadie be it a small one around 50 but nice little fight. same as you catfish and big ray, lost a bullie around 2ft they seem pleniful this size around there, seen 3 caught in 2 days also got a nice bream. even though im having fun fishing the river can this weather stop till i go back to work so i can get the boat out and fish where i really want to fish.

[pickers]

nuggstar
sure does mate.....7.22am and 1.22pm
just add six hours to the major times to get the minor times.
I have more luck on the minor times.
liz wiz
it was my last day of xmas hols on tueday so I couldn't take it anymore and had to do a session , even if it killed me (or someone else)
pickers

[chief]

There is always somewhere to fish in the river when the winds up. Well done on the squire.Thinking of haveing a go over the weekend cheers for the report

[Jimbo73]

my fishing is mainly done down the coast but seem to see a fair few posts of nice squire caught up towards the mouth and this is tempting me to have ago for em . never caught one but ive never tried either. do you guys fish structure for em, rock walls etc . guessing pillies would entice em ?

[plaztix]

my fishing is mainly done down the coast but seem to see a fair few posts of nice squire caught up towards the mouth and this is tempting me to have ago for em . never caught one but ive never tried either. do you guys fish structure for em, rock walls etc . guessing pillies would entice em ?

Pillies what are they?

Mate the river squire cant ignore a well presented plastic, you can get the squidgie flick baits in a pillie colour too.

[Jimbo73]

just to let you all know i am totally lost when you guys start talking sp's and poppers and hard bodies pretty much any thing that you tie to your line apart from a hook. maybe im lazy maybe im stuck in my ways maybe i catch enough fish using nothing but the bait i catch or buy. i enjoy just dropping a bait and unless its proven to me that bait is a thing of the past and all these fancy lures with even fancy names catch more fish without a doubt i will proberly keep fishing the way i am till i die. no offence Plastix i just have never been shown how to use those things you use. i have tried em but when nothing happens i quickly change back to bait.

[Flattie Assassin]

just to let you all know i am totally lost when you guys start talking sp's and poppers and hard bodies pretty much any thing that you tie to your line apart from a hook. maybe im lazy maybe im stuck in my ways maybe i catch enough fish using nothing but the bait i catch or buy. i enjoy just dropping a bait and unless its proven to me that bait is a thing of the past and all these fancy lures with even fancy names catch more fish without a doubt i will proberly keep fishing the way i am till i die. no offence Plastix i just have never been shown how to use those things you use. i have tried em but when nothing happens i quickly change back to bait.

Keep reading here, and you'll soon be converted to plastics i imagine. I havn't touched smelly old bait in years. And my catch rate has increased. Plastics are easy. Get yourself a copy of the Berkley soft plastics DVD. It's a good beginners movie.

FA

[Lapras]

Lizard Wizard,

I was pretty much the same as you six months ago. Liked the idea of soft plastics but reverted back to bait the moment they failed to deliver. Although I'm still a beginner I hit a point when I finally got "it" - still not sure what "it" is but it could be that you are in total control and have to make the SP look like a bait.

Lately I have been fishing for bream with SP's (I don't take bait to ensure I resist the temptation of reverting) and I have to say it has lifted the excitement and enjoyment to a new level. You do have to fish very differently as compared to bait.

As for fishing the mouth of the river, that is also on my to do list. Might see you out there one day.

Have fun!

Dave

[Jimbo73]

thanks FA and Lapras. the only lure fishing ive done with success is for bass and i know exactly what you's mean when you say it is exciting. have a gun spot for bassland based .but any salt water fish ive tried to target has given me no results. mind you i have given up pretty easily and havent persisted. maybe a good dvd like you said FA will give me inspiration to try again or maybe i go out with nothing but lures so the temptation to fish with bait doesnt pull me in. you guys all seem to know your stuff and i do see good catches with lures on here. if any of you lure fishermen want to have a fish with me to show me how its done i'll come to let ya's show me the proof is in the pudding. then maybe i'll be a convert and will be able to understand this different languange you all use.

[StinkyPete]

Howdy fisho's

I was a "smelly bait" user for years and, like most of us, thought the plastic revolution probably was just a gimmick to sell something new.

The only way I found to convince myself that they worked was a couple of sessions with no smelly stuff onboard....... and guess what...... a couple of my best Brissy River squire and a PB whiting convinced me. Best of all no smelly hands or stinky boat at the end of the day, mummy was even happy(well maybe not, r they ever??)

Still not sure about the Gulp v Squidgy arguement???

[Tetsuo]

Hey LW,

Two places I would start if you wanna try something different would be squire on placcies because its too easy- just go to the same spots you would catch them on bait. scan a few threads to get more advice.

The second thing I would try would be bream on poppers. Get some ultra light line and a small popper (pink pop queen goes well) and start casting around pylons and mangroves. Good fun and you can stay away from the wind.

To begin with you may get less fish on lures but you technique will improve and so will your results. My first time plasticin for squire got me a 58cm

[Jimbo73]

thanks Stinky P and Tetsuo. i have a question you say fish for squire in the normal places in the river but i have no idea where this is or which sp to use or the technique you use. i watched the video of Plastix catching them on sp but it was offshore so i dont think the technique would be the same as the one you would use in the brissie. 58cm straight up that would assure you they work. well done Tetsuo. any more tips places to try techniques would be appreciated.

[manchild]

Howdy fisho's

I was a "smelly bait" user for years and, like most of us, thought the plastic revolution probably was just a gimmick to sell something new.

The only way I found to convince myself that they worked was a couple of sessions with no smelly stuff onboard....... and guess what...... a couple of my best Brissy River squire and a PB whiting convinced me. Best of all no smelly hands or stinky boat at the end of the day, mummy was even happy(well maybe not, r they ever??)

Still not sure about the Gulp v Squidgy arguement???

Does that mean you not catching any fish?Not to mention that gulps are very stinky.