Muddy Finger

[Alchemy]

After doing jobs of all sorts on the boat and trailer over the past few days, I decided to make the most of the great weather we've been having lately and went of searching for a few muddies this afternoon.

Nic and I launched the tinnie at Morriseys creek and had the pots in by 2pm. We then went off for a troll and when that produced nil, we soaked a bait for a while. Well, that didn't work either, so after two hours of soaking I decided to go check the pots.

What a surprise. Every pot had between one and five crabs! None were huge and a few had to go back, but we ended up with five keepers which all felt very full. The pots went straight back in with some fresh bait.

Off for another troll, and Nic managed a small cod. Then on the next pass she hooked into something a little better. A fingermark around 42cm. Both of Nic's fish fell to a Classic Lures, F18. We trolled again, but to no further avail. So at 6pm we went back to pull the pots. This time only two had a lone crab each, and both were undersize. Surprising thing today was that all crabs were bucks.

Anyway, we were very happy with the feed we had gathered for a short session and managed to taste one of the crabs tonight.

Regards,
Dave.

[Scott nthQld]

You..... lucky...... bastard........is there anywhere you go fishing and not catcha feed? Everytime you seem to go out you come back with a quality meal or 4.

Well done mate, I'm still to venture into Morrissey's, tried once, but missed the turn off and ended up in the Barrattas instead. Must soak the pots too this weekend, thanks for reminding me....

[Alchemy]

Thanks Scott, we have been pretty lucky lately . We've had about eight trips between Morriseys and the Haughton since moving north, and that fingermark is our first legal fish from any of those estuary trips. One of our earlier trips saw us bag a few crabs, but other than that it has been zero return from the rest of our estuary runs. Hopefully there won't be as long a wait between feeds from now on for these trips.

Regards,
Dave.

[nuggstar]

nice feed there, i just love them goldens

[Fishin_Dan]

Good work mate! You're getting some very tasty feeds from everywhere.

I keep meaning to put my pots in, and have even got bait in the freezer, but always forget to take them... Oh well, next time

[Fisher4life]

yeah i'm hearing alot of good reports of big muddies at the moment. I bet they were good chewing.

Well done.

Cheers
Josh