A hint of Northern lifestyle.

[blue_mako]

Hey Guys.

Hit up the boat passage yesterday to try nail a Thready on artificial. To cut a long story short we casted our arses off for a good 5 hours moving to and from a few spots. Fished half the run out, low and half the run in. At around 1:30 we were just about to call it a day when my Tranzam was smashed in a big way.

The same way they do on livies it was screaming towards me with the rod about half loaded. It felt pretty small and was coming in easy so I called it for a big Flathead. When all of a sudden it changed direction, the rod fully loaded and a flash of chrome gold shine screamed through the water. The fish got about 10m of line off me before a 2m wide boil came up from its change in direction. As soon as the shine had disappeared I called it for a meter 20.

We uped the anchor and gave chase. It went down to about 50ft of water. Then it came back up to 10ft. Then back down to 50ft. Then back up onto the shallows. After 15mins of doing laps and weaving between 2 other anchored boats we almost had it. We got sight of the leader 4 or 5 times before we got a solid look on this beast.

With a net only big enough for Bream and Flathead it was tossed aside with the thumb going in for the landing. Nic grabbed the belly and up she came. A beaslty Threadfin of around 15 odd kg. After a few quick pics and a measure it went 130cm on the dot and is one of the biggest I've tangled with, live bait or lure.

Anyone who has caught these fish before would realise how difficult it is to get them going again after being landed. A sharp knife between the arse hole and the anal fin then twisting the knife releases all the air from the swim bladder which makes it much easier for a release. Just a tip .

The fish powered off into the depths and we left for the ramp. A few pics to follow.

Troy

[bdowdy]

nice thready, sounds like fun, cheers bdowdy,,brett

[nabs]

Nice fish Troy, you've been cleaning up lately. MC

[Little grey men]

Great fish Troy.... Good report as well....I gotta say if someone stabbed me there I'd be keen to swim away too...YEEEEOUCH !!!!

[Blacksheep]

Yes well done Troy, that's a great fish in anyones books mate!

Shane

[marty+jojo]

Nice fish Troy,
What rod and reel? What line and leader?
Do you think it survived?
Marty.

[jackextracter]

Thats a great fish mate, good on ya for the release also it dosent happen enough as it should but good on you for doing so, i use a long pin to deflate my fish and most the time its all they need.

[breamnut]

awsome troy bet you were stocked, no pics of the big bream you got fishin for the threedies?

[jackash]

thumper mate. good stuff, mighty jealous

[Az]

well done mate.. i would love to get one of these pricks one day.. my mates boat is out of action at the moment.. anywhere you can recommend trying for them landbased - anywhere from norman park to murrarie?? PM if you wish

Cheers
Az

[nuggstar]

awsome fish troy. so the big feller did not even jump 4 ya haha you got ripped off hehe just sturing ya. top effort mate thay go hard hay

[Bassmaster1]

Blue Mako,

Top report mate and very well written! You certainly know how to find those big fellas, and nice to see such a large specimin taken on an artificial.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,

[Tim_N]

No wonder it went so hard, it probably knew it was going to get one up the ginger. Great fish for SEQ.
Tim

[Fishin_Dan]

Good on you Troy! Cracker of a threadie mate!

Next time I'm down in SEQ fishing, I'll be keeping my eye out for those rectangular black buildings

[blue_mako]

Nice fish Troy, you've been cleaning up lately. MC

Haha, thanks Nabs. That reminds me I never put a pic up of that freak Big Eye form Raby Bay. I'll post a pic up now then.

awsome troy bet you were stocked, no pics of the big bream you got fishin for the threedies?

Yeah mate couldn't be happier, they fight like machines and don't want to give up. I kept getting 3 or 4 big nice pumps on it from down deep, then it'd just go straight down to the bottom again. I think I did that 6 or 7 times!

I got the Thready on the 30th. The big Bream, Squire, Tailor and Cod were all caught yesterday on the 1st as Thready by catch. No landed Threadies but.

We went to target Bream and my mate Sam hooked a definite Thready on 2lb main, 6lb leader with one of the new TT Switch Blades. The fight lasted a couple of minutes before the leader wore through. We estimated the fish to be around 90-100cm. He had no chance with such light line with what was obviously a deep hooked Salmon as the leader came back fully frayed the same way mine did on the 30th.

Nice fish Troy,
What rod and reel? What line and leader?
Do you think it survived?
Marty.

It's basically the same gear you would use for Jacks, preferably a baitcaster with heavy leader. The only thing different is the lures. Heavy sinking lures are best . The survival rate on these fish, especially the bigger ones is pretty low so it's hard to say. Popping the swim bladder definitely helps and I would say any fish released without the swim bladder deflated probably dies.

well done mate.. i would love to get one of these pricks one day.. my mates boat is out of action at the moment.. anywhere you can recommend trying for them landbased - anywhere from norman park to murrarie?? PM if you wish

Cheers
Az

Az, will send a PM shortly.

awsome fish troy. so the big feller did not even jump 4 ya haha you got ripped off hehe just sturing ya. top effort mate thay go hard hay

Yeah mate, no jumps. But it seems the smaller ones are the jumpers and I have found it to be a night thing. I've only had one big one at around 10-11kg jump and that was at night. I tell you what it was awesome watching the line come to the surface and this beast launch, but that meter 30 still takes the cake. During the day they like to hang deep once hooked.

Troy

P.S. Here's that Big Eye caught at Raby Bay a couple of weeks back on a Skitter Pop.