Advice needed please.

[montz36]

Just wondering if someone can help recomend a solution. I want to learn to catch fish, I have worked hard and finally saved enough money and bought a new boat and would like to catch some serious fish. I have had enough of feeding the fish with copious amounts of bait (at vast cost I might add). I am very much a learner and I dont mind admitting that. I am new to Brisbane (Adelaide originally... dont hold that against me) I would like to draw on the local knowledge of some the fine fishos in this forum. Where/when can I go around the Jacobs Well area to catch a couple of "keepers" I have tried the "Pin" and been overwhelmed at the amount of people racing around in very expensive boats but I have not caught anything worth mentioning. I would really like some advice on what baits I should have and where to go and techniques perhaps. Yes I know I am clueless... I would also really like to join a boat/fishing club in the Jacobs Well area if one exists.

Sorry for the rather lengthy tome, but if anyone can offer onstructive advice it would be most appreciated.

[reddybayfisher]

Have a look at the forum about becoming a 10%er - there is some really good advise.....the pin has become very crowded....if you can try and go fishing mid-week - could be a bit less traffic.....I just try different spots - if it doesn't work take a mental note and go back there a month later and try again....the thing is you might get a good catch in one spot but not necessarily will you catch anything there next time....if you ever want a couple spots to try around the Redland Bay area I can shot you a PM....once again you might not catch anything to keep but it's worth trying different spots....

[Blackened]

G'day

Read read and read, also pot up a "mentor wanted" add in the going fishing section.

At the end of the day, get away from the pin on busy days and be out there for the early hours (dawn). Best off getting out there and gaining ore experiance. I'm sure someone will offer to take you out,

Dave

[TimiBoy]

montz, welcome from a fellow CrowEater! How good is it up here? But I do miss the restaurants...

I bought my first rig 12 months ago, and, same as you, I didn't know diddly! I've racked up about 170 engine hours, and guess what? Still don't know much, but a Hell of a lot more than I did!

I have caught hundreds, if not more than a thousand small fish - the big ones have most of the time eluded me, but things are getting better. I have a couple of tips that are working for me -

- Spend some time here and EVERYWHERE reading, and asking questions. Buy mags/books that have relevant articles whenever you can, and read them!
- Spend as much time on the water as you can get, and never expect to catch anything. Soon you will have stories about the one that got away!
- watch TV - Fox if you have it. Sunday mornings, Ifish, Fishing WA (Loooove this show!), and (to a lesser extent) Rexy. These guys keep you going, get excited when they catch something, and feed off it! IFish and WA try to teach you something, too. Rexy just rabbits on like the horny old tart he is...
- it was mentioned below to ask for some mentoring - do so! There are lots of guys on here who are willing, nay, they WANT to help you! Sometimes people are looking for crew, too. Don't be afraid to ask to go with someone else in their rig, just make sure you are OK to pay your share in fuel, and help clean the boat!

PM me if you want to discuss ideas further, or if you just want some encouragement! It's a process, for sure.

[tigermullet]

You're in luck. It's coming up to bream season and the Jacobs Well fishing club not only exists but have a large tent erected on a small island at the eastern end of Tiger Mullet.

The club has some very experienced members and they are fussy with cleaning up their camp site. Not a bad mob.

Tigermullet channel will provide all the bream you want very soon. Long rod, Alvey reel, 6lb line, heavy sinker and one metre of trace (minimum), yabbies or hardy heads for bait and a berley pot suspended off the boat deep enough that it actually touches the bottom. With that combination it hardly matters where you anchor in Tiger Mullet. The throat of the Pin bar is also good if you get close to the drop off on the northern side. It's probably better than Tigermullet.

[Poodroo]

Casting around the pontoons in the Gold Coast canals is sure to bring on a feed of bream at least. There are also some good spots around near the Gold Coast Council building both off the walls and from in the boat. The only thing I hate about going around those areas is everywhere is speed limited and No Wash! Even the canoes overtake you.

Poodroo