Fishin After The Rain

[bluefin59]

Well guys decided that after being washed out of hervey bay and sent packing back to brissy only to find more rain i thought check seabreeze this morning only to find 5knt winds ,well since work is a wash out i decided to head to my usual haunt in the bay . well it was like driving through a chocalate milkshake as i left nudgee beach but only a mile or two out it cleared up and was glassed out and no other boats to be seen . I got to my spot and quickly dispatched a sweet and sour chook only to be hammered on the drop ,my line started to peel of the reel at a great rate of knots and i had high hopes of a great session even before i got my first fish . After a bit of a fight up come a snapper 53cm so i netted him and threw him straight in the esky ,my chook was dead so i had to use my last one so out i cast and bang i got a 25 cm snap so he went back ,i caught 3 more about the same size . I set myself up on another drift and again the chook went flying i was on again this time he went just over 50cm but he put up a better fight than the last which is great on 6 lb braid and 12lb fluro ,over the next hour i got a grinner a sweetlip and one more snap that went 37cm but he went back as we have a 40cm min in our boat for snaps . I also came across something a little unusual for the area i fish a blue bottle big healthy looking sucker as well so maybe be a bit careful with your children out there at the moment as they sure do sting ,i have added some photos of todays catch enjoy i know i did ,also i cant see anything wrong with fishing after the rain ,see you out their tomorrow i recon ...matt

[Roo]

looks sooo nice out there. well done Matt. nice score on the snaps.
Cheers Roo.

[Creek Vermin]

What a cracker of a day. Some top pics there matt. Nice work.

[Poodroo]

Nice work Matt. You have got me all excited about heading out tomorrow now. Will see you out there.

Poodroo

[Timfishin4fun]

Well done Matt, Glad you got some snaps after leave Hervey bay early.

Hope to catch up with ya soon.

Tim

[jackextracter]

A nice day out there forsure i was looking out the window this morning thinking it was going to be a good one nice stuff.

[Leighton]

lucky bugger, I was working near Manly and the Bay looked like a pond.
Some great eating size fish mate, enjoy

[juju]

I had the day off....slip out to mud?....no....watch the cricket..sleep in.....play in the workshop......should have made the effort....

[bluefin59]

I have the rest of the week of according to the boss so i gave him one of my snaps so its out to mud tomorrow and then it looks like a couple more top days so i might go of the cape or mooloolaba ,see what happens ..matt

[two dogs]

Will be out there tomorrow too...prob head to sandhills via mud...will look to give you a wave on the way through matt

[ROBENDOG]

Chasing some advice from experienced fishers.

Just wondering what to expect after heavy rain??

What effect does a lot of rain have on fishing and crabbing?

I am lookin at heading out of Mooloolaba on Friday. Conditions looking good .

Ta in advance

Ben.

[dreemon]

Thats cool that you have your own boat min size fish, great catch/day

[BAR UP]

Hey matt, did you give the big feller a fish or his favourite heads??. Great story & good pix. We are busy bashing away for the new EBA'S. Should be interesting times ahead, Peter.

[bluefin59]

BEN i was actually surprised by the lack of crab pots in nudgee beach i saw one person pull a muddie out of his pot of the bank so i would say get them out there ,i dont bother but i recon there would be a few around . May see you of mooloolaba on friday as well ..matt

[bluefin59]

No pete i gave the big boy the whole fish this time ,he came down to nudgee beach and picked it up it is a pleasure to work for him [you dont get that much in our industry] And keep up the good work on our E.B.As i need a good bit extra to get back to where we were mate and i am ready for the fight that lays ahead but they do owe us big time ..matt