Brissy River Sesh

[Neckrofish]

Howdy All,

After working 22 days straight I was itching to get out on the water for a fish. Hit the river early and headed straight to my usual spot to gather some livies. Upon arrival i was greeted by three other guys, who had pots soaking and were merely burning time parked up on the bank.

A Couple of casts in, and my cast net just about takes me barefoot skiing. All I could manage was nets full of 30-40cm mullet, for which the guys around me were very thankful. What felt like 50 casts later, I managed to have 4 or 5 smaller specimens.

On my way out I decided to troll along the pipeline with an sx40. Managed a couple of small tailor, but no bream. Got to my spot and dropped my first livie down. Rod buckles over and as I grab it to set the hook, it goes limp. Oh well, a fresh bait, and back down it goes.

Not long after this, I boat my first Thready. Kept this one for the table as i think they are good eating around the 90cm mark. Just as I dropped my line for the second round the police come over to do the usual safety check. Couple of minutes into chatting with them and one of the officers tells me my rod, which is behind me, is about to permanently fold in half. Now, I have spoken to people at tackle stores and the like, and have been told stories of how Threadfin they have caught took off at a rate of knots stripping 100's of meters of line. Before today, I never really believed it, as I have caught a few myself, and my own encounters have proven that they fight well, but only in the water column directly around you. Oh how I was wrong.

This one had its first run which was decent, but the second burst must have seriously stripped 50-100m of line heading straight for the other side of the river. I had to almost fully lock the drag on my 3000 Saros, as i didnt think it was going to stop. After a very good fight I get what looks like a 120-130cm Threafin salmon boat side. I didnt want to even lift it out of the water as I knew it was on its last leg. So I grabbed the pliers, de-hooked it, and it immediately swam back down to the depths. The officers thanked me for the show and were shortly on their way.

I managed another 2 more after this which were also released boatside and swam away.

Good to be back in Brissy, and be back out on the water on such a beautiful morning.

Cheers,

Rob

[mangrove rat]

nice fish mate, it would be a tough job working as water police, especially here in qld. wouldnt mind one of those fish myself.
good fish! cheers!

[CRAFTY24]

Good to see there still hanging around. Well done.

[OB1]

An outstanding session Rob. What's going on with the bait? I thought after catching your first one on a lure you would be hooked on lures. We've been doing very well down there over the last 6-8 weeks but have found the bite period to be very short. What time of day and tide phase worked with the livies?

Ollie

[Neckrofish]

An outstanding session Rob. What's going on with the bait? I thought after catching your first one on a lure you would be hooked on lures. We've been doing very well down there over the last 6-8 weeks but have found the bite period to be very short. What time of day and tide phase worked with the livies?

Ollie

Hi Ollie,

I havent gone off the lures at all. Just been trying something a little different. I got the first two before/at the turn (between 6:30 and 7:30am), and the second two on the run out up until 10:00am.

To prove i havent gone off the lures, i got my PB this morning on a green transam, with a fresh spool of 8lb sunline super PE. This was taken on the run out (around 9:30am). Here's a pic.

[OB1]

Great fish, looks about 130cm. That tide phase seems to work best with lures.....

[MattChew]

Nice Fishing mate and very good conservation on your part too. The first run is just the best feeling. The second fish is a true brute ... they don't go much bigger than that. Keep up the good work.

Ta
Matt