fresh and salt report - Long weekend in North Brisbane

[Rainbowrunner]

cracked a couple of ribs 2 weeks ago while packing to go to Borumba for a few days, had all ready and slipped in the boat checking tied down gear in the wet. Anyway nearly healed except when I sneeze and move a certain way.
Started to move around again after getting restless doing nothing and decided to start fishing again. Pine river was still over flowing at the wall so decided to chase some bass on Saturday afternoon up from Petrie. Water is still very fresh up that way even with the larger tides. Ended up with 2 each all caught on Spinnerbaits. a couple in the mid 40s. My lovely lady got her first bass ever.
Had a rest Sunday and went out with a couple of guys from work on Monday, one who bought a new flash alloy plate walk around cab. We chased live bait for ever I think and finally worked them out and got a few, sat at Curtin reef for a while then drifted for a bit with no hits at all. Finally ended up beacon hopping where I put them onto some fish, a nice longtail took a live bait and some legal school mackeral on lures.
Was a bit choppy on the way out in the morning ribs didnt like it but after that was a beautiful day. I get to clean the fish so have a nice fresh feed again and some in the freezer.

[Si]

nice fishing rr! the weather was quite nice on sunday and monday. would have been very nice out there.

[Bazzawookooka]

Hey there Peter,

Thanks for the post - sorry to hear about the ribs mate.

I see a few posts about LongTails being caught at the moment - can't wait to have a crack at one. I've only managed grubby old mac tuna to date, but there's always hope.

What are the LTs good for??? I've heard vastly conflicting reports about their table value and as a reef bait.

Any thoughts???

Cheers,

Steve

[Rainbowrunner]

Hey guys it was a nice day out there
Steve - Longtails taste great but you need to be prepared with an ice slurry as they go off quickly.
I fillet and pan fry, crumbs or whatever. Tastes bloody beautiful.
When used for fish pie or casseroles it can be a bit strong. We make fish cakes but use only about 30% fish as it can be overpowering.