Jumpinpin Novice

[robbocanyon]

Please pardon my ignorance and lack of knowledge. Only just getting back into any fishing after many years away. Things have moved on with all these soft plastics and the like. I am pretty old school and certainly not up with the latest and greatest.

Recently acquired a second hand 3.85m tinny (Stacer Brumby?) with an older but little used Evinrude 30hp twin and starting to make first trips.

Dropped in at Cabbage Tree on Friday about 6.30am and moved up to Kalinga banks (I think?) at about the top of the tide. Dropped anchor and bottom fished with pillies. A bit of interest but mostly pickers and nothing to show for a couple hours. Moved down to Slipping Sands but there seemed too much run and no joy.

Tried next around the side of Short Island. A couple small Bream but no keepers and was starting to think the day would be like most of your nights out as a young bloke - teasing and kinda fun but no jackpot.

We moved down Cobby Passage and fished a little gutter near Mosquito Island. Dropped in & picked up a nice 50+cm flathead on first cast. We stayed within about 100m of there with a couple of little shifts as the tide dropped towards low and eventually picked up 8 nice Bream including two stormers. One went just on the kilo mark and another just under. The others were all reasonable quality and we enjoyed the afternoon. We used the pillies and some mullet for bait. We also picked up three big eels just behind the rock patch there. I have no experience with the creatures and would be interested to hear the views of others? Horrible slimey things was all I could see.

All in all a fun day for us though I am sure we are doing everything wrong and others could have done much better.

Happy to get any advice or pointers more experienced Ausfish members may offer.

Thanks.

[jackash]

Looks like you are doing alright to me!

I like to avoid those eels. Nasty set of teeth on them!

[netmaker]

nothing wrong with that result. well done.

[wetnwild11]

That's a top feed, your certainly doing better than me.
cheers Eric

[cobiaman]

Well done. Did you by any chance see 3 clowns trying to catch crabs in there?

[robbocanyon]

Saw three guys setting up camp - we assumed for the night?

You one of these 3 Cobiaman?

How did you go on the crab front?

[cobiaman]

We did ok, we fished the cobby passage all day for a couple of flattys and whiting. Not so good on the crabs but it was a learning experience...

[Goodoo haven]

You done well in the end mate. Congrats mate.

Eel advice, if you intend to eat it, boil in a pot of water for 3 hours with an old leather work boot. Drain water and discard the eel and eat the boot.

No seriously mate, I dont know how to prepare eels but I do know some people like to eat eels. They do have a strong taste apparently though. They are said to be nice if they are prepared the right way.

[robbocanyon]

Thanks Goodoo haven but I have not the slightest intention of EVER trying to eat them. I have just never caught anything like them before and we caught 3 in about an hour - this was the first and smallest one. One of the slimey buggers was HUGE!

I was just wondering if they were a common catch at Jumpinpin or whether we just dropped anchor on their home base?

Also does anyone know what type of eel they are or anything about them?

Thanks...

[kingcray]

robbo, we get them around reddy this time of year. Got a head bit like a moray. We have always called them Knot Eels and you can understand why.
Sometimes they will wrap themselves all the way up the line and even down your rod if you wind it up too much.

I have mates who use them for bull shark bait and i hear they are just about the best bait for them. About all they are good for.

[J-MAN]

Thought "The Lump" would be up for a post here as he is the master of the Coby Passage knot eels!

[thelump]

If I am the Master what does that make you as you taught me! I feel I am only grasshopper to you Sinsei! Dont you remember the conga eel that nearly ate my boat that night? Nice catch by the way. I too have caught a kilo bream from that area

[J-MAN]

HaHa, nice one Lump. I can only recall a 980g bream but I may have been in a trance from the Neil Diamond marathon! But they are all good.

[netmaker]

that crazy pommy robson greene was eating moray eel last week. it looked very tasty. must say my favourite sushi roll has barbecued eel in it. i believe that morays are protected in qld tho.

[phantomphisher]

na, morays are free to take, although not sure why you'd want them with a feed like that. Definitely a moray of some sort though.

Cheers, PP