MUD 28th

[2iar]

Pretty much the same results as Charleville.

A bit bumpy on the way down from Nudgee. Nothing "Tillie" couldn't handle though.

North Side no good. It might have been after I left though, as I headed off around to the west of island with my new Burlo-Dispenso-matic(tm) system still out. It's now lost, but probably still giving the nibblers a feed now...
Fear not, I still have the blueprints and have knocked up an improved prototype already

Good to get out of the SE'er. Popped the front and side clears on and anchored with the bow into the wind. We sat in luxury out of the elements, fishing out the back while the grassies came aboard. I'd forgot my fish-size reference book so I made a quick call to Fishin' Dan (Sorry and thanks mate) to check legal sizes and bag limits. Good action in a good spot for a couple of hours, and dropped off after the turn of the tide (and I think we'd dragged anchor about 30m off of the new spot). Busted *another* graphite rod tip, putting a bit too much pressure on the tip tying on a new leader

A few other boats around didn't seem to be getting anything, but they were drfting rather than at anchor. I liked that

Bumpier still on the way back, but never got wet. I had a bit of a drama trying to drive onto the trailer back at the ramp with wind and current (I don't suppose the clears helped). Ended up winching the boat on - a guy at the ramp gave me a tip on jack-knifing the trailer when in those conditions, so I might give that a burl next time.

No photo's as I dropped my mate off to do the filleting while I cleaned the boat. He later arrived with a bag of 14 fillets for me, so if he's to be trusted and only took half we brought home 12 sweetlip, 1 Squire (40cm) and one Moses Perch. The grassies were about 32 - 38cm, but all nice and fat and very tasty.

All caught on servo bait - prawns/squid/fisho. SP's and pillies didn't work.

Also hooked onto an unstoppable, and had a 25 minute fight with something big that felt like a Ray, but it was above rubble so might not have been. I'd love to just have seen it for identification, but it spat the hook while I did the same with my dummy

BTW - I ran into young Chemmy at BCF in Keppera on Sunday while picking up a replacement rod (Berkely Dropshot $79). Within a minute of heading to the fishing section, he asked me if I needed help. I just replied "Got any pics?!" (I didn't really, nice to meet you mate).

Good luck,
Mike

[Fishin_Dan]

Good to hear you got some fish Mike!

I was awake when you called, but there had been much beverages the night before, and it was pre-coffee, so kinda not really awake...

You should've dropped a pilly to the bottom on your overhead again... Mighta caught another big catty!!!

[2iar]

Yeah, I tried that a couple of times, and the pillie got smashed. I'm not sure how it managed to leave the head on, and strip the other two hooks on the gang without hooking up.

The reason I stopped trying it though was that we were only in 3-4m of water and the ganged hoops kept getting snagged on the rocky bottom. With the swell, the rods were in danger of being snapped.

In fact, I nearly knocked my mate out when trying to get 30lb mono off the snag. It gave way, and the tip whipped over and cracked him on the scone. Lucky he was the deckie and not the skipper, or I might have had to walk he plank :-)

All give you a shout next time I get a free pass :-)

Thanks again,
Mike

[Fishin_Dan]

HA HA HA!!!!

No problem - I'll wait for the call. I will be wearing my Stack Hat though!

[charleville]

Well done, 2iar!

I note that you did ok on squid. Funny thing, in four years of fishing at Green Island and Mud Island, I have never done much good on squid although I have caught the odd squid at Green so they must be a natural bait there.

Prawns and pilchards are the baits that have regularly worked for me in both places and prawns more so that pillies.

I even caught some ripper squire at Green one morning on rancid cooked prawns that I took for berley but they were all that I had left when my other bait ran out. The squire loved them.

Regards....

[2iar]

I even caught some ripper squire at Green one morning on rancid cooked prawns that I took for berley but they were all that I had left when my other bait ran out. The squire loved them.

Funny you should mention that mate. I had actually bought these prawns a few weeks ago when I was out for a family day in the hope I might get to wet a line, but it never happened. I took them home for berley - I mixed up a batch and forgot to put them in, so I just stuck them in the freezer. When I was grabbing the berley for this trip, I spotted them and thought "what the hell" and took them anyway. Most of the grassies I caught were on the prawns (and sorry looking things they were after freezing/thawing twice), but the fish didn't seem to mind.

The deckie was doing just as well, but on the squid.

Give us a wave next time you're out.

Good luck,
Mike