moreton bay

[aussieguy870]

hey all
headed of with my fokes for a trip to some of the nrth beacons near moreton island
conditions were very good
ended up trying some fishing around the m3 and m4 with no luck
headed up bit further to bulwer for some lunch then we decided to drift from bulwer and try our luck
then bang i got 1 only a small squire jsut udnersize... thrown back of course
then my dad caught some whiptails as i saw on this poster thing we have
caught about 5 or 6 of them all thrown back as we had no idea on size limits ??? and what they taste like??? any 1 no the size? and what they taste like??? then jsut some grinners lol
then back home.. bit rougher on way back
but all in all good day and we finaly got to use our bigger rods for some deeper waters
p.s no pics forgot the camera >
cheers
sean

[aquarius]

Sean i was over at mud early this morning and had fun catching and releasing mackerel......They were hammering our soft plastics and we lost quite a few before landing the odd one or three.
Headed over to the 4 beacons mid morning but had no luck drifting there so back over to Wello where we bagged a few 39cm squire on 4" zooms just on the high tide.
Big tide today made fishing tough with the plastics but what a top day to be out on the bay.
Conditions were excelent.
Cheers Brent

[vertico]

big tide ? i thought the tide was tiny ? ???

[Fishinmishin]

Whiptails are actually a bait species although can be eaten if desperate. They only grow to max 30cm but make a decent live bait for pelagics or strip for bottom species. Easily caught on jigs when located as they school (lots around curtain and hole in the wall. If you try one, tell me what you think.

[SeaSaw]

Whiptails are pretty good bait. #Personally, I couldn't be bothered filleting them for eating, but they are excellent eating if you want to give it a go. #

I found this out on a charter I was one one time (a work related junket #). #We were on a 72 foot timber cruiser that had a professional chef as part of the crew. #We were catching hundreds of whiptails so the crew filleted them and the chef did them up in a mild chilly breadcrumb mix and we were eating them as fast as we were catching them - a hard job but someone had to do it #. #They were absolutely great eating, but a lot of effort for the tiny fillets.

Cheers,

Mark

[drdonjuan9]

how long will the mackeral and tune be in the bay for?
hope the weather dies down so i can take my 15ft tinny out to moreton's beacons again for a session with slugs

[Fishinmishin]

Then macks should be around till march but tuna catches and pulling schoolies off the beacons happen mostly all year. Feb seems to fire it all up .

[drdonjuan9]

thanks for the great info mate.
Will keep trying this kinda fishing. lets pray for good weather!
Cheers,
Huey