Well it’s nice to see that some had better luck than I did for the fishing competition. At the weigh-in and BBQ last night there were some lovely fish weighed. With such poor weather it wasn’t surprising that the number of fish caught was a little low, but the quality was great. Dion Forman caught…
Report for 8/03/08 This weekend is the Baptist Church monthly fishing club competition. I followed my plan and headed for Pioneer Mill first thing this morning. Had 3 Tarpon in about 15mins! All in the 2.5-3kg class. But, as things go on competition days, all 3 threw the hooks. Feeling rather frustrated I stuck to my…
My boat is now sold! Being picked up today by Garry from Cairns.Good luck with her mate, she is a great boat! Now just have to pick up my new one…..
This weekend sees the next Baptist Church fishing competition. Being that I am boat-less and for a while, I will be fishing the bank. I think I will try Pioneer Mill first up Saturday morning for a nice Tarpon, then off to Alva Beach for a Flathead. If nothing else I might get another couple of…
Townsvilles North Queensland Fly Fishers had their first fishing trip for the year today. Just a small trip to the lakes in Fairfield Waters. In all 9 members showed up for a fish. Fishing from 7am to 9am several Tarpon were caught and released. Liam scored best, with a total of 3 fish. After fishing some members adjourned to MacDonalds for Breakfast. Below…
The following rigging technique came to me curtsy of Dion Forman. The idea is to create a way to rig live bait that has a very effective hook-up rate, as well as have the ability to avoid bite offs from Mackerel. The technique involves rigging two hooks in unison, without ganging them. Gang hooks lack…
Report for 23/02/2008 Fished for the last time in my Quintrex. Just a quick run out as I had to be back for my boys swimming lesson. Fishing a wreck wide of Rattlesnake Island Ward and I managed 2 Fingermark around 2kg each, 3 small GT about 2kg and a nice Queenfish that went 5kg…
Its official, my boat is up for sale. I plan to step up into a Cruise Craft Outsider 575. Details for my boat are as follows. Quintrex 475 Topender 8th month 2003 60hp Yamaha 4-Stroke $23,500 Pictures and Details on Boat Point This is a gem of a fishing boat. Fantastic in the creek chasing…
Weather forecast for the weekend is looking pretty good. With the full moon Friday tides will be nice and strong. Even though my last trip was a little quiet, I will probably give live bait for Fingermark another go. Any luck and there might be a few Mackerel floating around too. I have had a…
With just over 200ml of rain falling last night in the Townsville area, fishing has been postponed for a while. For me at least anyway. Although I’m sure plenty of people are out chasing the elusive Barramundi in flooded backwaters. I personally don’t enjoy that type of fishing too much. Although if I got a…