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Monduran Classic washed
out
The Monduran Family Fishing Classic was held last weekend. The
fishing was dismal to say the least! It rained for most of the
weekend and the Barra weren’t on the bite. The Bass at least
were, with over 35 fish caught for the comp. As always the
Catties were being caught but there weren’t as many as previous
years.
Estuaries
The fishing in the estuaries has been relatively good with all
of the bread and butter species being caught. The Flathead are
taking live baits such as yabbies, worms and small soldier
crabs. The dead baits that are being used for these fish are
herring and prawns. The Bream are taking yabbies and crabs
fished in the deep holes and worms up on the sand flats. The
whiting are being taken on yabbies and worms fished over the
flats and also attacking small poppers fished relatively fast
over sand flats, while flathead and trevally are also succumbing
to this style of fishing. Mud Crabs should be on the move as it
was a full moon last Tuesday night and the recent rain would
have flushed some of them out. Grab a set of pots and some
floats from BCF and head down to your local river and try to get
feed of muddies. Make sure you only take the male Mud crabs or
Bucks that are over 15 cm from point to point. The Female crabs
or Jennies are off limits as they are our breeding stock for the
future. When the wind changes back to the North and the water
warms up the Jack and Barra will fire again. There are some
Barra being pulled from the hot water outlet on live poddy
mullet fished with a running size 0 sinker. These fish will also
take a slowly twitched Tropic Angler Floater or Tropic Angler
Prawn. Fishing bait along some of the rocky holes in the Baffle
and Burnett Rivers has been working well for Cod, Jack and if
your presentation is appealing enough a Barra might even have a
go. If you want to fish for Jack on light line, I recommend
fishing the Baffle at night and drifting live sprat or prawns
over the sand flats up near the old ferry crossing.
Dams
The local dams are starting to fire with Barra coming from
before last week’s cold snap, and Bass from Lake Gregory have
fired up because of the same colder weather. The Barra are
taking lures trolled at the 12’-15’ mark, or cast lures like the
Tropic Angler Swiks and Floaters. When throwing plastics for
Barra, cast alongside a weed bed and slowly wind it back to the
boat, as they find this technique hard to resist. There have
been some big Bass pulled out of Lake Gregory - well in to the
40 and 50 centimetre range. When fishing for these fish blooping
a popper on the surface or slowly winding a spinnerbait along
the weed beds should do the trick.
Elle Hodge with a Blue Spot Trevally
Inshore/Offshore
The Tuna are now outside the mouth of Baffle and also
right in the Burnett River so when the big winds we are having
stop, they should be chewing their heads off and you should have
no problem casting a metal slug of fly in the middle of a
feeding school and get a hook up. The winds look like they are
easing around Monday-Thursday and this will be a good chance to
get offshore and hit up some of these hard fighting fish. The
Spanish Mackerel are being caught on the wider grounds to around
15kg and in the river there has been Schoolies, Spotties, and
some Greys to around 4-5kg. These fish are being caught on
trolled lures and quickly retrieved metal slugs. Also floating
live yakka and dead pilchards down a berley trail has worked
well. The Trevally have still been hanging around if you want
some sport on light line. I find using 3-4kg line is loads of
fun when playing with these hard fighting fish. If you are into
bottom bashing, there has been a lot of reefies pulled from the
15 mile area. When fishing these areas a paternoster rig with
two hooks is my favourite when chasing the smaller fish like
Hussar, Lippas and Spanish Flag. When chasing Trout and Reds I
like to use a running size 10 Ball sinker on top of an 8/0 hook
with a large bit of Hussar flesh or head used as bait.
That’s all from me this week so until next time tight lines and
big fish.
Josh Hodge
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| Name |
Species |
Factor |
Line |
Weight |
Points |
| Josh Hodge |
Trevally Golden 1.5 |
1.5 |
8 |
14.490 |
271.69 |
| Total Pts 1365.69 |
Trevally Golden 1.5
|
1.5 |
3 |
5.080 |
254.00 |
| Rank 1 |
Trevally Others 1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
4.320 |
216.00 |
| |
Trevally Others 1.5
|
1.5 |
3 |
4.370 |
218.50 |
| |
Tuna Mack 1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
4.055 |
405.50
|
| Brodie Charteris
Total Pts 130.00
Rank 2
|
Ray (All except Eagle)
0.5 |
0.5 |
3 |
7.800 |
130.00 |
| Jesse Charteris
Total Pts 53.33
Rank 3
|
Ray (All except Eagle)
0.5 |
0.5 |
3 |
3.200 |
53.33 |
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Anyone person or Club
wishing to contribute to
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should contact Bob Brisbane 0411 987698
or email
bobbrisbane@justsports.com.au
Josh Hodge with a Long Nose Trevally
Caught on a Tropic Angler Swik
Zak Smale
Eight year old Zak Smale is the first Cold Rock Star from the
fishing fraternity. Zak competed in the ANSA Queensland Summer
State Titles over the weekend, his best catch a 1.47kg fork-tail
catfish. Zak likes letting the little ones go in the hope he
will hook them again when they are bigger.
Zak and his barra
His favourite table fish is Red Emperor and his best catch to
date is a 1.01 metre barramundi caught at Monduran.
Five year old sister Amber is also a keen angler and shows off a
42cm flathead she caught in the Elliot River.
more
Cold Rock Stars
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Geoff Hodge with a Nice Grass Sweetlip
Senior Weigh In
| Name |
Species |
Factor |
Line |
Wt. |
Pts. |
| Rob Wiltshire |
Moses Perch 1.4
|
1.4 |
10 |
0.495 |
6.93
|
| Total Pts 44.51 |
Moses Perch 1.4
|
1.4 |
10 |
0.445 |
6.23 |
| Rank 8 |
Trevally Long Nose 1.5 |
1.5 |
10 |
0.750 |
11.25 |
| |
Trevally Long Nose 1.5 |
1.5 |
10 |
0.805 |
12.08
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| |
Trevally Silver 1.5 |
1.5 |
10 |
0.535 |
8.03 |
| Len Wiltshire |
Snapper 1 |
1 |
10 |
0.895 |
8.95
|
| Total Pts 66.56 |
Moses Perch 1.4 |
1.4 |
10 |
0.515 |
7.21 |
| Rank 7 |
Trevally Gold Spot 1.5
|
1.5 |
10 |
0.910 |
13.65
|
| |
Trevally Long Nose 1.5 |
1.5 |
10 |
0.980 |
14.70 |
| |
Long Tom 1.2
|
1.2 |
4 |
0.735 |
22.05 |
| Peter Wilson |
Whiting (All)
1.3 |
1.3 |
1 |
0.320 |
41.60
|
| Total Pts 762.60 |
Bream Yellowfin 1.2
|
1.2 |
1 |
0.370
|
44.40
|
| Rank 4 |
Bream Yellowfin 1.2 |
1.2 |
1 |
0.355 |
42.60 |
| |
Flathead Dusky 1
|
1 |
1 |
0.890 |
178.00
|
| |
Flathead Dusky 1
|
1 |
1 |
2.280 |
456.00 |
| Gazza Sturdy |
Trevally Long Nose 1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
2.510 |
125.50 |
| Total Pts 1117.75
Rank 3 |
Trevally Long Nose 1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
2.655 |
132.75
|
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Trevally Golden 1.5 |
1.5 |
2 |
11.460 |
859.50
|
| Elle Hodge |
Trevally Golden 1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
8.710 |
435.50
|
| Total Pts 1319.50 |
Trevally Golden 1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
7.780 |
389.00
|
| Rank 1 |
Trevally Long Nose 1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
4.230 |
211.50
|
| |
Trevally Long Nose 1.5
|
1.5 |
3 |
3.600 |
180.00 |
| |
Trevally Blue Spot |
1.5 |
3 |
2.070 |
103.50
|
| Geoff Hodge |
Trevally Long Nose 1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
4.150 |
207.50
|
| Total Pts 1168.50 |
Trevally Long Nose 1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
4.030 |
201.50 |
| Rank 2 |
Trevally Bludger 1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
1.230 |
61.50
|
| |
Trevally Golden 1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
8.355 |
417.75 |
| |
Trevally Golden 1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
5.605 |
280.25
|
| Margie Charteris
Total Pts 117.00
Rank 6
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Sickle Fish 1.3 |
1.3 |
2 |
1.800 |
117.00 |
| Kevin Charteris
Total Pts 283.75
Rank 5
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Ray (All except Eagle)
0.5 |
0.5 |
4 |
18.300 |
228.75
|
| |
Ray (All except Eagle)
0.5 |
0.5 |
4 |
4.400 |
55.00
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