Yowie Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Headed up river early this morning and anchored near the mouth of Yowie Bay. The wind was a bit swirly, so the boat was moving about during the stronger gusts. Some reddies about, but most nowhere near size, especially the ones feeding amongst the jackets, a lot around the 10cm mark. The water had a slight bit of colour in it after the rain, was thinking there might a bigger reddie on the bite but none there. Quite a few small jackets as well that were released. Only one decent hit during the morning, and it was the big flattie, a squid strip on a handline. Put up a good fight, thought it was a jewie at first with the head shakes and strong runs it made. Weighed in at 10 pound 4 ounces - my second 10 pounder up Port Hacking this year. Photo and released. Was hoping to catch something else, so I headed to the mouth of the Hacking and drifted the deeper water. Pulled out the tailor and 2 flatties, one of which is a dusky, caught in 60 or so feet of water. Also some little blue spots less than 30cm. The wind was puffing through the mouth during the drift. Enough for a feed so headed home. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blackfish Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Very nice Flatty and a good feed with the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Great work Yowie! Those jackets will make a nice feed and the 10lb flattie great bonus. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 hour ago, jnrfinatic said: Very nice flattie you got there and very nice catches in general. All in all, good report and a good feed ready for the table! Thank you. Having a feed tonight. 1 hour ago, Blackfish said: Very nice Flatty and a good feed with the others. Thank you. The big girl was only lip hooked, easy to set free. 35 minutes ago, fragmeister said: Great work Yowie! Those jackets will make a nice feed and the 10lb flattie great bonus. Cheers Jim Mum likes the jackets as well, so she will be having a nice feed also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Great flattie and a great morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Very nice flattie yowie and a good feed as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Nice work yowie! That’s a cracking flatty. And a good feed as well. Fishing hasn’t seemed to have slowed down that much yet! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Rebel said: Great flattie and a great morning. Thank you, happy with the big flattie. 2 hours ago, Welster said: Very nice flattie yowie and a good feed as always. The big girl put up a good fight, big head shakes and some power. Ate a few of the jackets tonight, a few bones but nice flavour. 45 minutes ago, Scratchie said: Nice work yowie! That’s a cracking flatty. And a good feed as well. Fishing hasn’t seemed to have slowed down that much yet! Cheers scratchie!!! 2 x 10 pound flatties in the one year, happy with that. Slowing down a bit down this way. Hooking up the caravan next week and heading to southern Qld, probably not much fishing happening up there. Good luck to the locals fishing down here. Go the Blues on Wednesday night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Have a safe trip. Half your luck. Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 You always manage a nice platter Yowie and congrats on the cracker croc, very healthy looking fish and released to terrorise baitfish in the spring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squidy Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Death, taxes and Yowie catching fish... Top stuff getting a decent feed out of the river this time of year. Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakelad Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Great flattie, would have been fun on the hand line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 6 hours ago, jenno64 said: You always manage a nice platter Yowie and congrats on the cracker croc, very healthy looking fish and released to terrorise baitfish in the spring! Thanks Rob, it was a solid fish. Not expecting to catch one like that at this time of year. The baitfish schools appear to very scattered, however, there are many small reddies about so some of them won't be growing much bigger, the last thing they will see is a big mouth closing around them. 4 hours ago, Mr Squidy said: Death, taxes and Yowie catching fish... Top stuff getting a decent feed out of the river this time of year. Rich Thanks Rich. The jackets are not big, but were very tasty for a change, flathead and tailor fillets tonight. 3 hours ago, lakelad said: Great flattie, would have been fun on the hand line! Thank you. It put up a good fight, powering away left and right then under the boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Nice one yowie. Blue swimmer not around during winter?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 2 hours ago, papafish said: Nice one yowie. Blue swimmer not around during winter?? Usually none until spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Who needs carbon n braid when you can have a handline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 2 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said: Who needs carbon n braid when you can have a handline Exactly correct. Try a kingfish or an eagle ray or a bigger jewie on a handline. It is not fun until your fingers start burning from the speed of the line as the fish takes off. I have suffered small burn marks on a finger and thumb from the line as a result of the above critters. The locals in the Northern Territory still fish for barra with a handline, though heavier than the 12 or 15 pound lines I use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz98 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Nice to see someone keep the leathers! Allot of people throw em back in and think there pests. I enjoy eating them, I find deep frying them whole the best method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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