Category Archives: Fishing

Leeder’s Creek fishing trip

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Headed off to Leeders today, note that I should try to get there before sunrise, because the sun is exactly in your eyes, plus the dust of the road, was very difficult to drive.

Got:
Me: 45cm Queenfish, 2 bucks
mate: reasonable goldie, large cod 60+ cm

Story of the trip:
The largest crab was caught on fishing line! I thought I had a tree or something when I got a glimpse of the crab I slowly lowered him and got my mate to get the net… he plunged it in and I gave my best guess of placing him over it while we pulled it up… as soon as he saw daylight he dropped the bait but dropped right into the net! He was 19cm, but a bit empty.

Boat problems:
Boat was okay but some pinhead (me) forgot to put the clip down of the trailer… how I drove there and launched without it coming off is a mystery but it went bang taking the trailer in. Saftey chain to the rescue!!

Snap:

Daly River Barra

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We went down here hearing how the river had flooded and you now launched from the road. It had gone off earlier in the week, we didn’t know it at the time, but now the reports were that the Daly wasn’t delivering anymore. We spent the day drifting up creeks and cutting the motor to float backwards. All of a sudden bang! my Zerek Prawn delivered me a 63cm barra. No other bites or any signs of life for the day, just the one fish… worth it!


 

 

Hydeaway Bay for a wedding

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Spent the week in Hydeaway Bay for a wedding, was a great trip. A few boats hanging around, including a cat, plenty of fishing and crabbing.

No fish were caught but we got heaps of mudcrabs, and tons of oysters. There was a small island that had basically been untouched, and we could pop over there and get our bag limit, and bring them back for everyone.

Some highlights include getting stuck on the sandbanks and getting to push a boat, some captain (who was also getting married) allowing his crew to through out 10 crab pots completely collapsed, and a bonfire on the beach ‘let’s try to run as far as we can up a palm before we fall off’ contest.

Good times!

 


Fishing in Queensland, love it!

 


Swimming off the catamaran


Fishing at sunset

Houseboat for Dad’s 60th

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Dad was up in Darwin for his 60th, so we decided to surprise him with this houseboat trip. If you live n Darwin you definitely have to do a trip out here, the wetlands are stunning. We got to have a fish, but didn’t get any barra. Fishing is really difficult in Corroboree Billabong, at least it has been since I arrived in 2012.

Highlight was getting (someone else’s) fishing line wrapped around the prop, which took a while to sort out, and course we were stuck against the bank after that. We somehow managed to get free by pushing a broom against a tree, this pointed the point around enough that we got the houseboat moving.