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Gave my new (to me) tinny a try-out fishing around Fraser Is this morning ending up with no monsters but 7 KGW from 32 to 35 cm - all on prawn and ignored mussels, squid and clams - and one salmon. Returned another dozen or smaller whiting and the Toadies were a serious problem. After 4 hours no bai...

Well I visited Fraser Is again yesterday with half a dozen a bit larger keepers and a nice Flathead. The catch (and release) of the day though was a 30cm bright blue Weedy Whiting - amazing colour!

Was at Fraser Is again this afternoon - 3 hours of zero keepers and then about high tide managed 6 KGW ( best 2 at 40 cm) and a 46 cm Flattie. As with re-tyred, peeled prawn was the go and Toadies were a real pain!

Nothing like a pic LOL

I bought a car and a boat Dec/Jan and the scams were endless - if someone claims to be a Defence force member and wants a deposit or holding fee just ask them for a copy of their Defence ID Card. I had two such "sellers" - both of whom quickly vanished when I asked for an ID card copy!

I am with you there sebb - clicking on links that you do not know can have nasty consequences!

Well the previous trip was a zero but today at least managed 4 keepers in the 36 cm range and returned a dozen or so small whiting. Peeled prawn and clams for bait. As soon as the outgoing tide picked up even the toadies stopped biting!!!!!

Two trips around the usual spots close to Lakes Entrance resulted in just a couple of very small whiting and many toadies. Gave the soft plastics a run in shallow (about 1 metre) water over mixed sand and weed at Fraser Is resulting in 2 good flatties plus lost one that would have been pushing the 5...

Well I followed in re-tyred footsteps today and fished between 16 and 20 fathoms 3 to 4 km West of Lakes Entrance. Kept 8 good flatties and 4 large gurnard plus many flatties released. Sadly the gummies stayed away!

Two more trips outside the past week with a dozen good flatties, many smaller ones released, and a few more large gurnard. Nothing wrong with gurnard in the eating department and easy to fillet. No gummies yet though. Interesting watching the pelicans eat gurnard frames - they toss them around insid...