The Yak Hunters ran a training day for catching threadfin salmon at the Brisbane Port, and someone new to kayak fishing landed a 103cm salmon on an 8lb line.
With moral support and advice throughout the epic contest, he could remain calm and successfully land the fish. He was stoked to catch such a huge fish, the target species.
One day last week, I ventured out on my kayak and found some bait fish and fish hanging around a pinnacle. I cast half an unweighted pilchard current, and as it drifted towards me, a fish smashed the bait and took off at great speed.
Unfortunately, the hook did not set, and I thought I would have another opportunity to catch a fish for dinner.
I had just cast in my bait when the barge involved in the ‘Beach Nourishment Project’ came within 20 meters of where I was fishing.
No waving to them made any difference, and the barge motored right over my fishing spot. That turned off the fishing, and I moved to another spot, but all I caught was a grinner.
The flathead has shown up in the shallows and now is the time to target these fish. Last week, on my way to meet my daughter and grandchildren from the ferry, I chatted with two young anglers fishing on the Coochiemudlo jetty.
They were removing the hook from the yaws of a good size flatty and told me that they were on school holidays and decided to come over to Coochiemudlo Island because the “fishing is better on Coochiemudlo”.
A few minutes later, as we were climbing into my car, we saw one of the young anglers land another sizeable flathead.
We featured a photo of David Pollard, age 91, a few weeks ago.
Jane MacDougall, his daughter who also fished that morning, is our featured angler this week.
If you have any fishing questions or photographs of your catch or would like a fishing session, please get in touch with Michael at [email protected]
