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[keldaw]

nice spot Jim , not a lot of people go there ,
 looking at the track in .
 we have caught a lot of fish in our time but never a 5 lb bream .
they don't grow that big over here , that would have been a good fight to get him in .     ,, kel ,,

[trout]

nice spot Jim , not a lot of people go there ,
 looking at the track in .
 we have caught a lot of fish in our time but never a 5 lb bream .
they don't grow that big over here , that would have been a good fight to get him in .     ,, kel ,,

Most fishermen/women that come to Cararrang either don't target the Bream or are unaware that they are here.
They normally fish for Bluebone, norwest snapper or the pinkies.

The bream tend to stick to the shallows around the rocky headlands and low cliffs and are often caught in only 2-3 feet of water which would appear to be a pretty barren and fishless area to most fisho's .

Most of the bream taken in this area are about a kilo or so But there are some "Thumpers" amongst the schools and a 5 pounder or better is not that much of a rarity.
The waters in this area are pristine and the table quality of these bream in my opinion are better than the Pink Snapper which are prolific here and they also freeze far better as the snapper tends to go soft and a bit mushy frozen.

No secret gear or techniques are required to nail these beauties, just an unweighted prawn will suffice :good:

If you look at the pic of my campsite you will see a small headland to the right of my camp.
I went along the beach and cast into the shallows there and this is where I caught some rather nice fish, I didn't even need to launch the dingy.
I also caught some nice big snapper at night from the same spot

[JeffH]

Maybe you should edit the title of this thread Jim -"Home and Away Maintenance".

I am not a fisherman -happy to go out in the boat, tend the Eskie and take a good book though. It does sound like you did well. But, "it doesn't exist unless there are photos". Now who may have previously said something like that?

[trout]

Maybe you should edit the title of this thread Jim -"Home and Away Maintenance".

I am not a fisherman -happy to go out in the boat, tend the Eskie and take a good book though. It does sound like you did well. But, "it doesn't exist unless there are photos". Now who may have previously said something like that?

Fair enough, all those fillets that I so neatly vacuum sealed with my new fandangled sealer must be a "Myth" then.
Crikey I hope they taste alright :laugh2:  
I rarely take pic's of fish because I am usually knackered from fishing all day and have to fillet what I have kept, I would much rather a beer in my hand at this stage than a smart phone
I got smart a long time ago and only keep a max of 6 fish in any one day, filleting any more than that makes it seem like a job and isn't fun at all.
With my "Bung" hand it takes me far longer than before to do the task and Mrs Trout flatly refuses to learn how to do the job ( Smart Cookie is Mrs Trout),She does insist on the "No Bones" rule though :dash1:

[robbiegal]

heavenly spot Jim
so pleased that mrs trout is along for the ride
just devine - people would pay big $$ to be in such a beautiful place

ps many sharks/salties around there? i.e. do you take a sunset dip to shower off after all that fish filleting or is it a case of hand me that bucket honey

[trout]

heavenly spot Jim
so pleased that mrs trout is along for the ride
just devine - people would pay big $$ to be in such a beautiful place

ps many sharks/salties around there? i.e. do you take a sunset dip to shower off after all that fish filleting or is it a case of hand me that bucket honey

NO Crocks and I have yet to see a big shark in the shallows in the last 45 years I have been going to this spot.
Yes we did some "Skinny dipping" during the day and the water was Perfect :angel:
We also have a shower setup with heaps of fresh water so there was no need to go to bed smelly , although I did "Black Snake" it once (Geeze I copped it for that) :angel:

[Unicorn]

Opened the shed door this morning and my good mate Mousetrap was there to greet me .......

[trout]

That's a ripper looking python Uni, I haven't seen mine for a few months.

[Unicorn]

It's unusual as I hadn't seen him in that shed for a while now (he was in the garden shed at one stage). I saw one (around 1.75m) cruising the mown area when I mowed yesterday but this little fella is a tad over 2m. I'm glad they're about as mice and rats are my "pet" hate.

This fella seems to have a "penchant for purple pigmented poly-string" :laugh2:

[Goldseeker]

Is that one poisonous?

[Unicorn]

I'm pretty sure they're not Goldie. They probably have the same "dirty mouth" as most reptiles though, so if they do bite the wound may be easily infected.

The beaut thing is these fellas are very vey timid. I got a 3m+ one from out of the machinery shed back a few years ago and took him for a ride up into the scrub. (He was scaring Mrs Uni too much!).

[Basil]

One forced itself into a large Cockatoos cage the owner had hanging off the clothes line up here,took the Cockatoo but then couldn't get back out of the cage,no one heard anything until a neighbour saw a large snake hanging off the cage. Local self appointed Reptile guy/expert came and took the Snake still stuck in the cage away.

[autocoupler]

Same thing happened with my daughters budgies. A python managed to get in the cage and had it's fill, then curled up for a snooze. The daughters Partner wouldn't go near it, so my wife who just happened to be visiting that afternoon, took it to nearby bushland.

[Unicorn]

Birdie num nums

[Pedro]

The photo was enough to put me off Uni :bye2:

Pedro