Ed.

Well what a wonderful day it was on the bay, headed out from Bribie Island in almost glassed out conditions, and got to Mud island about 45 minutes later, sounded around and heaps of bait fish but nothing bigger, put some larger hooks on and all I got was pick, pick, pick, switched to smaller hooks and one after another, pulled up little fish, fusiliers etc. about 20cm long, but they were gut hooking themselves so switched to bigger hooks again, even used one as live bait ,  spotted what looked like a couple of Longtail tuna about 100m away from me, didn't get a good look as they only were at the surface for a second or two and then disappeared, by the time I pulled the anchor and rigged up a couple of lures, they were gone.
Tried trolling for a while and also changed locations several times but to no avail, so headed up to the northern part of the bay and ended up at Cowen Cowen and by that stage stage nothing was biting so did a few laps around some of the markers there and about an hour later headed back, so no fish but a really nice day out there! Did heaps of miles but to no avail. Still it was a magic day out there.  No idea what this particular fish was, that one almost managed to get that hook into its mouth. It had a really long second dorsal ray, you can just barely make it out by the shadow on the rag, the others were small Fusiliers and  they were suicidal on the smaller hooks hence the reason for going to larger hooks.

Well what a wonderful day it was on the bay, headed out from Bribie Island in almost glassed out conditions, and got to Mud island about 45 minutes later, sounded around and heaps of bait fish but nothing bigger, put some larger hooks on and all I got was pick, pick, pick, switched to smaller hooks and one after another, pulled up little fish, fusiliers etc. about 20cm long, but they were gut hooking themselves so switched to bigger hooks again, even used one as live bait ,  spotted what looked like a couple of Longtail tuna about 100m away from me, didn't get a good look as they only were at the surface for a second or two and then disappeared, by the time I pulled the anchor and rigged up a couple of lures, they were gone.
Tried trolling for a while and also changed locations several times but to no avail, so headed up to the northern part of the bay and ended up at Cowen Cowen and by that stage stage nothing was biting so did a few laps around some of the markers there and about an hour later headed back, so no fish but a really nice day out there! Did heaps of miles but to no avail. Still it was a magic day out there.  No idea what this particular fish was, that one almost managed to get that hook into its mouth. It had a really long second dorsal ray, you can just barely make it out by the shadow on the rag, the others were small Fusiliers and  they were suicidal on the smaller hooks hence the reason for going to larger hooks.

Nah missed those, sorry must have been asleep, no, wait that was you! 🤣

If I can talk the missus into it, we will hopefully be heading south around 8ish  from Bribie Island  to the Mud Island area on Monday. Seems that the weather may be playing ball again and coincides with the first day of holidays for the missus. I want to take the boat for a trial spin as we will be heading up to Agnes Waters the following week, so just want to make sure that there are no more gremlins lurking in my boat before heading North.
Are there any areas around there that are worth fishing for for snapper, macks, tuna etc. I have never fished that area before so don't know what to expect.
Anyone else going there on Monday?

Hi Swampie, welcome to the forum.
Ed.

Nah missed those, sorry must have been asleep, no, wait that was you! 🤣

Nah missed those, sorry must have been asleep, no, wait that was you! 🤣

Have a great trip, remember no photo's and it didn't happen.😀
Cheers
Ed.

If I can talk the missus into it, we will hopefully be heading south around 8ish  from Bribie Island  to the Mud Island area on Monday. Seems that the weather may be playing ball again and coincides with the first day of holidays for the missus. I want to take the boat for a trial spin as we will be heading up to Agnes Waters the following week, so just want to make sure that there are no more gremlins lurking in my boat before heading North.
Are there any areas around there that are worth fishing for for snapper, macks, tuna etc. I have never fished that area before so don't know what to expect.
Anyone else going there on Monday?

I would be considering the option to upgrade to a spot lock version, admittedly I haven't used one but from what I have seen on their use they would be brilliant. In my opinion they would be worth the extra dollars. Also would be worth checking out the thrust capacity of the one offered as with most "deals" they offer the cheapest options but  not necessarily  good options.
However if it is a used package then you won't get any upgrade options. So weigh up the cost of upgrades to get a functional good working boat  compared to a more expensive one with more bells and whistles. The cheapest one is not always the best in the long run, especially if you think it may require an engine replacement in the near future.

I would be considering the option to upgrade to a spot lock version, admittedly I haven't used one but from what I have seen on their use they would be brilliant. In my opinion they would be worth the extra dollars. Also would be worth checking out the thrust capacity of the one offered as with most "deals" they offer the cheapest options but  not necessarily  good options.
However if it is a used package then you won't get any upgrade options. So weigh up the cost of upgrades to get a functional good working boat  compared to a more expensive one with more bells and whistles. The cheapest one is not always the best in the long run, especially if you think it may require an engine replacement in the near future.

FishyBoy184:   If you are after some fish in the XL size and have a live bait tank setup on board, it would certainly make your day interesting to float out a live bait on a balloon and wait whilst you do some bottom bashing. 5-10m down should do the trick! A bit like dangling a carrot and ringing the dinner bell to see who's  hungry in the area. 😀 You will often see bait clouds on  many of the reefs there so just use a Sabiki style jig to fill your tanks with live bait ,  you might also loose your jig when something takes a liking to the bait on your jigs as you pull them up so have a few spare.
Cheers
Ed.

Thank you, definitely haven't had time for fishing, still have to do maintenance on the house before we go ( we live on two acres ) so cutting the grass, clearing, etc., does takes its toll in time and effort, I was hoping to take the boat out for a test drive before we head up north but due to my wife's work commitments and the windy weather, it doesn't look like I will be able to.
Anyway it should be good, looking forward to going up there, last time I towed my 26ft  boat to Rosyln Bay it died the next morning on the way out to get fuel to go fishing, faulty computer chip, had to come back without fishing as it would take 6 weeks for a replacement to arrive.
So hoping there will be no more jinxes to worry about apart from the weather that is and aim to put some fish on ice to take back home. 😀
 

I just hope the wind dies down by the time we get there, as that will put a real dampener on  fishing if we can't get out, because that will restrict us to the inlet.
Been doing a lot of work to the boat getting it ready, got the motor fixed, put a new extra  battery in and wired it up to a two way switch, made some extra heavy battery cables for both, added an extra bilge pump in at the front of the boat, made an extra fuel tank. Redid the bottom of the seats and lastly replaced the live bait tank pickup pump and added a float switch, replaced one wheel bearing and checked the others, replaced two of my  canopy cover fittings as they had cracked. Built a Burley tube and now just need to get my fishing gear together.
So pretty much did all the maintenance, and hopefully the boat won't play up otherwise I will not be a happy chappy, but at the end of the day can't do anything about the weather! 🤔

Thank you, definitely haven't had time for fishing, still have to do maintenance on the house before we go ( we live on two acres ) so cutting the grass, clearing, etc., does takes its toll in time and effort, I was hoping to take the boat out for a test drive before we head up north but due to my wife's work commitments and the windy weather, it doesn't look like I will be able to.
Anyway it should be good, looking forward to going up there, last time I towed my 26ft  boat to Rosyln Bay it died the next morning on the way out to get fuel to go fishing, faulty computer chip, had to come back without fishing as it would take 6 weeks for a replacement to arrive.
So hoping there will be no more jinxes to worry about apart from the weather that is and aim to put some fish on ice to take back home. 😀
 

Took the boat in to the mechanic at Brisbane Marine, he connected the computer to it and found the problems and they can be be fixed without me having to sell a kidney. Two faults found, first one is a faulty alarm speaker hence the reason for not having heard any alarms and the second  one which actually caused the problem was the sensor in the reserve oil bottle in the motor. Bottle was full of oil but the sensor was faulty and so reported that there was low oil hence the reason it went into limp mode.

Ordered the parts and will cost a total of $537 for parts, labour and today's diagnostic check. So a doable repair, will bring the boat back to them next Wednesday as the parts should be in by then.

So at this stage, 1770 is looking good. Better get my gear ready, also need to build myself a burley bucket, do some maintenance work on the trailer and lastly find a spare battery.
 

Thank you, definitely haven't had time for fishing, still have to do maintenance on the house before we go ( we live on two acres ) so cutting the grass, clearing, etc., does takes its toll in time and effort, I was hoping to take the boat out for a test drive before we head up north but due to my wife's work commitments and the windy weather, it doesn't look like I will be able to.
Anyway it should be good, looking forward to going up there, last time I towed my 26ft  boat to Rosyln Bay it died the next morning on the way out to get fuel to go fishing, faulty computer chip, had to come back without fishing as it would take 6 weeks for a replacement to arrive.
So hoping there will be no more jinxes to worry about apart from the weather that is and aim to put some fish on ice to take back home. 😀
 

I just hope the wind dies down by the time we get there, as that will put a real dampener on  fishing if we can't get out, because that will restrict us to the inlet.
Been doing a lot of work to the boat getting it ready, got the motor fixed, put a new extra  battery in and wired it up to a two way switch, made some extra heavy battery cables for both, added an extra bilge pump in at the front of the boat, made an extra fuel tank. Redid the bottom of the seats and lastly replaced the live bait tank pickup pump and added a float switch, replaced one wheel bearing and checked the others, replaced two of my  canopy cover fittings as they had cracked. Built a Burley tube and now just need to get my fishing gear together.
So pretty much did all the maintenance, and hopefully the boat won't play up otherwise I will not be a happy chappy, but at the end of the day can't do anything about the weather! 🤔

Took the boat in to the mechanic at Brisbane Marine, he connected the computer to it and found the problems and they can be be fixed without me having to sell a kidney. Two faults found, first one is a faulty alarm speaker hence the reason for not having heard any alarms and the second  one which actually caused the problem was the sensor in the reserve oil bottle in the motor. Bottle was full of oil but the sensor was faulty and so reported that there was low oil hence the reason it went into limp mode.

Ordered the parts and will cost a total of $537 for parts, labour and today's diagnostic check. So a doable repair, will bring the boat back to them next Wednesday as the parts should be in by then.

So at this stage, 1770 is looking good. Better get my gear ready, also need to build myself a burley bucket, do some maintenance work on the trailer and lastly find a spare battery.
 

Thank you, definitely haven't had time for fishing, still have to do maintenance on the house before we go ( we live on two acres ) so cutting the grass, clearing, etc., does takes its toll in time and effort, I was hoping to take the boat out for a test drive before we head up north but due to my wife's work commitments and the windy weather, it doesn't look like I will be able to.
Anyway it should be good, looking forward to going up there, last time I towed my 26ft  boat to Rosyln Bay it died the next morning on the way out to get fuel to go fishing, faulty computer chip, had to come back without fishing as it would take 6 weeks for a replacement to arrive.
So hoping there will be no more jinxes to worry about apart from the weather that is and aim to put some fish on ice to take back home. 😀
 

I just hope the wind dies down by the time we get there, as that will put a real dampener on  fishing if we can't get out, because that will restrict us to the inlet.
Been doing a lot of work to the boat getting it ready, got the motor fixed, put a new extra  battery in and wired it up to a two way switch, made some extra heavy battery cables for both, added an extra bilge pump in at the front of the boat, made an extra fuel tank. Redid the bottom of the seats and lastly replaced the live bait tank pickup pump and added a float switch, replaced one wheel bearing and checked the others, replaced two of my  canopy cover fittings as they had cracked. Built a Burley tube and now just need to get my fishing gear together.
So pretty much did all the maintenance, and hopefully the boat won't play up otherwise I will not be a happy chappy, but at the end of the day can't do anything about the weather! 🤔

I just hope the wind dies down by the time we get there, as that will put a real dampener on  fishing if we can't get out, because that will restrict us to the inlet.
Been doing a lot of work to the boat getting it ready, got the motor fixed, put a new extra  battery in and wired it up to a two way switch, made some extra heavy battery cables for both, added an extra bilge pump in at the front of the boat, made an extra fuel tank. Redid the bottom of the seats and lastly replaced the live bait tank pickup pump and added a float switch, replaced one wheel bearing and checked the others, replaced two of my  canopy cover fittings as they had cracked. Built a Burley tube and now just need to get my fishing gear together.
So pretty much did all the maintenance, and hopefully the boat won't play up otherwise I will not be a happy chappy, but at the end of the day can't do anything about the weather! 🤔

That's makes 2 of us. 🙂, although I am a bit hesitant in eating Coral Trout as I had a dose of Ciguatera about 20 years ago and once you have had it you are always susceptible to it, and Coral Trout, Queenfish and Spanish Mackerel  frequently have it especially the large ones, but a nice Red or Spangled  Emperor I wouldn't say no to! 😀

So looking at these restrictions, they  shouldn't affect GregOug going to Frazer or myself going to Agnes Water then. Or have I missed something?

GregOug, PM sent