Hi all, never caught a thready and would live to get my son onto one. If anyone e
Has any advice I'd really appreciate it.
For what it's worth we are purely in it for the sport, so catch and release only... if it matters.
Cheers :)
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Hi all, never caught a thready and would live to get my son onto one. If anyone e
Has any advice I'd really appreciate it.
For what it's worth we are purely in it for the sport, so catch and release only... if it matters.
Cheers :)
Mate there is a Miriad of videos on them caught in the river over the years I’ve only had a go at them a few times and the loader straight out from the entrance across the river was our main area , all fish caught on vibes
hAVE a look at bait tackle store on youtube
Find them on the sounder first....vibes in very short hops near them....just enough speed to make them vibe....not rip at them.
Threadies can be anywhere at anytime....they really don't have a set pattern.
Often you can find them near street lights on the surface in the city reaches.
The pine would be unlikely for threadies now this season....bris river or cabo river they are being caught the last few days.
Most of my threadies are in less than 5 metres of water.....often where bait flushes thru with the the tide.....yet to find them where bait schools sit in a tide though.
Threadies will nearly always be facing the current with the feelers spread to feed.....you get down current from them...cast up current past them and hop the lures to them usually....they have lousy sight and hunt mostly by vibrations so small slowing hops within a metre of them usually gets a hit.
Paddle tails work as well but not as good as vibes....yet to catch one on a split tail minnow though.
Funny enough, when I was up in the NT a couple of years back, the skipper got me to cast out a small soft vibe and rip it back as fast as I could through feeding threadies. Lost count of the number I caught that day. Never used that method before (or heard of it) but it worked a treat.
Years ago I used to target them land based further up the river right in the city.
They love big live prawns caught in the same area.
Cheers,
Roo.
Does anyone eat these?
I caught my one and only (decent size) a few years back in the pine. Heard they were good on the chew.
Nope. Not for me. Location have anything to do with taste maybe?
I've never kept any out of the Brissy River. Used to eat them occasionally when living up North. A little fiddly to fillet but worth it though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thegurn
Cheers,
Roo.
There are far better fish to eat in the rivers here....super fresh they are half decent....a week in the freezer and they are no better than crab bait....my last one ended up being cubed for snapper.
I've enjoyed them in the NT.
We did have one on the last trip that wasn't at the level of the others I've had but it was still OK.
They have been good eating but I have only eaten them fresh.
As a side note, threadies do not recover well after prolonged fights, so up the line to about 15-20lb and get them to the boat fairly quickly for best chances of release.
Thanks gents.
I must be a fussy bugger too used to flatties etc.
I ate mine fresh but can't say I enjoyed it all that much. The next thready dumb enuff to end up on my line will be set free.
Cheers
Gurn
Only ever caught 1 Thready & rate them higher than Barra, will never throw them back.
As I'm often told by my regular deckie with any fish I catch....
It must have been really sick and jumped on my line just to end it all.
Maybe he was right for once and I got a 'bad' one. Haha
I hit Bris riv this afternoon and evening looking for threadies or jew....found a few small schools but couldn't tempt anything but a decent flathead.
Couple from the last two outings
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Nice threadies mate.
Good to see a plan coming together for ya.
Cheers,
Roo.
Nice fish Matt. You got them sorted now.