Pre Xmas fish at Rainbow Beach

[Funchy]

I had a couple of days to kill up at Rainbow Beach with my old man so I took my young fella and his mate up along with my little sister visiting from Sydney. Arrived to some beaut weather and planned a yak session for the next morning but only boated some pike and a small flatty so the next day I tried off Bullock for similar results So I decided to up the Ante and paddle all the way up into Carlo Creek and score a decent fish.

Set out at 4:15am from the ramp with a slight 5 knot breeze and a run out tide. I trolled all the way up until the creek starts to truly narrow and then started to flick SP's about. There was plenty of mullet working but I had not had a touch so back out goes the trolling lure and just at a point where it really narrows the lure gets smashed!!! I grabbed it out of the rod holder as line was peeling off, reel screaming, me cursing and this thing just making a fool of me. I grabbed the reel and just locked it which turned the fish, I started to wind in as fast as I could but it then turned right and went straight into the snags and hid I gave it slack line, waited, jerked on the end of it, waited, slack line, called it names, waited, said horrible things about it's mumma...... It wasnt coming out!! Ended up snapping off, retiing a new leader and lure and moved on.

About another klm up the creek I found a 3 way intersection which was creating a nice little back eddy. Through my HB up current and worked the lure back through the eddy and past a sng. 3rd cast and whacko!! No reel screaming, no blasphemy, no ill spoken words to anyones mother just a locked drag and a short fight and in comes a Jack to 45cms. Now cos of the crap I had been taking back at camp about my lack of rsults and due to the fact we had a friend over from the USA I kept him and baked him on the BBQ in lemon, lemon grass, Tuscan spice and butter. He tasted beautiful.

Anyway, kept flicking about for a small flatty in the same spot and then moved on to a deeper hole for a soapie jew that went about 40cm.

A nice paddle but got eaten alive by midgies.

Heading home in the morning

[darylive]

Good Work Noted. HB you say? any other detail?

[Funchy]

Good Work Noted. HB you say? any other detail?

I got it in the USA. 2 peice shallow diving. White belly, gold sides and black back.

Dont know the name of it mate

[Benny]

Nice work mate, god fish there. Some good country down that way

[DEANO68]

top spot up there , nice jack funchy...

[Apollo]

Pretty sure it all green zone once it narrows up in Carlo, so might be worth checking.

[Funchy]

Pretty sure it all green zone once it narrows up in Carlo, so might be worth checking.

Maybe you are thinking Carland?

http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/gr...quickguide.pdf

I am happy to stand corrected?

[Apollo]

Nah, I was thinking Myers.

[Funchy]

Nah, I was thinking Myers.

I am not from up that way so was careful to make sure I knew right from wrong

[Didley]

Great story Funchy, enjoyed reading it, thanks.