RJHELL Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Found this little guy in the castnet tonight at collages crossing (ipswich). So what SP. Is it? Never seen a sole/flounder up this far... it has a real strong tiger pattern in it.. Brought it home to get photos then released it back to where it was caught. Beautiful little fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenton Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 ha ha, i got one of those a couple of weeks back. got a heap of baby flathead in the net as well on the same day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenton Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 must of missed ya out there. i got there at 8.30 until 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 You know it is illegal to use a cast net in freshwater, if fisheries catch you its a wopper of a fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJHELL Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I was at the boat ramp man. Was their from 3:30 till about 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJHELL Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 (edited) Its tidal [MENTION=3726]grubby[/MENTION]. Its more salt then fresh Never fished where its illigal ot practiced anything along them lines. I belive in fishing for the future. Catch and release is all i do unless its a 40-50cm flathead then i grab 1 or 2 :-) Edited February 28, 2014 by RJHELL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satchiel Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Its tidal [MENTION=3726]grubby[/MENTION]. Its more salt then freshNever fished where its illigal ot practiced anything along them lines. I belive in fishing for the future. Catch and release is all i do unless its a 40-50cm flathead then i grab 1 or 2 :-) I grew up at Karalee & spent my first 18 years swimming & fishing at Colleges Crossing & Allawah...can't say I ever noticed salinity creeping anywhere near that far up the Brisbane River, especialy given the Brisbane Water Treatment Works are only a stone's throw further upriver?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJHELL Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Above that weir at My.Crosby is 100% fresh but below is the start of brakish. The water at collages rises up to 1m at hightide and -1m at low and depending on time of moon rotation(king tide) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
none Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) Its tidal [MENTION=3726]grubby[/MENTION]. Its more salt then freshNever fished where its illigal ot practiced anything along them lines. I belive in fishing for the future. Catch and release is all i do unless its a 40-50cm flathead then i grab 1 or 2 :-) Sorry but Colleges Crossing is NOT more salt than fresh - take a hydrometer - pure fresh. Yes it is tidal - the very upper tidal reaches but that doesn't make it salt. Spent years doing water analysis there and at no stage was any salt found.. Further downstream it is brackish - Colleges is not. Edited March 1, 2014 by none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
none Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 I grew up at Karalee & spent my first 18 years swimming & fishing at Colleges Crossing & Allawah...can't say I ever noticed salinity creeping anywhere near that far up the Brisbane River, especialy given the Brisbane Water Treatment Works are only a stone's throw further upriver??You are exactly right - Colleges is pure fresh - tidal yes but fresh - as you mention the area gets it's water from near there :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billfish Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Looks like a sole or flounder .when juvi their eyes are on both sides like a normal fish then they migrate around to be on one side as they mature. Maybe they can handle brackish to fresh as a juvi maybe less predators up there or the mothers lay eggs in brackish and the juviniles migrate to the salt .happens with other fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenton Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 the rules for cast netting in tidal waters (regardless of its salt content are clearly outline in the qld fisheries rules ). page 13 i think http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/53888/Rec-fishing-regs.pdf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Colleges on Brackish. Some species I have caught or seen caught there there are Bream Silver Biddy Tarpon (Many years ago. But I heard some one caught one 2 weeks ago. With photo Proof) Flathead Scat Mono aka Butter Bream Bull Sharks Catfish Aussie Bass Eel Sole And from memory most of the top of the list are Brackish/Salt fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenton Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 I have got some threadfin salmon, big pike eels and the occasional mudcrab there as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Ooh how did I forget those dang Pikeys ..eew they scare the poop out of me. More then the Noahs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
none Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) Colleges on Brackish. Some species I have caught or seen caught there there are Bream Silver Biddy Tarpon (Many years ago. But I heard some one caught one 2 weeks ago. With photo Proof) Flathead Scat Mono aka Butter Bream Bull Sharks Catfish Aussie Bass Eel Sole And from memory most of the top of the list are Brackish/Salt fish All the above fish enter freshwater (albeit briefly in some cases). Silver Biddy, Tarpon, Catfish and Bass can spend their entire lives in freshwater. People need to understand the difference between tidal and brackish. There are flora species found around Colleges (at least there were prior to the floods) that can not handle salt. At the most at a King tide you may get minute salt readings at Colleges - i.e 1.002sg nothing like the "it's more salt than fresh" quote given. Monos are rarely found at colleges, (not that it makes any difference as young Monos enter fresh water regularly) and the sharks are well known to enter freshwater at Colleges to kill parasites on their bodies. You could also add Bullrout, Snub Nosed Gar, Tilapia, etc, etc ,etc. Edited March 1, 2014 by none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover65k Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hi @RJHELL I just like the photos - thanx very much for sharing them. PS: I've bypassed all the technical/legal/bush-lawyer discussions above LOL Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3f0rg0t3n Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 that callus on your hand doesn't look very nice in the photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJHELL Posted March 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yeah mate the joys or being a contractor stockman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
