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Hinchinbrook in a tinnie – part one
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though before we re-
and then it went quiet again.
other snags and it wasn’t long before a school of mangrove jack got in on the action.
alised it was time to head back to Lucinda for a barbecue and a few beers.
We travelled north to look at some drains around Benjamin Flats, but the tide was a little too high, so we killed time casting lures at rocky points for a heap of cod until the tide started coming in again.
We landed around 10 jack and a bunch of de- cent cod as well.
The next morning was a glass out and theline-upattheramp was ridiculous, so we decided to head to Fishers Creek and put in there.
In tight country it was brutal fishing and a heap of fun.
This ramp needs a bit of water to get the boat in and out of, and even though it had only just started running out, the tide was already low when we got there.
We put a few pilchards in the Esky this time, for something different.
A few of the better fish had us in the snags fast and it took quick rod work and patience to get them.
Dad didn’t want to get stuck there all day, so he drove the trailer back to Lucinda and left us to find a few fish.
The old man’s tinnie is pretty basic, with a 2-stroke and no elec- tric motor, so casting at snags when the after- noon breeze picked up was a bit tricky.
We left the fish biting in the creek and bashed back through the chop to get home before dark for a hard-earned drink and a feed.
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Once again, the fin- germark spot was very slow – even the treval- ly and tarpon weren’t chewing.
We found a likely looking snag and an- chored just upstream from it.
I ended up downsizing to a 3” Gulp Shrimp on a 3/8oz head, and finally landed a nice fingermark.
It didn’t take long for the resident pikey bream to show up, with one fish per bait com- ing over the side.
This was followed by a little giant trevally
Pikey bream gener- ate a lot of activity and make for a great berley trail when they chew up pilchard.
Chris Stratford landed this grunter casting a prawn imitation at fallen timber.
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