Fishing trips, tips, bits and loads of fun. I've fished my entire life and live in Queensland Australia. This channel will have some of the fishing that I do but more importantly, I want to show people how simple it is to get started with fishing as well as some advanced tips and tricks for those that have been doing it for a while. With some help from my friends, some who can fish and some who can't, we plan of showing you how much fun fishing can be. Please leave comments, good and bad and also let me know if there is anything you would like to see covered. Love your fishing and respect our waterways. Wardy
G'day mate. I use a rod in the 12-20lb weight or line class range. In the video I use a Daiwa rod. The reel is a Daiwa Certate but Penn, or Shimano or just a decent reel in the 4000 size is ideal. I use 20lb line and a 40lb leader. That is light for Tusk FIsh but easy to use and I prefer the light stuff. I just seem to catch more fish even though I loss the odd one. Hope that helps mate. Wardy
@@wardysfishing9403 thank you for the prompt reply and that helps heaps as I am looking at a Diawa Td Black Supacaster 5/10 kg and either a TD Black 3000 or 4000 leaning towards the 4000 but will see how the balance is , loving your videos - Cheers
If you are confident with soft plastics, just some small 4" grubs of prawns such as Gulp work well on the small but numerous drain barra. For the better fish in the snags, a barra lure such as the RMG Scorpion or Reidy's B52 are great. Just shallow diving lures in that style. Having a barra lure and a soft plastic will cover all bases. Good luck mate. Wardy
@wardysfishing9403 thanks Mate, appreciate the response. Looking forward to heading up there and exploring some new country. Very informative and entertaining videos Mate.
@@80ZX With the road up here, the graders and road crews are constantly working on it. There is only 200klms of dirt left and it is nowhere near as bad as it used to be. The sections that are about to be redone will be bad and the sections just done will be great but overall, it is never too bad anymore. Wardy
Research is everything. Port Lihou or Longbeach would make more sense as fresh water could be gotten from locals who live there. I've stayed at both places several times in order to shoot deer and catch crabs.
Great to know that there’s plenty of places off the beaten track where a bit of walking effort reaps such rewards. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Q. Is there a rule of thumb for how far away from the coast you have to be before Salty Crocodilians are not an issue? Cheers, Marty.
That’s what I thought. You appear very relaxed at the water’s edge, I guess living up there you get to know the signs, subtle and obvious, that would put you on more alert?!
G'day mate. You won't catch beachworms there. The mangroves are all long gone so no blood worms so I guess the only worms in the area may be pink wrigglers. Being a Qlder, not my area of expertise but I do know the area you are talking about.
We just added a 00 sized sinker. Tiny but it was enough to pull the nose down. We are going to test the big 9" and see if that is better. Or worse. But needed the small sinker on the small Nessie.
G'day Mumztaxi. I put tape over the water intakes on the bottom of the motor and used glad wrap to wrap the cowling and down to the shaft. I am not too worries about the leg of the engine so that's all I do. Good luck with your trip in June. Its been a big wet and we are still getting smashed with rain so hoping for a good barra bite during the dry. Wardy
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Isn't it boring if I am just fishing without any music? I have a video already edited that will load today but I will do one without music later this week and see how it goes.
Thanks mate. Not here in Qld. The Qld Groper, barramundi cod and potato cod are but not the estuary cod. They are in very healthy numbers. They taste OK but the flesh is a little soft so we release them anyway.
Thanks, I don't have much experience at all fishing in your part of the world, so these are bloody informative Mate, thanks. Will help us put together our tackle boxes for our trip your way this September.
Awesome Ep and fish Wardy. Gee I got on to some lovely fingermark up where I go from 55 to 75cm on Squid and my old faithful hand lines out offshore last year I been hunting for them for 10 years offshore finally found some lovely ground out wider. can not wait to fish it again in a couple months.
My mate Ian was the painter so I will try to answer the best I can. We used Concept Paints expoxy primer and same brank 2K in white. A shit load a prep and that is it. It all went on with one coat of each.
Starting to watch you videos Mate. I am from Victoria and we are heading up to the tip later this year. Been to 2:41 NT a few times, but never the Cape. Great to watch fishing videos of someone who is obviously amongst it regularly.
@wardysfishing9403 G,day Mate. We plan on being in Cooktown for 3 days late August, then Weipa and Mapoon around 1st September for around 6 days, which we will have the boat. Then, to the tip if all goes to plan. Would love to get the boat to the tip, but looks to be a significant challenge from what I can tell so far.
Youve done your homework @@80ZX . Absolutely right. No issues getting the boat to Weipa and Mapoon. But the Bamaga road is a shocker. You can get there if you're prepared to crawl alone with it gets too rough but you'd have to allow yourself all day and then you will miss the Jardine River Ferry. They would probably be closed by the time you got there. But Weipa and Mapoon in Sept is amazing. So many options and good tides as well. Fishing the drains at the bottom of the tides and start of the run in as well as the snags and rock bars when the tide is higher will see you doing very well. Enjoy your trip mate and if you're in Weipa for a few days we might have to have a refreshment.
@wardysfishing9403 Thanks again for the response, Mate. Yes, the boat further north than Mapoon and Weipa seems a big stretch, particularly for our first trip. If you are in Weipa at the same time, it would be great to catch up for a refreshment and chat.
G'day mate. I do troll with the two stroke but mine seems ok. I used to have a tinnie that was too fast to troll so I used to di it backwards. I looked like a dickhead but used to catch a lot of fish.
Sort of keen but I always find the fishing tough until the rain stops. What's your thoughts? I find them up in the swamps or the big tides have them hiding in too deep. I might get one or two but it's tough.
@wardysfishing9403 yeah I know what you mean and I do agree. We've still got a bit of runoff here and there's a lot of new snags around since the floods. I'm planning on sticking close to the river and creek mouths this weekend as there's not much in the tides. There's definitely some big girls around at the moment, just need to time it right and find what works I reckon. I got a 108cm by catch last Sunday morning on 95mm jerkbait
@@Jake_UpNorthFishingAdventures Wow . Cracking fish mate. I haven't caught a metre barra for two years now. Dropped one at the boat in the Wenlock year before last but didnt even see one last year. They are around the bridge at night during closed season but I dont target them. This year I;ll get one. Overdue.
@wardysfishing9403 yeah I don't find them very often up at Lakefield or marina Plains, but they turn up a bit in cairns at the right time. I just got home from my first fish of the season and landed 4 of 5 in the runoff. All between 68 and 75. Nice fat healthy fish since the floods.
@@Jake_UpNorthFishingAdventures Nice work mate. It's still blowing its ass off here so no fishing this weekend for me. Casting arm is getting very twitchy.
Hi Mate, we are heading to Weipa Mapoon and then the Cape. We are hoping to take a 4.8mt Quintrex on our single axle trailer. Plan on taking spare leaf springs, bearings and u-bolts. Just after some general advise an thoughts ? Never been north of Noosa so I have no idea what to expect other than what I can google.
G'day 80ZX. Great trip mate and you'll love fishing Mapoon. Good idea to take some spares. I have driven over dirt roads with my boats for two decades now and have learnt a lot. The number one mistake I see that causes trailer failure is bolting big wheels to a trailer and thinking that it is now an off-road trailer. What that does is increases what suspension designers call, unsprung weight. This is weight that the springs, in your case, leaf springs, do not absorb some of the bouncing around of that wheel. The wheel just spins on a stub axil and every bump is absorbed through that axil. Technically, lower your tyre pressures to about 25psi and you get some shock absorbtion from that but that is all. So make sure your wheels are the wheels the manufacture put on when the trailer was built or, go lighter and have an alloy wheel. The wheels need to be as light as possible to reduce the pressure on the stub axil. The other issue also relates to weight and that is over loading the boat. You no doubt have a lot of gear to bring up so it makes sense to put it all in the boat, cover it with a boat cover and no problems. But my advice is to put all the light stuff in the boat and don't over load it. Once again, the trailer is not designed for such a load and it will be under too much stress. If you do that mate, it is unlikely that you will have any issues. I use the standard trailer that comes with my boats and often put light mag wheels on that make it look great as well as makes it lighter. And i have never had a trailer failure. Good luck mate and enjoy Mapoon.
@wardysfishing9403 Thanks heaps for all the advice, and I will certainly take all that on board. We can't wait to get up there and hopefully some great fishing and sightseeing. Thanks again, Mate.
Great insights Wardy :) love these discussions especially from someone who appreciates the finer details of fish feeding behaviour and the lures that range to match👌
I'd love to sit down with someone like yourself who designs and understands lures and make a video. I'm sure I'd learn just as much too. It's an interesting conversation isn't it mate. Thanks John.
G'day shafiqppp, Not sure what that means? Are you wanting a video on what I think is the best barra and jack lure? Just one lure for both fish or two lures, one for jacks and one for barra?
zerek absolute shrimp , best lure ever made... swap weedless hook and you'll see it works like charm. Caught tons of fishes with it , only downfall of it , it's their poor quality made of plastic , doesn't live up to rough beating of bites
G'day Mick. I love the Absolute Shrimp. But I can't use it too often in Weipa or around the Cape because it is too heavy for snag fishing. The small 3" and middle sized one is a little too small so I use the 5" (I think its 5" anyway) but weighs a lot more than the 5" Live Shrimp. But changing the hook and the weight is a great way to modify it but I just use the Live Shrimp instead.
