Last night I went for a fish with the NQ fly fishers club. We hit up the local golf course targeting Tilapia and tarpon. The ponds are also home to legal sized barra but the season doesn't open for another couple days. No tarpon or barra were landed to my knowledge but another angler caught a fresh water eel. Acouple other anglers including my self were able to land afew Tilapia. Tilapia are a pest fish that are invading the waters of Queensland killing of the native species so the are killed and discarded after they are caught. Tilapia can be caught with almost any small fly tripped slowly and usually strike near the bottom where as tarpon strike closer to the surface. A Tilapia strike feels much like a tug similar to a Rock Bass or Bluegill where as tarpon hit and take off hard.
Tilapia fly
In acouple days my inflatable kayak should arrive and I am defiantly looking forward to test out all the cool spots I have been looking over with google maps.
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Shallow water sand bottom structure near reefs and rubble!!!
I have also been looking into acouple diy projects including a stripping basket, push pole and floating gopro platform for filming underwater barra strike!! I'll be posting about these when they are finished.
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