Abrolhos + Twitchy = Trout....
Hey Crew well I managed to get out to Abrolhos Islands twice over the Easter break both trips were day trips in my 5m Quinny..
First trip over was the good Friday where I meet up with Flag Pole, Poddy, Spooled and some other mates and the second trip was the Easter Monday where I followed a couple mates over in there 26fter..
Friday we were on the water by 6am where I meet Flag pole and some other mates in there 26fter at the ramp before we headed accross to the Islands.
The weather was rather crap nothing like the forecast with a sloppy nor wester but I decided to push on anyway hoping the forecast was right for the arvo to bring better conditions..
First stop for me was to TWITCH a few placcys around on a some marks I have near Hummock Island while Flag Pole and Poddy + Spooled were playing around Wreck Point...
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First drift over this promising Ground.....
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Mrstwitchemup nails this 600mm Trout...
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Then a min later it was my turn with another 600mm Trout...
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After catching 8 or so Trout of the same spot I was glad to get stuck into a few of these smaller Pinks higher up in the water coloum...
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So after being PINGED on my Trout mark we up and moved to some more ground not far away and Mrstwitchemup picked up this 650mm Trout...
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The Trout were everywhere we couldn't miss with Trout smashing any plastic we dropped down... Here's another 600mm model that fell to a Squidgy Wriggler...
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Around midday we decided to head in close to Pelsart Island and sit in the sheltered bay to have some lunch mean while I dropped a placcy down amongst the hordes of bait and scored myself this 580mm Coronation Trout... (Just don't tell Poddy... lol)
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A quick "sound for ground" saw me find another flare up of bait and it didn't take long to nail yet another solid Trout....
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By now it was around 2pm and we were feelin like some pelagic action a quick radio call to Flag Pole and Poddy + Spooled soon told us the pelagics were firing down near Wreck Point so off we headed...
Not long after setting the troll and I was on with the little Talica 8 losing a lot of line fast.....
Spanyola was the call untill.....
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Mr Tiger Shark decided he wanted my Spanish more than I..... He left me with 4kg of head...
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Now to Monday's trip early start on the water by 5.30am and well what can I say more Trout smashing plastics..
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After having enough of catching Trout I decided on a quick troll which picked up this Shark Mackerel..
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Then it was off to chase bait balls which were goin off up near Hummock Island there was Tuna, Sharks, Mackies and even Pinkys smashing bait on the surface..
I had a ball catching Tuna on poppers while the missus let her placcy sink down through the bait ball resulting in this placcy munchin 680mm Pinky..
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Day 2 had finally to come to an end and here we are heading home after 2 awesome days at Abrolhos Islands..
In total we caught over 30 decent Coral Trout, 1 Coro Trout, 8 x Dhus, 4 x Baldies, 7 x Pinkys, 4 x Tuna and a Shark Mack and half a Spanish everything but the Macks and Tuna were caught on soft plastics..
We only kept 6 Trout, 2 Pinkys, 1 Tuna and a Half Mack for the 2 days fishing..
Thanks for the read..
Cheers Lloyd aka Twitchy..
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PattyT
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Looks like you had an awesome
Looks like you had an awesome weekend mate, to bad about the spanish... bloody sharks.
poddyfish
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arggggh
arrgggh lloyd - coronation trout is my life's quest on spear atm! i WILL get one
top report and pics mate
fingers crossed the weather comes good and we can do it allllll again on them dates we discussed today!
make that new diawa PI$$ yeeew
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Lamby
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nice one Lloyd, God you
nice one Lloyd, God you blokes live in fishing paradise!
Adam Gallash
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placcy
Mate you and your placcy results are crazy, top fish and photos once again!
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MattMiller
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Top Shelf
plastics fishing there Lloyd. You truly have those SP's wired.
abeldog
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Great Report Lloyd
You must have a love afair with all things Coral and Plastic.
Nice to see Lisa in the action again.
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hunterdive
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nice one, you constantly
nice one, you constantly produce the goods don't you, the reports keep coming...
How far do you have to travel from Gero, I thought it was out of range for a smaller boats to head out there comfortably for the day. Might have to pencil it in for a future trip north. I'm up in Gero from Fri for work for a few days, might have to drop in and say gday. Where in Gero is the Tackleworld
grayzeee
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bloody good going.
bloody good going. again.
shame about the pinger but what a trip!
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Goodz
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On fire as usual Lloyd! Nice
On fire as usual Lloyd! Nice range of fish there, pity about the big mack!
Spooled
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Twitchy and MrsTwitchy
Top stuff Loyd. Always hard to hear on the radio you killing it on the placs while we we trolled for bloody ages chasing that abrohlos bill to no avail. Some great snaps buddy and a usual hord of trout to follow.
What have Daiwa bought out a new gun Poddy. trying to keep poddy in the boat is a mission in its own. Oh well atleast we have our own personal FAD whereva we go. haha
will catya next week Loyd. Make sure the grub supply is well stocked!!
SamC
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Nice work brother,
Nice work brother, definately keen to head over there asap!
Any sticky action?
Cheers,
Sam
Just1morecast
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plastic guru! With your
plastic guru! With your results you could start a business on how to work them successfully thats fosure! Great report from the twitch couple=)
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DazSamFishing
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well done Lloyd. mmmm would
well done Lloyd. mmmm would love a swag of trout! YUM
nackers
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cut that out
your starting to make a habit out of it good report great fish guys i never get sick of lookin at trout
Lucky Tim
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great stuff Lloyd, I was
great stuff Lloyd, I was amazed at how many trout I saw last time at the Abrolhos but to get that many on placcies is an awesome effort and kudos for only taking what you need. Looking forward to my next trip out there, hopefully it pans out something like yours.
TWITCHEMUP
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Cheers...
Cheers for the comments guys it was a great couple days at the islands and yes Lamby we are pretty spoilt up here ha ha...
The radio conversations with Poddy and Flag Pole on Friday were one of the highlights from the trip...
Poddy don't worry mate if the weather is good I'm sure you will bag your Coro very soon I got the spot marked for ya for next trip...
Hunterdive the Islands are 35 mile from Gero to the southern group and I wouldnt go accross in anything under a 5m, the weather has to be consistent and when I do go I always go with a bigger boat or 2 that can hold 60 litres of extra fuel for me and be very sure of your boat's capabilities and your experiance level I am very confident in both..
And yer no comment about the P.O.S. pingers....
Cheers Fellas
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Simmo Ryan
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Awesome Mate....
I've got a 3 day charter planned to the islands with 9 mates from the 26th of May........
After seeing this report i can't wait for it even more!!
An billie action up there that you know of?
Simmo
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soupster51
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Awesome
Yet another awesome trip for you. Very envious.
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Lucky Tim
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hey Lloyd was the pinger the
hey Lloyd was the pinger the same guy who got Poddy? It's got me effed why someone needs to ping at the islands, there is more ground over there than you could ever fish.
flagpole
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Shall I bite my tongue next
Shall I bite my tongue next time
TWITCHEMUP
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No....
No Tim it was a different mob of pingers, it's definately a sad day when ya getting pinged at Abrolhos but what can ya do....
Sam no stickbait action this trip but plenty of 4 - 5kg Strippy Tuna on poppers which was great on pe 2...
Simmo I have only heard a couple of reports/rumours of Marlin being caught/hooked out behind the Islands but no solid info as off yet..
Hunterdive PM sent..
Cheers Lloyd
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poddyfish
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stickface
Simmo there was a decent striped marlin hooked and lost over the easter weekend up in the northern group
we put in a solid 4hrs with a spread out down off Wreck Point for no luck beside Striped Tuna
Talking to a couple of fellas who fished the recent abrolhos tournament the best billy action came off the 60m contour up near the Wallabi's
Water looks realllly good and the temps are around 25.5 atm
Fear The Spear............!