FNQ trip report
Just to add to that video posted, here are some pics of the trips we did the other day. The first day inshore was amazing with Cobia, Mackerel and Large Mouth Nannygai to 50 cm released as we had so many fish. It was non stop action and brilliant fun. The next day saw us go wide and we had a great day on the Stickbaits and poppers with not only the GT but Spanish Macks were flying out of the water trying to smash the stickbaits. We could have bagged out on Spanish if we wanted to. Some Good Reds and other fish were landed to round off a great trip. The final trip was also a good one although the time spent wide trying to chase a Billfish/Wahoo etc was fruitless. We still got some good fish though including some Stonker Blue Spot trout and a big Wrasse at the end. The Dolphins were a good way to end the day. I'll get some more footage sorted and post down the track.
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nicko_cairns
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Nice work Bunny!
Nice work Bunny!
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those trouts are hooters.
those trouts are hooters. nice work
tot
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holy crap!
that's a good table full. You sure do get amongst it Bunny.
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Carry
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Quality
quality as usual bunny good stuff.
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Guardy
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Did u leave us any Bunny?
Looks like everyone was a winner judging by the happy, happy grins.
sea-kem
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Nice work once again Bunny.
Nice work once again Bunny. Shame about the hard conditions on the water eh :P
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Bunny
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As calm as it was early, gee
As calm as it was early, gee it was hot. The 5 knots of breeze later in the morning was most welcome!!
pale ale
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Looks pretty good. No
Looks pretty good. No ciguatera in those big fish?
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I hope not!!
I hope not!!
dkonig82
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Awesome trip by the sounds.
Awesome trip by the sounds. How far North are you there? Monster trout for sure!
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Bunny
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Just north of Port Douglas
Just north of Port Douglas in FNQ mate. Some good GT surface action in our area if you were ever in this neck of the woods. We don't go much so difficult to comment to much on the size but have found most are in the 10 to 20 kilo range. I reckon if we put more effort in we would find the bigger ones as there are plenty around in the smaller models.
dkonig82
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Hmm... Funny you mention
Hmm... Funny you mention that. But I'm likely to be coming through Cairns for 1 or 2 trips through the course of this year and likely tack on a couple days R&R in Cairns. Still spots on one trip to PNG if you are keen on some big doggie action ;-)
Otherwise might drop you a line nearer the time for some pointers etc!
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Bunny
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That's a dream trip for sure
That's a dream trip for sure and the type of thing a few of my mates want to do as well. I can't afford it right now though which sucks. You'll have a ball!!
bod
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Winning!
nice report Bunny, looks like a great trip
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Now thats fishing,well done
Now thats fishing,well done Bunny and crew.
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Awesome
Are the Hump Head maori wrasse protected there too. And the limits must be better for reds over there than here.
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Yes the wrasse are no take.
Yes the wrasse are no take. After lifting it in to de-hook we took a few quick snaps and let her go.
It seems like we have more generous limits for most fish over our way. 5 Red Emperor each, 7 trout, 9 combined of small and large mouth Nannygai, 5 spangled Emperor and so on. There is a combined limit of 20 coral reef fin fish per person as well that overrides the above numbers.