Nice mixed bag
Submitted by Bunny on Sun, 2011-01-09 06:43
Mick had a ball catching more than his fair share of fish with a number of PBs along the way. It was also only his second trip with the new rod and reel combo, a Daiwa Saltiga 30t and uglystick bluewater 37 kilo OH. He also got a 10 kilo GT among a variety of other arm stretchers!
The hunt continues for a Banana fusilier lure
At this time of year the general north south current can be a bit fickle and with neap tides fishing can be tough. The weather was great though so we headed out wide to hopefully get some nice Red Emperor. My brother in law Michael Phipps was yet to get a few reef species including a Red Emperor so he was looking forward to this trip.
We were out in Ron's big seaprowler plate boat and as we got near our spot we threw a few slugs at some Mack Tuna for red bait. It was sign of things to come with the tuna all around the boat (perfect for a fly) but very hard to take an offering. I eventually got one on a tiny 10 gram slug. Even the birds were half hearted.
After jagging a banana fusilier I sent him back down as a live rig. Sure enough in less than 5 minutes I had a quality Blue Spot trout on deck which added to a nice haul of Crimson Snapper (small mouth nannygai) another leapord trout and Mick got a nice long nose emperor, another first for him.
With over 10 fish in the boat on the first spot with the sun still on the horizon things looked good as we headed wider towards the shelf but when we drifted the first spot the signs were bad. In 65 meteres of water and no wind the boat did not move. It was a struggle to locate fish over the next several hours but Mick did get his emperor and it was a great red to break the duck.
I got a smaller one and Shane a 4.5 kilo saddletail snapper (large mouth nannygai) but due to the slow fishing we headed back in closer to home. Another spot inside the reef produced a quality dark tailed sea perch and Mick got a thumping big Flowery cod but again it was hard work. We decided to head home and stopped at a spot we had to pass through and it was a good call.
In about an hour we got 3 saddletail snapper to 5 kilos, some more spangleds to add to some previous ones, 2 big Jacks and a Gold Spot cod to round off a nice mixed bag for the night. We kept about 25 fish in the end which was pretty good under the circumstances.
We were out in Ron's big seaprowler plate boat and as we got near our spot we threw a few slugs at some Mack Tuna for red bait. It was sign of things to come with the tuna all around the boat (perfect for a fly) but very hard to take an offering. I eventually got one on a tiny 10 gram slug. Even the birds were half hearted.
After jagging a banana fusilier I sent him back down as a live rig. Sure enough in less than 5 minutes I had a quality Blue Spot trout on deck which added to a nice haul of Crimson Snapper (small mouth nannygai) another leapord trout and Mick got a nice long nose emperor, another first for him.
With over 10 fish in the boat on the first spot with the sun still on the horizon things looked good as we headed wider towards the shelf but when we drifted the first spot the signs were bad. In 65 meteres of water and no wind the boat did not move. It was a struggle to locate fish over the next several hours but Mick did get his emperor and it was a great red to break the duck.
I got a smaller one and Shane a 4.5 kilo saddletail snapper (large mouth nannygai) but due to the slow fishing we headed back in closer to home. Another spot inside the reef produced a quality dark tailed sea perch and Mick got a thumping big Flowery cod but again it was hard work. We decided to head home and stopped at a spot we had to pass through and it was a good call.
In about an hour we got 3 saddletail snapper to 5 kilos, some more spangleds to add to some previous ones, 2 big Jacks and a Gold Spot cod to round off a nice mixed bag for the night. We kept about 25 fish in the end which was pretty good under the circumstances.
Mick had a ball catching more than his fair share of fish with a number of PBs along the way. It was also only his second trip with the new rod and reel combo, a Daiwa Saltiga 30t and uglystick bluewater 37 kilo OH. He also got a 10 kilo GT among a variety of other arm stretchers!
The hunt continues for a Banana fusilier lure
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FlyingFisherman
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great catch
Great catch there Bunny some quality fish and an excellent report !
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scotto
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i hate you.
nice way to get our western counterparts jelous bunny, especially us below the 26th parrallel!!!!
that red is a donkey. you should get some nice fillets off that lot. well done mate, bloody top effort.
STEVE231
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Nice fish again Bunny, you
Nice fish again Bunny, you guys get some good jacks!!
max199
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great
fish and a great read. Congrats on a awsome trip fellas.
soupster51
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Top stuff
Now that's a fishing trip. Well done on a good variety of fish and some great eating ones amongst them.
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Dale
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Awsome Jacks n
Awsome Jacks n reds
Cheers
Dale
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ricey
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so that is a 'slow day'
i have days when i am pleased to boat a whiting. :o(
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alexangler
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Great fish
Some great fish caught there well done
Especially that Red what a horse
Alexangler
Bunny
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Thanks guys. I guess we are a
Thanks guys. I guess we are a bit spoilt
. It was slow trip though by our standards. In terms of keepers we got something like 11 fish on the first spot before dark and 7 or 8 on the last spot before we went home close to dawn. On the slow days like this persistance pays off sometimes.
Faulkner Family
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some great fish there. would
some great fish there. would have been happy to get just half that amount . glad Mick got a few new species and pb's. always great when that happens
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great fish there fellas
great fish there fellas
rooboy111
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Really cool pics and report
Really cool pics and report mate, well done !
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