Quobba Trip- Last day redemption!!
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Just spent a week up in Quobba with a few mates. It was my first time up there so I wasn't too sure what to expect. Spent the first few days having a go at ballooning with limited success, mates lost a couple of mackies on reef and all I had by day 3 was a longtail and a few spangos etc. Had some battery troubles with the boat (sucks that- all good at home but when you get there and ready to take her out starts playing up) it would start then it wouldn't, anyway the beer was cold and the weather was warm so life was still good. Decided to take the boat to Carnarvon and get her fixed then wait for better weather to take her out. Was hell windy for a couple of days so in between fishing we done some exploring of each spot all the way up to Red Bluff, some real nice looking spots you just got to know a bit more than what I did to have better success I guess.
Come Friday, last day of the trip, esky looking pretty empty at the moment, me thinking we must be pretty shit anglers to come all the way to Quobba and go home with F*%K all. We finally got to take the boat out.
Launch at the "ramp" (lol) at blowholes and make our way anxiously out through the breakers to a likely looking spot. Lures in the water QANTAS lure on the starboard and the Gold Redhead on the port side, trolling for less then an hour when ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ one rod goes off, I just love the sound of the reel going off as a mackie makes it's first screaming run, it's what we live for ey!, standard fight and first mackie gaffed and in the boat, lures back out again. For the next few hours we would hook up every half hour or so. Made the call to head in after we had run out of ice and storage space (thank god for the precision pack) total of 6 macks, 2 missed hits a couple of close calls with whales popping up in front of me and best of all not a shark to be seen!
Headed back in to see fisheries in the bay, after checking the catch I asked them if it was ok to take other guys out who hadn't caught any fish yet and she said yep as long as they have the boat fishing license so after dicking around for about an hour waiting for a bigger esky and more ice it was out with 2 mates and in with 3 more.
Out we go again and the actions even hotter than before, lures go out and within 5 minutes DOUBLE HOOK UP!! Both boated and within an hour and a half we were on our way back in with 5 more macks. We could have got one more to fill out the bag limit but the wind had picked up a bit much and I didn't want to risk anything negotiating the breakers back in.
Safely back in and stoked to have a few fish to take home, probably my most successful day of fishing on my own boat. Total for the day 11 mackies biggest one almost 20kg and apart from the 2 little ones we got on the double hook up I would guess the average weight to be around 12-14 kgs
It was definately a great experience my first trip to Quobba, definately need to do more homework before returning but glad the last day turned a shit trip into a good one.
Enjoy the pics
Cheers
Vince
Always keen to fish 
Batty
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Defo redemption
Well done mate, love the last photo, some wieght of fish there!
Lifes a game but fishing is serious !!!
Rig
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good haul
looks like one got taxed about 20%
From the reports I have heard the sharks are sticking close to the shore for an easy feed off the ballooners lol
SABRE
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Good day out boys well done
Good day out boys well done
If fishing is a sport I,m an elite athlete
dkonig82
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Date Joined: 06/07/10
Fair feed there, hope you
Fair feed there, hope you guys had more than a couple of engels to freeze that lot.
Good work!
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
meglodon
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great trip
looks like you had a great first trip well done
Rob H
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Hey Vince
good onya mate looks like a great trip!
Ive been a bit absent, in NZ straight after my last work swing, home for a few days then back to work early and sitting in Gage Roads now waiting, waiting.....on weather.
Will get in touch when I get home and maybe a get together with other FWers in town?
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
BigV
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Date Joined: 22/06/11
Yeah sounds great Rob, I
Yeah sounds great Rob, I don't know how much longer i'm gonna be up here, I have to go inland to caretake a station for a few weeks starting Monday and may be off back down south soon after that as work might be starting up so it would be great to catch up again before I leave.
Let me know when ur back
Always keen to fish
Rob H
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bummer I think Im out for 5
bummer I think Im out for 5 weeks
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
BigV
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Date Joined: 22/06/11
All good mate we'll see where
All good mate we'll see where were at in 5 weeks
Always keen to fish
PattyT
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Wow mate! That is a bloody
Wow mate! That is a bloody good days fishing, well done!
Tomcat
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Date Joined: 24/02/11
Well done
Great bag
mattyoga
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great day's fishing. Watch
great day's fishing. Watch out for possession limits and labelling with a haul like that!