Triple hookup including a nice aerial strike from a real horse that subsequently pulled the hooks, resulted in only one being landed........by this roughnut........a bit of ginge creeping in the beard as well.......at least he took his straw "Buckwheat" hat off for the photo, but the Armani sunglasses just do not fit the style.......

 Here's another video for you fellas, with Goodie. 
Started off like a good day on the water, however the weather turned for the worst which made things hard. 

Goodie nailed the good demersals and dropped a big dhu :(....well that's fishing. 

youtu.be/vCnnvC_kufA

Woke up after a big night on the scotch to my partner randomly asking me if I wanted to head up to Cervantes for a night or two of fishing. A quick call to the caravan park to secure a camp spot first followed by me loading every bit of fishing gear I own into the car, having never been there before I thought I should bring it all just incase.

Had a few unexpected hold ups but finally got on the road to pick up some bait and make the trip north, finally arrived at the campsite with an hour or so of sun light left to set up the tent and get our gear organised. Made our way down to the main jetty around 9pm (took us forever to setup the tent even with the missus telling me I'm shit every few minutes for encouragement) where a few groups of people were catching quite a few small tailor plus a few larger models along with a large snook. Wasn't much action for us between nine and ten with the missus trying for herring and me soaking some big baits, eventually the herring switched on with her hooking up almost every cast and providing me with some live bait. Sent out a fresh dead herring on one rod and a livey on another which again went untouched for another hour or so. Finally got a slow steady run on the dead herring which I called for a big black ray but turned out to be a large eagle ray. Spent a bit of time getting the ray to the jetty where it kept diving straight down resulting in a fairly vertical fight on a 12ft rod, this was to much for my back to handle with two herniated discs so I locked the drag to try force it around the jetty to land resulting in my main line parting and the unfortunate ray swimming off with my trace. Straight away sent the live herring back out on the other rod which sat untouched for about another hour, just as the missus had said she'd had enough and wanted to leave the herring started darting around making the rod tip bounce around like crazy. This went on for about 5 minutes with something seriously freaking the herring out when all of a sudden the rod was buckled over with line flying off the reel, by the time I picked up the rod it was all over with the line having gone slack and a clean bite off above the 1m of 100lb wire.

The next day we decided to try the beach where it took a bit of walking to find a section which wasn't too weedy and the water was a bit deeper. The missus managed some XL herring and some nice size dart which gave a good account of themselves. The big baits went untouched with the exception of one massive run which unfortunately didn't connect, even more annoying is that it felt like it was definitely something other than a ray.

Went down to the jetty again that night and saw heaps of small tailor being caught by others plus some large herring. Similar to the previous night the herring seemed to switch on around 10pm with the missus catching quite a few and my big baits going untouched. A 30km southerly was making it quite uncomfortable so we ended it early in preparation for battling the take down of the tent in the morning.

Had a bit of fun in my impreza here on the way home, especially since we missed the exit and had to go round twice so tried to do it as quickly as possible.

- Brett

Headed out today, weather was downright nasty early on & had me thinking of pulling up stumps after spending time on inshore spots with no reprieve. On board I had Xtreme Dave and a late sub from Harro saw donlovesfishing keen to get into some SW fishing. The boys did well in trying conditions & when we came across a bit of ground they put on the runs.

Dave followed straight after by Don

A switch to jigs & we got some good tagging done

Don new to jigging picked it up super quick & slayed it with a caprice

With our confidence up we started the radio chatter getting into Seaquest's tub however the boys did a late number on us... pricks

Finished the day with some light gear sambo jigging

 25 kms off rockingham water was like glass!!

2 undersized dhuies released on weight.

lots of black ass but kept 2 good ones for a feed.

size pinkie and nice little bit of shark for fish and chipping.

could have stayed out there all day with the weather like that only thing I struggled with was bugger all drift didnt even use the sea anchor.

Hey guys, Was just wondering if anyone has fished from the beaches here in the last few days and give us a heads up as to what is out there. Also any good spots to drop some crab nets. No boat so has to be a jetty etc Thanks. We are coming from 2 hrs away so any info greatly appreciated.

Was just going to add a few pics to Pauls post but seeing as we went about it quite a bit differently to him I thought I might type out a brief trip report.

Had been quite a few years since I'd had the chance to get over that way so kind of felt like a homecoming of sorts.

We headed off on Thursday morning and arrived in Gero around 3pm. Got a bit of rain on the way up but a fairly quiet trip. We were nearly tempted to launch the boat straight away and camp behind the Hummock as conditions were awesome but decided to go with the original plan and catch up with family for the evening.

A little bit of regret as we watched the sun go down I can tell you.

Launched around 6 am and was a nice quick trip over. Made contact with Paul just to let him know we were in the area as we came through the top.

First drop with a placcy in one of the channels and I was straight onto a nice Dhu. Put back and then got one a little smaller next drop. That got me out of breakfast chef duty.

Headed out past Gee Bank for a look without too much action before heading out behind Half Moon reef right down the back. Picked up a few Macks on the troll and quickly gave that up and jumped in for a freedive. Lots of very large Baldies hanging around that would of been very welcome if it wasnt for the ban. Got painful very quickly watching them swim past.

Moved behind the reef and found packs of pinkies destroying everything that came past them. Few nice Baldies mixed in and a solo Sambo that gave Pauly all kinds of grief on PE2.

Cruised back in between the islands and found a secure anchorage as it was suprisingly breezy through the evening. Few rums and the handlines came out for a little hand to hand combat with the local bronzies. Best was around 2.5m and rather pissed off about being skull dragged to the boat.

Vis around the anchorage was awesome with lots of big Baldies clearly visable as we drove along the drops.

Headed back to Gee Bank for a look while Paul was having his dive. Picked up a few Pinkies and mixed bits from around the edge of the bank before he headed North and we went back around Half Moon area. Played for a couple of hours in the surf but really needed a bit more swell to get it working properly. We found tow in worked better for my way out of shape body.

Worked our way all the way around to Boiler Reef and just couldnt get past the pinkies.... or Baldies. I reckon we released probably 20 over 4 kgs.

The next morning we headed back to Gero and fished a few spots along the way. Couple of little Dhus and Reds and finally some Baldies we could keep for the esky.

Boat went back on the trailer around 4 and the warm shower felt so good.

Had a couple of mates in town that wanted to go for a quick morning fish off Gero so headed out straight into a 25 knot Northerly on Monday mid morning. The fish didnt really play the game but put together a good mixed bag for them. Lots of little trout around making a nuisance of themselves.

Marcus with a Gero Pinky.

Im starting to question why it has taken so long to get back there after all these years. Next trip is already in the pipeline.

hi

off to augusta in a couple of days and would like to know if or when the crabs usually come in?

and whats the fishing like there atm in the river

thanks

Hi all

Ever since Paul G posted in October that he was heading over to the Abrolhos after Christmas, I was keen to tag along. It gave me time to get a few things sorted on my boat, including building a canopy for added shade, installing an Air Head Composting toilet and sorting out how much deck space I had, so I knew what I could and couldn't take. I also rewired the boat and added a second 6 gang switch panel for deck lights, etc.

As I was planning a Kimberley boat trip for May this year (which is on hold now....but that's another story), this trip gave me a chance to see how the boat was set up and how I'd handle living on the boat.

From the outset, Paul has been vey supportive of me tagging along, and our PMs, texts & phone calls gave me the encouragement and guidance to ensure this trip would go smoothly and hassle free. Lyndon (outdoinit) and I had also been in constant contact, bouncing ideas off each other, too.

Come the big day, Thursday 27th and I was packed and ready to hit the road for the trip to Paul's place in Yanchep...arriving at 4pm. After meeting Paul, his son Jesse and brother in law Kevin, it wasn't long before we hit the road for Geraldton...with a planned fuel stop in Jurien Bay. As we drove north, the skies got blacker and by the time we reached Lancelin it was bucketing down....I mean bucketing down, with no end in sight. However, by the time we reached Jurien, the skies had cleared and that was the last of the rain. 

We reached Geraldton just after 10pm and fuelled up the boats, before making our way to the marina, where we were met by Lyndon and his mate Andy. We launched the boats and tied up to a couple of spare pens at the marina and Rob H ferried us back from the lock up yard that Paul had arranged...thanks Rob.

Friday morning we hit the water early (4.30am) and Kevin accompanied me on the trip over. This was the first of my 'firsts'....I've not been out in my boat before sunrise. We made pretty good time and reached the southern group of islands around 6am. With a couple of boats in our planned mooring, it was off for an early morning fish. The excitement grew as I hooked something descent, only to see a boltcutter on the surface a few minutes later.

Later on, we headed back into the mooring and rafted up alongside Paul. We all piled into Lyndon's boat for a dive and enjoyed fresh fish for lunch. In the arvo I set up the inflatable and paddled around, then fitted the outboard and Kevin and I went for a troll while Paul & Jesse kayaked. Managed to hook the very edge of my finger on a lure treble but the pliers came in handy for cutting the barb off....no real damage done.

Hit the swag early as it had been a long day....my second 'first' - the first time I'd ever slept on my boat.

Saturday we dived on Gee Bank...a huge lump that comes up within 5m and covered with plate coral....and plate coral attracts coral trout....and lots of them. The visibility was fantastic and I nailed my first coral trout on spear...another 'first'. The sharks turned up after I got out of the water but we had some fun watching them swim around the boats...have some video, too, which I'll post soon.
Headed over towards the middle island group for another dive with Lyndon while the others fished. Saw a nice dhuie, some trout and baldies...and a 5' shark which didn't get too close. 

We then motored to a mooring behind Wooded Island for lunch and a lazy afternoon....I'm amazed at how you can be in 20m of water and it comes up to less than 1m as you approach the islands....you certainly have to be on your guard while navigating these waters. Later in the arvo we headed around to Serventy Island and found a safe anchorage for the night. 
A seal was hanging around and Jesse was able to hand feed it...that was a great experience, seeing as this is a wild animal and probably doesn't have much contact with humans. I have some footage of that, too.

After brekky on Sunday, we headed out for a fish. The birds were working the surface so we followed them and the boys were having fun casting poppers into the bubbling water. There were a couple of sharks busting up the bait balls, too. Drifted over some lumpy ground and caught a couple of nice trout, both released. Later we fished some other ground and I landed a 53cm dhuie which I released. Andy got a fish hook stuck in his finger so he and Lyndon decided to head back to Geraldton.
We made our way around Serventy Island, around past Rat Island and ended up back at Geordie bay and set up on our mooring again. The weather looked like coming in but whatever rain there was, it managed to miss us, thankfully. 

Up early on Monday and after brekky we headed around to Whales Bay for a dive. Navigating thru the coral bombies keeps you on your toes and with Paul's guidance, it made it easy. Anchored in the shallows but the deep trenches were 25m+. Plenty of fish but nothing was speared. After the dive, we headed out for some bottom bouncing and while the other guys were catching their fair share, Paul hopped on my boat and tweaked my sounder and showed me how to set it up for best results. Then he showed me how to catch fish. I learned so much in that short time with Paul and I caught more fish in an hour, than I did in a week at Coral Bay. This little session with Paul saw me boat and release snapper, baldies, charlie courts and a small dhuie.....the highlight was the 5.5kg dhuie which I kept. This was another 'first'....the first time I've caught so many fish in a short space of time. Thankyou so much Paul for taking the time to show me how to catch fish.

The decision was made to have some lunch, tidy up the boats and head back to Geraldton and we were on our way by 2.15pm...arriving back in Geraldton around 4pm. The trip back was a little bit bumpy but we still managed to sit on 20kts. After walking back to the lock up, we retrieved our boats, caught up with Rob H again, then we fuelled up the cars and hit the road. Stopped for fuel at Jurien, said our goodbyes and headed for home. It was midnight as I backed the boat into the shed, weary but excited about the past 4 days....another first, the first time I'd been on an extended trip like this.

There is so much to see and do over at the Abrolhos and we've only just scratched the surface, so I'm sure I'll be going back there real soon. I learnt alot about what to take and what to leave behind, how to set up the boat, but more importantly I realised that I need to gain some more boating experience before I tackle the Kimberleys. I'm still going up there, but not by myself...tagging along with someone who's been there and done it, would be the best outcome.

I'd like to express my sincere gratitude to you Paul....for not only letting me tag along on this trip, but also for your support and guidance. I'd also like to say a big thankyou to Jesse, Kevin, Lyndon and Andy for making this trip so enjoyable. I loved every minute of it and learned so much. The weather was kind to us, the fishing was fantastic, the diving was the best I've done and the camaraderie amongst the FW community is something I'm proud to be a part of.

The boat clocked up 213kms and burned 198L of fuel.....an average of 0.93L/km or 1.07km/L.

I'm already talking to a local boat builder about a bigger underfloor fuel tank (to get the jerry cans off the deck) and I'll be selling the inflatable in favour of a kayak!

regards
rusty...

PS. photobucket didn't want to upload my photos so I couldn't post them with commentary, sorry.

Figured it a lot easier to post a video which sums up my reports :)

 youtu.be/iYElFeJ-uA4

With the weather looking good with light winds and low swell forecast we made the call to head over for a three day trip to the Abrolhos Islands .Russel [R Gates] from the forum met us at my place for the trip up to Gero. All packed and on the road for 4:45am with a light breeze behind us looked like a nice trip straight through. Once on the road the sky’s up ahead darkened and lightning started lighting up the sky .Once we were past Lancelin the havens opened up and the wind began to howl .We  were now heading into a 40 knot wind and the boat and car were being pushed all over the road ,not to say foot flat and only doing 60kph.I haven’t seen rain like that for years .Half an hour later and the skies cleared and we were back up to 85kph .We got to Gero around 10:30 and fuelled up and made our way down to the ramp, where we caught with Lyndon [Out doing it] and Andrew his crew for the trip. Rob H met us there and gave us a lift back to the marina once we had dropped the trailers at the yard .Thanks Rob.  We slept at the marina and got off to an early start winds around 10-15 knots made for a comfortable ride over once there .Once there it was out with the rods and a few hours off fishing with dhuies, baldies, snapper and other small fish being caught.

We headed into the bay where we would be staying  the night and tied  up the boat .

Jesse and I headed out for some kayak fun casting stick baits along the reef ,nailing a number of trout up to 450mm long GREAT FUN.

The next day we headed out to gee bank which is between the southern and middle group of islands. The seas were flat and cruising on 27knots was great .we anchored up in glass calm seas and 30+m viz. This was a great dive a large coral lump in the middle of nowhere coming up from 40m to 5m .We were in the water for an hour and had sharks with us for the whole dive at one stage I got separated and wondered of as you do .only to be confronted by up to ten Sharks up to 8 foot. I back tracked and found the others chasing trout around looking for that big one to shoot. The sharks never made us feel uncomfortable keeping their distance and just checking us out, they did show a little interest once we shot a fish but still nothing to worried about .AWSOME place and will be diving that one again.

After the dive we headed out to the middle group of Islands for a look around. Lyndon and Rusty did another dive on a lump as we came into the Island .Jesse and I went in the kayaks and rounded up some more trout. Kevin worked soft plastics of the back of the boat ,catching a dhuie and snapper .After the boys finished their dive we headed into the island ,Cristal clear water .We were going up the edge of the reef which was only inches under the water We were a meter away and we were in 23m This edge ran for miles. We pulled up at one of the public moorings and had lunch.

Then it was into the kayaks for some snorkelling .In amongst the reef were blue hole some dropping to 15m, heaps of baldies and small trout.

We then headed to the top end of the island and found a small bay for the night .Waking early I went for a walk around the island .seemed to be a sleepy hole for some young pup seals ,as I stumbled across a few on my walk

.After some bacon and eggs we headed out to some birds that we had spotted while having our breakfast .throwing stick baits and small plastics at them Jesse was on first with a nice shark Mac and the Kevin with a snapper ,yes a snapper on the surface in 28m of water .Then off  too another lot of working birds. Another Mac and a nice tuna, and a coral trout on stick bait in 28m of warter”.what the.”

The boys were onto some snapper out a little further .so we headed off to the next school of birds ,which had a dozen sharks rounding up baitfish and a couple of big ass yellow tail kings with them .We didn’t get anything of this school but it was fun to see. The sharks turning and thrashing about. Lyndon came over and told us Andrew had put a hook in his finger and they were going to be heading back to Gero, as he was in a little discomfort. We headed off to the rat island and had a look around for a few hours and then headed back to the southern group. By this time the seas had flattened out and we did a little fishing .As soon as the baits hit the bottom we were on dhuies ,baldies,snapper,emperor,and then sharks ,bloody things up came a nice dhuie head  so time to move .

We found another small lump and it was on again the fish were going off. The sun was getting low so back to the mooring for the night. After 10minutes break Jesse and I were in the Kayaks and heading for the shallows, Jesse got a tailor around the 4-5kg and did it give him a good run. We also got a number of trout .

The next day and we were in the water early doing a dive on some shallow ground dropping to 23m Lots of trout and a few dhuies also heaps of sand snapper, we returned to the surface to find the breeze had swung still very light but enough to put the boat onto the reef .after dragging the boat back around to deeper water we climbed aboard and lifted the motor which has a few battle scares on the leg from the coral.

Then out to the fishing ground were we finished the day before .the fish were still hungry and catching fish was full on .I jumped across to Rusty’s boat and showed him a few things with his sounder and how to set up a drift and then he was into some fish himself, landing a good dhuie and numbers of other fish .

Well all good things come to an end and we headed back to Gero .Then on the road for home. Thanks to Lyndon, Rusty, Andrew, Kevin and Jesse good trip and good company .Already planning the next one

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 Hey there, are there crabs running in the cockburn sound at the moment? Thinking of taking the kids tomorrow but its a 2 1/2 hr drive for us. If not is there any suggestions?

Managed a couple of trips around Chrissy, one a little before and one on Boxing day up North plus a third day trip out from Cairns. The day trip was great fun with several Mack and Stiped Tuna landed plus some awesome GT action on the poppers. We got a feed of trout and a Spanish Mackerel along with 2 small sweetlip.
As for the Daintree trips, both were short in close off shore trips to get the missus back into the fishing groove and she did it big time. She caught three fish of note, all big Large Mouth Nannygai (Saddletail Snapper). The smallest was just over 83 cm and 8.5 kilo and the other two went 90cm and 9.5 kilo. The boxing day trip produced 13 fish in all with 6 Largies with the smallest being 5.5 kilo. I also got a nice Emperor in amongst them so was a good trip to go with the earlier one. I'll try and get some footage up on youtube next week.

In late November we also had a quick trip and hit a patch of Nannies. The biggest Nannygai in the boat pic of the fish pile was a little over 10 kilos.

Also had a play in the Daintree a couple of days ago and landed around 30 fish. All were small apart from a 68 cm Barra that was released after a quick snap.
A pity the weather has turned bad as a Fingermark trip would be sweet.
Forgive the couple of black and white shots as I left the camera in Black and white arty Christmas mode from the day earlier before I realised.
 

G'day

Just a quick report. Spent the last week in Dunsborough. Managed to get the boat out a couple of times. Not being locals we struggled a little on the bottom, and it seemed like a lot of people we spoke to weren't doing that great either.

We ended up sounding around some fishy looking ground and getting on the troll. Over a couple mornings worth of fishing we boated ~25 bonito and a few SBF tuna. Good fun times.

Goes to show if something isn't working for you, try something else.

Got them on a mix of skirted and bibbed lures. Most of the bibbed lures that did the damage were in the ~2m range, although some of the 7m + divers also got taken. Colour not an issue.

Happy fishing,

Alex

Good shot of a dhuie released via release weight today on Matts Raymarine, clearly showing it going down on the release weight, the release weight being brought bacl up, and the duie swimming back to its hidy hole.

Two dhuies released without weight, two needed weight, all were brought up slowly and swam for a minute at 10 m before bringing aboard, which normally does not require the release weight. A couple of dhuies, a nice baldie and black arse were "released" to the esky.

Headed out to rotto today for our first time and it was a great day couldn't ask for better weather. Headed straight out to the 100mt mark and chased some bait schools around with no success so headed in a little shallower got a monster sambo on bait along with a coral trout a.pink snapper and a dhu fish along with another 7undersize dhuys a dozen black arse few sgt bakers and couple scorpion fish. This was all in the one spot we then tried a few more spots with nothing serious showing up so called it a day. 

Gotta say the coral trout made my day as it was my first and I also didn't realise they came down this far.

Cheers

Roddo

http://youtu.be/h4TRm5uVX_I

Georgey's New Years Dinner!

And on the way to Dinner!

http://youtu.be/0L4jeicj6lw

Fishing on the jetty has picked up quite considerably over the past 2 weeks. The good news is the Bonito are finally back after quite a few years of no show. If you are after a few they are on the bite on the second half of the jetty in the evening just after the sun goes over the horizon. Make sure you are there on that time though since they run for only about 10-15 mins. If you can pull yourself out of bed before sunrise the Bonito can also be caught then. I have been using Rapala X-Rap's colour Crystal Ghost to catch them, Smilin Jacks have also been working well. Good sized tailor around 40cm have also turned up in the early evening with larger ones around 50cm in the morning. The best place for the tailor at the moment is around the halfway point. Pike and snook are still around in good numbers and can be found anywhere along the length of the jetty, some large ones can be landed right on sunset. Herring are quite thick with some very good sized ones in the mix, anywhere past the bend is good for them. Squid numbers are still a bit down for this time of year however some monsters are floating around here and there, you may have to work a bit to get them.  Crab numbers on the jetty seem to be a bit down since they have been heavily fished over the past weeks, you are better off going to the beach down the road a bit and scooping them. 

 
Side note : If you are heading down to fish the jetty leave the burley at home, there was so much burley in the water from tourists yesterday that the slick stretched a good 100mtrs past the end of the jetty. Too much burley ruins the fishing and makes them go off the chew.

That is all for now, tight lines and good fishin.

The year 2012 is coming to an end, what is more memories than to land both parent - MAMA & PAPA toman in 1 single toman fries .

Unforgetful day !!! Awesome fights !!!

I took this opportunity to wish everyone here a Happy New Year 2013.

Enjoys my exciting and live actiosn youtube clip.

Both Parent landed In One Toman Fries !!! Awesome Fights !!! Wild Fishing Thailand By BKKGUY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c98uEH7ylvk

GANGNAM STYLE !!! BKKGUY STYLE !!! Wild MAMA Toman Fishing Thailand By BKKGUY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P-crFKVQZY

Photos highlights.............

MAMA & PAPA double hookup...

Launched from Woodman Point yesterday (29/12/2012) and went out to FFB.  After having a whale surface right next to the boat scaring the living daylights out of us, the missus got stuck in to the fish.  Caught about 10 different species including three Skippys.  When wind picked up we moved to Carnac Island where she caught a 2m Tiger Shark.  

Going back to see if I can find my name tomorrow. 

 fads are firing,caught 4 different species of tuna today,big dollies 20lb +. cheers

Its on again. Me, Daz and Daz's sister Nat all opened our Metro Mac account for this season, plus a YFT and Nat got a nice dhuie to boot.

Great day with two double hookups and just missed a tripple. Daz has the photos of his and Nats fish.

Had the boat in the water at 0600 yesterday [ Friday] morning for a run down to the Lady Joyce wreck. Near flat condition saw us cover the ten nm at 23 knots in no time.

There were two other boats there when we arrive, one anchored just south of it and the other with a sea anchor out? in near windless conditions [must have been a visitor from down south because nearly all locals anchor and fish to prevent breaking the schools up]. We anchored right on top of the wreck and cast away from it in an attempt to get away from the millions of undersized fish that inhabit it. 2 just size black snapper in an hour and what seemed like 200 releases of small fish was enough to make us move.

One of the other boats set sail for home and the other looked like he was going prospecting a couple of miles further south so we upped anchor and moved to a small edge not far from the wreck. After anchoring it was pink snapper of 3-4 cm over minimum and black well over . Colin got an estuary cod around 70cm . We had a fish count after an hours fishing to check on our numbers, black snapper 7, need one more, pink snapper 5, could do with one more, estuary cod 1, could do with one more for our limit.

Over the next half an hour it was big black snapper one after another, all to be released, a big break off on what felt like a huge cod until finally a rankin cod put an end to our trip.

The wind had changed from a gentle puff from the SSE to NE about 5 knots just enough to cause a ripple on the water for the run back home. Arrived at the leads and was tempted to turn around and head back out because the closer in we got, the stronger and HOTTER the wind got. Stiil a nice cruisey trip with good company, some good fish and back home at 1030.

Not enough good fish to take pics IMO so none to put up

 No whinging, whining etc.  Just a boring post.

This (4:30sm) mornings catch "south metro" not too secret as "my secret spot" as there were 5 others fishing in the same area, so no complaints about them taking my spots.

Note the bite mark on the dorsal side of the 5th whiting.  Most likely herring as I then caught two of them after I landed this.

Went for a swim then home after a few hours.

2 DAYS wild toman trip.

Unforgetful catch !!! Awesome fights !!!

1 avid SG angler took up the challenge and end up the BIG WINNER !!!

Dream come true for thailand MAMA Toman of this kind of monster size!!!

Enjoys the excitment video actions, all captured in my GoPro youtube clip !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UG9DR3j9h8

Photos hightlights !!!

Slow day but got a feed.fish were showing but not biting today

 howdy all

 I took my ole man and son for a fish on the 5 today. It was perfect conditions to catch a feed. we ended up with a variety of fish today, it started of with heaps of wrasse which my old man wanted to keep, i said no pop put em back we will be on to something soon as i had a good berly trail happening. it wasnt long before the skippy arrived which kept him busy' then a few 410, 430mm snapper both released,a couple of undersized black arse, we ended up with a 33cm one which i reluctantly kept for him even though it was sized, if it was just me and my son i would have released it, got a rat sambo, eagle ray and then this big lipped thing i didnt know what it was i think some sort or morwong with the rubery lips it had,but there was no way dad was gonna put it back he reckons it will taste good it was 585mm long any help about the id of this fish would be great please. then on the way home 8kms from land i lost the steering to my boat, so while i was having a look at it pop was chucking in a line and was onto some nice whiting. i had to disconnect cable from motor and my son steered it home from the motor, i think it might be my helm as the cable was coming in and out from the helm but was not turning the motor, any way had a good morning with my dad which i only see about once a year hence him wanting to keep everything LOL he is from the country and doesnt get to fish that often.

                                                    cheers

                                                    Dakka

My Family and I have just returned back from our Holiday at Hamilton Island.

During our stay on Hamilton we charted Sea Fever Sports Fishing for an overnight charter last Thursday and Friday they operate out of Airlie Beach there boat Reel Work is a 32 foot game boat.

Target species Giant Trevally on surface lures.

With some blue water trolling between spots.

All equipment was supplied by charter which included.

Custom Aussie Built 7'8 PE10 Popping Rods.

Shimano 1800 SW Stella's.

Lures used where Halco Roster Poppers with upgraded terminal tackle.

Various brands of stick baits where taken but the poppers where the stand out.

Not having to lug rod tubes and copious amounts of tackle was a nice change.

Service quality and put you n the spot from our skipper Ash was ten out of ten very professional service.

On the Thursday we were picked up at 0600 from the main ferry terminal on the Island.

We commenced our two and half hour voyage out to Hook and Hardy Reef.

Breathtaking spot taking in the Islands with the family as we headed out to the reef.

High Lights of the Trip.

My oldest Daughter catching her first GT and the largest Mackeral for the trip.

Youngest Daughter also catching her first Mac and Shark and various other species having the whole family involved and having fun for the two days.

Snorkelling late afternoon on the reef with family and then moving around to our anchorage point and Ash saying just have a cast into that pressure spot on the reef which was holding bait third bloop from the popper and ambushed by an XL Black GT on sunset.

Twenty One GT where caught and released over the two days not including missed hook ups and terminal tackle and one lure being punctured by the teeth on a large GT all the way through to the rattle.

The conditions where perfect for the visual display from these fish and how hard they strike loved it hope you enjoy the pictures.

has anyone seen any macks around? im thinking of trying around rotto probly tommorrow. was there something in last fridays paper about macks?

 just an update for anyone curious of some spots ive been in the past couple of weeks.

swan river:

went down on sat with a mate, fished between left bank and the C shed. My mate was using hard bodied lures most the time and caught a few flat head ( all undersize).

My soft plastics remained untouched (except my the occasional blowie) until i got in front of the left bank. In 2 casts caught a decent flat head and flounder ( didnt have size charts so they were released) on first jig.

Then another 30cm+ flatty was caught on one last cast of the C shed jetty ( i think its called that).

Yesterday whilst enjoying a beer at the river also noticed lots of birds working baitfish in the middle of the river, between point walter spit and mossie park, right in the middle, was devestated i couldnt take the dingy out for a troll.

Secret harbour:

Went to secret harbour on friday and saw heaps of fishing busting up out the back, lots of fish activity in general, saw what looked like a couple of sharks aswel but still not too sure what it was, could have been seals.

Also went yesterday and there was bulk whiting 3m off the shore on all the sandbanks, definitely worth checking out if you live down that way.
 

Lastly went out on the boat on sunday, went to one of my mates whiting spots near garden island. Didn't see many whiting around, but as many herring as you wanted, and also quite a few north westers...