queensland 1770

[James W]

well back from 1770 and not much to say about it..crap weather,no decent fish and loads of tourists on school holidays.

stayed at agnes water and fished the rocky headlands pretty much all day everyday. threw metal,plastics and bait and the only legal fish i landed was a lone tailor. saw a 8ft bull shark crusing around right below the rock i was fishing off, which was pretty cool to see but he didnt seem to like pillies. the next day there was some kids spearfishing there and i told them about the shark but they just kept hunting around right under me! i was pissed off too! they just didnt care i was fishing,or trying to fish there! rude pricks..i was secretly wishing that shark would turn up!

did go the catwalk and saw some huge spanish macks caught and a lot of smaller ones, also a few mack tuna were caught too...i was severly undergunned with my bass set up there! :laugh: still gave it a go but not a hit! seemed to be off the bite pretty much after 9am anyway by the looks.

everynight i fished the marina and rocky headlands off 1770 and only managed some little bream,moses and grunter bream. was pretty dismal. fished the flats in some awesome looking flatty territory but not a single bump! i couldnt belive it! maybe the fish knew it was school holidays!

did bump into a afo member there one night i thnk he said his name was darcy? how did you go? the weather seemed to be getting better as my home time was getting closer.

i should have holidayed in nudgee beach! would have caught more!

but will be back there to check it out when its not so busy and armed with the right gear.

[James W]

a bloody long drive for one tailor!

[James W]

forgot to mention, the dudes spearfishing...a message for you.

if ya gunna spear a fish, eat it! dont go spearing poor little catsharks and then ask me if i want it..i took it..only cuz you were gunna just throw it back with a massive hole in its guts! bastards

[Angus]

Oh well matey, live and learn.

They speared cat sharks only to offer it to you? Thats pathetic!

When are we fishing?

I feel a redeemer coming on

Angus

[James W]

tuesday gus!

send a pm on where n what ya wanna chase

[fergie]

better luck next time jimmy.

sorry for jinxing you about your rod. :dry:

[kiwifisho]

Bummer james about ya rod mate I have a spare one here dude. We need to get the noe out again soon mate.

Dean

[Dazzamcgee]

Bummer Jimmy sometimes it pays to stay local....

[tugger]

the trick with new locations is to hook up with someone whose been there before or it will take you a few times to learn the area local knoledge always helps.

[Rocket75]

thanks for the report Jim, sounds like you got plenty of fishin time in, so it can't have been to bad a holiday!

What gear would you suggest I take up in a couple of weeks,(ie what do you wish you had with you) ?

Rocket

[James W]

well first i wish i took a boat! :laugh:

i would take all the metal ya have, to throw off the headland at 1770. and a rod long enough to handle a mack in close to the rocks..a fairly decent sized threadline with lots of line!