queensland CAIRNS 13/09/09

[fishguru5]

hi guys

sorry for this exceedingly late report have been a bit busy and thought i would post a report on my trip to cairns. i went out privately off a family friends boat to "the shelf" although it was a extremely long trip out it was worth it it was a perfect day calm and clear visibility was around 22 metres it was beautiful . we tried trolling for some yellowfin tuna but was not to be . we then moved to the shallower water around 40 metres just before dusk, but at the time ther where only pickers i.e sea bream and very small cod, when night came we moved to water where it ranged from 100-300 metres. this is where it started to pick up. in the 100 - 150 metres we where picking up quality nanygai around 5 kilo and a few unwanted species such as sharks, reef toads, and others . as the unwanted species got thick we moved to 200-300 metres of water. at this time on every drop we pulled in a decent fish. the species at this time included red emperor, spangled emperor, and large rosy jobfish. biggest rosy jobfish was around 5 kilo and biggest red emperor of the night was around 6 kg. allthough we where having alot of fun our arms gave in and we headed home:( all in all it was my most memerable offshore trip and hope to do it all again soon

pat

[fishguru5]

more pics havnt worked the attachments out yet sorry alll

[fishguru5]

sorry agn

[Joel Eadie]

nice fish mate, im very jealous

[Do$tylz]

don't be sorry mate. better late than never. Did you do any fishing close to land in Cairns??

[Do$tylz]

don't be sorry mate. better late than never. Did you do any fishing close to land in Cairns??

[ryanyoung]

Cool fish, cool pics, looks like you had fun!

[Eug]

got a pic of the boat?

nice fish!

[fishguru5]

thanks guys did have alot of fun and yes i did do a bit of inshore fishing in the daintree. ended up with a very large butter bream looking thing in the net haha and a fair few large trevally on my lures could have been better but i didnt know the area so i think i did alright

pat

btw picture is the species not the size

[fishguru5]

yeah i have a pic of the boat

[Do$tylz]

more pics of fish please....

[fishguru5]

i dnt have many oh and if anyone asks thats not my corona atall....

[fergie]

good stuff mate

and a good feed of fish.

fishing in those depths is always hard on the arms, but is worth it :cheer:

cheers

[jakhunta]

Nice fishes mate and great post.I lived there for 26 years seeing your pics make me a little bit homesick. :side:

[Keen-as-fisho]

Very tasty fish you got there bud. And a beatiful photo of the corona (makes me thirsty)

[wesfish]

i see red i see red i see red :laugh: bloody quality fish there mate , great report!!

[Old Scaley]

Gotta love NQ. Makes SEQ seem a bit dull.

[fishguru5]

thanks guys that was my first report from memory hope i did it all right haha yeah they where pretty good on the chew although the nanygai seemed to be a bit tough went great in balti and madras curry though :woohoo: