queensland Noosa & Rainbow Beach

[Angus]

Well guys I have been working like a dog lately, basically doing two job full time and trying to do some post grad study and have not had much time to report. However I did manage a trip to Noosa a few weeks ago that I wanted to post. Nothing amazing but an awesome weekend spent with good friends.

First off, due to ridiculous wind Andrew and I went hunting for a new spot. It was low tide and we decided to try our luck wading some flats. The high vegetation and narrow water way did offer a lot of protection and we ended up wading for a couple of hours until the tide started rushing in. Fish caught included bream, rat tailor and a couple of nice legal flathead which ended up as part of lunch. Nothing massive but all in the high 40's and low 50's makes for great eating!

Boydy hooked up on a sample Nordic Stage Areal Pro.

46cm Lizzard.

54cm

Being Tanya's birthday that day that was all the fishing I planned to squeeze in and we wewnt back and made the girls a kick arse sead food paste. More Seafood than pasta ='s pretty awesome in my books...

Next the wind dropped right out and promised a beautiful day. We ended up forming a convoy with the neighbors and heading right up North Shore to Double Island for a fish and then along Rainbow to the surf club for lunch. Ended up coming home the rainforest track which was pretty awesome.

Convoy

Pretty fish.

The bream were ridiculous off the rocks. Every cast for 10 casts resulted in a 30cm + fish. Sorry about the average pictures but I was solo fishing at this stage. If you can appreciate the fish is as long as the reel to the nearly the end of the colored bit on an areal than you can appreciate these were solid surf fish!

Heaps of the guys which the girls loved.

And also plenty of these which they loved less...

All in all a great weekend.

Angus

[benno573]

Looks like a top weekend there mate. Can't believe how flat it is a DIP. I would have cracked the yak out at that for sure! :woohoo:

[pancakes_and_haggis]

nice report and looks like a great weekend, fancy coming and cooking round here on night haha

callum

[crazywalrus]

good report Angus and as usual some master chef moments

[ozskippy]

Looks like a good couple of days , I am heading to rainbow this weekend so I might have a look at those bream you talk of.. Any lures in particular that we're doing the damage??4do you throw any slugs around from the rocks??

[Angus]

Mate I did not throw slugs but could of.

Plastics were doing the damage and it was just about patience.

It is pretty deep off the rocks and I was only using 1/12th jig heads and 3 inch plastics (Damiki armour shads and Gulp Minnows). A long story short... Every cast I let get all the way to the bottom (through lots of pickers like that fish above) would = a big bream.

I lost a really good fish as well at the rocks after a 10 minute plus fight. Do not want to elaborate on that story as it sounds to much like a "one that got away" story although I kept the doubled back jig head a souvenir...

Angus

[ellicat]

If every weekend was as good as that, would they still be as special ? :side:

5 years ago Benno tried to assassinate me on those rocks at DI. I haven't been back but the pics make them look very inviting :pinch:

I think you must have 3 jobs if one of those black cars is yours

[ozskippy]

Well fingers crossed they are still biting this weekend, I will let you know how I go

[grantbudd74]

lol I was thinking the same!! All 3 of those cars will drink the average family budget worth in fuel for trip like that...Pretty rough ride coming back the rain forest way..Living the dream :-) glad it was a safe trip.