queensland Capricorn Coast Fun

[wesfish]

Gday again Thought i would share my annual trip to the Capricorn coast chasing all sorts. After the weather letting me down previous years in March we decided to try May in hope of kinder weather. We arrived last saturday morning to a 15knt sw and headed straight out to get into the action. about 30 mins in on surface lures the action kicked off with great strikes from GT and Queens then the connections started. kicked the trip off with a pb queenie 113cm :woohoo:

the action continued with the queens

A tuna school popped up so i threw the loaded in there and this critter grabbed it before a tuna :silly:

So i had another go at the tuna later that arvo and managed a solid longie

the next 4 days we had variable 10knt and most times 5knts thhe fishing action continued

managed a pb coral trout going 64cm jigging the reefs

plenty of these guys stealing lures and fish

my maria on its 3rd set of hooks

[wesfish]

the fishing kept going

had an absolute ball for a week up there mixing it up between pelagic, reef and estuary fishing. look forward to going back next year

cheers for reading

Wes

[Angus]

Awesome!

Well done mate and thanks for the report!

Angus

[kmcrosby78]

Absolute cracker trip Wes, gotta be happy with that action!!!! I remember your report from last year with the GT's, geez you pull some good fish from that location!! What did the cobia go and was he on bait? What sort of salmon are they? Oh and you'll have to let Mark (Tugger) know that you've got him by one cm (trout) ......

[samsteele115]

That's insane fishing! :woohoo: wow.

[Luvit]

You just about caught every fish I hope to catch in the next 10 years!

Great trip

[wesfish]

Absolute cracker trip Wes, gotta be happy with that action!!!! I remember your report from last year with the GT's, geez you pull some good fish from that location!! What did the cobia go and was he on bait? What sort of salmon are they? Oh and you'll have to let Mark (Tugger) know that you've got him by one cm (trout) ......

cheers man cobia was not measured just quick pic and release, he was actually trying to catch some dinner and had a nice hussar hooked up and the cobia grabbed it beside the boat as he went to lift it in the boat. there is blue salmon and steelies. we managed 35 blue salmon in coorooman creek on the last arvo up there, the wind was predicted to kick up so we did a creek fish to finish. Have to catch up with tugger for a fish the action had way more then just the pics with massive spaniards nearly landing in the boat chasing the stick baits, vertical tuna strikes, some big sharks on 80lb spin gear for fun, crossed lines on double hook ups and mick done on the anchor rope by a big gt. the area is a fishing mecca in my opinion and not that far away

[Damien2Rad]

I know where I'll be spending a lot of my R&R.

I miss that area, been back in Brisbane for two years and have only been back up there once.

Those steelies will hit a lure as big as them and the blues go bloody hard.

Awesome session mate, cheers for the report.

[crazywalrus]

Awesome stuff again Wes. Some Epic action there. I will definitely have that on my bucket list.

[fishingnut]

We'll don wes some thumper fish there especially that gt, did you get a new boat or is that ya mates ?

[wesfish]

We'll don wes some thumper fish there especially that gt, did you get a new boat or is that ya mates ?

cheers man , managed 2 gt of similar size, this is my mates boat to do these trips and feel safer then we felt in my old tinny

[wesfish]

I know where I'll be spending a lot of my R&R.

I miss that area, been back in Brisbane for two years and have only been back up there once.

Those steelies will hit a lure as big as them and the blues go bloody hard.

Awesome session mate, cheers for the report.

cheers man, I could happily move into that area and have that fishing in my back yard the steelies hit hard for a lil fish and yeah mick was impressed with the power to weight of the blues

[fishingnut]

Good to see ya out still catching fish wes we'll done mate, need to catch up you and mick for a fish

[wesfish]

Good to see ya out still catching fish wes we'll done mate, need to catch up you and mick for a fish

have not stopped catching just stopped posting local areas to keep some spots for my own enjoyment yeah need to catch up with a fish with mick and your self