queensland Stanage June

[demarc]

Hey!

Heading to Stanage for 10 days from June 1. This is for a change from my annual 1770 migration. 

Should be a very good trip. Lot's of preperation. Been working a lot of truck and boat for the trip. Longest diatance I've towed.

My goals are to make it to Percys and... A big and.... Swains, if weather is right.

And the crabs... Biggest ever!!

Stay tuned! 

[Drop Bear]

Cant wait to see how you go mate. That trailer looks mint. 

[Angus]

1 hour ago, demarc said:

Hey!

Heading to Stanage for 10 days from June 1. This is for a change from my annual 1770 migration. 

Should be a very good trip. Lot's of preperation. Been working a lot of truck and boat for the trip. Longest diatance I've towed.

My goals are to make it to Percys and... A big and.... Swains, if weather is right.

And the crabs... Biggest ever!!

Stay tuned! 

Woo hoo!

Really looking forward to this report mate good luck!

A couple of my Noosa buddies do stanage semi regularly and it looks awesome.

Angus

[tugger]

Big northern trips I always planned around September I have always found the winter months in nth Qld windy and hard to predict I hope you get lucky Julian it will be awesome to get out to those islands and reefs

[demarc]

1 hour ago, tugger said:

Big northern trips I always planned around September I have always found the winter months in nth Qld windy and hard to predict I hope you get lucky Julian it will be awesome to get out to those islands and reefs

These are the dates the ausfish/crab boys head up, so it is, what it is.  Will have two boats with my crew, the Yalta and Cheechy's side console. Either way we'll be getting some good fishing/crabbing in!

Bought a new bimni off Lance last night. Provides shade from the end of my hard top to the stern of the boat. Perfect for those romantic fishing sessions we get in Tuggs! 

[tugger]

1 hour ago, demarc said:

These are the dates the ausfish/crab boys head up, so it is, what it is.  Will have two boats with my crew, the Yalta and Cheechy's side console. Either way we'll be getting some good fishing/crabbing in!

Bought a new bimni off Lance last night. Provides shade from the end of my hard top to the stern of the boat. Perfect for those romantic fishing sessions we get in Tuggs! 

The next good spell of weather when I am on rdo's I am going to 1770 I will let you know

[straddiebrad]

Nice mate be a good trip hope you get onto them and the crabs i have seen up there are big good you get 2 options 

 

[kmcrosby78]

Should be a great trip Julian, looking forward to reading/seeing all about it.

[demarc]

Some pressies arrvied last night.

[Drop Bear]

12 hours ago, demarc said:

Some pressies arrvied last night.

Wow! pretty

[demarc]

And I'm off. Bring it on!!!

[tugger]

Good luck Julian can't wait for the report I have just got to 1770 3 beers ago we will both be hitting the reef

[kmcrosby78]

Good luck Julian, drive safe mate and have a ball.

[demarc]

Just arrived at Terrys at Rocky. Tomorrow we all head in to Stanage.

[demarc]

On our way in...

[Drop Bear]

Thanks for posting up pics mate. Its great to follow along  Yew!!

[demarc]

Made it in at 1330. 3 odd hours to do 100kms of corrigations. Track not in good condition. Avg kms an hour was 30. No damage to boat, trailer or truck.

[demarc]

Apparently I might be bad luck. New tattoo.

The bananna superstition is only a lie right? Boy's here are threating to take my boat without me... 

[ellicat]

I was concerned where one would put a banana tattoo.....

[Angry51]

The way its hanging down it looks

like a peterheater.

Cheers

Gary

[kmcrosby78]

Glad you made it in one piece Julian - first part of the mission completed  Enjoy the next phase mate!

[Drop Bear]

Good on ya mate. Glad you made it.

Get photos of fish not your banana! hahaha 

[demarc]

Went out prospecting today. Wind is getting up tonight so doing a hopefully double overnight tomorrow, staying at Middle island.

Such a great place here.

Fishing was ok. Lot's of unstoppables, busting 100lb leader. Due to tides, can only launch and retrive at highs. Left at 10, home by 4 so only 3 hours fishing. Headed 30kms offshore.

Drunk modifications to eskys. Cut lids in half. Such a great idea.

Massive islands everywhere offshore.

Boat went the best it ever has, all the hard work paid off in the end.

That's it till Tuesday, hopefully I'll have a more fish filled report.

[demarc]

22 hours ago, ellicat said:

I was concerned where one would put a banana tattoo.....

Hopefully that is put to rest now!

[Drop Bear]

Nice mate. Cracking Trout. What is the emperor looking fish?

[aussie123]

Looks nice up there Julian.

Bout time you had a drunken rage and fixed those stupid esky lids, lol

[kmcrosby78]

Nice start Julian!!

[demarc]

15 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

Nice mate. Cracking Trout. What is the emperor looking fish?

Big Grassie

[Drop Bear]

41 minutes ago, demarc said:

Big Grassie

Cracker mate. 

 

[Doyley]

Looks like an amazing place to fish

[straddiebrad]

Getting there in one peice and some good fish is a good start to the trip mate,cant wait for some more stories in the few weeks to come 

[tugger]

Looks good so far Julian and nice trout Cheech it was mint weather on Saturday, sunday was ordinary at 1770 should have been the same up your way looks like you might get another spell of good weather

[demarc]

Just got back from 2 days. Went to Middle Island then over to High Peak the next day, then fished our way home.

So many islands 60/70kms offshore. Fishing bit quiet but we found a feed.

Chong.

Cheech onto a big sour Lemon.

Terry picking up folks who slept on Percys for the night.

Steep Island.

High Peak.

High peak light house.

A frame at Percys.

Percys anchorage.

View from Percys anchorage.

Horses new Haines.

North East island.

Sorry not many fish photos but the scenery has been amazing and our focus. Had an hour of power on the Reds. They different here. Had to use wire traces in the end to land em! Lots over 6. The ones we landed were all gut hooked, even on circles.

More tomorrow...

[kmcrosby78]

Looks like a magic trip so far Julian - jealous!!

[tugger]

Those islands look awesome would give you plenty of protection to camp behind with fringing reefs for fishing

[Drop Bear]

That is so cool. It reminded me that I have been up that way. We stayed on Marble Island for a week and caught some good fish.

So glad you got into the reds. Can't wait to see some photos.

How is the boat going? It looks fantastic. 

[demarc]

2 hours ago, tugger said:

Those islands look awesome would give you plenty of protection to camp behind with fringing reefs for fishing

Thanks Tugger. They do give you some protection but it's not like 1770. There is no real fringing reefs to protect from swells. Also the depth is avg. 45 mtrs off the islands, so deep anchoring. I haven't found water under 20 mtrs out at the outter islands.

[demarc]

58 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

That is so cool. It reminded me that I have been up that way. We stayed on Marble Island for a week and caught some good fish.

So glad you got into the reds. Can't wait to see some photos.

How is the boat going? It looks fantastic. 

Thanks Dropbear. Boat has been the best. Everything working 100%. Absolutely no issues. Solar panel keeps all batteries topped up and I didn't get the big voltage drop over night like normal after running the 1kw all day.

[demarc]

Dropped the pots in today. Creeks here are definitely a different sight. Very nice. Tomorrow we'll retrive and have a fish. An added bonus, I scored a cheap sat phone from the Stanage Community Assosication. 

Few pics.

Reds from offshore trip.

Found some Black Jewies on the offshore trip.

Now the creeks.

Very skinny water to drop the pots. The boys take their 8mtr Riptides in here...

Fingers crossed for crabs tomorrow!

[straddiebrad]

Nice mate hope you get some monsters in the pots