queensland Snapper Spaniards Sensational

[tugger]

Went out yesterday with Robbie (drop bear) and a friend of his from Germany. We headed out early and crossed south passage bar at 1st light then stopped at the bait grounds. Then once enough live bait was collected we anchored up off point lookout nth stradie.

Conditions were a bit lumpy but smoothed off a bit behind the rock in and around the whirlpools made by the current. The snapper were patchy at 1st but got thicker as we got closer to the top of the tide. Then a shark took a liking to our live bait and Stefan played with this beast for 15 minutes or so before breaking him off.

The next live bait didn't last long before a Spanish mackerel made the reel scream but again the fish won its freedom. The 3rd slimie mackerel again was out for only a couple of minutes before another Spanaird took off.

Stefan was a bit seasick but it was not stopping him from fighting this fish. After a few blistering runs the mackerel doggedly went deep and used it's mass to slow the fisherman. Soon colour could be seen down deep and I called it for a Spanaird. Once I sunk the gaff and lifted it aboard Stefan high fives us both and I even got a cuddle from a very happy German.

The snapper kept coming in just pan size from 38cm to 45cm with lots of little fish in between. Then at the top of the tide we caught a couple of snapper over 50cm to finish off the bag. 

The weather was getting betting through the morning so we got a great trip home. The run around peel island and over to Cleveland was like glass then a few beers went down while we cleaned the fish to top the day off. Thanks for crewing Robbie and I bet your friend will have a good fishing story to take back home.

[kmcrosby78]

Awesome haul fellas - good to see plenty of snapper around and handy to still be able to bag a Spaniard also, well done! 

[Old Scaley]

Nice report @tugger and some good fish. Any whales out there?

[tugger]

14 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Awesome haul fellas - good to see plenty of snapper around and handy to still be able to bag a Spaniard also, well done! 

There will be plenty of snapper there this time of year the Spanish will be heading north soon as the water cools.

[tugger]

11 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

Nice report @tugger and some good fish. Any whales out there?

Plenty of whales near us all morning surfacing and breaching all around us. A fishing and whale watching trip for Stefan.

[Ge_off]

Nice bag there tugger , You guys done well.

[tugger]

10 hours ago, Ge_off said:

Nice bag there tugger , You guys done well.

Thanks Geoff

[straddiebrad]

good haul there mate will get out soon myself whats the temp like out there did you notice? thinking of hitting the 35s next time out

 

[tugger]

59 minutes ago, straddiebrad said:

good haul there mate will get out soon myself whats the temp like out there did you notice? thinking of hitting the 35s next time out

 

It was 23 degrees I am still going to fish the rock for a little while till later in winter when those reefs fire up out on the 33s and 35s

[straddiebrad]

35 minutes ago, tugger said:

It was 23 degrees I am still going to fish the rock for a little while till later in winter when those reefs fire up out on the 33s and 35s

thought it may have been a bit cooler then that yes needs to cool down a bit more for out there

[tugger]

9 minutes ago, straddiebrad said:

thought it may have been a bit cooler then that yes needs to cool down a bit more for out there

We had a couple of runs on the lives down on the bottom to I forgot in the report. There was plenty of action there at the rock I haven't fished it for a while and has got me keen to get back out there.

[Drop Bear]

Thanks heaps for the decky spot Tugger. It was a top trip. 

Those snapper were fun to catch. 

Yes Stefan was thrilled with the catch. He has posted it to all his mates that are as green with envy as stefan was green with sea sickness. Good on him for sticking it out. 

I really appreciate you letting him bring in the fish. It will probably be the fish of his life as he is in central Germany. He loves his fishing and has caught a stack of trout. I am sure the picture will go up on the pool room wall. 

I had a great day. 

So many whales. They are thick as at the moment. I went out on the Wed before and they were everywhere. 

Here are a few photos of the day. 

The bird is a Southern Giant Petrel. It was very tame and really wanted our baits. It even had a go at eating the undersized snapper but we made sure they were out of reach. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_giant_petrel

I have not yet frozen the fillets yet. We are nearly through them. We have had so many meals so far. Still a few to go. They are still in very good condition and will see if I need to freeze them tonight. 

 

[Drop Bear]

On 22/06/2019 at 8:37 PM, Old Scaley said:

Nice report @tugger and some good fish. Any whales out there?

check out the video in the last post. haha they are thick out there.

[tugger]

That bird was a little to friendly and I love the video footage those whales must of been close to that Spanish.

[Drop Bear]

14 minutes ago, tugger said:

That bird was a little to friendly and I love the video footage those whales must of been close to that Spanish.

I reckon they were closer to us than the Spanish. I was worried they would bust him off. 

[tugger]

8 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

I reckon they were closer to us than the Spanish. I was worried they would bust him off. 

Yeah I was thinking the same but was not saying it out aloud 

[Drop Bear]

4 hours ago, tugger said:

Yeah I was thinking the same but was not saying it out aloud 

I know... oh well... all's well that ends well. 

[tugger]

After this week of big seas it will be worth a look next week there as the snapper like it there after some rough weather 

[Drop Bear]

On 04/07/2019 at 6:58 AM, tugger said:

After this week of big seas it will be worth a look next week there as the snapper like it there after some rough weather 

I'm planning a trip on Tuesday with @Old Scaley I hope the swell will have dropped enough for us. 

[Drop Bear]

Swell should be 1.4m by then and expecting very light winds. 

[straddiebrad]

12 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Swell should be 1.4m by then and expecting very light winds. 

Yes does look good early to mid next week

[Drop Bear]

1 hour ago, straddiebrad said:

Yes does look good early to mid next week

see you out there