queensland Back In To The Snaps

[Allnighter]

About 15 years ago i used to fish the bay islands regularly with my sons and one close mate, but then some life changes got in the way and my close mate unfortunately passed away

Back then i was a regular to Ausfish and met some great blokes, and had some great fishing adventures.

I sold the 5.2m Formosa 10 years ago or so, but have recently rekindled my passion for the bay again and have bought a 4.2m Renegade with the desire to fish the bay again with my two sons

Well, the glorious bay is still there all these years later and i am thoroughly enjoying re-living the good old days!

What a beautiful place we have right at our back door!

Luckily i kept some gps marks from all those years ago which are still producing some great fish.

These are from just 5-6m of water.

 

 

 

 

[ellicat]

Some nice snaps from a beaut winter bay.

Welcome back to it.

[Old Scaley]

Nice work @Allnighter. Welcome back. Keep those reports rolling in!

[Guest]

Brilliant stuff Allnighter, I used to fish that area with my Brother in Law in the 70's & 80's catching snapper just like you have in your hands, keep up them posts

MSB

[fishingnut]

Nice one ! and who says the bay doesn't fish like it used to 

[samsteele115]

Awesome stuff mate, love it. Also you bought the best 4.2m tinny in existence haha 

[Drop Bear]

10 hours ago, samsteele115 said:

Awesome stuff mate, love it. Also you bought the best 4.2m tinny in existence haha 

Is that your old boat? 

[Drop Bear]

On 13/07/2019 at 9:46 AM, Allnighter said:

What a beautiful place we have right at our back door!

Luckily i kept some gps marks from all those years ago which are still producing some great fish.

These are from east of Green Island in just 5-6m.

Bloody good fish there mate. Well done. We do ok at Green at night but haven't had much luck in the day. Awesome work. Thanks for the report and welcome home. 

[samsteele115]

55 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Is that your old boat? 

Yeah. I'm extremely biased

[Allnighter]

1 hour ago, Drop Bear said:

Is that your old boat? 

no, thats the new renegade, for a small tinny really impressed all round and especially with the ride and the stability at rest !

50 yammy four stroke, side console

The only improvement i found it really performed much better after i fitted a hydrofoil

And of course as previously mentioned, the minn kota with spot lock just ramps up our results shitloads!!

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement, it really is grreat to be back to the bay where i feel i belong!!!

Anyone know of where Webby {Brian} and any of the old Ausfish crew ended up?

I can't seem to get my head around why i should have to pay to become a member of a fishing site to contribute towards it??  weird shi t  that is .....

 

 

 

 

[samsteele115]

2 minutes ago, Allnighter said:

no, thats the new renegade, for a small tinny really impressed all round and especially with the ride and the stability at rest !

50 yammy four stroke, side console

The only improvement i found it really performed much better after i fitted a hydrofoil

And of course as previously mentioned, the minn kota with spot lock just ramps up our results shitloads!!

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement, it really is grreat to be back to the bay where i feel i belong!!!

 

 

 

I had 50 4st yammy too. Could have even done with a transom fiddle to re rate to 60hp max. Was sometimes a tad sluggish to get going especially in the rough, 2 stroke would have been fine but who wants that  they are very solid hulls. Cool to know the hydrofoil works for you. I liked the tiller steer, so much room, but my shoulder didn't when I did 150km round trips in the bay looking for tuna 

[Drop Bear]

On 15/07/2019 at 8:42 AM, Allnighter said:

no, thats the new renegade, for a small tinny really impressed all round and especially with the ride and the stability at rest !

50 yammy four stroke, side console

The only improvement i found it really performed much better after i fitted a hydrofoil

And of course as previously mentioned, the minn kota with spot lock just ramps up our results shitloads!!

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement, it really is grreat to be back to the bay where i feel i belong!!!

Anyone know of where Webby {Brian} and any of the old Ausfish crew ended up?

I can't seem to get my head around why i should have to pay to become a member of a fishing site to contribute towards it??  weird shi t  that is .....

 

 

 

 

Meh AFO is better anyhow. 

[Drop Bear]

On 15/07/2019 at 8:51 AM, samsteele115 said:

I had 50 4st yammy too. Could have even done with a transom fiddle to re rate to 60hp max. Was sometimes a tad sluggish to get going especially in the rough, 2 stroke would have been fine but who wants that  they are very solid hulls. Cool to know the hydrofoil works for you. I liked the tiller steer, so much room, but my shoulder didn't when I did 150km round trips in the bay looking for tuna 

I have the 70hp 4 stroke Suzuki Tiller. It has steering and throttle dampening. Most of the time I don't even need to hold the tiller arm. So nice and awesome for trolling. Like you I love the extra room you get with a tiller. 

[tugger]

Good snapper would have been fun getting the old spots to fire

[Drop Bear]

20 hours ago, tugger said:

Good snapper would have been fun getting the old spots to fire

Might be time to do an offshore trip... Those are nice snappers.  

[Poddymullet]

Welcome back and not a bad way to get back into the Bay! Great looking fish

[Allnighter]

Couldnt resist another quick fish this afternoon with the weather so great!

Grabbed a couple of cans o beers and headed out to a gloriously flat bay.

Set the pointy end of the boat towards the island, cracked a can while cruising out there and really enjoyed the smooth ride and anticipation of what might unfold today.

Set the Minny on spot lock and slowly floated down two baits and wasnt long before one of the rods buckled over with the reel screaming off line!

Boated a nice snapper, rebaited and in again and wasnt long before number 2 snap hit the deck.

It really is hard to describe how hard these go in 5- 6 metres of water!

Doesnt get any better than that so decided to head home early and cleanup the gear.

 

 

[kmcrosby78]

Lovely pair of snaps for a close in spot mate, well done!

[ellicat]

Killing it. Lucky you kept those marks by the look.

[Drop Bear]

Great fish mate well done.  It is tough getting good fish at Green you are smashing it. 

[Lesm8]

Cracking fish mate, did better then us!