queensland Offshore With Tugger

[Old Scaley]

I was lucky to get a call from @tugger on Friday to see if I was interested in an offshore trip on Sunday. I couldn’t say yes fast enough. The weather prediction was good so I knew we would have a great day.

We were at the ramp around 5am, meeting up with @straddiebrad and Kurt, and set off over the Bay in the dark with Mark giving me some good oil on navigating the Bay in the dark. We crossed a very timid bar at first light with Brad and Kurt right behind us. We headed to Mark’s live bait spot and gathered enough livies for the day while the other boys headed north.  Then it was off to the rock.

We fished a mix of livies and dead baits, with fish falling mostly to the dead ones. They weren’t chewing their heads off but we had a steady stream of snapper coming over the side. Mark is a great skipper and fisherman and I learnt a few things yesterday that will improve my fishing in the future.  Around turn of the tide Mark suggested we drop a floater out for a Spanish. He has a unique way of rigging the dead bait for mackerel and it certainly works. The bait was in the water for less than a minute and the reel started screaming. Mark selflessly handed me the Rod and said “Do you want to have some fun?”  It was fun fight and we soon had a fat 125cm toothy critter on the deck. A new PB mack for me, but I can’t take all the credit.

We headed home early afternoon and were back at Mark’s place to do the clean up by 3pm.  Great day out, Mark. Thanks mate.  As usual for me, there are only a couple of poor photos, but Mark might have some.

 

[ellicat]

Nice one, Steve.

[straddiebrad]

we  had a pretty good start with 3 snapper and a nice parrot and a good cod but had to cut the day short as kurt got a spine through his hobit toe from a 50 odd snapper.any thought what this migh be on the sounder?

 

[aussie123]

Well done on your pb Spanish Steve.

The conditions look pretty good out there too.

[straddiebrad]

that is a good spanish bet it got the heart pumping

 

[Drop Bear]

Ripper mate well done!

That will keep you in fillets for a wile to come

 

I brightened it up a little so we can see your pretty smile. 

[Old Scaley]

^^ I prefer the darker photo @Drop Bear. Lots more beauty sleep required.

[Drop Bear]

5 hours ago, straddiebrad said:

we  had a pretty good start with 3 snapper and a nice parrot and a good cod but had to cut the day short as kurt got a spine through his hobit toe from a 50 odd snapper.any thought what this migh be on the sounder?

 

Is that zoomed in? 

Mine has never looked like that. 

[kmcrosby78]

10 hours ago, straddiebrad said:

we  had a pretty good start with 3 snapper and a nice parrot and a good cod but had to cut the day short as kurt got a spine through his hobit toe from a 50 odd snapper.any thought what this migh be on the sounder?

 

Shipping container? Although I guess it would show as a more solid object?

Great report and winter Spanish Steve & Mark, great work!

 

[Junky]

Nice fish.

 

 

Hard to tell just on bottom lock. 

Send me the coordinates and I'll check it out for you'z. 

[aussie123]

Looks like a stand of wire weed to me.

[Drop Bear]

11 hours ago, aussie123 said:

Looks like a stand of wire weed to me.

Yep that was what I was thinking but it looks like it goes to the surface? Unless it is zoomed in. 

[straddiebrad]

32 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Yep that was what I was thinking but it looks like it goes to the surface? Unless it is zoomed in. 

yes only showing the first 6meters from the bottom been told it looks like bait and some fish but there not feeding

[tugger]

It was a good day on the water we did a lot of  drifts before anchoring and lost our best snapper of the day to a shark just getting the head back the rest missing from the gill plates. It was getting calmer as the morning wore on there was a nice amount of current and I was hoping the snapper would chew hard. Thanks for the company Steve those fresh snapper fillets were sensational sorry I can't help with any better photos.

[Drop Bear]

On 06/08/2019 at 9:18 AM, straddiebrad said:

yes only showing the first 6meters from the bottom been told it looks like bait and some fish but there not feeding

Yep that is wire weed then. That is what tugger and Aussie showed me. 

Good spot for pearlies and snapper. 

[straddiebrad]

40 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Yep that is wire weed then. That is what tugger and Aussie showed me. 

Good spot for pearlies and snapper. 

Does wire weed grow that big its 6 meters off the bottom?

[benno573]

Whale sitting on the bottom? 

 

Looks like a top day out @Old Scaley, top marks to @tugger for taking yet another AFO deck is out for a ride. Did the spanish keep the boss happy Steve?