queensland 1770 In The Tinnie

[tugger]

Lance and I set off from brisbane to stay the night in town at Agnes waters the next morning we set off early heading north to the bunker group. It started off slow with most spots without fish but the fish that did hit the deck were quality. Big red throat and tuskies pulled hard and Lance hooked a big trout it went 65cm.

We kept working hard and put more trout, rte, tusky and cod in the box. On a spot we had 2 Cobia swim up to the Boat and Lance dropped a bait in front of it taking the bait the cobes took off and after 5 minutes got sharked. Before sunset it was time to look for red emperor. On a red spot I hooked a big tusky only to get sharked with just the head to show no reds turned up either.

Anchoring up behind the reef we got a good night's sleep then at it again the next day. The one thing with multiple days you get to know where they're biting and when. So the reds might chew early morning and they did I found a small red emperor going 62cm.

We found no more reds in my go to spot so off to new ground here Lance hooked a good tomatoe cod as I hooked a big red. My fish fought hard head thumping as they do and peeling line at times and slowly I start to gain line. He fought all the way to the Boat and hit the deck at 78cm and about 12kg.

A marlin swam past the boat and we through baits out with no luck. The fish went off the chew out deep so we moved in close finding a couple more trout. The fish went really quiet and with no wind it was hot and time for a swim.

The fishing in the late arvo was red hot and the quality was there with Lance landing the best red throat going 55cm and it pulled hard. We bagged out at 5pm on the coral reef fin fish with 40 fish onboard we went to anchor as the wind had picked up.

The next morning we set off early heading south to a mackerel spot but no luck there. The run home was perfect with less than 5 knots all morning and a good trip home on the road we rolled in just after dark.

 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi tugger

That is some great fishing, and some quality reefies too. Nice to see a good feed being pulled up too  How long does it take to clean all of them  The maximum amount of fish I've cleaned is about 7 and I was only helping, I couldn't imagine doing 40+ lol.

Cheers Hamish  

[Brodie_S]

Did you really need to keep that many fish . There’s a lot lol .I don’t know where I’d put em you could feed the whole town with that many fish far out

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi Breaming with Bro

I'm pretty sure reefies don't swim off well and if they did they'd probably get sharked. That's why he stopped when he hit his bag limit, because if he caught any more it would be like suicide... or that's what I think anyway, I'm sure tugger will be able to confirm  As well as that, they are some of the best tasting fish in the sea lol.

Cheers Hamish

[tugger]

I forgot to mention the 1000 km round road trip and 250 km done in the Boat and approximately 2 months fish in the freezer for my family

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi tugger

That sounds like a lot of fun, and good to hear everyone in your family is going to have a feed of reefies for so long  

Cheers Hamish

[tugger]

1 hour ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hi tugger

That is some great fishing, and some quality reefies too. Nice to see a good feed being pulled up too  How long does it take to clean all of them  The maximum amount of fish I've cleaned is about 7 and I was only helping, I couldn't imagine doing 40+ lol.

Cheers Hamish  

Took 3 hours to fillet and clean up Hamish

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Geez it probably would've taken me ten  You must be getting quicker and quicker at cleaning them every time you catch some  

Cheers Hamish 

[tugger]

1 hour ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hi Breaming with Bro

I'm pretty sure reefies don't swim off well and if they did they'd probably get sharked. That's why he stopped when he hit his bag limit, because if he caught any more it would be like suicide... or that's what I think anyway, I'm sure tugger will be able to confirm  As well as that, they are some of the best tasting fish in the sea lol.

Cheers Hamish

They are quality and yeah we stay within bag limits it's  not a trip you can do every week you got to fluke your holidays with good weather your lucky if you go a couple of times a year.

[tugger]

5 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Geez it probably would've taken me ten  You must be getting quicker and quicker at cleaning them every time you catch some  

Cheers Hamish 

I've been at it for 40 years you learn how to fillet well with enough practise

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Yeah, you must be going that far out and it wouldn't be pleasant in a small boat in rough weather offshore.

Cheers Hamish  

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Ok, looks like I've got some time on my hands before I'm as good as you at filleting  

[tugger]

We saw these young fellas in a 14ft open tinnie at the ramp then go past us and we were 90km offshore and they just heading east and disappeared of over the horizon crazy teens

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Wow, that's crazy as. Is there an island they might've camped at?

Cheers Hamish

[kmcrosby78]

2 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

How long does it take to clean all of them  

My guess would be about 12 beers ..........  

Great haul there Lance & Mark, doesn't get much better than that, enjoy those hard earned fillets   Any crayfish?

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi kmcrosby78

Is that the equivalent of about 12 bottles of Fanta for me?  

Cheers Hamish

[tugger]

29 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Wow, that's crazy as. Is there an island they might've camped at?

Cheers Hamish

No they were heading in to open deep water they no doubt slept in the open tinnie most likely near our anchorage

[tugger]

17 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

My guess would be about 12 beers ..........  

Great haul there Lance & Mark, doesn't get much better than that, enjoy those hard earned fillets   Any crayfish?

Yeah typical half carton job Kelvin and still got no scars from filleting no crays this trip

[aussie123]

Thanks for another great trip Mark.

The fishing was very tough this trip but we kept working them hard and chipped away at them till we found a patch of fish that were very hungry and managed to finish our bag off in the 2 days.

I really expected to do the 3 days to get our fish this trip but that late arvo bite on the second day was pretty special and got us over the line with a bit of an early mark as well.

 

[Luke Landrunner]

Another great 1770 trip there!!

Me and my mate will get up there one day..... product testing

[tugger]

12 hours ago, aussie123 said:

Thanks for another great trip Mark.

The fishing was very tough this trip but we kept working them hard and chipped away at them till we found a patch of fish that were very hungry and managed to finish our bag off in the 2 days.

I really expected to do the 3 days to get our fish this trip but that late arvo bite on the second day was pretty special and got us over the line with a bit of an early mark as well.

 

Awesome trip when a plan comes together car and boat went well bonus

[tugger]

3 hours ago, Luke Landrunner said:

Another great 1770 trip there!!

Me and my mate will get up there one day..... product testing

Yes Luke get up there when you can

[Luvit]

I rang to see how you guys went but Lance must be screening his calls these days. 

You got some great weather and the small tides may have contributed to the slow bite. You still got some amazing fish to bring home. That's a cracker photo of Tugger in crystal clear water.

I'm chaffing to get up there again.

Got do lots of product testing @Luke Landrunner 

[tugger]

1 hour ago, Luvit said:

I rang to see how you guys went but Lance must be screening his calls these days. 

You got some great weather and the small tides may have contributed to the slow bite. You still got some amazing fish to bring home. That's a cracker photo of Tugger in crystal clear water.

I'm chaffing to get up there again.

Got do lots of product testing @Luke Landrunner 

We will all have to get up there together Wayne

[jon]

Well done lads looks like a good haul. That’s a nice solid red and good trout too! I’m jealous

[jon]

Is that a long nose emperor towards the bottom left corner

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi jon

It looks like one to me  

Cheers Hamish

[aussie123]

Yes it is a Longnose Jon. It went 44cm

[fishingnut]

Well done fellas its nice when it all comes together.

[tugger]

On 09/02/2020 at 7:36 PM, fishingnut said:

Well done fellas its nice when it all comes together.

Thanks Beau good planning brings rewards.

[tugger]

On 09/02/2020 at 11:19 AM, jon said:

Well done lads looks like a good haul. That’s a nice solid red and good trout too! I’m jealous

Thanks Sef it was good to be back up there