queensland Cooktown Jettie Session And Unknown Underwater Beast

[Brodie_S]

I rocked up to Cooktown jettie around 5pm with some servo sardines/phillies and some small suicide hooks a type of fishing I rarely do .went with some people that were staying near us .took my 6lb braid and leader setup and my 3-8lb rod first cast got a fish line snapped second cast got a big butter bream no photos for that one .3rd cast got a huge run and a few headshakes after a 2 minute fight I landed a decent queenfish and then another cast after that got a slightly smaller one . A few cast later I land some small Moses perch . After that the bite slowed down and the light did to it was now dark I spotted a big squid I casted my phillie at the squid it picked up the bait and ate It I set the hook as I’m bring up the squid I pull the hook on it and it flops back into the water I go back fishing for fish now as I drop my bait into the dark water I wait and then get a massive run I set the hook and get a massive run and huge headshakes bigger then the queenfish also note after I caught the queenfish I switched to 10lb leader to avoid losing fish after another big run I pull the hook on the fish but some bait is still on the hook a cast in roughly where I lost the fish get a run and set the hook I feel nothing I bring my line to see no hook left it snapped the line clean I retie and bait up and quickly get another run I bring up a pike . After that not much action then all of the sudden I go to bring up my bait I feel like Im stuck to the bottom at first I thought it was a snag but this snag started moving and then running and then I started walking around the jettie like a mad man as I have no control over this fish after a bit of walking around the jettie walking closer to the fish as it was moving fast along the jettie Like I said I had no control over this monster I it started get closer to another jettie I tried pulling but it was useless my drag was super tight and it was still running eventually my braid just snapped . Some people said it was a crocodile another said it was giant grouper but what ever it was I didn’t move it by a single inch it was giant after packing up I go pass the spot where my line snapped and I see this giant probably 2 maybe almost 3 metres grouper . And I’m pretty sure that was it and yea I didn’t take any more photos after the Moses perch .fishing session ended at 7:50 overall a pretty decent session I was the only one that caught fish on the jettie besides a bloke catching a few pike and some kid catching baby Moses perch

 

[GregOug]

Sounds like a pretty decent session to me.

[ellicat]

Great little session.

I bet you'll be back with a heavier setup as well as your lighter one.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hey Breaming with bro

Jeez, you are confident to go on a etty so light! If I was fishing up there, I'd be using 30lb! Lol. 

Good job on the variety of fish you caught, while I hate to say it.... That wasn't a bad Suburbs of Origin pre-fish!  

Cheers Hamish

[Brodie_S]

Yes it was indeed good practice for the suburbs of origin unfortunately I didn’t catch any of the species from list though but If I was I’m would have probably been fishing with plastics to get trevally or flathead . I wonder if queenfish count as a species of trevally hmm don’t know . And yea next time I go there I will bring my 2-5kg daiwa rod but with the same 1000 Stradic with 6lb braid and now that I know I should be using atleast 10lb leader 

[Drop Bear]

On 09/08/2020 at 8:08 AM, Breaming with bro said:

Yes it was indeed good practice for the suburbs of origin unfortunately I didn’t catch any of the species from list though but If I was I’m would have probably been fishing with plastics to get trevally or flathead . I wonder if queenfish count as a species of trevally hmm don’t know . And yea next time I go there I will bring my 2-5kg daiwa rod but with the same 1000 Stradic with 6lb braid and now that I know I should be using atleast 10lb leader 

As a Southsider I am sure that a queenfish is not a trevally haha. 

But seriously i would love to see you up your gear. Can you get a 30lb setup? 

There are cod up there that not much will stop. If you are hooking things like Barra and Jack your 6lb might not be up to it around jetties and rocks. 

[Brodie_S]

Yeah I did buy a heavier setup a 6-9 graphite rod and a 5000 size reel but I mainly let my dad fish with what that I haven’t caught anything big on it yet just small queenfish . I like getting big runs and screaming drags on my light gear but I’m pretty sure my drag washers don’t agree with me on that one