queensland FNQ turning it on

[pancakes_and_haggis]

Hi guys, abit of a late report, haven't been in the swing the past few months of logging into AFO, but it crossed my mind so I thought id throw up a report.

For those of you who have been around a while you'll remember the old 'Noosa Fishing Shack' and the awesome hospitality afforded to us all my the man himself Greg Carter. 

We'll its crazy how the world goes around, i've always kept a great friendship with Greg having lived close to him on the sunshine coast for 5 years but having moved up to Cairns, Greg finds himeself up here for work more and more and besides drinking a lot of Bourbon together we've been getting out for a fish a bit lately. 

No anyone know knows Greg knows fishing runs through his veins and he's never far away from where there biting, so now with me having the keys to the boat and the wheel at my hand the pressure is on to find the fish. 

This particular day we had planned to go out wide and chase red emporer and trout, ( as a side note, i've got Tugger coming up mid year and i'm starting to feel the heat on finding reliable patches of red emperor so this was a kind of reconnaissance trip too) 

We left Cairns at a casual 3am out through the lead markers knowing in the back of our mind that we were heading out into 13kn. Now that doesn't sound bad but up here its a shorter sharper wind chop so its wet in my boat. 

Once we had got out round the point it got wet,,, but not cold!!!

65kms later and still in the dark we started dropping baits and the fish started to come over the side. 

Unfortunately not the reds i was looking for but i found some marks that on better tides will definitely hold the prize species. 

So here's the question,  Greg hooks up a great fish, fights it out of 65M to about 8M under the boat and looses it, 5 mins later theres a big cattle dog cod floating on the surface 20M from the boat, he asks why we are throwing cod back and i jump up and down and realise his fish he lost has got barra trauma and floated to the surface, I manover the electric motor over to the fish and lift it into the boat, WHOS FISH IS THIS??

Heres a few pictures of the trip 

 

SAFE FISHING ALL, TIGHT LINES 

[Kat]

Absolutely fantastic.  And it is your fish of course!

[ellicat]

I'm calling it for Greg's fish. He brought it up and saw it first when it floated. Sorry.

Good to see life is good.

[tugger]

Awesome colours on those cod I've seen them in photos but yet to catch 1 I reckon it's the boats fish to be shared.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Thanks for the great report @pancakes_and_haggis, that is a ripping haul!

Cheers Hamish

[pancakes_and_haggis]

On 04/04/2021 at 6:34 AM, tugger said:

Awesome colours on those cod I've seen them in photos but yet to catch 1 I reckon it's the boats fish to be shared.

fish over the side are always fish to be shared. Im beginning to think that my deckies up here are getting the better end of that deal. 

Seriously get annoyed when the deckys stop fishing or start sleeping on the front cast deck, meanwhile everything i pull over the side im only eating 1/3 of hahahaha

well try and get you a cattle dog cod when you come up,  the pro i went line fishing with told me * when you catch cattle dog cod you know you are on virgin ground* ( ground thats not been fished in a lonnnng time) 

[kmcrosby78]

Some beautiful fish there Callum , I have never heard of that cod before I don’t think, very interesting.  Sounds like you need a cattle prod for those deckies ...

[Do$tylz]

Great fish and pics Callum and great to see Greg is doing well too! Those coral trout look massive!

I'll have to give you a buzz on some landbased tips for when I'm up there for work soon!