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With the weather looking outstanding for Friday and Saturday it was a no-brainer to get out there while it was good.

Friday

Headed out with @Allnighter in pursuit of spotties, then back to Mud Island for some snapper. Wind was up a bit on the forecast with a solid 10 knots until it almost glassed out about 11am.

We started trolling from the M8 beacon and headed over to the Four Beacons with nothing to show. Darren threw a slug at a few beacons, but no luck. We'd put a couple of hours on the motor, when we decided to troll down to Shark Spit before giving up and heading to Mud. Up came a grinner on the trolling board with 3 inch spoon. It was kept for later.

We continued on, getting closer to the destination when both rods went off. Darren's with a 2.5 metre/120mm Laser Pro in Qantas and mine with the 5 metre trolling board with the 3 inch gold spoon. Shortly into the fight Darren's let go/pulled hooks. I got mine boatside and Darren went to swing it in when the leader snapped. The spottie, guesstimated to be about 75, won it's freedom as well as a gold spoon award.

We circled around to find them again but could not track them back down. We headed for Mud, initially trolling without interest. At Mud we jigged up a bit of bait then headed for one of my marks. Plenty of bait showing on the sounder got the anticipation level up a bit. Baits were deployed. First enquiry was on mine. Turned out to be a shark. Surprise, surprise. He was released after a harsh talking to. We hooked up to five more before calling it a day. Back to ramp at 1pm, defeated.

We put in a fair effort but didn't get the reward/s. Still, a good day out with good company. Thanks for coming along, Darren.

 

Saturday

Benno gave me a call earlier in the week after noticing the Saturday forecast would enable a run to Caloundra. Required approvals were sought and granted. Up at 2.20 this morning saw us launch by 4.30 and make our way in pretty good conditions. They had the forecast right ! Yay.

We arrived at our first mark. I deployed some cuttlefish head, whilst @benno573 dropped down a live hardihead with a hard head. I caught a little squire that flipped off before I had to deal with it. Nothing was too interested in the hardihead, so it was changed for a snack sized live diver whiting. Bang ! First good grassie of the day discovered the ills of snackfood and was soon in the esky after a quick measure. I can't recall what that was, but it was well legal.

Enthused by the catch, I rigged up my heavier trolling outfit for a live diver whiting (meal-sized). Dropped it down and went back to fishing with my cuttlefish rod. Things were pretty quiet until my livie rod went off. Good fish ! Reefed me. Tried to maneuver the boat at different angles to no avail. I could still feel the fish on the end when I busted off. Somewhat disappointed, but the day was still young.

Things went a bit quiet and we moved a couple of times for one more quality grassie. The decision was made to go for a troll, hoping to come across a spottie or three or four. Heaps of bustups going on from smaller longtails (from what we saw close enough) and birds everywhere. Hopes were high again. Just before Raper's Shoal we hooked up on the trolling board rod. In came a schoolie, going 52 on the lie detector. Went 'round again without luck, so we decided to head to a grassie mark. Benno found some good ground on the way with a nice bait ball with fish sitting beneath. "Spotlock!" was the call.

Benno had two rods out, 1 with a floating pillie. I had the trusted cuttlefish head. The floating pillie went off. Expecting a mack of some sort, the run wasn't up to speed. In came another good grassie. Delicious ! My rod went off and in came another that didn't need to be measured. Then Benno was on again while I was fixing the net. Then both the other rods went off. Benno lifted his fish in - another good grassie, while I wrangled with a bl00dy shark. I can't remember what happened on Benno's second rod. Unfortunately, our leave pass time had expired, so we had to leave a hot bite. Certainly a mark that will be tested again.

All in all a good day, with 5 quality grassies from 37 to 48 (if I remember correctly) and conditions that let us open up the throttle (and surf the occasional swell haha) on the way home.

Good morning session, Benno. Thanks for coming along.

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Originally i'm sure i said i would prefer to go on saturday 🙄

Nah, i had a great time with ya Brian, you're great company mate and it was good to share some laughs with you again, and onya Benno! 

So sorry i wasnt more organised with the net.. wasn't really expecting double hookups 🙈

 

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