Dinosaur Trout

[tugger]

Took the boat out for 2 nights on the southern barrier reef  with a decent weather window.

Fished mainly 30 to 50m deep and put together a good bag of coral trout, red throat emperor, tuskies, moari cod and 1 red emperor.

The 2nd night we got a whale hook up our anchor rope at dusk and tow us for 200m before wriggling off.

Got a good red bass that fought well and 2 dinosaur trout. But the trout were on average big boys.

 

 

 

[Old Scaley]

Great trip, Mark. That whale would have put the wind up you a bit! Happy chewing

[Bretto77]

Plenty of good feeds there.

[tugger]

1 hour ago, Old Scaley said:

Great trip, Mark. That whale would have put the wind up you a bit! Happy chewing

Yeah heading forward in a hurry with the knife when it wriggled off other than that it was a top trip one of our best.

[ellicat]

Some great trout there, Mark. You look pretty happy with yourself, and rightly so. Great when you can look at a weather window and jump on it.

From memory, you've had a few encounters with whales now. They must be attracted to your scent. haha

[Rebel]

Great haul.

Super photos.

[Cobiaaddict]

Some good fish mate,  those trout & RTE's are all quality . 

those whale situations are scary hey, I had an experience one night off Cape Moreton a few years back with one swimming into the anchor rope , gave myself and the decky a real fright ,  

 

[tugger]

9 hours ago, ellicat said:

Some great trout there, Mark. You look pretty happy with yourself, and rightly so. Great when you can look at a weather window and jump on it.

From memory, you've had a few encounters with whales now. They must be attracted to your scent. haha

Twice now for being towed by whales on the anchor rope

[ellicat]

1 hour ago, tugger said:

Twice now for being towed by whales on the anchor rope

Ah, ok. My memory was obviously playing tricks on me. I thought there were two occasions in the old days. Maybe it was someone else had a run in too.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Awesome trip @tugger. 

[tugger]

13 hours ago, ellicat said:

Ah, ok. My memory was obviously playing tricks on me. I thought there were two occasions in the old days. Maybe it was someone else had a run in too.

I've had other dramas with whales minus the anchor rope, I hit 1 doing 30knots it must of been lying just under the surface and got me airborne. I've had them spyhop me about a metre from the side just staring at us. Plenty of tangled lines and nearly spooled before breaking off. Had them hit the boat twice on anchor.

[ellicat]

Holy hell !! You could nearly write a book. haha

[kmcrosby78]

Cracking haul of quality fish there Mark, nice work

[tugger]

On 07/06/2024 at 2:45 PM, Cobiaaddict said:

Some good fish mate,  those trout & RTE's are all quality . 

those whale situations are scary hey, I had an experience one night off Cape Moreton a few years back with one swimming into the anchor rope , gave myself and the decky a real fright ,  

 

We had the lead up to the new moon which had them biting the trout were hungry and hit hard.

[tugger]

5 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Cracking haul of quality fish there Mark, nice work

Thanks Kelvin we need a weekend with weather like this

 

[tugger]

On 07/06/2024 at 9:41 PM, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Awesome trip @tugger. 

Thanks it all went to plan

[tugger]

On 07/06/2024 at 9:46 AM, Rebel said:

Great haul.

Super photos.

Thanks it scratched the itch

[Andrew_P]

Excellent trip - lots of quality there.

What were you gunna do to the whale with the knife Tugger? With that many whale interactions you could call your boat the Pequod!

[tugger]

2 hours ago, Andrew_P said:

Excellent trip - lots of quality there.

What were you gunna do to the whale with the knife Tugger? With that many whale interactions you could call your boat the Pequod!

Thanks its one of my best trips and the anchor rope would have to of been cut with the knife to end the tow. I do this for a living on tugs in the brissy river but whales have a mind of their own and I just don't trust them to be gentle with me.

[Andrew_P]

Understood mate I was just being silly. The picture of you running to the bow with a knife to take on a whale gave me a bit of a chuckle