queensland Hamilton Island Help

[Angus]

Hey everyone.

A very good friend gave Tanya and I a sweet wedding present 3 Days on their 40 foot Riviera around Hamilton Island!

So, i recieved an email this morning and apparantly I am on fresh Coral trout detail

I was wondering if anyone had any hints or tips RE fishing around that area. I have fished the Swaines reef and I was planning on employing similar tactics + a few lures.

Any advice would be much appreciated

Angus

[faulked]

my best advice is to stuff me in your hand luggage and ill run around being a good deckie mate making sure theres a minimum of 1 line in the water at all times:laugh:

[Cowfish13]

I would say that 40lb leader is the least you should put on if you're lure fishing. And when bait fishing, 30lb with or without leader would probably also be good when bottom bashing.

[AZZA]

Your right what a sweeeeet prezzie although I would go heavier than 30lb as thats what I used at cape melvile an was still getting busted off heaps.

[Do$tylz]

Phwooar!!..thats an awesome present.

Can't help you on the fishing front there mate but have an awesome time.

We expect a report on the fishing front once you get back though.

[jeff f]

heavy spin gear and some big poppers

find a bommie in a bit of a current and play with the GTs

[Feral]

I hope that comes with a crew to run it!

Very sweet prezzy mate. Enjoy!

[Angus]

Sorry i just found out its not actually 40 foot sorry.

ITS 57!

[Cowfish13]

Dam!!!:silly:

Well, looks like you'll only be able to go further offshore to catch bigger fish

[ellicat]

57 hey ? That's odd.

[Angus]

ellicat wrote:

57 hey ? That's odd.

Yeah i thought so as well. Thats what it said in teh email I got. Ill check out what model etc and see if i can find a picture.

Angus

[ellicat]

Only stirring - 57 is as odd as 40 is even:P

Still, Don't hear of too many in that size:unsure:

[Feral]

I hope it has a reasonable sized tender that you can fish from! They limit how close to the reefs those big boats go these days!

[shortie]

I think they make a 47ft of a 56ft

[faulked]

either way im on a diet so i can sneak into your hand luggage:laugh:

[Angus]

Woo hoo. Only a few more sleeps.

Any last minute advice?

Im happy to target whatever I just cant take stacks of gear so ill need to be fairly specific...

Angus

[uglyfish]

take some poppers and some deep divers...as for bottom fishing take a heap of sinkers and hooks and hang on...fishing should be awsome after all the rain we had up there in feb

[Dan23]

I reckon a bunch of jig heads and packets of 3-7" gulps witha medium strength rod and 15lb spinning reel would lead to some decent fun

[Angus]

Thats uglyfish I was not aware that would be a good thing but

Dan23: I was planning on something like that yeah. Coral Trout on plastics. That would be fun

Angus

[ellicat]

Angus, That SP you gave me on the charter has done the trick on the reefies too.

[Do$tylz]

See if Kriso can lend you his swimsuit

[maxi]

have a great time gus and tanya.....im as jealous as...hahahahahaaaa

yep 15 or 20 spin gear... a heap of plastic and some big poppers all spells out damn good fun..... enjoy it mate..

Maxi

[benno573]

float half a pillie or a livie in around any bommie and you are guaranteed to get nailed. go as light on the lead as the tide allows - if you keep it off the bottom you will have more success. other than trout expect cod and tusk fish, sweetlip and red emperor. most of the islands have reefy patches around them, the more isolated the better. otherwise, SP's in amongst the bommies will get smashed every time, good luck getting them out again. poppers/stickbaits in and around the bommies, headlands etc where current and eddies happen will offer the GT option, also mackeral at this time of year. i would fish a minimum of 40-50lb main and 80lb 10X leader around the bommies, there is some heavy structure and some heavier fish. it sounds unsporting but when a 6-8kg trout hits your bait in between two bommies it is the only way to get them out. you wouldn't stand a chance on 20lb. if you have a tender available, drive in towards the islands and you will often find bommies everywhere. that is where you need to fish. otherwise, float livies out wide of the bommies for bigger trout, mackeral and GT's.

get a current map of the green zones/yellow zones though, there are many of them up there!

can't wait for the report on this one! hope this might help a bit.

[maxi]

hey benno.. i think we know where gus could get a good anchor ehhhh...

be no good as a skipper though hahahahahaha

[benno573]

lol!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: good call maxi.

[uglyfish]

good time of year as well...wish i were back up there instead of here...

[kriso]

Do$tylz wrote:

See if Kriso can lend you his swimsuit

got one spare for both of you ahahahhaha have a good one gus make sure you take plenty of pics round the rig

[Angus]

The couple we are going with sailed the riv up there last weekend.

While they were having lunch on location Sharon caught this on a peice of sasuage from the BBQ

Im excited.

Angus [img size=400]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Hamilton_Isl_weekend_April_08_133.jpg

[ellicat]

Angus wrote:

Hey everyone.

A very good friend gave Tanya and I a sweet wedding present 3 Days on their 40 foot Riviera around Hamilton Island!

So, i recieved an email this morning and apparantly I am on fresh Coral trout detail

I was wondering if anyone had any hints or tips RE fishing around that area. I have fished the Swaines reef and I was planning on employing similar tactics + a few lures.

Any advice would be much appreciated

Angus

Sausages are a hot bait.

[Angus]

[Do$tylz]

Angus wrote:

The couple we are going with sailed the riv up there last weekend.

While they were having lunch on location Sharon caught this on a peice of sasuage from the BBQ

Im excited.

Angus [img size=400]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Hamilton_Isl_weekend_April_08_133.jpg

What are the chances she is an Oral-B dentist??? :silly:

[fishyman]

wow you lucky bugger angus, hamo is a great spot youll love it. Awesome place i used to go there not in-frequently when we lived up north.

As for fishing, i cant remember all that much. I do remember i got a nice trout trolling a homemade lure over some reef near there.

sorry i couldnt be of more help.

[Angus]

Im stressed though.

I hate talking things up coz of good old Murphy and his laws (who was that poor Irish bugger anyway)??

Anyway ill do my best but no promises.

Worst case scaenrio is ill have some sweet scenic shots and some shots of the oh so sexy boat we shall be on.

Angus

[MichaelJ]

if you can bring to rods

bring 1 around 20lb main and round 40lb leader (this is your light outfit lol)

and for your second 1 if you have 1 that suits around 40 or 50 mainline braid and minimum 60lb leader

and just bring sp's round 5inch plus with jigheads with strong hooks and thel need to be heavy jigheads strong current there and popers or divers and for divers the best lure is red head and white body there