queensland 1770 october 08

[shortie]

The countdown is on. leaving Brisbane on the 9th october for 10 days offshore fun at 1770.

There are 18 of us going. We are staying at 1770 caravan park on the water.

Also we are meeting up with another group of guys going up as well. Apparently there are 15 or so of them.

Cant wait.

richard

[boofa]

hahaha lucky bastard....

good luck and have a good time mate..

cheers bboofa

[Angus]

Sounds awesome mate have a blast!

Angus

[shortie]

Will have mobile wireless internet with me so should be able to posts pics of a night time if there is mobile reception.

[noname]

shortie wrote:

The countdown is on. leaving Brisbane on the 9th october for 10 days offshore fun at 1770.

There are 18 of us going. We are staying at 1770 caravan park on the water.

Also we are meeting up with another group of guys going up as well. Apparently there are 15 or so of them.

Cant wait.

richard

there could be a friendly comp going on here:cheer:

[benno573]

i am counting down for this one as well...:woohoo: thanks for the invite shortie... :kiss:

[84mick]

I was there last weekend, I didnt have a boat though! Was told there are huge GTs around the 20kg mark around the headland along with queenfish, kingfish, big mackeral etc etc. Went and had a look and there are some great rock fishing spots there! easy to get to and to land fish. Also there was a heap of bait fish in the surf at agnus(spelling?)waters. The fish N chip shop at Agnus was great!!!

Cheers, Mick.

[maxi]

sounds like the heavy leader will come into play up there benno

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[benno573]

i'm on it mate... went out the other day and bought 60lb, more 80lb and 100lb leader... game on fishies... :woohoo:

[maxi]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

what breed of leader ?? 10x penn ??

[benno573]

yeah 10x it is mate. also have 100lb and 120lb wire if things get desperate!

[maxi]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

i hope it does for ya's ..!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

how many kegs ya takin short fella ??? :laugh: :laugh:

[Sparksie]

Oh yeah....

That did a show on River to Reef a while ago with fishing out from 1770.

:cheer: Southern end of the Barrier Reef up there...

Oh yeah, should be some good fish out of this trip!!:woohoo:

Good luck Shortie, Benno

[jeff f]

good luck guys remember to take plenty of pics

[shortie]

maxi, not taking kegs this trip.

but am taking lotsa bourbon.

[shortie]

Beeno: im r4ady to go. even got my name written on my chairs just for you. rofl

[benno573]

ahhhh shorite... this time next week mate... :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[shortie]

hopefully this time next week the freezer will be already full

[shortie]

how many fillets can ya fit in a 300 lrt freezer

[benno573]

after we empty all the bait out of it that is! worst come to worst mate i;ll just nick up to gladstone for the day and buy another freezer! :woohoo:

[shortie]

i want a 10kg trout and red eperior

[shortie]

thanks Angus for the loan of the 2nd yak for this trip.

[benno573]

definately thanks angus! can't wait to troll up FOTM off the yak! :woohoo:

[benno573]

shortie wrote:

i want a 10kg trout and red eperior

i'll lend ya one of mine if you are lucky...

[shortie]

food is bought. Rost lamb in the webber 1 night.

And a couple of feeds in the pub

[benno573]

feeds in the pub? is beer a food now?:silly:

[Smiderman]

benno573 wrote:

feeds in the pub? is beer a food now?:silly:

I'd recommend the chefs special "Castlemaine Cutlets with a side order of XXXX Fritters" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[shortie]

still deciding weather or not the boats stay in the water overnight or we launch and retrieve every day

[shortie]

I had better go buy my supply of Quells

[benno573]

hahaha me too mate... :X

[shortie]

better to be safe than sorry. lol

[benno573]

haven't been seasick for ages but don't want to take the risk and miss out on all the fishing!

[shortie]

leave tomorrow morning so no more sleeps.

18 of us

15 boats from PBA

about the same from Austfish.

Its going to be a very crowded boat ramp

[benno573]

i'm leaving saturday after i attend a wedding.. grr.. how inconsiderate, don't they know that i am supposed to be going fishing?

but still 1 good sleep and one restless excited sleep to go! :woohoo:

[ellicat]

Are you going to have a Limerick and Rude night ? If so, I wish I was coming along:P :laugh: :laugh:

Have a good one chaps - looking forward to the nightly updates:woohoo:

PS 1770 is really 1810.

[benno573]

ahhh brian way too much TIME on your hands there...

after some of shorties efforts via pm today, not sure i want a rodney rude/limerick night... :laugh: :silly: :ohmy:

[shortie]

weather here is crap. will be fishing the creeks today.

at least 20kts offshore getting worse.

2 mtr seas

[Feral]

Bad luck shortie, weather here is crap as well.

[ellicat]

Should be marginally better tomorrow, but not much. Still a small craft advisory.

This link might be worth checking every few days to help you plan your days.

Don't think there's going to be too many glorious days this coming week though. The yak may get a workout (and you too:laugh: )

http://www.buoyweather.com/wxnav6.jsp?region=AS&program=nww3BW1&grb=nww3&latitude=-24.0&longitude=153.75&zone=10&units=e

[shortie]

yesterday the weather ws crap as well.

Got the shits and braved the so called 20-25kts

wind blew 34kts most of the day.

headed for Bustard Heads. to try around middle rock and do a bit of spear fishing.

Had a wave break on the side of the boat throwing 4 of us to 1 side. seriously thought we were going for a swim. was very close

Was worse than a washing machine out there.

Dive visability was about 1 mtr.

Got the anchor stuck at middle rock. Only way out was to cut it off.

got 3 fish (keepers) but nothing really worth while.

took neally 2 hours to get back to 1770.

Stupidly we were the only boat out there except for a 50+ ft.

The others have braved the conditions as well today. I obviously havnt.

Benno had better look after my boat out there today.