Angus

Well I may have been absent but I have been fishing and plan to trickle some varied reports in as I find time.

A big quest for me and my bother in law Joel over the last 18 months has been really sussing out shallow water snapper in the bay. We have done well and what is better is we rarely find them where the car parks of boats are. As challenging as it can be the most consistent fishing has come from really finesse set ups displaying small plastics with long pauses. Picture a small prawn or shrimp moving along the rubbly bottom to imagine what the plastic would look like. Anyway some pictures of the better fish with millions of smaller but still legal fish in between... The biggest one there for me was 76cm which I consider a good effort on 12lb leader in 3 meters of water.

Obviously a lot more than snapper in the bay and this technique brings in a lot of by catch... Note the queenie actually swallowed a 30cm squire which got lodged in its throat...

As for locations there is no consistency here geographically. We have been fishing a wide range (away from other boats if we can). Or we are looking for is either rubbly bottom (does not need to be much) or bait or in a perfect world both!

Angus

Hey there AFO.

It has been a while.

Due to a combination of a few things I have been AWOL for a while. But keen to get back reporting and sharing.

I will post a few reports of what I have been up to soon. Most notably I have been really enjoying the fact my little girl Aurelia has the bug I get out with her a bit now land based and in the kayak.

Anyway look forward to sifting through the copious unread reports and trying to get through 3-4 years worth of unanswered PMs 

To the next gen of anglers!

1 hour ago, demarc said:

Looks awesome mate. Sorry to hear the sad news about your dad. I hope for a speedy recovery 

He is rovering. Some sort of stomach ailment. Treatment over there was intesne intibiotics so by the time we got him back to Australia to a hospital we could not pin point the cause. Also since he was so sick and immune system low and not able to take tablets he also got malaria Anyway that is also being treated and he is well on his way to recovery. Already asked me when we are going back for revenge

Angus

Whoops forgot spot tails! In particular Chris's cracker...

What a trip!

Not exactly the one I wanted but there are stories none the less. To explain briefly without going into to much personal detail 1.5 days into the triup and my dad got extrmely sick forcing me to leave and take him back to Kimbe for care. Gutted. I was happy to write it off as I have enjoyed the experience before. I was devastated for him as he was having such a good time. He managed one small black bass for his efforts. Thus I am left with not a lot to report except images. I am sure @John would be happy to fill in many details.

Points of interest were the bass were challenging to target due to an early arrival of white bait but some creative use of soft plastics enticed many to bite.

As far as hard bodies go trends moved back to my first trip experience with FCL Labo lures killing.

I do not have heaps of time to write paragraphs so will add some pictures now and more text later or reply to questions as they come.

Visit to the village:

Black  Bass (Have so many more but how many can you see?):

Other Lutjanus species for the trip:

Trevally:

Questions? I have so many more pictures of bass, cod, randoms, jacks... just trying to choose highlights.

Yes!

That is all I can think to say right now...

Yes!!!

Great input guys...

Some additons to my first list...

Good title

Food pictures

@Dinodadog not trying to convert mate. I just know some people will enjoy the chat and I ofted get asked "what should I report"?

Angus

So after such a increase in reports lately (probably due to @Drop Bear setting such a high bar) I thought it would be really worth asking this question...

We all write in different ways and with differnet styles but what do we as readers want?

My style changes massively depending whether I am on phone or computer with a lot more effort going into computer reports.

It can be a despondent feeling putting in a solid chunk of time to a report to only have 1 or 2 comments... It is not a vain thing, just a hope the info is appreciated.

So what do we want?

• Lots of pictures?
• Lots of narrative? (a fishing story).
• Lots of information? (lure types, tides, etc).
• Successful and failed missions?
• Locations (this is always an interesting point of contention)

What else is there?

For me I like a narrative, but do appreciate hearing about gear and how it goes that I am unaware of.

Pictures is a plus of course but would prefer a report sans pictures than no report at all.

Locations: I am happy to know the hows and whys of fishing, and try and work out locations for myself. I think giving away spots prevents a lot of anglers reporting as (and we have all seen it) other try and pressure them for spots. Although I am fairly free with my information I respect that some people have put a lot of effort into finding and working out spots. A good report with pictures and no location is the fuel I need to get out and explore so I will take it!

Please discuss

Angus

I do a bit of a lot but I voted land based coastal and rocks as between Straddy and casurina this does make up a lot of my fishing and is an area I can actually help people with tips and tricks as opposed to being just a deckie so to speak.

Angus