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Thanks, Ray and Neil. Although the weather was against us, it was still a great morning. Would have to say that that was one of the best yella bites I've had, literally a fish a drop, and they were all good quality. 

Coral trout went well for lunch at work for me and my crew even at work I spoil myself.

Hinze western arm 7/3/24. Extremely slow day at the western arm today. Plenty of shags roosting on Ians island. After doing shrimp traps we went upstream and could not find a fish in our usual spots. We went up as far as the barrage for 3 isolated bass with largest 37cm and one barred grunter for the eagle that followed us all morning.

Hinze western arm 7/3/24. Extremely slow day at the western arm today. Plenty of shags roosting on Ians island. After doing shrimp traps we went upstream and could not find a fish in our usual spots. We went up as far as the barrage for 3 isolated bass with largest 37cm and one barred grunter for the eagle that followed us all morning.

Yellow belly, Thai style.

The wife was a bit upset with me when she found out I had been throwing the fish back my last few trips, I thought we still had a few in the freezer, but it turns out she had given a few to some friends parents.
So I was tasked with catching a few. I headed out at the crack of dawn to get a couple of hours in.
I got two in quick succession after a slow start, but then with 20min on the clock I noticed one up near the bank and made a play for it, turns out there was a few there, in 5-6 casts working the lure super slow I pulled out 3 more for full bag.
5 yellows in just under 2 hours wasn't a bad way to spend the morning.

 

Hinze western arm 7/3/24. Extremely slow day at the western arm today. Plenty of shags roosting on Ians island. After doing shrimp traps we went upstream and could not find a fish in our usual spots. We went up as far as the barrage for 3 isolated bass with largest 37cm and one barred grunter for the eagle that followed us all morning.

Hinze western arm 7/3/24. Extremely slow day at the western arm today. Plenty of shags roosting on Ians island. After doing shrimp traps we went upstream and could not find a fish in our usual spots. We went up as far as the barrage for 3 isolated bass with largest 37cm and one barred grunter for the eagle that followed us all morning.

Hinze western arm 7/3/24. Extremely slow day at the western arm today. Plenty of shags roosting on Ians island. After doing shrimp traps we went upstream and could not find a fish in our usual spots. We went up as far as the barrage for 3 isolated bass with largest 37cm and one barred grunter for the eagle that followed us all morning.

Hinze western arm 7/3/24. Extremely slow day at the western arm today. Plenty of shags roosting on Ians island. After doing shrimp traps we went upstream and could not find a fish in our usual spots. We went up as far as the barrage for 3 isolated bass with largest 37cm and one barred grunter for the eagle that followed us all morning.

Stejcraft ss64 bow rider, 200hp V8 Mercury outboard, 9” Garmin GPS/plotter, electric anchor winch, very fast, good bay boat, DUNBIER dual axle trailer suitable for drive on/off $79,000 negotiable. 
 

The weekend come around with some good weather so we hit up the reef out of Turkey beach for a few days. The coral trout were good quality along with big red throat and cod.
We snorkelled around lunch on Saturday in the shallows then we anchored up Saturday night in the same spot and had a glass out on Sunday.
A few sharks got some of our big trout but most fish made the deck. I'm already keen to do another trip up there fingers crossed for good weather.
 

All,
Got the new boat on the water end of October 2023 and what a ride it's been, done plenty of trips to break her in, mainly chasing squid and chasing Tuskies which I loved doing in my teens with my Dad.
1st trip was on the tuskies was 2 weeks before I got my boat,  i headed out with a good mate in his boat to see if any of my old hunting grounds still held the elusive blackspot and wouldn't you know it 2nd drop with a rather large sleepy crab wich spells big trouble at this spot in some rather ordinary seas off Moreton Island I was on,  under locked drag, with 80lb braid and 120lb leader I was hooked up to a dinosaur of a blackspot Tuskfish that was running hard for the coffee rock ledge, after some very intense spool thumbing and some grunting I'd managed to to turn this fish and have it heading my way until it decided it wanted that rock some more ,  with a few ugly rod angles and a few more grunts I managed to get him boat side for netting and my 1st blackspot in 20 + yrs was on the floor of the boat and we was in absolute awe of the colours this fish went, ended weighing in at a modest 10.2kg after being bled. 
Enough rambling, I'll let everyone enjoy the pics
Cheers Josh <><
 

of dead ones in the pots plus small tilapia.

of dead ones in the pots plus small tilapia.

Good to see you smashing them again.
regards
neil

team south Tai Bui nice yella NPD 3/3/24

of dead ones in the pots plus small tilapia.

team south Tai Bui nice yella NPD 3/3/24

team south Tai Bui nice yella NPD 3/3/24

team south Tai Bui nice yella NPD 3/3/24

of dead ones in the pots plus small tilapia.

of dead ones in the pots plus small tilapia.

of dead ones in the pots plus small tilapia.

team south Tai Bui nice yella NPD 3/3/24