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Old Scaley · March 29, 2022

29 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Good on ya Tugger. You sure seem to be your happiest when you see red.

If it's red it's dead

kmcrosby78 · March 28, 2022

22 minutes ago, Tuna are fish said:

How big is your chilly bin to fit all those fish.

I don't go with just a drinks Esky for a night or 2 and more than 100 km from the ramp. We had 60kg of ice to pack them in to.

AUS-BNE-FISHO · March 27, 2022

1 hour ago, jon said:

Unreal mate some top quality trout there. Well done!!

We couldn't get away from the trout while looking for other species it was a tuff problem to have.

jon · March 27, 2022

1 hour ago, benno573 said:

nice one mate.

some thumping red throat in there, they would have played up a treat. not sure how you managed to cope with those conditions.

These big RTE's pull hard you think you have a small Red Emperor on.

AUS-BNE-FISHO · March 27, 2022

15 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Great job tugger! That's an awesome haul.

...Totally not jealous... I haven't fished in like a month!

Cheers Hamish

Been a while for me to and I was running out of fish in the freezer it was a good top up.

Kat · March 27, 2022

14 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Fantastic haul Mark, well done. Would have been nice to be fishing in nice clear water after the brown water we have down here at present.

Crystal clear water watching the colours of these beautiful fish appear was awesome.

Old Scaley · March 27, 2022

Last week we hit a weather window at the Bunker group and found the Coral Trout on fire. They were good size and plenty of big Red Throat Emperor turned on too. Just 1 legal Red Emperor made the box along with Maori Cod, Moses Perch and Tuskies. The weather was exceptional one of the best trips ever for me.

Drop Bear · December 23, 2021

14 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

How long you down at Tally? Are you still there after the 1st?

Another 4 weeks for the van we get back mid January I still will be commuting for work though.

Drop Bear · December 22, 2021

16 hours ago, ellicat said:

Definitely worth blowing the cobwebs out, Mark. Beaut fish.

Cobwebs all gone for the boat and my fish mojo

Old Scaley · December 20, 2021

20 minutes ago, Old Scaley said:

Some fantastic photos there Mark. Nailing it as usual. Looking forward to seeing the Christmas mac reports.

Thanks Steve got a little Spanish that I returned to the water the other day

kmcrosby78 · December 20, 2021

22 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Great fish Mark, sounds like the team worked perfectly together with some great photos taken as a bonus. Many boats out there?

Thanks Kelvin about a dozen boats

December 20, 2021

41 minutes ago, christophagus said:

can only imagine how high the heart rates would have been on deck , nice one

Good fun

Drop Bear · December 20, 2021

1 hour ago, Drop Bear said:

Wow so nice.

Well done mate. Cracking fish and great report.

Thanks Robbie

jon · December 20, 2021

Blew the cob webs out of my little tinnie the other day and cruised out from the Southport seaway to chase a Marlin. Perfect weather for it and I was soon jigging up a tank full of live slimie mackerel.

Drifting over the same bait schools dropping a couple of live baits was the method we used. At around 8am we hooked up to a good black Marlin with the fish jumping clean out of the water.

I drove the boat while my mate Adam filmed and Jasen fought the fish. Each time the fish went deep I motored off to plane him up. Then each time the fish came to the surface I'd drive towards it to get back line on the reel.

The fish jumped 4 different times getting some exciting wahooos from us each jump.

It was about the 20 minute mark we saw the leader line but it still had one more jump before we could grab the leader.

Adam leadered the line and Jasen grabbed the bill of the Marlin while Adam dehooked the fish. We swum it beside the boat with the engine ticking along at idle to get some water through his gills.

We measured the fish and estimated it around 60kg then it swum off strong. Another Marlin hit on a livie without hooking up then a snip from a wahoo followed before we called stumps for the day.

kmcrosby78 · November 29, 2021

On 24/11/2021 at 9:19 PM, kmcrosby78 said:

Would consider it Mark. Would prefer a bit of time for our first trip just to be able to get everything set up right. Then it's just a matter of timing and who is available. I'll try and pop around to your place to catch up sometime and pick your brain on what we'd need to get organised .

Yeah no worries I have a list I use to help prep these trips.

Drop Bear · November 27, 2021

You should see alot of coral trout, red throat emperor, spangled emperor, tuskies and hopefully some red emperor. That's on the bottom dwellers then trolling will pick up what said.

Kat · November 24, 2021

Caught plenty of fish with bananas on my boat

Kat · November 24, 2021

Good to see a plan come together you'll be an old hand at this soon

Drop Bear · November 24, 2021

On 22/11/2021 at 8:27 PM, kmcrosby78 said:

My brother's and I are keen to take Dad's boat up there and get amongst them. Hopefully one of the school holidays next year. My brother in Gracemere (near Rocky) picked up his brand new 5.5m (from memory) centre console last holidays so that would give us two boats up there . He has been slaying the spanish mackerel since he took the new boat home, bagging out quickly by trolling.

Would you do a weekend up there Kelvin we just do quick trips if the weather is good

rayke1938 · November 19, 2021

1 hour ago, rayke1938 said:

where were you camped did not think there would be many fish there as it is a while since dam spilled.

The campground is called the Gorge and I have found plenty of bass each time we go out there I think it gets stocked.

ellicat · November 11, 2021

Camped out on Reynolds creek over the weekend with a group of friends, we circled our wagons around a central firepit.

We took a few kayaks and caught about 40 bass and a couple of yellowbelly within our group. The best bass went 35cm and the best Yella went 50cm.

Cooked up a mad feed on Saturday night in the camp ovens and Weber's and chilled around the fire each night.

The bush setting at the campground is beautiful with some mountains as a backdrop. Definitely one of my favourite little campsites close to home great for a weekender.

kmcrosby78 · November 10, 2021

Summertime means mackerel, count me in for south side

AUS-BNE-FISHO · November 10, 2021

10 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Nice work tugger. Those are some great reefies!
Chers Hamish

Thanks Hamish I love the fishing up there

Drop Bear · November 10, 2021

On 09/11/2021 at 11:36 AM, Drop Bear said:

Nice one mate. Some great fish as usual

Making me really want to go now

Thanks Robbie quality trout up there

jon · November 10, 2021

On 08/11/2021 at 10:53 PM, jon said:

Maaate well done they are some solid trout, brocks red looks like a horse would have given a real good fight. Looks like you’ve taught him well!!

Thanks Sef each Brock's Red was on light tackle in the shallows

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