Cobiaaddict

On 30/07/2019 at 6:54 PM, Mick Waycott said:

Well I think I may be getting a little excited with my posting but. Today I got away a little early from work and had 3 hour of free time. So what better else to do than look for some fresh ground close to the ramp. 

 

First stop was West Peel artificial reef as some guys at the bar reckon it is hot at the moment. I covered the distance from Raby bay boat ramp to WP in about 10 minutes are 32 knots. 

 

Not much showing on the sounder. They are in more water than I first though. Some in as much as 45-50ft.

Found a little more ground in another spot I ain’t telling anyone. Here’s a sounder photo for a tease. Can’t wait to flog it on Friday . You should have seen me when I saw I didn’t have any rods onboard

 

Has anyone actually caught anything at West peel? I reckon the guys at the pub are ******** me.

regards,

Mick

Nice sounder shot mate,  it will be interesting to see what you can catch off it .  

14 hours ago, tugger said:

Great session on quality snaps sharks do interrupt us getting those big fish it's heart breaking sometimes

Mate it was devastating,   nothing worse,   

25 minutes ago, Nog said:

That's what I was looking for

Nice fishes mate.

 

We popped out Saturday arvo from Fisherman's, (got charged by obviously very bored water cops for being too close to  the SS Reagan....). We were 30 metres away from the exclusions buoys by the way. Anyway the kids had some excitement.  

 

Picked up a reasonable Goldspot on a live Pike and a thousand baby Snaps and various on servo-prawns (kids loved that).

One son got a but queasy so we bailed before the sun went down too far over the horizon

Water Police have been grabbing every body mate, they have boarded me 3 times in 3 Trips,   Last Saturday & Sunday night as well as Friday night just gone.

Cant seem to get away from them,  

Cant wait to get my kids out on the water more often,  they love eating fish, just no so keen on going fishing ,  

16 hours ago, Mick Waycott said:

Well not good news boys. I went for a ride out there. I launched 5.3a m Saturday. Was at the sinkhole at 6.30 (just before sunrise). Set up ready to go. After 10 minutes of looking found some ledges, nothing fantastic and nothing on the sounder anywhere in the sinkhole. Started fishing on the ledges after 10 minutes had a shark on the end about 50cm. I just cut him off, after about another 10 sharks I decided to go lighter. Down to 10 pound. Now I just go busted off every time.

 

So at 7.30am I set off for Redcliffe as I wanted to try some marks off bribie. As I get back into Redcliffe was boarded by the coppers to be nailed because my flares where 2 DAYS out of date. I just called it quits after that. 

 

Was not my weekend to say the least. Have bought some new flares today. 

Least you caught something , its a hard place to work out and go to at the correct time,  even then those times you can catch more sharks than ever,

Unlucky with the water police mate,  I have had 3 visits in my last three trip from them. 

23 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

Nice snapper mate. We had some luck yesterday but nothing that size. Well done!!

Thanks mate,  

How many did you get.  ?

9 hours ago, ellicat said:

9 hours ago, ellicat said:

Another nice session, good onya. You've certainly got that spot mastered.

Do you put your baits on the bottom or up with a paternoster or something else 

 

Floatlining baits using a 1 , 2 or 3ball sinker depending on tidal flow and just keep letting line out with the current. 

34 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

You're getting into some nice fish Josh, well done. Shame about those bl00dy sharks but good decision to move on and not feed them anymore  

Yeah mate 1st time at this spot we have had a snapper sharked and we suspect it was a tiger shark approx 11-12ft judging by the bite radius on the half snapper 

Plenty of sharks there mate. That's the main species that frequent that area and there generally too big to  put in the boat.

Search the outside edge areas of the sink hole drop off as there are few nice little ledges and rocks that produce fish. But it's a tough area to work out and find success at.  

27 minutes ago, Poddymullet said:

Awesome report @Cobiaaddict and love that you released so many freakish fish! I am yet to catch any Snapper of worth in the bay...but I haven't put the hours in dedicated to it yet. Not looking for your marks (always welcome though) but from Clontarf were you still fishing along Peninsula or in the bay? Love that last photo! I'd vote that in for photo of the month for sure 

Thanks @Poddymullet  bag limits limited us to keeping any of the other fish , But normally this area will only produce 1 or 2 good fish in a session.  

Fished the SE area of the Bay mate,  

Glad you like the photo ,  

Good mixed bag mate,  those spangles go hard hey,   Would had been a interesting experience watching the whales 

1 hour ago, Drop Bear said:

haha serves them right haha. I bet they anchored exactly where you had been when you left. 

Thanks for the info. I have become less confident of late using large fish baits. I need to get over that by catching some large snapper again.

 

Lucky he left a few minutes before I did, LOL

15 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Great session there mate. Keep that GPS safe and secure for sure. 

Top read thanks for that. Report of the month for sure!!

Dead Yakkas! Great to hear. Were they whole baits or did you cut them up? 

Haha ,  the guys in the small 4m tinny in the back ground pics who rocked up at the same time I was anchoring had followed me from jigging live bait grounds and anchored to the west of me and fished and I did not see them turn a reel all arvo. .  I think they where swearing at us when I was throwing 5kg snapper back because we couldn't keep anymore. 

Whole  yakkas ,  rigged on single 10/0 Gamakatsu Octopus hooks, on 30lb & 40lb mono mainlines, 

15 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Nice work. Beaut session for sure. Pillies ?

all fish come on yakkas that had been sitting in the bottom of my freezer for over 12 months,  they smelt really bad once they had thoued out.  

Freeboard is good mate,  Some might say a little shallow but I found reaching over the side to gaff or net fish to be a good height ,

The extra wide deck gunnels make you feel safer also

2 hours ago, Jimmyjack said:

the boat that is...not the trailer.

BMT trailer packer is 1230Kg, 

Very soft riding boat mate,  little wet in side on stuff,  45Degree Dead Rise in the mid ship & 21Degree @ Transom

I fished all winter for bay snapper in  conditions up-to 20knots with out an issue,  Traveling around 32-35km per hour in head and following seas,

If you fill the water ballast your will do 40kmph easy and could push a lot harder if you like.

100ltr tank of fuel will see 220-235km pretty easy at 42km cruise speed with 3 POB,

11 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

I'm sure a few of us could take it in turns to 'give the motor a run' .........    Good luck with the sale Josh - cracker of a boat/package. 

What's your plans for the round Oz trip - camper trailer (with boat on top)?

  I know a lot of people who would like to keep it in there back yard and take good care of it while we are away,  Yeah Camper trailer with boat on top of that or a roof top tinny,

HI All,

Its a bit unfortunate , but putting the Surtees up for sale , Going back to a small 12-13ft tinny for the next few years and saving up for a 21-24ft Hard Top of some description,  Also going around Australia for 6-7 Month's and cant take it to most locations we are heading. 

Details as Follows

2017 Surtees 575 Profisher Centre Console   ( 5.75m of 18ft 3inch)

2017 115 Yamaha 4-Stroke approx. 60Hrs   ( just had annual service)

Lowrance HDS 9 Sounder with Total Scan Transducer

Lowrance Elite 9ti GPS with Navionics Card

100lt Fuel Tank

Live Bank Tank

Reef Anchor with float retrieval ,  Over sized Danforth Anchor,  250m Rope & 8m of Chain

2 x large kill tanks Approx. 150lts in total

Epirb and All Safety Gear ( Life Jackets, V-sheet etc. )

Rego just renewed till August 2020

PM  me if you want more info or contact

Can arrange water test , no tyre kickers please

Neg: $55,000

Cheers

Josh <><