samsteele115

What a good report to drop back in on... cracking longy Greg! There's still plenty being caught, but as the water cools they tend to stay down deep more often hence giving anglers a nice surprise. They can be a little tricky to target through the winter months but there are a couple of usual haunts

1.25m is usually either side of 20kg. It's a good one! 

I think persistence creates the best memories when that next good fish is finally caught. You won't forget that one! 

How good Mark?! Mmm trout. Love when the weather plays nice too

On 11/02/2021 at 11:49 AM, christophagus said:

id imagine the biggest problem you'd run into using small lures is casting distance. Not sure where you are fishing exactly, but land based restricts where you can fish, so casting distance is a tool you can use to cover more ground. Having said that i know of blokes who get them just using smalish plastics. 

@samsteele115 have you ever specifically targeted them landbased? i know a few members used to get small ones land based from straddy on the rocks and even where the barges used to dock

Yeah mate! Micro jigs seem to be my go to for kingies off the rocks. Long casts just like a slug, and they can't resist the action of a jig. 

5 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

Ok thanks I will do that. It goes against my instincts to head out wide but if the conditions are good there is not reason not to. It feels sort of aimless to zoom around but I love to learn new things. Not much better than finding birds and bust-ups. I can't wait to do it. 

Not sure on the rod holders mate, it's my friend Murray's boat. 

Yep I know what you mean about being against instinct! Massive body of water and its hard to motivate to drive out further when in close to the island. That's why I like to take the wide route initially and cross that off. If it helps, I'd say at an average I find the most bait and fish 5-10km out unless there's been a persistent easterly for a few days. Strong easterlies can bring fish in closer (pelagics pushing bait against wind)  

@HweebeYep! Tiny tiny. And when you find a school on large bait (found these like twice) it's fish after fish into the boat. Smart things being suss on anything unusual to what they are feeding on at the time! 

I didn't see anything less than 10km from Fraser this time. Its a good point you make... I've learnt to make a B line from Urangan to Rooneys or even wider to start the search. If no birds/fish on that wide route then venture in closer. Ive been faced with the inneficient prospect of starting a few km out and heading in only to find nothing and wonder if they are out wider. Get it out of the way early

12 hours ago, Hweebe said:

An oldie but a goodie. Thanks Sam for the tips I dug this article out just before my Trip to hervey bay for xmas 2020 and your tips are spot on when searching and reading the birds.

Thanks mate! Just been up there myself. Get any?

Amazing stuff mate! Great fish, excellent skill and persistence has lead to the first of many meteries 

10 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

Do you mean the plastic kid’s toothbrush beside the bamboo ones? Or the plastic packaging on the bamboo toothbrushes?  Or both? @samsteele115 have you been up close to the tip on the gulf side of the cape? You would be shocked at the amount of rubbish on the remotest of beaches. Most of it with Indonesian labels. I guess they will become as environmentally conscious as we are when they are as rich as we are.

Weipa yep. Not nice 

2 minutes ago, Ed. said:

The rod that I looked at was bound like it was an overhead in relation to the spine.

Probably, it ain't high end. I don't know lots about rods tbh haha all I cared about is it stopped fish!

I think the penn ocean assassin has been pretty nice to use mate, for its low price point!

I also think it's important to share "real" pictures. These are taken from the same spot. The plastic pollution problem up here isn't surprising but still very disappointing. We can all do better by minimising single-use conveniences especially now that there are a growing number of less harmful alternatives. Most common items: bottles and caps, cans, food packets, toothbrushes, cups. 

Epic capture dude! That's a huge effort on light gear 

4 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

Yew how good! 

That is a bucket list for me for sure.

Do they rent out the house? 

I need to do something like this next year...

 

Na they don't rent it out. I think there might be a rental here though from what I've heard. Worth checking out. It's all off grid and inaccessible for most of the year so not really much of market for tourism/Airbnb etc.. i just got lucky

16 hours ago, Breaming with bro said:

Wow it looks amazing up there good job on those coral trout . Idk if you know this or not but it’s a good idea to freeze sashimi before eating it I’ve heard stories of people having horrible experiences because they didn’t freeze the sashimi issues were due to parasites it’s not uncommon for fish to have parasites in them freezing them first kills the parasites . Looked like a awesome trip with quite a few decent fish landed awesome job on the reefies

Thanks mate! Didn't know that was the reason but usually do it anyway. No worries So far 

Thanks guys! Having an enjoyable time that's for sure

1 minute ago, Kat said:

As soon as I see you have posted a new report I get both excited and jealous!  I know I am always going to see big fish and beautiful locations - and can dream that one day it might be me in the pic instead of you lol.  

Looks like you are having a fantastic time with just the right amount of relaxation.

Sashimi looks fantastic - but where's the wasabi?

Cheers Kat

Haha Thanks Kat! You'll make it happen when the time is right.

Prefer ginger over wasabi!