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went to mouth of the Rous last Sat, bloody carpet sharks taking my prime bait on offer before the sun came up, then the snapper hit for a short while, fresh squid did the business and i had more bites by floating down the bait than plummeting to the bottom on a paternoster rig.
snap-sushimi was nice for breaky, and i kept another to bake tandoori-style. 
I then got a line bitten off so changed up to wire, pulling in a couple nice schoolies and lost an even bigger one.
Then 9 boats turned up so it was off for an early mark and to fire up the smoker.
 
 

went to mouth of the Rous last Sat, bloody carpet sharks taking my prime bait on offer before the sun came up, then the snapper hit for a short while, fresh squid did the business and i had more bites by floating down the bait than plummeting to the bottom on a paternoster rig.
snap-sushimi was nice for breaky, and i kept another to bake tandoori-style. 
I then got a line bitten off so changed up to wire, pulling in a couple nice schoolies and lost an even bigger one.
Then 9 boats turned up so it was off for an early mark and to fire up the smoker.
 
 

went to mouth of the Rous last Sat, bloody carpet sharks taking my prime bait on offer before the sun came up, then the snapper hit for a short while, fresh squid did the business and i had more bites by floating down the bait than plummeting to the bottom on a paternoster rig.
snap-sushimi was nice for breaky, and i kept another to bake tandoori-style. 
I then got a line bitten off so changed up to wire, pulling in a couple nice schoolies and lost an even bigger one.
Then 9 boats turned up so it was off for an early mark and to fire up the smoker.
 
 

Headed up to 1770 with a mate in his boat on Thursday destined for a few days on the great barrier Reef. We stayed in town that night got all the fuel and ice topped up then left the ramp early Friday.

The forecast was for great weather and we weren't disappointed, my mates 670 Bar crusher cruised easily to our fishing grounds.

We dropped baits down and were rewarded with a few good tuskies and red throat emperor on our early spots.
It was Graham's 1st time up there so a lot of the fish were PBs then he bagged his 1st coral trout.

 
The fishing continued at a steady pace of quality fish caught, we went wide looking for red emperor but found the deeper reefs dead. Back in closer it picked up again and mid afternoon the trout really come on along with quality red throat that Graham couldn't believe how hard these fish fight all the way to the boat.

Before the sun set we anchored up on a nice reef drop off in a sheltered position behind the reef. The red throat emperor and Moses perch got thick after dark and we had some fun in the shallows. We put some floating pillies out for a Spanish Mackerel on dusk but that didn't turn a reel.
The next morning we headed out deep again but it was still shut down so reefs under 50m were where the fish was. By late morning we decided to run down to Fitzroy lagoon for lunch and a swim. We hooked up to a mooring bout and jumped straight in. Graham didn't want to leave and sat on his duck board legs in the water knocking back a few cold beers.
 



We finally left heaven and headed back to the ramp at 30 knots and stayed another night in town before driving home.

received_839565710237602.mp4 Already can't wait till I'm back on the reef.

targeting squid for the pan and also bait, bought a cryovac machine to keep them, brilliant contraption as they stay fresh as
i have a good recipe for squid if needed
no macs about as far as i could tell

i’m finding snapper in the bay quite predictable for the sunrise feed, not sure if people find they also go off the bite by 7am or it’s just me
i bagged out in 15 minutes (but threw one back)on saturday and then nothing for 2 hours (which was fine as i had more time to bask in the glory)😂
squid was the bait, and burley of course
rous channel secret spot the location 
there were boats everywhere when i came up for air so it was off to hunt some 🦑 which were not playing that nice and it took me 2 hours to get about 10
may try a sunset to see if that’s just as successful next time and go slightly lighter gear to tempt a big knobby!!!!
what r people’s preferred times for this species?

don’t forget the snapper ban mate!!! 15 july to 15 aug i think, better make those first two months count!

2 years of trying for snapper, now catching them on each of the last 5 trips (hope it lasts), mates just see a photo and ask to come out... not realising the time we put into the search😂

don’t forget the snapper ban mate!!! 15 july to 15 aug i think, better make those first two months count!

i’m finding snapper in the bay quite predictable for the sunrise feed, not sure if people find they also go off the bite by 7am or it’s just me
i bagged out in 15 minutes (but threw one back)on saturday and then nothing for 2 hours (which was fine as i had more time to bask in the glory)😂
squid was the bait, and burley of course
rous channel secret spot the location 
there were boats everywhere when i came up for air so it was off to hunt some 🦑 which were not playing that nice and it took me 2 hours to get about 10
may try a sunset to see if that’s just as successful next time and go slightly lighter gear to tempt a big knobby!!!!
what r people’s preferred times for this species?

yeah mate too true my lunch shares with blood, guts and a fair bit of ink need to address that
happy to to go out mate when you have a spare morning no worries 

don’t forget the snapper ban mate!!! 15 july to 15 aug i think, better make those first two months count!

2 years of trying for snapper, now catching them on each of the last 5 trips (hope it lasts), mates just see a photo and ask to come out... not realising the time we put into the search😂

yeah mate too true my lunch shares with blood, guts and a fair bit of ink need to address that
happy to to go out mate when you have a spare morning no worries 

don’t forget the snapper ban mate!!! 15 july to 15 aug i think, better make those first two months count!

2 years of trying for snapper, now catching them on each of the last 5 trips (hope it lasts), mates just see a photo and ask to come out... not realising the time we put into the search😂

bring on the big ones i say, will report back on a dusk trip as soon as i can get out again

targeting squid for the pan and also bait, bought a cryovac machine to keep them, brilliant contraption as they stay fresh as
i have a good recipe for squid if needed
no macs about as far as i could tell

i’m finding snapper in the bay quite predictable for the sunrise feed, not sure if people find they also go off the bite by 7am or it’s just me
i bagged out in 15 minutes (but threw one back)on saturday and then nothing for 2 hours (which was fine as i had more time to bask in the glory)😂
squid was the bait, and burley of course
rous channel secret spot the location 
there were boats everywhere when i came up for air so it was off to hunt some 🦑 which were not playing that nice and it took me 2 hours to get about 10
may try a sunset to see if that’s just as successful next time and go slightly lighter gear to tempt a big knobby!!!!
what r people’s preferred times for this species?

2 years of trying for snapper, now catching them on each of the last 5 trips (hope it lasts), mates just see a photo and ask to come out... not realising the time we put into the search😂

bring on the big ones i say, will report back on a dusk trip as soon as i can get out again

targeting squid for the pan and also bait, bought a cryovac machine to keep them, brilliant contraption as they stay fresh as
i have a good recipe for squid if needed
no macs about as far as i could tell

i’m finding snapper in the bay quite predictable for the sunrise feed, not sure if people find they also go off the bite by 7am or it’s just me
i bagged out in 15 minutes (but threw one back)on saturday and then nothing for 2 hours (which was fine as i had more time to bask in the glory)😂
squid was the bait, and burley of course
rous channel secret spot the location 
there were boats everywhere when i came up for air so it was off to hunt some 🦑 which were not playing that nice and it took me 2 hours to get about 10
may try a sunset to see if that’s just as successful next time and go slightly lighter gear to tempt a big knobby!!!!
what r people’s preferred times for this species?

i’m finding snapper in the bay quite predictable for the sunrise feed, not sure if people find they also go off the bite by 7am or it’s just me
i bagged out in 15 minutes (but threw one back)on saturday and then nothing for 2 hours (which was fine as i had more time to bask in the glory)😂
squid was the bait, and burley of course
rous channel secret spot the location 
there were boats everywhere when i came up for air so it was off to hunt some 🦑 which were not playing that nice and it took me 2 hours to get about 10
may try a sunset to see if that’s just as successful next time and go slightly lighter gear to tempt a big knobby!!!!
what r people’s preferred times for this species?

i’m finding snapper in the bay quite predictable for the sunrise feed, not sure if people find they also go off the bite by 7am or it’s just me
i bagged out in 15 minutes (but threw one back)on saturday and then nothing for 2 hours (which was fine as i had more time to bask in the glory)😂
squid was the bait, and burley of course
rous channel secret spot the location 
there were boats everywhere when i came up for air so it was off to hunt some 🦑 which were not playing that nice and it took me 2 hours to get about 10
may try a sunset to see if that’s just as successful next time and go slightly lighter gear to tempt a big knobby!!!!
what r people’s preferred times for this species?