Morning Sails

Had the day off so a mate and I went down the coast looking for Sails. We found them !!!!!

Goin' Offffff !!!!!!!!!!!!

The fishing lately has been nothing short of insane. Offshore, there have been acres of tuna which we have been catching on 4kg line after we tired of catching them on conventional gear (15kg). The sharks have been pretty much non-existent for the past couple of weeks, but are now back with a vengeance. Huge numbers of Spanish Mackerel have been caught offshore. Earlier this week, we had 2 sessions where we landed countless Spaniards on anything  - poppers, barra lures - it did not matter. We just threw what ever we had into the ocean, wound back fast, and watched as 10 Spanish mackerel fought to eat the lure. The GTs have not been around in big numbers, but the ones that have shown are BIG!!

What words do I use to describe the creek fishing - crazy, silly, insane, awesome? Big barra, King Salmon, Black Jew - I will let the pics do most of the talking.

Fly Fishing Weipa

The first  two days of Rod and Bill's 5 day charter were plagued by strong westerly winds, which meant most of their time was spent up the creeks fly fishing for barramundi and fingermarks.
Rodney had a small purple patch, catching 6 barramundi and 9 fingermark fly fishing in the first hour, first morning!!

Once the beaches cleared up there were plenty of fish to be sight-casted to - blue salmon, blue bastards, queenfish and giant herring were the most common fish found.

Weipa still giving it!

Hi guys! The weather has still been pretty blowy, so not a lot to report from offshore. Early one morning though, we did manage a handful of big queenfish, some solid GTs (giant trevally) on 10lb spin gear, and cobia. As mentioned in the previous blog, the creeks were coming alive and this week has proved to be no different. There have been some quality barra around, with Rory catching the 96cm one below. Not bad for his first ever barra!!
Jaiden also caught his first barra this morning. He captured his 68cm beauty on a live mullet.

Creeks coming alive!

The creeks are once again coming to life as the water is warming with summer fast approaching. There has been some good barra and jacks taken on a mixture of live bait and lures, with this 51cm brute (pictured below) nailing a Suruna 110. The fingermark have been thick on the snags and rock bars during the neap tides, with 35- 40cm being the average size. We had an interesting experience while casting poppers for queenfish this week, a 4-5 foot croc (around 1.5 metres) became particularly interested in a pink popper after several attacks and misses from the queenies.

Live Baiting!!

Due to strong south easterly winds, the last few weeks have been spent fishing the rivers.

The live baits have accounted for some quality fish with both Barra and fingermark being pulled from the deep holes. Mullet are generally the live bait of choice, with the odd mud-herring thrown in.

Jack Pot !!!!!!!

The creeks have been producing good numbers of good size mangrove jack, with one morning alone producing over 16 jacks!! Not to mention the barra, salmon, and fingermark. The water has been cool, hovering around the 25 degree mark. This has caused the barra to be a little sluggish, but still with the odd big one kicking around!!!