Off season pics

Hey guys!!! I have had a couple days off so I thought I would post a few pics from time spent in Cairns late last year. Enjoy!!!        

This 1000 pound plus Black Marlin was caught by 14 year old angler
Scott Winkworth!!

Here is the same fish from a different angle. That's me trying to hold on!

            Me enjoying some good visibilty while spearfishing.

Good mates with quality tuskfish.

    Up close and personal with 50lb GT

Nicole and I enjoying a perfect day at the outer reef.

Top water and Blue water action

The tides this week were perfect for drain fishing, particularly top water fishing for barra. Anton and James Bouy were here for 3 days, so the plan was hatched to do a day's offshore fishing and 2 days up the creeks chasing barra. Offshore the Spanish mackeral were thick with double and triple hook-ups common. We caught Spanish mackeral on the troll, jigging, and even at one stage casting a baitcaster with a barra lure attached into the middle of the ocean and simply winding back fast!! There were no monster mackeral, with most around the 5 to 7 kilo mark, but still a ton of fun. Up the creeks, the top water fishing provided hours of entertainment, and on some casts the boys would get 3 or four bites per retrieve. There were a few quality fish in the drains with Anton ( father) catching the biggest at 76cm.

  

Mixed Fun

This week has brought a real mixed bag, with the creeks providing good sized jacks, fingermarks, king salmon, and barra, to name a few. There has also been some big queenies around, with the larger ones up around the 110cm mark. Most were taken on Halco Rooster poppers.

Barra Bonanza!

This week I was joined by Sydney boys Joe and Simon. The creeks once again fired, producing a personal best in the barra department for both of the Sydneysiders. Joe's fish went 90cm and Simon's 92cm. Offshore the fingermark were on the chew with the 74cm thumper [pictured below] taken on a barra lure and baitcaster.  

Pelagics continued......

We have been making the most of the calm weather and awesome offshore fishing. NSW boys John, Chris, Jeff, Tom, Jesse and John A. fished with me over the past 2 days with the bulk of the catch being Spanish mackerel, GT's and longtail tuna!!!

Pelagics

Pelagic action has been awesome! Plenty of good size spanish mackeral, tuna and gts. Popper fishing for gts is in my opinion the most exciting way to fish for these brutes. We landed the smaller gts, but were no match for the monsters!! Even with Stella 10000s, Saltiga GTs and 80 pound braid we still got smoked!!!!!!!

Creeks Firing!!!!!!!!!

Gold Coast father and son, Damian and Andrew, have just completed their 6 day charter to Weipa!!

The weather was not on our side for the first 4 days with strong westerly winds and rain. Luckily, the fishing up the rivers more than made up for the miserable weather. The rivers were alive with barra and king salmon. Andrew caught this 88cm king salmon and 90 cm barra on the first morning!! Once the weather cleared, the beaches did not disappoint. Plenty of queenfish, small golden trevally and good size cobia were caught casting around the cruising mantarays.