Peter: Fantastic weather yet again when we woke up this morning. We started off on the hunt for a GT with the last of the run in tide. Things proved to be quite productive catching 10 GTs and a heap of other species in the process, such as Spanish, Cod, Maori Wrass, Baracuda, Red Bass and Trout. With the run out we spent time in the shallows dropping plastics catching a mixed bag of reef species. At the end of the day we trolled skirts for a Marlin then put 2 minnows out for a Doggie unfortunately we didn't see any although we did finish up the day with a double hook up of Spanish, one of which was a cracker that would of gone 27kg. All in all another awesome day on the water!!
Nick:- Heading south today was a pleasure with the sea so flat we should have had some wake boards out here! We were on a doggie mission for the morning but failed to find him...we did however manage to find some really big spanish which was a more than welcome species for us we managed to land five or six decent size Spanish early up in the morning. While we were trolling we were passing shoals of fusies so we decided to back track and put a few casts into them and try our luck with some GTs lo and behold we were in the game and the fish were on the chew. We fished til lunch and then made our way to an amazing sand cay that was a real treat today in the blistering heat sitting on the smallest sand cay watching turtles drift buy in the shallows. After lunch most of the gang had full stomachs and were almost ready for naps the heat slowed most of us down. Back to trolling for hopefully a marlin but we would have been happy with anything, and we managed to hook a decent yellowfin of around 40 kilos but unfortunately after coming to the boat quickly he went for the notorious second wind and half way through the hooks pulled out. All and all a great day out on the water and great company.
Damon:- Started out today in flat calm conditions trolling for a big dogtooth. We started well, with a hookup straight away on a 15kg fish, which we landed easily, then the wheels fell off the wagon, and everything that came near the boat escaped over the next 3hrs. We had chaotic action on the troll, with doggies nailing minnows and trolled stickbaits, but we had fish eating through 150lb wire, sharks eating doggies, doggies making it to the reef and all sorts of other ways of losing fish being played out. After the tide turned, we went onto the shallows and lost some more lures, but no fish in the boat. We then decided to have a jig, and finally produced some great fish with 7-8kg coral trout, GTs and red bass nailing the jigs. Back to the mothership after that session, and out for a late arvo fish saw us doing something different and casting poppers in 60-70m of water for flying Spanish mackerel. We landed a couple of 20kg Spaniards on poppers, but missed heaps. Aerial Spaniards on poppers is a very spectacular way to finish the day.
Alex- Today was hot, both in weather and fishing. We started out catching a few GTs then went for a look for some other action, it proved to be a good move. We found the mother of all honey holes and over the next few hours it was almost a fish a cast. 2 GTs on one lure followed by 2 red bass on one lure, it was mayhem. The water was just turning red behind all the lures and then turning black with GTs behind the lures. It truly was one of those very special days where you just can't do anything wrong. We had double and triple hookups coming left and right it was absolute mayhem. We ended the day with somewhere between 30-40 GTs it was too hard to keep count, and bulk red bass and other critters. I just hope the guys I had today look back at the session we had today and realise just how rare it is to experience absolute carnage for hours on end, it was unreal, thankyou bligh reef for an amazing day!
