Shoalwater 2008 - Trip Report

[Brandon Khoo]

SUMMARY

Fishing ResultsTerritory/TerrainEquipmentFishing AvailableThe Nomad CrewWould I go again?

Well, this is th second year for me at Shoalwater and I'm already booked for 2009!

[Brandon Khoo]

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[Luke Wyrsta]

Congratulations on a great trip! Great report, great photos, great fishing!

[Matt Hill]

awesome guys dribbling here

well done

[Stephen Polzin]

Nice going lads, good to see the wind stayed down for you

[Brandon Khoo]

actually, it didn't - a few days were a bit wild!

Mick/Pete - feel free to add any further photos you like.

[lonhro]

Once Again Top report Bernie,

Always worth the wait

[Brandon Khoo]

more photos - I have included some of the fish caught on light tackle












a capture on a Chris Young popper!

[Brandon Khoo]

more again!






yours truly hooked up!


I had to get Scotty in there somewhere and seeing I don't have any photos of him with fish...... 

[Brandon Khoo]

a great trout capture by Mick


what a beautiful fish - a tuskfish


Perhaps my favourite photo from Shoalwater this year. I'm not sure if the capture was by Malcolm or Chris but apparently, what happened was that two mackeral of about equal size attacked the popper with both hooking up. The two fish went beserk after being hooked to each other and in their wild thrashing, one literally ripped the jaws out of the other!

[Graham Scott]

Great report, Unfortunately you have found my very favourite spot to fish, Strongtide Passage.
I also fought very hard during RAP to keep it Yellow. Did you notice it was Green all around?

It's only 3hrs away for us and normally we head up once the weather settles down a bit. As you say, impossible to beat for sportfishing. We often get bricked by big trout in shallow water, but you can WALK over and dig them out the rocks! Did I mention the 3kg mud crabs?

[Peter Lowe]

That is such a great trip report Brandon, thank you.

 To all else whom appreciate it, can I mention that Brandon not only has an amazing wealth of knowledge on GT fishing - as most of us know- but he has written that entire report purely on his memory recall of the trip - that blows me away cause I cant even remember that TV dudes name - Henry Hilliar or somthing.......

It was a real privilage to meet all the fellow GT warrior's, Malcolm(the gentleman) Chris(man mountain) and Brandon(why am I throwing this popper in their) they really are guns and I very much look forward to our future adventures.

Thanks all for a most fantastic time.

 

[Brandon Khoo]

thanks Pete

did you like the look of resignation I have on my face before I end up throwing the popper in anyway? Last year, they really set me up on a few spots with "hey Brandon - throw you popper in there". I would then respond with "but if I throw a popper in and there is a decent fish in there, I am going to get slam dunked again" to which the reply would be "yes" and there would be a big smile to go with the reply. I would then throw another sacrificial Cubera in and get smoked! This year, I was throwing Craftbaits around hence the reluctance!

Damon got me good though. On Thursday when I was with him and Mick, we were in about 3m of water and I was looking at a bommie about thirty metres away and there were big GTs swarming all around it. I pointed at it and said "check out all the GTs there!" Damon then yells at me to cast one in so I very reluctantly toss a Craftbait into that mix. It doesn't last three seconds before a really big fish grabs it and I don't last much more than another two seconds after it is taken..... 

[Graham Scott]

Lucky you guys went last week!
We currently have South East 25-35knts and raining, forecast for tomorrow is similar only worse! Shoalwater Bay has had about 100mm today so far, and expecting flooding again by the end of the week. Might be some breaks in the wind, but the rain......