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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Reports & Expeditions => Topic started by: Geoff Volter on January 18, 2010, 09:11:37 AM
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Me and my mate wazza left scarborough yesterday morning at 4am and were over at Hutchies for just after first light (lets call it second or third light ;D).
There is a specific bit of reef there I wanted to fish, we located it quickly using the Humminbird side imager and there was a school of sauries rippling on top. We popped it for a good 2 hours with large Fullscales, I cups and Ulua stickbaits. It had a fishy feeling and each cast felt like it might get whacked. When the sun actually started getting into the water we could see a large school of tangs and a large school of batfish. But realistically there was probably too much boat traffic, at one point I counted 39 boats. What an armada! most of these were trolling first up and then fishing deep. I didn't hear or see much action from the fleet there, but in the trench some of the bigger game boats were getting a little action but not as much as those off the sunny coast.
We wrote off the GT's and went and checked a cobia spot. We were unsuccessful there and sped home. Halfway back we stopped for a toilet break and a school of spotties swam under the boat. We got 8 in 45 minutes, made a sporting declaration ;D and went home too wash the boat. Mental note, in future chase spotties in your mates boat!! ;D There was blood and spotties scales everywhere!!
Geoff Volter
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Mental note, in future chase spotties in your mates boat!! ;D There was blood and spotties scales everywhere!!
hahahaha, don't they make a mess
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The Hutchies popping thing is frustrating :-\, I have popped it for many an hour for nil, once had a boat near me pull a 30kg GT trolling. During the week in non-holiday time is the only time I will venture there for obvious reasons ;D
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We went out Saturday off Straddie, lost one early on popper before all the boats turned up, but got one about 10.30 once all the boats decided to go trolling..
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Is that a lucanus-looking jig?
PS- well done. ;D I consider these hard yards as a down payment on the next GT! :o
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Yah certainly is, couldn't raise another one once all the boat traffic started up. 60g lucanis jig with the world's smallest hooks.
Andrew
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thats one black gt