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Doug Lindsay

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Quick jig at 1770.
September 18, 2010, 04:19:09 PM
Hi guys,
I love the Town of 1770. I live in Brisbane, but 6 hours north by road is this lovely little paradise, still relatively undeveloped and alive with fish. The bottom bashers come here in droves chasing the mighty Red Emporer, but there is plenty on offer for the sporting angler too. My last couple of trips have involved some hot light jigging action here and I just got back today after fishing yesterday.
I left home @ 3am Friday and was in the water by 10.30. The forecast was for 10-15kt SE turning to NE in the afternoon which is perfect for 1770 because most grounds require a north or north easterly heading from Round Hill Head. With a NE seabreeze in the afternoon, a smooth return journey is on the cards. I tried my luck at a couple of the popular reef areas 12-15 nm out for little success. The SE was a good 15kts but, banking on that noreaster, I headed up to a mark for a wreck that lies about 23nm almost due north of the heads in 39m of water. upon arrival, the HDS 8 told me to prep the jigging gear, the wreck was stacked with bait and arches! Sure enough, the first CB One 160g jig that went down got nailed. It was an Amberjack about 6-8 kg. Really good fun on the T-Curve Deep Jig 200 and Jigging Master PE3 reel ( what a cool piece!!! ). For the next 2 or so hours ( all the fishing time i had) every drift produced a quality fish. Nothing huge, but simply fantastic fun on light gear. The Ajs were joined by some nice Bludger Trevally and even a little Cobia took a liking to a Lucanus Jig. The last fish of the day was a nice 5 kg Bludger taken on a Gulp/Certate 3500HD/20lb braid.
I was by myself and probably released 20-25 fish over 5 kg in that time. Nothing wrong with action like that  ;D  :)
By the time I had to leave, the NE had not eventuated and the SE had started pumping up to 20kts, so you wouldnt call the trip home "pleasant", but the memory of those little Ajs pulling like steam trains, had me smiling most of the way home.
I have stored the boat up there for several weeks ( 1770 Boat Storage- $ 5.50 per day) and am taking the family up next week for a little holiday. But the real action will be with a couple of buddys exploring both some more jigging and checking out some popping as well. Hopefully there will be some gtpopping worthy stories to come from that trip!
Anyone with more info about fishing up here, I would love to hear from you!
Cheers
Doug Lindsay

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Re: Quick jig at 1770.
September 20, 2010, 08:56:47 AM
Sounds like a great trip!!!  Were you fishing the Nautilus or another wreck?

I told my brother (who lives at Tannum Sands and has just bought a boat) that I intend to get him into a bit of light jigging up there. 

It sounds like hitting the wrecks will be the go!!

Cheers,
Simon

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Re: Quick jig at 1770.
September 20, 2010, 06:59:16 PM
Nice work Mr Lindsay, looking forward to catching up in 1770 when you have a few credit points in the bank.  Nice report too, but wheres the pics?

Doug Lindsay

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Re: Quick jig at 1770.
October 01, 2010, 02:39:37 PM
Hi Simon, thanks mate, yeah it was a good little session. Im not sure of the name of the wreck, its a bout 23 nm from Round Hill, almost due north. there is another wreck within about 2 nm. I didnt have time to visit it as well-didnt need to either  :) You should grab your bro (and his boat) and get up there. The town of 1770 and Agnes Water, is a lovely spot. I had a long weekend up there with the family last week and we had a ball. Highly reccomend going out to Lady Musgrave on the Spirit of 1770 for a family day of snorkelling etc.
Thank you as well, Mr Childs. Im sure you are looking forward to our trip in 2 weeks. No doubt we will have enough material from that little adventure for another trip report. Wether its written for gtpopping.com or gayfishin.com I guess time will tell. It gets lonely out at sea...

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Re: Quick jig at 1770.
October 01, 2010, 07:40:52 PM
On second thaughts, I think something might have sprung up that weekend!

Doug Lindsay

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Re: Quick jig at 1770.
October 01, 2010, 09:00:19 PM
Getting excited already buddy?

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Re: Quick jig at 1770.
February 07, 2011, 10:36:43 PM
Any reports from mussie???

Doug Lindsay

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Re: Quick jig at 1770.
March 02, 2011, 09:06:19 PM
Hi Andrew, no reports yet, but heading up again to fish Friday, so hopefully will have something over the weekend.

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Re: Quick jig at 1770.
March 03, 2011, 11:07:34 AM
excellent look forward to it
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Doug Lindsay

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Re: Quick jig at 1770.
March 03, 2011, 06:49:08 PM
Bugger, no fishing tomorrow :(