Bugatti Reef 09/2008

[Eric Tai]

Hi all,

Just thought I'd post a few pics from my trip with Nomad. A last minute change due to lack of action at Marion had the Nomad mothership relocated to Bugatti Reef.

GTs were the dominant catch, with 120+ fish landed during our week, pretty good given a 1/3 of the boat were jigging enthusiasts and weren't specifically targeting GTs.

Even my wife had a great time, and was well looked after by the crew -even casting for her when required-, ensuring she didn't miss out on the action.

Even though I never landed any 'big' fish, my arms were aching from the 'teenagers'.  Biggest GTs landed on the trip were up to 30kg, with some monsters raised but not hooked. Hope you enjoy the pics. 

Thank you Damon, Tim and the crew!

-Eric



















P.s. if anyone in these photos lurks on this board and wants their photo taken down let me know!

[Andre van Wyk]

Awesome pictures and some great captures!!!
The markings on that Trout are incredible, and some beast Snapper there too!

Looks like you and your wife had a wonderful trip, big ups to teh Nomad Crew for once again making peoples dreams a reality!~

Great report and pics Eric, thanks for sharing!
Cheers
Nepps

[Brandon Khoo]

great post, Eric.
Those big reefies - were they caught at Bugatti and were they jig or popper captures? I've never seen a maori wrasse there.
btw, were you on the same week as Stewart Ward from the UK?

[Jay Burgess]

Awesome pictures and some great captures!!!
The markings on that Trout are incredible, and some beast Snapper there too!

Can't see any trout there Andre, are you refering to the flowery cod?

[Eric Tai]

Brandon,

We were at Bugatti the whole week, i'm not sure exactly when they relocated from Marion, but it was before I got there.

The emperor, chinamen, and maori wrasse were jigging captures on the outter edge of the Bugatti reef complex I believe.

The cod was taken popping within the complex.

I don't think there was anyone named Stewart onboard during my week.

[Andre van Wyk]

Awesome pictures and some great captures!!!
The markings on that Trout are incredible, and some beast Snapper there too!

Can't see any trout there Andre, are you refering to the flowery cod?

My mistake Jay, thanks for the correction... I was under the ( misguided ) preconception that all your "Grouper" species were lumped together under "Coral Trout", hence the misidentification...Should have known better!
 Thanks for clearing that up... awesome looking fish, the markings are insane... hows the fight on those compared to a Coral Trout? Are they as good eating?

Cheers
A

[Brock Arifovic]

What boat was that mourie wrass caught on? i notice the Yamaha motor?

[Stephen Polzin]

Great pics, great fish, great weather!  Nice one, Pick for me would be the Maori Wrasse.  What a ripper.   

awesome looking fish, the markings are insane... hows the fight on those compared to a Coral Trout? Are they as good eating?
Cheers
A

Flowery Cod fight OK when compared to any of the other Cods, but they're not real flash in the fry-pan.  Oily, strong flavoured meat.  Much better let go to fight again.

cheers,

steve

[Brandon Khoo]

it looks fantastic though!

[Santosh Shanmuga]

Wow! BEAUTIFUL fishes dude!