The winter species have definitely arrived and the pearl perch and snapper are in great numbers on the outer reef belt! The angler of the month goes to Marcus who nabbed a 70cm snapper and backed it up soon after with an 86cm Well done! Also boated was a legal red emperor 57cm which is very rare for us South Queenslanders.
Due to demand we have decided to start “whale watching” tours on board Top Catch. These will run through the whale season mid Jue to end of September while the majestic whales migrate through our beautiful waters. We offer small groups (maximum 12 passengers) the chance to see whales migrating in their pods and showing their young how to enjoy themselves by splashing and jumping around. To take advantage of these up close and personal tours please give us a call or book online.
Hi all its been a while since our last post, some typical Easter weather, but good to be back on the water recently and hopefully we start to see our winter weather pattern start to kick in!!! Some great fish caught when we have been out and I guess the rest/break our reefs have received from rec fishing has done the area the world of good. There were big numbers of squire caught, just over and just under legal size so it’s looking like a good winter coming too…. Bring it on!!
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SNAPPER SEASON HAS ARRIVED!!! 83cm and 7kg is the best one for the season so far. Also cobia (the one pictured went 15kg), tusk fish, coral trout, grassy sweetlip, moses perch, pearl perch and Maori cod. Book before 1st July to take advantage of the current price, bookings can be made by clicking the book now icon, on the website or by calling 0429013012
Unfortunately rising prices, the cost of living and inflation are a part of the modern world. So after 7 years of service and a massive increase in the price of our expenses (fuel, insurances, bait, maitanence, etc.) we will be SLIGHTLY increasing our prices. As of the 1st July 2018 our 1/2 day charters will now be $150 p/p, our 3/4 day charter $190 p/p and our full day $230 p/p. all bookings made before this date will be charged at the current rate. We hope everybody understands and look forward to providing the same great product!!!
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We are finally getting a good spell of weather and we have had some great trips. Snapper and pearl perch are starting to show up and there are still plenty of summer species about like mackerel, emperor hussar and heaps of trevally along with the year round offenders like tuskfish, cobia, cod. The first photo that you wont see on our page very often is a small mouth nannygai and a good one at that! its a species usually found north of fraser island. Its a great time to fish and we have plenty of trips planned this week and weekend.
Here are some of our recent catches from the last couple of trips. Hopefully this gives everyone some inspiration to get out on the water this coming week! Don’t forget it’s Good Friday this week and there are still a couple of spots left. I have been a bit unmotivated with the Facebook updates lately because of this weather!! Relentless wind and rain have kept us inshore and we have only got out for 9 trips in 7 weeks but our fishing grounds have been getting a good rest and when we have got out overall numbers of fish caught have been above average! The forecast for the upcoming week and EASTER weekend is pretty good. fingers crossed nothing changes. We will be back out there on Sunday and most of the week has trips booked in so if you would like to join us please call 0429013012 or check out our new online booking system on our website.
Well how about this spell of weather… Awesome conditions to spend a day on the water and right at the right time with the holiday season. We have been non stop so fishing updates have been few and far between but here is a quick update. Pelagics are definitely on the target list at the moment with mahi, wahoo, mackerel and marlin all being boated from the outer reef belt this week. In close we have also boated mackerel, cobia and marlin recently. And from the reef fish sector tusk fish, squire, moses perch, morwong, hussar and sweetlip have been boated on the inner reef belt and from the barwon banks tusk fish, squire, pearl perch, hussar, moses perch along with the odd red throat and coral trout. The fishing has been a case of diamonds or rocks, no consistenency, some awesome days and some slow days but thanks to all that have come along. Head over to our Facebook page to see some pics;
Here are some of the highlights from previous trips including a massive 1.7m cod weighing approximately 45kg, some nice cobia also boated over the weekend and the most prominent species was the tuskfish with plenty of fish in the 45-50cm range. School holidays are coming fast….. If you want to get on board book very soon!
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