Monthly Archives : April 2015

Hi all

It seems weather forecasts were a little out over the past week which made it a little harder than usual to plan trips. Conditions were unstable, patches of brilliant sunshine and flat seas mixed with rain periods and sloppy seas however we did get a few trips’ in, some in less than ideal conditions, and we were rewarded. Once again Murphy’s reef and the Barwon banks were the reefs’ that fired. These two areas have been fishing superbly for the past two months. Some of the standout catches for the week were coral trout, pearl perch, snapper and sweetlip all of which are top table fish.

The 1/2 and ¾ day charters were spent on Murphy’s reef bottom dropping on the inside and outside edges and both sides of the reef produced quality fish. There were snapper to 4kg, coral trout to 6.5kg, sweetlip, tuskfish, school mackerel, hussar, some good size moses perch, gold spot estuary cod, morwong to 5kg, gold spot wrasse and the king fish are still hanging around in good numbers. The pilchards and local squid did most of the damage with a few kingy’s and cod taking live yakka’s and small fusilier. Well done to the boys in the picture below boating some quality coral trout 5kg and 6.5kg.

The banks are where we have been going for our full day charters and the deeper sections of the bottom end were targeted this week. Species boated were amberjack, rosy jobfish, pearl perch, fusilier, big tea leaf trevally, snapper, tusk fish, gold spot wrasse, moses perch, kingfish and small mac tuna. It is good to see the snapper coming through and numbers will only increase over the next two months as the temperature starts to drop. All ready we are starting to get plenty around the 3-4kg mark so I think the snapper season is going to be a good one, I can’t wait! The picture below shows amberjack to 5kg which gave the boys’(and their dad) a good fight well done boys.

Hopefully the fishing keeps firing for the last week of the school holidays and there is still spots left on various charters so if you want to keep the kids occupied for a day and yourself head over to our contacts page and send us an email or give us a call. Until then happy hunting!!!!

Well we are very thankful for the weather received over the Easter long weekend. It wasn’t looking too good this time last week but the rain and wind stopped Friday morning leaving us with perfect fishing conditions, and the Sunshine Coast reefs fished well too.  Pelagics’ like mackerel, kingfish, amberjack and big trevally were boated as well as some tasty reef species like coral trout, pearl perch, squire and tusk were pulled up from the bottom. The spanner crabs were hungry as well especially on the full day trips with hauls of up to 64 keepers. The current was quite strong out wide on our full day charters’ but it didn’t seem to stop the fish everyone had a good bag of fish and crabs to feast on over the Easter break.

We had ½ day charters on Saturday morning and afternoon and tried 3 different reefs- Currimundi, the Caloundra 9nm and Murphy’s. Fish were put in the esky from all but the afternoon session on Murphy’s was probably the most productive some quality kingfish 5-8kg, squire, sweetlip, tusk fish, hussar and moses perch all coming home with us for dinner. They might have liked the hours leading up to the full moon rise. The 9nm provided tusk fish, sweetlip, squire, coral trout and morwong and we had school mackerel, big estuary cod and moses perch from Currimundi reef. The picture below shows a beautiful coral trout caught on a cut pilchard, well done mate!

The full day charters were spent on the Barwon banks and the variety of species caught never ceases to amaze me. There were good numbers of amberjack in the 3-5kg range some nice size pearl perch, rosy and green job fish, squire, lots of tusk fish, big trevally to 7kg, kingfish, fusilier and moses perch to name a few. The picture below shows a 4kg green jobfish which are pretty rare for our reefs and top of the table as far as eating is concerned well done Greg!

This last photo is an 8kg king fish that took a live yakka on a paternoster rig. One of our regulars Doug and his son Jai were very impressed, good work boys.

If you would like to join us for a trip head over to contacts page and drop us a line or call anytime. We do still have some availability for the remainder of the holidays. Until then HAPPY HUNTING!