backlash08
28-05-2008, 02:30 PM
Hi Guys,
I along with a great bunch of guys returned last week from a great week on board the Tasman venture to the Swains.
The crew was first class and Lloyd, the skipper and his crew really worked hard to look after us, i couldnt have asked for a better crew. This was my first trip on this boat, but wont be my last, with 12 guys and 3 crew the living quarters are a little tight, but not too bad, the boat though is great to fish from and the dories are very well prepared.
The trip out was great, the weather for the entire week was good to very good and with a boat that cruises at +25knots you get there in a hurry. I had only returned from Japan (overnight flight) 3 hours before the drive up to Hervey bay so i was fairly tired, the plan was get to Hervey bay, load the boat, quick meal, sleep and depart at 11pm for a overnight transit to fishing the following morning. All went to plan apart from the sleep, the rum looked far more attractive and the stories got better as we drank the night away. The fishing was as expected, not crazy but a good mixed bag. We fished some 100M stuff off the big boat on the first and last day for jobbies, reds, trout, a few stray snapper, red throat, lippers, cod etc etc and fished the dories the days in the middle for the same species plus the ever fun spaniards, tuna, sharkies, GT's and golden trevs. The dory fishing was great as the weather was so kind to us, we fished the inside and the outside of the reefs and as expected smashed rods, lost braid by the klm, straitened hooks, lost lures, pulled knots and all the other very funny things that happen with 12 guys fishing for 1 week. No monsters were landed and we returned plenty of leagal fish however we still came home with a great feed. Fresh bait did a little better than SP's for the reefies and the lures did better than baits for the surface action. All in all it was a great week, the crew was excellent, the boat and food was great and the fishing time mamimized by the amount of ground you can cover in a fast boat with a skipper who really tries. I dare say i'll see the back of that boat again
I along with a great bunch of guys returned last week from a great week on board the Tasman venture to the Swains.
The crew was first class and Lloyd, the skipper and his crew really worked hard to look after us, i couldnt have asked for a better crew. This was my first trip on this boat, but wont be my last, with 12 guys and 3 crew the living quarters are a little tight, but not too bad, the boat though is great to fish from and the dories are very well prepared.
The trip out was great, the weather for the entire week was good to very good and with a boat that cruises at +25knots you get there in a hurry. I had only returned from Japan (overnight flight) 3 hours before the drive up to Hervey bay so i was fairly tired, the plan was get to Hervey bay, load the boat, quick meal, sleep and depart at 11pm for a overnight transit to fishing the following morning. All went to plan apart from the sleep, the rum looked far more attractive and the stories got better as we drank the night away. The fishing was as expected, not crazy but a good mixed bag. We fished some 100M stuff off the big boat on the first and last day for jobbies, reds, trout, a few stray snapper, red throat, lippers, cod etc etc and fished the dories the days in the middle for the same species plus the ever fun spaniards, tuna, sharkies, GT's and golden trevs. The dory fishing was great as the weather was so kind to us, we fished the inside and the outside of the reefs and as expected smashed rods, lost braid by the klm, straitened hooks, lost lures, pulled knots and all the other very funny things that happen with 12 guys fishing for 1 week. No monsters were landed and we returned plenty of leagal fish however we still came home with a great feed. Fresh bait did a little better than SP's for the reefies and the lures did better than baits for the surface action. All in all it was a great week, the crew was excellent, the boat and food was great and the fishing time mamimized by the amount of ground you can cover in a fast boat with a skipper who really tries. I dare say i'll see the back of that boat again