levinge
15-02-2009, 08:42 PM
Yep weather is good, 5-10kts, seas under 1m. For Townsville this is ideal weather, don't worry about the rain, but the change in the tid .32m over a 4 hour period. Who cares, been locked up at home for 3 weeks and now I have a chance to at least get a day on the water.
So we load up the boat and my mate and I head off. Ross River ramp, launch and away. There is still alot of water running out and we navigate out to the entrance. Looking across the bay, no white caps, looking good I push the throttle up and adjust the trim. No dramas, running pretty sweet, we pass Magnetic Island in no time flat. Swell is low and bugger all wind, push the motor to WOT and trim her up. Now we are pushing up on 35 kts. 60 minutes later we are at my Favourite spot. Anchored up and fishing. Not much wind, low swell, no run in the tide and we are swinging all over the shop as the swell and wind were not playing the game.
Anyway we decide to make the best of a bad situation, lines in and we are getting good bites, check the sounder, heaps of show down there. Wasn't long before a sweet looking Nanny is up and in the kill tank. My mate launches an SP to the depth and straight into a Cobia, 10 minute fight and he has it up to the boat. Strange thing about SP's they don't hook as well as the wide gaps etc. So you guessed it, hook out, fish gone and lots of colourful language screamed back in the the water.
We kept a procession of big hits going over the next couple of hours, but whatever they were, they had us dead to rights. Mate hooks up a Bronze Whaler and after 25mins of torture he locks down on the drag and busts off the shark.
Need a rest, we head out to Keeper Reef. Trolled and got 2 enquiries, but no hookups. Dropped the anchor in various locales, 2 trout out of some hiding holes. We ended up catching a heaps of smaller trout, Sweetlip, parrot fish and some strange looking ones also, so the reef is very healthy. About 2pm we pull the pin and head back to Townsville. Sat on 29kts all the way home.
Not the best tide, but surprised us both as we didn't think we'd even get as much actions we did.
Fun day and the itch has been scratched (Just a little bit)
P.S. No photos, missus is in Hong Kong and she has my Camera. Sorry guys
So we load up the boat and my mate and I head off. Ross River ramp, launch and away. There is still alot of water running out and we navigate out to the entrance. Looking across the bay, no white caps, looking good I push the throttle up and adjust the trim. No dramas, running pretty sweet, we pass Magnetic Island in no time flat. Swell is low and bugger all wind, push the motor to WOT and trim her up. Now we are pushing up on 35 kts. 60 minutes later we are at my Favourite spot. Anchored up and fishing. Not much wind, low swell, no run in the tide and we are swinging all over the shop as the swell and wind were not playing the game.
Anyway we decide to make the best of a bad situation, lines in and we are getting good bites, check the sounder, heaps of show down there. Wasn't long before a sweet looking Nanny is up and in the kill tank. My mate launches an SP to the depth and straight into a Cobia, 10 minute fight and he has it up to the boat. Strange thing about SP's they don't hook as well as the wide gaps etc. So you guessed it, hook out, fish gone and lots of colourful language screamed back in the the water.
We kept a procession of big hits going over the next couple of hours, but whatever they were, they had us dead to rights. Mate hooks up a Bronze Whaler and after 25mins of torture he locks down on the drag and busts off the shark.
Need a rest, we head out to Keeper Reef. Trolled and got 2 enquiries, but no hookups. Dropped the anchor in various locales, 2 trout out of some hiding holes. We ended up catching a heaps of smaller trout, Sweetlip, parrot fish and some strange looking ones also, so the reef is very healthy. About 2pm we pull the pin and head back to Townsville. Sat on 29kts all the way home.
Not the best tide, but surprised us both as we didn't think we'd even get as much actions we did.
Fun day and the itch has been scratched (Just a little bit)
P.S. No photos, missus is in Hong Kong and she has my Camera. Sorry guys