No Fear
12-06-2011, 09:26 AM
Hi all,
Sorry for the late report.
Headed up to 1770 last weekend to chase a few fish to fill the freezer as it had been some time since we had been out.
Arrived at our spot around Musgrave around 5am Saturday morning and at that stage the weather was good, and forecasted to get better.
First drop and I get smoked on the new shimano baitrunner so after the early morning start, everyone was awake after that.... put a few reefies in the esky during the morning including 3 stonker pearlies all around 65cm....the odd parrot,hussar, and red throat during the day, but we knew party time was that afternoon as we always find Musgrave fishes better in the afternoon, particularly between sun down and moon up.
We plodded around during the day enjoying the glorious conditions and found our spot at about 3pm and anchored up. ALthough it was a little bit early we prefer to drop the pick earlier to avoid spooking the fish during the prime time...
Sure enough coming around 5pm, the fishing started to heat up.....
Over the next couple of hours we boated 5 reds all between 7 and 10kgs, mostly taken on mullet but a few of the keeper hussar didnt make it to the esky either.....At this stage we were pretty stoked as this was a best catch of reds so far (quantity wise not size) and we were nackered after the early start so had a feed and a bit of a rest. Went to have a drop at around 9pm and the current was raging.....the ocean was flat but not even 48ounces of lead could get me to the bottom so it was time for a sleep-and boy what a sleep it was. The ocean was deadset millpond all night.... some of the best night conditions I've been in and it was probably rougher in the lagoon than out where we were...
Awoke Sunday morning for an exploratory tour of the islands as we were quite content with what we had and were keen to find some ground for next time.
Headed up to boult in search of the elusive coral trout that I have yet to catch . Found some good ground and great shows landing a couple more parrot, no solid rosy job fish, a few more redthroats and just a coronation trout but none of the coral variety.
In millpond conditions we done a lap of fitzroy as we have never been there, marked a few spots that looked likely and headed up with a nice full esky....
What a ripper trip....Great weather, my new torsa went like a dream, and the pe tackle flies continued to jag the big ones..... boat on the trailer and headed back to brissie.....no problems....
Well thats what we thought......lets just say the skippers trailer maintenance isnt exactly up to scratch (thats not me by the way, Im just the decky) and a few of the crossmembers (previously held together by rust) on the trailer decided that they didnt want to go back to Brissie...so the Childers servo was its drop off point, only to be towed for a pick up the following week....not the ending that we had forecasted and the skipper finally had to replace the crappy trailer so we'll be good for next time...I hope...
Sorry about the pics, forgot the camera and the iphone was all we had....Notice the millpond in the background
Sorry for the late report.
Headed up to 1770 last weekend to chase a few fish to fill the freezer as it had been some time since we had been out.
Arrived at our spot around Musgrave around 5am Saturday morning and at that stage the weather was good, and forecasted to get better.
First drop and I get smoked on the new shimano baitrunner so after the early morning start, everyone was awake after that.... put a few reefies in the esky during the morning including 3 stonker pearlies all around 65cm....the odd parrot,hussar, and red throat during the day, but we knew party time was that afternoon as we always find Musgrave fishes better in the afternoon, particularly between sun down and moon up.
We plodded around during the day enjoying the glorious conditions and found our spot at about 3pm and anchored up. ALthough it was a little bit early we prefer to drop the pick earlier to avoid spooking the fish during the prime time...
Sure enough coming around 5pm, the fishing started to heat up.....
Over the next couple of hours we boated 5 reds all between 7 and 10kgs, mostly taken on mullet but a few of the keeper hussar didnt make it to the esky either.....At this stage we were pretty stoked as this was a best catch of reds so far (quantity wise not size) and we were nackered after the early start so had a feed and a bit of a rest. Went to have a drop at around 9pm and the current was raging.....the ocean was flat but not even 48ounces of lead could get me to the bottom so it was time for a sleep-and boy what a sleep it was. The ocean was deadset millpond all night.... some of the best night conditions I've been in and it was probably rougher in the lagoon than out where we were...
Awoke Sunday morning for an exploratory tour of the islands as we were quite content with what we had and were keen to find some ground for next time.
Headed up to boult in search of the elusive coral trout that I have yet to catch . Found some good ground and great shows landing a couple more parrot, no solid rosy job fish, a few more redthroats and just a coronation trout but none of the coral variety.
In millpond conditions we done a lap of fitzroy as we have never been there, marked a few spots that looked likely and headed up with a nice full esky....
What a ripper trip....Great weather, my new torsa went like a dream, and the pe tackle flies continued to jag the big ones..... boat on the trailer and headed back to brissie.....no problems....
Well thats what we thought......lets just say the skippers trailer maintenance isnt exactly up to scratch (thats not me by the way, Im just the decky) and a few of the crossmembers (previously held together by rust) on the trailer decided that they didnt want to go back to Brissie...so the Childers servo was its drop off point, only to be towed for a pick up the following week....not the ending that we had forecasted and the skipper finally had to replace the crappy trailer so we'll be good for next time...I hope...
Sorry about the pics, forgot the camera and the iphone was all we had....Notice the millpond in the background