FisHard
20-11-2011, 08:08 AM
Hi guys,
Headed up to 1770 on Friday. Left Brisbane 4 am and due to roadworks, didn't hit Agnes till about 12. Fueled up the Seafarer and headed north. Condition were ok- 15kt ENE. We made our way up to the Barcoola wreck and dropped some jigs. First drop produced a little AJ. Dam it was good to be back here! We did several drifts over the wreck for a handful of Trevally (a nice Golden, a cute little 3 kg GT and the good old Bludgers) and some more AJs. But the action was slow compared to previous sorties up there.
We then headed out to the wreck of the Shannon, but it was even slower there. It was getting on mid arvo now, so we headed towards Fitzroy, fishing a lump for a couple of RTEs on the way. We had made the decision to fish till dark and then sleep outside the lagoon (not having the balls to make the entrance in the dark) so we anchored up in 10m of water on the protected westerly edge of the reef for the night. It was now blowing 15-20kts from the east and whilst not unbearable, it wasn't exactly paradise :( We did pull some nice Red throats of the sandy bottom on light gear though, which was great fun.
We hit the sack about 1030, but I hardly slept a wink, worrying about our postion (shouldn't have- we didn't move)
Saturday dawned with 15kts again, so whilst munching on Just right, set a pattern of X-Raps and a couple of little skirted lures and trolled around to the lagoon entrance. We poked our nose in and immediately wished we had stayed in here last night!!! Beautiful!
With nothing on the troll, we headed back to a bit of reef fishing for little results. It was very quiet. Once more, we tried our 2 wrecks with the jigs and only got 2 Ajs and a Bludger, who dispite being only 4-5kgs, really put up on a performance. I was fishing PE 4 over a Smith jig stick and a Jigging Master reel (fairly solid gear) and he took a bit of subduing. I seriously expected a 8kg fish to come up!
By this point, I suggested to my deckie, things were obviously pretty slack, so how about heading to the barn?
We got back to the ramp, tidied up and got home 830pm.
It was a shame the fishing was a bit slow, but every trip to 1770 is always special. This is the first overnighter in my 6.2m Seafarer centre console. It has a bunk in fill in the bow with custom cushions. It worked bloody well! There was plenty of room for us to sleep. It was also the first trip using the front clears and that also was great, offering real oprotection against wind and spray whilst travelling.
It was reassuring it all went well- I've just invested in a new 200 Suzi to go on the back!
Cheers and good fishing to everyone
Headed up to 1770 on Friday. Left Brisbane 4 am and due to roadworks, didn't hit Agnes till about 12. Fueled up the Seafarer and headed north. Condition were ok- 15kt ENE. We made our way up to the Barcoola wreck and dropped some jigs. First drop produced a little AJ. Dam it was good to be back here! We did several drifts over the wreck for a handful of Trevally (a nice Golden, a cute little 3 kg GT and the good old Bludgers) and some more AJs. But the action was slow compared to previous sorties up there.
We then headed out to the wreck of the Shannon, but it was even slower there. It was getting on mid arvo now, so we headed towards Fitzroy, fishing a lump for a couple of RTEs on the way. We had made the decision to fish till dark and then sleep outside the lagoon (not having the balls to make the entrance in the dark) so we anchored up in 10m of water on the protected westerly edge of the reef for the night. It was now blowing 15-20kts from the east and whilst not unbearable, it wasn't exactly paradise :( We did pull some nice Red throats of the sandy bottom on light gear though, which was great fun.
We hit the sack about 1030, but I hardly slept a wink, worrying about our postion (shouldn't have- we didn't move)
Saturday dawned with 15kts again, so whilst munching on Just right, set a pattern of X-Raps and a couple of little skirted lures and trolled around to the lagoon entrance. We poked our nose in and immediately wished we had stayed in here last night!!! Beautiful!
With nothing on the troll, we headed back to a bit of reef fishing for little results. It was very quiet. Once more, we tried our 2 wrecks with the jigs and only got 2 Ajs and a Bludger, who dispite being only 4-5kgs, really put up on a performance. I was fishing PE 4 over a Smith jig stick and a Jigging Master reel (fairly solid gear) and he took a bit of subduing. I seriously expected a 8kg fish to come up!
By this point, I suggested to my deckie, things were obviously pretty slack, so how about heading to the barn?
We got back to the ramp, tidied up and got home 830pm.
It was a shame the fishing was a bit slow, but every trip to 1770 is always special. This is the first overnighter in my 6.2m Seafarer centre console. It has a bunk in fill in the bow with custom cushions. It worked bloody well! There was plenty of room for us to sleep. It was also the first trip using the front clears and that also was great, offering real oprotection against wind and spray whilst travelling.
It was reassuring it all went well- I've just invested in a new 200 Suzi to go on the back!
Cheers and good fishing to everyone