Originally Posted by
Smithy
Yeh you might have got me. I can't remember any actual cases of Cig from Platypus Bay Trout but I know a few cases of big ones caught and let go from the fear that they would most probably have Cig. Back in the days when the Brisbane Sportfishing Club started fishing out of Wathumba Ck for its annual fishing trip, local guys like Dave Brown from Maryborough used to tag along in his big Stingray and he had heaps of productive reef spots in Platypus Bay that produced Trout. That is the days before it became a virtual reef desert through overfishing and you also hear stories of trawlers dragging chains to knock down the reefier areas so they could trawl them at a later time. It is amazing to hear the fishing stories from these guys that got in on the early days of the Triangle Reefs, Trevally Ally, the Blackall Reef, Brownies Spot, Jones' Spot, the Scarlet spot, the reefs off Station Hill, the reefs off Wathumba etc. Reds as well! There have also been quite a few big ones caught from outside Breaksea and let go as well due to fear of Cig. Golden Pheonix got that monster one that time and I guess Summer Bay and Tassie Venture have seen their share of big ones come over the side. Actually it would be worth asking Arthur, Geoff, Sid, Lloyd etc. if you see them in your travels, if any of them have developed Cig from all the fish from out there that they would have eaten over the years?