RAGINGBULL
28-09-2008, 08:11 PM
Hi All
Well the Bi annual trip to Montes is over
Montes is roughly 50km north of the Whitsundays between Airley beach and Bowen, the resort is on the mainland 40 min from Proserpine and is bordered by Glouchester and Shag Island for a safe anchorage
there are many islands close glouchester 1km Ratray 13km , Middle 13km, Holbourne at 38km and the reef 75km away
Arrived the 13th after a 1200km trip, it can be done in 1 day
2 boats, team Bull and Team Tegan
Myself my son and 4 mates
Day one launched at 12pm conditions close to perfect,
to get to know the area we trolled the local inshore reefs and banks just off the Resort approx 2km away, we were getting nothing trolling lures but the other boat was getting hook-up after hookup right next to us Queenies, Trevally Dog and spotty mackeral and some up stoppables, all in 2 hours at midday.
That evening after not getting a bump we re-assessed the situation, was it troll speed, motor sound, depth, steel trace, type of lure, the next morning we would see again??????????.
the next morning we had the same thing and the speed was increase 1 fish then nothing, we had checked Gregs lure and he was using a gold halco pro laser with a black back 7m deep diver we were running xraps and any other deep diver, red and white, green, pilchard, Purple and got nothing, we shot back for breaky and the entire collection came out with us, mike had a Killa barra lure 21 foot goldish with Black Back down it went with immediate results.
Damn i dont have one.
Off to Proserpine on Sunday and the tackle shop has just closed, "im getting deperate".
I try a gold bomber and have limited success with a few nice size Dog mackeral
We head off around Glouchester and drop 2 nice spanish on the XRAPS near the top, mmmm maybe they work out here in the deep, then nothing more
Gregs Gold Halco has accounded for Spanish Mackeral queenies and many other fish 90% i would say and team bull is getting worried
Next day off to Proserpine and we fing a gold killa lure and a gold and green back Halco 7m woohoo the gold and green back caught nothing , nix nudder " strange is it not that the lure can be so similar yet catch nothing" nothing could compare to the now re-nounded GOLDEN BOY
Greg was now Guarding his lure at night and sleeping with Golden Boy in his bed.
This was not unusuall for greg as the next day he played dress up out at Ratray and after Killing the Spanish with Golden boy he did a big reveal and when he pulled up next to us he had put on his wifes red number on and put coconut halves in to accetuate the neccessary dimensions,
needless to say we all slept with our backs to wall after that..
we now had 3 days of perfect weather dave had manged 6 crayfish pretty easily and one went 2.5kg thats right 2.5kg.
the forecast from our mates in Brisbane was 7 more days perfect weather whaaat i was hoping for a chill day sometime, we were booked there untill the 21st
Needless to say we found a tackle shop in Cannonvale on the second to last day and there they were Golden Golden boys in rows we lined up to pay with glee in our eyes, the owners comment was Gold today and it was Red and White last week good for business. " go figure"
Team Tegan head off to Holbourne and we start making up some ground Freezers are all full and we are throwing fish back by the dozen.
Mike manages a 6 foot Baracuda which we try and release alive after it almost destroys the boat, and breaks the Gaff.
Team Tegan come back with some big Spanish and a story of a beautifull island and poddy mullet stuck in a little bay geeting smashed by game fish , they had lunch out there on the fish they caught
It was on for the next day at Holbourne 38KM
We got about 3 spanish we dived in amongst the bait, saw spanish comming into 6 foot of water while snorkelling had lunch and then called it a day.
what a trip weather never got above 15 knots.
The group spit up 1/2 going to 1770 and we went to the elliot river for a few days with a mate at his shack
we met up on the way back with the other blokes they had done 3 days and managed a few nice fish in particular a 51 pound long tail, Nothern Blue fin,
The small black Marlin had not arrived yet on the bait reefs
so we went straight past and headed home
Weather still perfect, i believe in blew its guts out in Brisbane.
Photos to Follow when i can reduce them
Cheers Mark
PS Lots of Red Wine, beer, fish squid and crayfish was consumed
THERE ARE TO MANY PHOTOS TO SHARE SO HERE ARE A FEW
Well the Bi annual trip to Montes is over
Montes is roughly 50km north of the Whitsundays between Airley beach and Bowen, the resort is on the mainland 40 min from Proserpine and is bordered by Glouchester and Shag Island for a safe anchorage
there are many islands close glouchester 1km Ratray 13km , Middle 13km, Holbourne at 38km and the reef 75km away
Arrived the 13th after a 1200km trip, it can be done in 1 day
2 boats, team Bull and Team Tegan
Myself my son and 4 mates
Day one launched at 12pm conditions close to perfect,
to get to know the area we trolled the local inshore reefs and banks just off the Resort approx 2km away, we were getting nothing trolling lures but the other boat was getting hook-up after hookup right next to us Queenies, Trevally Dog and spotty mackeral and some up stoppables, all in 2 hours at midday.
That evening after not getting a bump we re-assessed the situation, was it troll speed, motor sound, depth, steel trace, type of lure, the next morning we would see again??????????.
the next morning we had the same thing and the speed was increase 1 fish then nothing, we had checked Gregs lure and he was using a gold halco pro laser with a black back 7m deep diver we were running xraps and any other deep diver, red and white, green, pilchard, Purple and got nothing, we shot back for breaky and the entire collection came out with us, mike had a Killa barra lure 21 foot goldish with Black Back down it went with immediate results.
Damn i dont have one.
Off to Proserpine on Sunday and the tackle shop has just closed, "im getting deperate".
I try a gold bomber and have limited success with a few nice size Dog mackeral
We head off around Glouchester and drop 2 nice spanish on the XRAPS near the top, mmmm maybe they work out here in the deep, then nothing more
Gregs Gold Halco has accounded for Spanish Mackeral queenies and many other fish 90% i would say and team bull is getting worried
Next day off to Proserpine and we fing a gold killa lure and a gold and green back Halco 7m woohoo the gold and green back caught nothing , nix nudder " strange is it not that the lure can be so similar yet catch nothing" nothing could compare to the now re-nounded GOLDEN BOY
Greg was now Guarding his lure at night and sleeping with Golden Boy in his bed.
This was not unusuall for greg as the next day he played dress up out at Ratray and after Killing the Spanish with Golden boy he did a big reveal and when he pulled up next to us he had put on his wifes red number on and put coconut halves in to accetuate the neccessary dimensions,
needless to say we all slept with our backs to wall after that..
we now had 3 days of perfect weather dave had manged 6 crayfish pretty easily and one went 2.5kg thats right 2.5kg.
the forecast from our mates in Brisbane was 7 more days perfect weather whaaat i was hoping for a chill day sometime, we were booked there untill the 21st
Needless to say we found a tackle shop in Cannonvale on the second to last day and there they were Golden Golden boys in rows we lined up to pay with glee in our eyes, the owners comment was Gold today and it was Red and White last week good for business. " go figure"
Team Tegan head off to Holbourne and we start making up some ground Freezers are all full and we are throwing fish back by the dozen.
Mike manages a 6 foot Baracuda which we try and release alive after it almost destroys the boat, and breaks the Gaff.
Team Tegan come back with some big Spanish and a story of a beautifull island and poddy mullet stuck in a little bay geeting smashed by game fish , they had lunch out there on the fish they caught
It was on for the next day at Holbourne 38KM
We got about 3 spanish we dived in amongst the bait, saw spanish comming into 6 foot of water while snorkelling had lunch and then called it a day.
what a trip weather never got above 15 knots.
The group spit up 1/2 going to 1770 and we went to the elliot river for a few days with a mate at his shack
we met up on the way back with the other blokes they had done 3 days and managed a few nice fish in particular a 51 pound long tail, Nothern Blue fin,
The small black Marlin had not arrived yet on the bait reefs
so we went straight past and headed home
Weather still perfect, i believe in blew its guts out in Brisbane.
Photos to Follow when i can reduce them
Cheers Mark
PS Lots of Red Wine, beer, fish squid and crayfish was consumed
THERE ARE TO MANY PHOTOS TO SHARE SO HERE ARE A FEW