Colorado
05-12-2005, 12:29 PM
Went to Mermaid to try for some Spots but the schools of bait and fish that were present until the rain came were not to be seen. Heaps of Tailor on the reef so made the move down to Palmy. Pulled up and a school of Spots were busting up. Got a cast in and hooked up straight away and landed a nice 9lb Spotty. The school quickly went down so put out the pick. Started floating out some baits whilst continuing to spin. I picked up another 2 Spots around the same size in quick succession before they disappeared.
My mates on board were getting smoked buy fish left, right and centre but most were probably sharks that seemed to be in plague proportions on the reef. We kept two for a feed and returned the rest.
No more Spots but the boys picked up a few Squire, Sweetlip and Bream on the baits that sunk down to deep and also a couple of small Cobia.
I didn’t see any other Spots caught but a few nice Cobia were taken by a mate in another boat.
Hopefully the water will clean up and the Spots will come back on the bite for next weekend.
My mates on board were getting smoked buy fish left, right and centre but most were probably sharks that seemed to be in plague proportions on the reef. We kept two for a feed and returned the rest.
No more Spots but the boys picked up a few Squire, Sweetlip and Bream on the baits that sunk down to deep and also a couple of small Cobia.
I didn’t see any other Spots caught but a few nice Cobia were taken by a mate in another boat.
Hopefully the water will clean up and the Spots will come back on the bite for next weekend.