SeaSaw
06-11-2005, 10:42 PM
We had a great weekend of fishing in the Sunshine Coast River to Reef Fishing Competition. We tried to go out Friday Night but conditions were horrible so we turned around and got some sleep instead. Saturday morning provided teh chance to get out and the conditions ended up being great out at the Banks but the fishing was slow to start with.
Saw Jeffo (I thing) in a Kevla Cat 3400 out on the 18 mile bait grounds where we were jigging up some livies. I can never tell if it is Jeffo or not as he gets around a bit and is always on a different boat. ::) ;D
We jigged up some livies and Johno also jigged up a pearly which ended up winning the Pearly category of the comp. ::) Pretty impressive capture on a no 14 hook ..... it went 3.6kg.
That afternoon the fish really came on at the Banks with Snapper, Parrot, Amberjack and Kingies all hitting the deck. ;D ;D ;D We started releasing snapper before we hit the bag limit as we were searching for a XOS one. Sunday morning saw the same thing with the snapper really turning it on. We must have released at least a dozen. I dropped a snapper estimated between 8 and 9kg when it took one last run near the surface. :( That one would have won the Snapper Category easily.
We had a great time at the comp, caught some quality fish, and took out a prize. Now I need to get some sleep. I'll put a more detailed report into the next B&B.
Pics to follow.
Cheers,
Mark
Saw Jeffo (I thing) in a Kevla Cat 3400 out on the 18 mile bait grounds where we were jigging up some livies. I can never tell if it is Jeffo or not as he gets around a bit and is always on a different boat. ::) ;D
We jigged up some livies and Johno also jigged up a pearly which ended up winning the Pearly category of the comp. ::) Pretty impressive capture on a no 14 hook ..... it went 3.6kg.
That afternoon the fish really came on at the Banks with Snapper, Parrot, Amberjack and Kingies all hitting the deck. ;D ;D ;D We started releasing snapper before we hit the bag limit as we were searching for a XOS one. Sunday morning saw the same thing with the snapper really turning it on. We must have released at least a dozen. I dropped a snapper estimated between 8 and 9kg when it took one last run near the surface. :( That one would have won the Snapper Category easily.
We had a great time at the comp, caught some quality fish, and took out a prize. Now I need to get some sleep. I'll put a more detailed report into the next B&B.
Pics to follow.
Cheers,
Mark