Hervey Bay - First Couple Days

[gunna]

Sydney mate and I do a fishing holiday every year somewhere in S/E Qld. Last year we decided on River Heads - about the same time that the weather Gods decided to dump on Bundaberg. Needless to say, bugger all fishing was done, but the area certainly appealed, so Monday arvo saw us rock back in to River Heads for a 7 day stay.

Regulars to the site will know that I have been seeking advice on the area via the Forum. A few locals have been great with their help, particularly Chewy and Paulo. Chewy visited us yesterday arvo to drop off some pots and to point out some of the general areas we might explore.

Weather has been ordinary but yesterday morning we decided to take on the challenge of fishing German Ck. We headed off in a raging sou-easter, got drenched by spray, but made it into a creek for a couple hours. First 10 minutes saw a nice grunter landed, but bugger all after that. We found later we were actually fishing Mosquito, so German beckons for tomorrow.

Yesterday arvo Apollo arrived with the Key West in tow for a trip today to one of his Bay spots. Up at sparrows today to be at the ramp by 0400 - to be at the spot before sun-up. We had a great day. Spotties, schoolies, trevors and the odd shark. Big bust-ups. Spooled reels. Chasing fish to prevent spooled reels. The day had it all. We didn't get huge numbers but gee we caught some nice fish. Thanks heaps to Steve for the day.

Didn't get a lot of photos, but we did get a shot of the "not too bad" golden that Steve caught.

More to come tomorrow or the next day.

[Barramag]

Great stuff Pete,Steve likes his early starts hey. Top Golden that as well,pleased you got on to some fish this time around.

Paulo

[tackle_buster]

Sounds like a good day out Pete. Always good to get amongst a few. Nice Golden Steve

[addicted]

Sounds like a top day , keep us posted how the rest of your trip plays out. I won't be getting out for a fish for a while and it is always nice to come on here and read others adventures, breaks up the day a bit. Good luck for tommorrow

[robersl]

Well done men was sitting at work looking at seabreeze thinking the boys have got some nice weather glad you got some fish

[Funchy]

Good stuff Pete. Sounds like a top day and its good tosee that AA'ers will pass on spots and tips.

Nice trev

Keep em coming

[Scotto]

Its a shame the weather has been flogging you again - but your off to a better start than last year !

How Good Is Hervey Bay - Scotto

[Bazil Brush]

Good to see that you are getting some fish mate & the weather is a little better than last time, also great to see the local AA crew helping out ( as they alway's do)..
Baz

[Apollo]

Good day Pete. We certainly got plagued by 40cm trevs that pull hard for their size and are fun on lighter string. Hope you enjoy your feed. Steve

[BR65]

Sweet Pete, nice one Stevie, chewy and paulo