Some recent Hervey Bay Fishin

[Scotto]

Our niece Jess visited us again in September with our initial plans of traveling the WET centre spoiled due to flooding out West. A quick decision was made to spend a week up at lake Awonga for a bit of barra fishing. Unfortunately the rain moved east & we struggled at Awonga with only 3 fish for our efforts at 95,& 2 x 98cm.

Upon returning to Hervey Bay we struck a lovely day to head up the Island for some whale watching & a bit of fishing.

Called past the 6 mile on teh way up to see if there where any tuna about & came across a good school of Mac Tuna.

Jess managed two straight up while Steve took a little longer to get back into "tuna mode"

We pushed on up the Island stopping in to watch a few hump backs playing with their calves. With such a lovely afternoon I decided to shoot up to the Rooneys to see if we could finish with a couple of Snapper. We marked a few patches of bait & after a few drifts managed two nice fish & busted a good one off

I also had the pleasure of fishing with Dr Ben Diggles ( http://www.digsfish.com/ ) . Ben was keen for some creek fishing & we had a great day exploring the Great Sandy Straights.

With a bit of warm weather we started out in search of Golden Trevally on the flats but unfortunately didn't come across any. We did have a huge qld grouper swim with us for a while in a few metres of water & manged half a dozen tasty calamari. With a rising tide we pushed up a few creeks and managed a couple of nice Jacks which was a pleasant surprise

Great way to christen my new Shimano Stradic CI4 3500 loaded with Power Pro Braid. I have just started using the Power Pro braid & believe it is the best I have used to date. It is like a cross between woven & fused braids & casts fantastic, knots easily & has given me no problems so far ..............

There is just So much water to explore down through the Straights & So little Time ....................

Regards Scotto

[Two Utes]

Just love the diversity, and all the different fishing options/opportunity.
Thanks for the insight!

[LostNearBribie]

Looks like loads of fun. Some great fish there.
Can't wait to get amongst the jacks again...
Is that a Polycraft you are in?

[happygilmour]

Red,

Check out the below link. Its not a poly but a Haines 485SF.

http://www.activeangler.com.au/forum...ead.php?t=6245

Sweet boat.

Scotto, some great fish there as usual. Will have to get up there and go for a spin some time. Still tossing up what to do and get.

Cheers

[Barramag]

Love ya work Scott.You always give Jess and Steve a good time mate.Gotta love the Straits hey.
Paulo

[Treno]

awsome sessions there mate top stuff

[Creek Vermin]

Grat fish there mate. Keen to get back into some red boys now.
Cheers. keith

[MarineNet]

can't wait to get up there at the end of the year! Nice work on the report

[Beevor]

Scotto...

You'll have to excuse my Southern trouty ignorance, but what's the fish that Dr Diggles is holding? Looks like a cross between a bream and one of those Japanese sea bream....

[Dusty]

That's a nice little Grunter there Beevor, get more common the further north you go.

Dusty.