May Trip up North......

[Pistol_P]

Headed a bit further North again this year with the main goal being to try and nail a BIG GT land based.The fishing was a bit slower than last years trip up but we managed some nice fish off the jetties and rocks.
In total I saw five absolute enormous GT's which on each occasion gave chase after poppers but didnt strike.... http://www.sportfishextreme.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_mad.gif
On one occasion I had a HUGE black GT just cruise in behind a Halco Roosta pop and make me shake then shy away...would have been 30kg with ease.They seem to be moody like kings... http://www.sportfishextreme.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif
The queenies were harder to find this year but got a few nice ones along with reds,sweetlip,trout,cod,small GT's....all on plastics & poppers.
Also saw countless turtles,sharks and for the first time dugongs....
They are the weirdest things ever.... http://www.sportfishextreme.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_surprised.gif
All in all another great trip away.

Cheers,
Pete

[Pistol_P]

Some more pics....

[Pistol_P]

Some more...

[charleville]

Land based???!!!! That is awesome!!! :)

That is the stuff that tourist brochures are made of! :D

What a great post! Well done!

[Wahoo]

well done Pete, pics look good and the sea looked in your favour,
how far north did you end up going?


Daz

[tunapikus]

Nice one mr pistol looks like u had some great days up there ill have to come up with u next year i think what did ur misses catch

[Pistol_P]

Yeah all landbased...whitsundays.8-)

Pete

[Pistol_P]

Nice one mr pistol looks like u had some great days up there ill have to come up with u next year i think what did ur misses catch

Believe it or not the Mrs caught a big fat ZERO....
BUT her time was a bit restricted as she was looking after the bub......:P
I just went fishing.....I got a good Mrs.....;) ;D ;D

Pete

[tunapikus]

yeah nice one mate

[marty+jojo]

Pete,
Some very nice fish there mate.I'm jealous. Well done.
Marty.

[jackextracter]

Some great fish there bud looks like you had a great time them plastics you are using are great i use them up north for barra they always produce the goods.

[wombie]

nice fish good pics well done Pete

cheers paul

[fish_on]

yeah well done mate. nice work off the stones

[big_steve001]

awesome stuff mate sounds like it was a great trip. what size leader were you using

[Murph77]

Awesome photos mate with some great fish. Sounds like a top trip.

[Pistol_P]

awesome stuff mate sounds like it was a great trip. what size leader were you using

40lb fluro most of the time..
Although on the heavier popping stick I had 30lb braid with a 80lb twisted leader.

Pete

[tiges]

Well done Pete. A diverse range of species mate, but thats you all over isn't it. Were you slow rolling them slickies deep, or up top?

Cheers mate
Tim

[Pistol_P]

Well done Pete. A diverse range of species mate, but thats you all over isn't it. Were you slow rolling them slickies deep, or up top?

Cheers mate
Tim

Hey Tim,
Yeah Mate all types of retrieves....Just the straight lift and drop for the reefies..
The queenies love a big jerk and fast retrieve.
Catch up with ya soon.

Pete

[jtpython]

Amazing pic's and exspecially land based some beautiful reefies Pete congrates

[sleepygreg]

Nice work there Pete.....now if i can figure out how to do some fishin while I am on my wor trips up there I would be real happy!!

Greg

[seapup]

Pete,
Some top fish there mate well done!
Call u when I get home so we can wrestle with some AJ's

[seapup]

Pete,
Some top fish there mate well done!
Call u when I get home so we can wrestle with some AJ's out wide!
Cheers,
Benny.
;)

[Red Bull]

Excellent work there Pete, thanks for sharing some great pics.

Where in the Whitsundays were you? It almost looks like you are around the Brampton Island area.....looking north to the Smith Islands perhaps? Just a guess, mind you!

What sort of depth are you fishing with the soft plastics?

Anyway, top stuff mate :)

Cheers
Red Bull

[ffejsmada]

Looks like you had a top time Pete, well done.

Top shots too!

Cheers, Jeff;)

[BennyJ]

Great fish mate , it really is a great place

[Kayak1]

Small queenies = great tussle. XOS queenies = ???? I can't imagine what it would be like to tackle one of those. Thanks for the report.
Cheers,
Steve.

[Pistol_P]

Small queenies = great tussle. XOS queenies = ???? I can't imagine what it would be like to tackle one of those. Thanks for the report.
Cheers,
Steve.

The big queenies are one of my favorite fish....They Fight hard,peel line and some are very acrobatic as well.8-)

Pete

[nuggstar]

you the man pete .wheres the pics of the gt's, WE WANNA SEE SOME GT'S hehe. good form mate.

[sharkbaithoohaha]

Great pics Pete,and a great variety of beautiful fish caught.I bet you were not bored for one second.Good on ya mate.

[richieboy]

Great pics Pete of some quality fish landbased. I'm with extractor on the squidgies. They are the go up North. Landed my fair share of Queenies on em as well as other pelagics.
Top stuff mate.

Rich

[BLOOEY]

Nice work pete,Top photos.Is that a flowery cod in one of those pics.Bet you wished you had a boat up there.Might have to make my way up.Top effort mate.Ben