madman1
19-08-2007, 07:59 AM
A mate of mine flew up from Brisbane for my birthday last week so we decided to grab one of those Whitsunday Boat Hire 455 Polycrafts.
We were advised that the results in the past were very poor so we had that in mind and headed to our destination of which we hadn't been before little lone the whitsundays at all.
For those who haven't fished up here before bear in mind that the tides are significantly bigger than Brisbane and fishing the top and bottom of the tides are strongly recommended.
After fumbling around in a boat that is significanlky smaller than my previous, we managed to find a productive patch and landed three large mouth nanagai and a snodger sweetlip.;D
By this time the current was roaring over our spot so then decided to troll a couple of lures from Hook to North Mole. We thought it was unproductive till we pulled both lures in and found we had a strike but didn't notice it. Bugger.
A quick drift along North Mole produced a 42 cm coral trout and a high tackle loss count.>:(
We headed home in very wet conditions in weather that was reletively good. Bow rider polycraft dont handle a small chop from the front corner very well. Ah well i must be used to a half cab.
All in all the day was good (but the weekend turned out very expensive).
Sorry no pics.
After the trip I soon worked out that I need another boat!!!
Now its time to work on the missus.::)
Cheers
Mark.
We were advised that the results in the past were very poor so we had that in mind and headed to our destination of which we hadn't been before little lone the whitsundays at all.
For those who haven't fished up here before bear in mind that the tides are significantly bigger than Brisbane and fishing the top and bottom of the tides are strongly recommended.
After fumbling around in a boat that is significanlky smaller than my previous, we managed to find a productive patch and landed three large mouth nanagai and a snodger sweetlip.;D
By this time the current was roaring over our spot so then decided to troll a couple of lures from Hook to North Mole. We thought it was unproductive till we pulled both lures in and found we had a strike but didn't notice it. Bugger.
A quick drift along North Mole produced a 42 cm coral trout and a high tackle loss count.>:(
We headed home in very wet conditions in weather that was reletively good. Bow rider polycraft dont handle a small chop from the front corner very well. Ah well i must be used to a half cab.
All in all the day was good (but the weekend turned out very expensive).
Sorry no pics.
After the trip I soon worked out that I need another boat!!!
Now its time to work on the missus.::)
Cheers
Mark.