First Deep Sea Charter

[snelly1971]

I started my own Fishing Charter Business recently and the first trip went well. Conditions were good with a lazy 2.5 meter swell with no wind. We fished mainly in 90 fathoms and the customers had a great time. There were 10 stripey trumpter caught, 2 gummy shark , 30 Morwong, 10 crayfish, and 1 giant crab caught for the day.


Cheers Mick

[TimiBoy]

Gotta be happy with that!

Cheers,

Tim

[wags on the water]

Congratulations Mick and nice fish. Thanks for sharing your report.

Cheers,
Wags

[dfox]

Well done mick! How good are those giant crabs! Makes our muddies look small, good luck in your latest venture ... foxy

[hookinin]

Hope all keeps going as well as the first trip and great to see the report. Always good to see some different fish and crabs.
Cheers Gaven

[finding_time]

Great stuff mick!!!

I get down your way every few years, your now on the list of things to do!;) Unless that bloody west coast weather has other ideas:P


Ian

[Kendall249]

Well done Mick, hope all goes well with the new charter business and keep the reports coming.

Cheers Kendall

[disorderly]

Looks like some happy campers onboard that charter Mick...nice work..

How far off the coast did you have to go to get the fish...?

Sure is a ripper of a crab...how much do they weigh...???

Scott

[nigelr]

Thanks for the great report and pics.
Best of luck with the new venture, those fish, crayfish and that crab would have ensured some very happy punters!
Cheers.

[snelly1971]

Looks like some happy campers onboard that charter Mick...nice work..

How far off the coast did you have to go to get the fish...?

Sure is a ripper of a crab...how much do they weigh...???

Scott

We were 17 NM out, the crab weighed 6kg

Mick

[bugman]

Mick,

Glad to see you finally got her up and running mate. I hope the weather holds well for you over the summer while the tourists are around. God knows Strahan needs a good charter fishing option.

We'll be down in Jan by the looks of it. Barry said he and Wakey got into a few last night as the change moved through - before that the crays were a bit scarce this week.

What depth did you drop the pot mate. I've always wanted to eat a giant crab but was too cheap to shell out the hard earned.

Brett

[snelly1971]

Mick,

Glad to see you finally got her up and running mate. I hope the weather holds well for you over the summer while the tourists are around. God knows Strahan needs a good charter fishing option.

We'll be down in Jan by the looks of it. Barry said he and Wakey got into a few last night as the change moved through - before that the crays were a bit scarce this week.

What depth did you drop the pot mate. I've always wanted to eat a giant crab but was too cheap to shell out the hard earned.

Brett

90+ fathom the pot was set in for 4 hrs. I found a rather large rock by itself a little while ago and it holds stripey trumpeter all the time, I bet my left nut it also holds more crabs, and maybe some huge monster deep water CRAYS...

Mick

[Benny01]

in the first pic of the sounder(and the others aswel) what exactly are u looking for

[Benno1]

happy faces...good to see...i hope every one of your trips is like this one (well maybe a bit better :P)...i can almost taste those crays...mmmmm garlic butter :D
thanks for the piccies and report...all the best in your new venture :D

Mrs Benno1

[snelly1971]

in the first pic of the sounder(and the others aswel) what exactly are u looking for

If you notice , the bottom is really thick, ...This to me , is what we call cray bottom, and you can also see that I have run over a ledge.
On the left hand side of the sounder, it is set on Bottom Lock, whenever I see those Streaky Blue/ Yellow, and sometimes red streaks, it means Fish, Fish ,Fish

Mick

[Vitamin Sea]

Well done Mick and welcome back.

Hope you do well.

PS; What do the crabs east like? sure are big suckers.

Cheers

Bill

[Vindicator]

Good on ya Mick, some nice fish and crays there. Good luck in the charter business, kep going like that and you'll be fully booked.

Cheers
Kezza

[snelly1971]

Well done Mick and welcome back.

Hope you do well.

PS; What do the crabs east like? sure are big suckers.

Cheers

Bill

Crabs eat very well, they are alot sweeter than crayfish, they make great patties

Mick

[tfish]

great report. never seen a crab like that before. cheers for the report!!

[The_Tub]

Hi mick

looks like you've got a good thing going there,good fish and a massive crab,i'm just wondering if anyone knows where you can get those lobby pots from,i'd like to get some and take off evans head where i fish alot:) any info would be appreciated

hope your charter bussiness goes well flat seas heaps of fish!

cheers mal

[snelly1971]

Hi mick

looks like you've got a good thing going there,good fish and a massive crab,i'm just wondering if anyone knows where you can get those lobby pots from,i'd like to get some and take off evans head where i fish alot:) any info would be appreciated

hope your charter bussiness goes well flat seas heaps of fish!

cheers mal

Hi Mal, I am not sure if you can buy them up there, but if you can, get hold of a fold up coff/ Pot. they are the best for catching crabs, and even cays. I will post a picture of mine. I just purchased 2 today from Ch Smith Marine here in Launceston , I think they were $210

Mick

[Horse]

Great to see you back in action. The charter business should be a goer:) . I know I would jump at the chance to get into a few of the species you have down there.
That monster could make quite a few Crab sangas;D