Some more Hervey Bay Snapper ....

[Scott Mitchell]

http://scotto.com.au/cmsimages/BillfishMac.jpg

Had Billfish & a couple of mates up for the June long weekend - which turned on some challenging weather. This appears to be a pattern with Billfish in the bay - so I suggest checking if he will be in the area before arranging any future trips :D

http://scotto.com.au/cmsimages/ScottoSnapperWriggler1.jpg

After the coldest day in Qld for decades & rain verging on sleet , Monday dawned cool & clear. We started in the bay fishing teh artificial reefs to no avail so a decision was made to run up the Island for the afternoon with the SW'er dropping off .....

http://scotto.com.au/cmsimages/ScottoSnapperWriggler.jpg

I actually grabbed the wrong outfit & ended up fishing with my new Stella 3000 FE & G.Loomis Drop shot combo with 15lb Power pro & 20lb leaders - which made for some exciting fishing.Bill doing a great job on the net & camera 8-)

http://scotto.com.au/cmsimages/ScottoBIGSnapperWriggler.jpg

Finished up with a couple over 5kgs - one at around 4.5kgs , one at 50cm & lost the last good one to the resident grouper http://www.ausbream.com/Forum/images/icon_smile_shock.gif The Squidgy Pro 140 Wriggler is my new favourite snapper plastic - with S-Factor of course http://www.ausbream.com/Forum/images/icon_smile_tongue.gif

It was great having the boys up again - shame about the weather - See ya's next trip http://www.ausbream.com/Forum/images/icon_smile_wink.gif

How Good Is Hervey Bay - Scotto

[marty+jojo]

Your smashing the snapper Scotto, great pics as usual.
Marty.

[jeffo]

You using an SLR or compact for those shots Scott? Im in the market for a point and shoot camera at the moment. Carrying around my SlR is a pain in the neck. Those shots are nice and sharp and colours are great.

[Scott Mitchell]

You using an SLR or compact for those shots Scott? Im in the market for a point and shoot camera at the moment. Carrying around my SlR is a pain in the neck. Those shots are nice and sharp and colours are great.

These are all shot with my Canon D40 SLR with 580 speedlight & 10-22mm lense - theres just no substitute for a good quality camera. I also have an Olympus MJU 720 ( New model is Tough 810 ) - great little compact & water proof as well.

Regards Scotto

[jeffo]

These are all shot with my Canon D40 SLR with 580 speedlight & 10-22mm lense - theres just no substitute for a good quality camera. I also have an Olympus MJU 720 ( New model is Tough 810 ) - great little compact & water proof as well.

Regards Scotto

You got that right...just cant be bothered carting my Canon SLR around half the time.

[brock13]

top quality shots on some top quality fish. Harvey bay continues to produce great fish at all times of the year. Good stuff scott keep up the good reports