Offshore Brisbane On Weekend - how did you do!?

[TREVELLY]

Well I went out Sunday 4am from Scarby to Hutchies - slow run into a stiff NE - trip usually takes one hour - took two hours doing 20-25kph.

Got to Hutchies and trolled for about 15 minutes then a strike on the green jethead - hookup lasted about 15 seconds then it was off.

We looked at the lure and yes it was a razorgang hit.

Trolled about for another couple of hours for zip but located and marked some small schools of baitfish and kept working about them and not too far away just looking about.

Trolled hardbodies for an hour for zip.

Went to jetheads again and set sail for wreck further offshore - got 500m and another hit this time I accelerate to set the hooks. Mates FIL can't get out the rod from holder ;D - well I hooked it well. :P 20 seconds later it's off - what the . . . . retrieve the lure to find plastic coated multistrand wire trace failed at the hook and hook gone . . . . grrrr - now I am going to rerig all my prerigged Williamsons jetheads - that was a reasonable fish.

Trolled about for more time but no luck.

Tried fishing the offshore wreck but current and wind made it impossible.

Trolled from Hutchies down past Brennan SHoals and offshore half way to Tempest then back again - followed a promising scum line along with a couple of other boats for zip.

Went home about 3pm.

The guys asked how we should split the fish - I generously told them they could have the entire catch :P

It was a warm day but windy and bumpy - had worse days offshore but never caught less :D

Had a couple of teething issues with boat (motor trim and tabs) but structurally the boat was fine.

I think I am two trips about 350km and about $500 in fuel for one nannygai - I am on a roll ;D

The electric was handy for a teaser out the back - nothing touched it but.

Water temperature 26.9 everywhere east and north off Moreton and 27.2 in the bay.

It was windy.

Did anyone else get out and do any good??

[lethal]

I went out saturday left scarby at 430am, crossed the spitfire banks and heaps of birds working in the greenzone. Trolled some baits around the trench for nil, mates rates scored a lil black around 30kg on his boat, then i headed to hutchies and worked my way south, got a hit from a bill fish but not quick enough to set the hooks. Radio talk was for wahoo around hutchies. water temp rose half a degree from 30m out to the 70m line where i got a touch. Sounded like all boats out saturday morning were doing it tough except one, may have been "Big Business" talking 4 wahoo on the radio and also was told they managed a black aswell.

[two dogs]

Saw big business coming back into newport, had four wahoo and one billfish flags flying

[Tbar84]

Hi guys. We went out off Mooloolaba in awful conditions but with good luck on the fish. Managed to raise two blacks and convinced one to bite on a switch gar bait - unfortunately lost him after a couple of jumps. Two wahoo on jetheads. Went quiet trolling even though there was plenty of bait around. Had good luck live baiting with another wahoo, 10kg dollie, another black (again managed to drop this one, even though using circle hooks) and another couple of suspected marlin bites (just mouthing the live baits enough to kill them, but not hook up).

Run home was interesting in 20knot+ NE with the engine cutting out several times due to suspected loose fittings on the fuel lines letting in air. Very lonely when you are 15 miles out with a dead engine!

[2IC]

I went out saturday & sunday off rainbow for 2 half days as the 15 to 20knot NE killed the arvo fishing,, there was some nice pressure waves through the bar area made it interesting ,, well the fishing both days was slow did everything from trolling hard bodys to live baiting for 3 wahoo 1 dolly & 2 lost sails& 6 tuna,, as for bottom bashing the current out wide was hooking so fished in closer for 4 cod 5 moses perch,, 2 peral perch & crap ,, water temp was about 27 degrees.. looking at the weather for this weekend a run up to the top of fraser might be on the cards. CHEERS