Coomera Diamond Trevally

[aaron_gilmour]

Hi All,

Popped down to the coomera this morning to do my first run of my new bow mount electric. On the water by 730am and heading down to my spot. First drop of my plastic a small finger mark. Nice wat to start the day ;D

Popped over to my other spot close by and first drop again I am on. My little Sahara 1500 is screaming and I am calling it a trevally for shore. Straight under the boat and out the other side heading 45meters away and the other side of the river. I am in chase trying to get used to the bow mount and keep pressure on the fish . Hand, feet wind, dodge boat its all happening. After 5 min of getting line on the fish and it powering away again I finally net my first Diamond Trevally.

What a pretty trevally, easily the best looking of them all.The trevally and all fish today took a Berkley 3" minnow on a 1/8 squidgy head with a 2/0 hook.

Here is a pic of the trevally

Cheers
Aaron

[aaron_gilmour]

I Got this bream from the same spot as the trevally. Also caught on the same lure.

[redbullburley]

couple of nice fish there ,gee that trevally is a beautiful looking fish

[1337]

That's a variety of trevally on my to catch list for sure ... Well done Aaron! Were you fishing around moored boats/pontoons? Or did u catch it off natural structure/snag?

Regards
CT

[NeMo84]

hey top trevor there aaron, love your work ;)

Carlos.

[masterdusky]

Nice trevally...and goes like the clappers to boot.Well done mate, how busy was it ???

[1337]

It's the coomera river mate... an estuary system that leads into the broadwater and weaves through "average" suburbs like hope island and the scantuary cove areas :D LOL. Alot like some reaches of the noosa river system in alot of ways i guess, although not as expansive.

[flickflack]

Nice catch Aaron

They go hard! beautifull when they come up next to the boat with a bit of sun on their flanks

Rod

[mattooty]

Beautiful looking fish. How heavy did he feel? would love to catch one of them.
Great work
MAtt

[aaron_gilmour]

Hi Rod,

They do look impressive just out of the water. The dorsal fin is so long and thin, amazing looking fish.

Matt,

Not to sure on weight as they are quiet skinny for length, prob 2-2.5kg. Good fun on 6lb string anyway ;D

Here is another shot of the fish and its long dorsal fins

Cheers
Aaron

[aaron_gilmour]

Cheers everyone,

1337, I was not fishing around moared boats or natural snags as such, just a marker pole in the middle of the river. I think structure is just part of the fishy equation, I also look for tidal flow,back eddies etc and fish these with structure to get fish. As the saying goes "No flow,no go"

Masterdusky, the boat/jetski traffic was rediculous!! Thats what made me give it up by lunch time.That time of year I suppose will definately fish the area agin after school hol are finished. I will stick to my dams for now or try the brissi river.

Cheers
Aaron

[mjc85]

What river system were you fishing ? I fish a spot with plastics in the noosa river that sounds very similar to what you described and constantly get bream and trevally

[gogecko]

HI Aaron,
I fish coomera a bit. From the M1 bridge to Sanc Cove is an approved waterski speed zone, after 7am its a nightmare. Stay either side of that zone and theres less traffic.

Nice trevor mate, Ive been getting bigeye trevors.

cheers
Andrew

[aaron_gilmour]

Hi Andrew,

I have also been getting into the big eye trevors up to 30cm or so. Not huge but good fun.I have been fishing from sanctuary cove down towards the mouth. Cannot wait till the silly season is over. Surprised really how the fish are not put off by the boat traffic.

Cheers
Aaron