D.I charter

[murrayscod]

went out on a noosa blue water yesterday after getting no sleep and driving three hours from midnight to 3.45 at tewantin, and they decided to give double island a crack. took about hour and half to get there in the swell. anyways straight up pulled a mixed bag of reef fish, parrot, tailor, and numerous squire. most things were either just legal or undersize but plenty of action. i then hooked up to a decent fish which fought well went a 12 lb red emperor. had a break and sat down for a bit and shortly after i discovered that my sea sick tablets didnt work and spent the rest of the trip as head burley person. during this time we moved a couple times and each time fish were still biting well, and eventually a couple larger snapper came onboard 6, 7.5kg. numerous tailor and huge catfish showed up along with a reef shark. at the end of the session (best news for me in my state) one fella realised he was on, and after few secs three other guys realised they were also connected to his line. at this point a huge marlin came dashing out of the water near the boat and things then clicked as to what the fella had on the end of his reef rig and pillie. it was a mad dash then to cut the tangles free including from the prop. and after a long fight and many more jumps landed this nice fish about 5 foot long, 30kg? the guy who got it had never fished before so he learnt how to very quickly. so yeah along with whales and dolphins splashing about and very professional skipper and deckie, was a good day out. id recommend them to anyone. i may get a copy of some pics soon.
cheers Luke

[mackmauler]

good onya luke, thats 1 more red old mate reefmaster wont be getting ;D ;D

how about the marlin ay :D

good stuff

[jeffo]

any pics luke? gotta hate sea sickness....

[murrayscod]

forgot to mention we had a livie out the back most of the time which was hammered by a bonito and many other things dropped off. so why the marlin didnt like this i dunno. also to make me look better one of the other guys a pom who convinced his work mates to take him fishing lasted only five minutes and spent rest time lieing in the hull dry heaving into a rag, think we left at a good time cause he couldnt speak/move/breathe. funny how it gets so bad for some, though he didnt get any fresh air in there.

[mackmauler]

spent rest time lieing in the hull dry heaving into a rag


POOOR BASTARD

AHAHHAHHHAHHH ;D ;D

[JB]

hahahah dry heaving into a rag, that sucks, betcha u dont see him offshore again! have to say i'm one of the lucky ones that dont feel it, the best thing to do is take left over pizza with u and eat it infront of ur sea sick mates :P

[Outsider]

I can't friggin believe this!

Why do you all sound so suprised?

Put in the hard yards....have a spew.....catch a marlin.

That's the way it works.

[bigal]

i was laughed out of the boat on my first trip when i got sick. good ol quwells.. now i see the funny side i can laugh at others miss fortune ;D

[DICER]

itching to see the pics...sounds like a productive trip!

A pile of orange juice always washes down well......people who do well at ball sports have a higher probability to ralf with seasickness.

[DICER]

that's fast moving ball-sport (ie. tennis, football etc)

[Cloud_9]

Sea sickness ???
thats some form of illness that is thrust apon the none fisher folk that should stay on the Bank with the 5 dollar rod and a bag of prawns isn't it :-X

dicer hope the pilly tasted good ( in the avatar) u dill.

Cheers Cloud 9

[murrayscod]

well i dunno why i got sick then cloud cause as much as id like my rods to be that cheap they arent. nearly have to get a loan to buy a new rod.. yeah anyways i just did everything wrong on this trip as i havent been crook in the past. lack of food water sleep. but least i got one decent fish for my efforts.

[DICER]

Enough burley I guess..... :D

Cloudy, the pillie is actually a raw herring with a smattering of raw onions + gurken. They go down well....... but I don't know if they substitute for qwells. ;)

[dnej]

Ginger beer, gingernut biscuits,ginger pieces, etc etc, bloddy great for stopping sea sickness.
Take your tablets,in conjunction, but try Travel calm, rather than Quells, as they can make you sick, as they are hard on the stomach.
Also the tabs wear off, so you need to retake them on board.

Talk to the chemist about which Travel calm, as one will make you sleepy and the other doesn't.
Regards David

[murrayscod]

yeah cheers mate ill look into that. i also was thinking that ginger would have been the shot as it works well for car sickness as well. ill be much better prepared next time.

[Reefmaster]

It was good to see you get a legal Red mate there few and fair between on the close in grounds. Most charters from noosa fish the 8 mile or 14 mile area where reds are not all that common so i would be happy you got one. Havent targeted Bill fish up there yet but we do get the odd bill come smashing out of the water with your rig and a snapper sinker hanging of it and it usaully last only a few seconds before being bustard up. I Have the Pakulas all rigged up and ready to go next time we are trolling around looking for bottom out on the shelf. ;) :D good to see you had a good trip even if you did get sick and burlyed up but if thats what was needed to catch fish then so be it ;D
Cheers Greg

[murrayscod]

yeah cheers Greg, i wouldve guessed we were out about 15 to 20 mile as we could just make out the profile of the point but yeah i wont argue with that. i could see a few boats gathered together in closer if that means anything. um yeah i was happy with the fish sounds like it was a lucky catch, and after eating it tonight im even more impressed. a fish that goes hard and eats damn well, what more do you want. im keen to get back there and nail some more.

[philip_thomson]

hey luke while searching a noosa website i came across these pics from your trip in the last weeks report here they go hope everyone enjoys them.

this one is a 6kg snapper very nice fish

[philip_thomson]

this one is a 30kg marlin an even nicer fish

[murrayscod]

cheers mate thats them alright, they guy with the snapper was doogle? i think. the guy with the marlin is roger you can see what an effort he put in for such a small guy he did well. the guy behind him is our mate mark who organised the day out, and yes right at that point comments like "mark dont get to excited" were coming up.
ill see if i can get some more soon.

[DICER]

very nice.....way 2 go

[murrayscod]

a pic of the red emperor

[murrayscod]

an action shot of roger with the marlin.. came out fuzzy and marlin was supposed to be in the air there somewhere??

[philip_thomson]

thats a nice red there well done [smiley=2thumbsup.gif] ;)

[jeffo]

hrmm.. small 30kg's :-/ but nice healthy fish none the less. top red luke!