Cairns September 04

[philip_thomson]

well what a trip went out with aquacat from cairns. the trip out to the reef was very long but we eventually got there and began bringing up the fish. first drop 1 guy caught a 3kg spangled emperor. after about 5 minutes a 17lb large mouth nannygai broke the surface. the right side caught lots of fish and quickly got a feed. apart form 1 spotted mackeral the left side (my side) was still yet to leave the rank. 2nd spot and more fish came on board on the right side. the guy next to be had 3 bannanas on board we told him why it is bad to have them on board and so he disposed of them. after he got rid of them we began to pull up some fish. we were in 20m of water and were onto some good coral trout 11 keepers came up in about 30 minutes. numerous spangled and long nosed emperors came aboard as well as a 65cm red emperor. overall a lot of good fish were caught and a lot of happy customers left the boat. my personal catch was 1 coral trout, 1 spangled emperor, 1 long nosed emperor and 1 sweetlip.

later on i went snorkling around green island i wish it wasn;t a green zone. at one spot there were 2 trevally over 1m long swiming next to me. out wider at green island there were a few coral trout first word i though of was "YUM". as we were leaving green island they fed the turrums. there were about 15 large turrums between .75 and 1m in length i would have loved to of thrown a popper through there.

cheers phil

photos to come

[philip_thomson]

17lb nannygai unfortunately it wasn't me that caught this fish

[philip_thomson]

the coral trout

[philip_thomson]

the total catch between 10 of us

[philip_thomson]

only small but my first ever trout (only took me 18yrs)

[philip_thomson]

previous trip from noosa 17kg greasy cod once again not my fish

[philip_thomson]

my catch from last trip at noosa

[Daintreeboy]

nice pics phil. Might have to go out on Aquacat one day, they have a well deserved rep.
Cheers, Mark.

[sidewayz]

nice haul of fish phil, some good trout in there. where abouts do you go fishing up at noosa?? i do a fair bit of fishing up there at christmas and easter time when the macks are around. there's some good fish up there to be caught.

cheers
sidewayz

[Streaker]

Phil and Sidewayz
keep your eyrs open for the Streaker around Christmas and Easter. Chasing Spaniards and reefies when the weathers good.
Wayne

[sidewayz]

wayne
do you normally fish up off noosa at chrissie time??? i've been camping up at munna point caravan park every chrissie for years and years. can't remember seeing your boat out there...
sidewayz

[Streaker]

Sidewayz
every Christmas for the last 4 years we stay at North Shore.
Wayne

[sidewayz]

i'll keep an eye out for you this year, hopefully it'll be a season like last year...

David

[Smithy]

If you camp at Munna Pt every Christmas you would have seen a 620 Haines Hunter Warrior called "Flatline". That would be Owen Hancox, Club Captain of the SCGFC. His brother Gav might have been there as well - his boat is "Slack Attack" a little cat and he is gavsgonefishing from this site.

[sidewayz]

yeah the boys from flatline camp down the front on the river don't they?? i know the boat and i think i've met them before. i've only got a 4.1m dory which i take out on a good day but i usually am deckie for a few other boats in the park. bloody top spot up there...

[philip_thomson]

ive seen flatline up at noosa before. i think it was easter 2002. its a nice boat. i had a chat to the guy for a while he was heading out chasing the marlin around noosa. never found out how he went though.

sideways i know what you mean about the mackeral being thick at easter i was on a charter the first day they showed up and we though they were thick that day.

i am addicted to catching pelagics just watching them being caught is awsome.

phil

[Smithy]

He usually does pretty well out at Chardons on the little Blacks.

[magicpudding]

Last year he didnt see a billfish the entire trip, however as always he did see quite a few broun trout ;)
Smithy, Michelle reminded me i owe u a few drinks after last years shootout, u going this weekend?

C.J.

[northsboy]

Nice work there phill!!!!! Do you know what reef they took you too? Pixie, apollo,arlington??? They always seem to come up with the goods on that boat!! I recommend that charter boat to anybody coming to cairns!
Cheers

[philip_thomson]

hey liam

im not sure of the name of the reef. we went close to the mainland heading east and then past fitzroy island near one of the many pontoons. thanks for telling me about aquacat liam it was great will defenetly be back again (unless i move up there with my own boat soon) shane was the skipper and he did a great job.

phil