South of DI explore

[dfox]

i left mooloolaba saturday to explore country about 120km to the north. the weather was perfect and we arrived in promising country after a two and a half hour run. i found plenty of good showings and produced a wide variety of fish, nothing to write home about but desent parrot,cod and hussar. we sounded around for the next 4 to 5 hours just droping lines on different showings and mainly caught small reds. on dark the fish bit for a while but during the night things were very slow. the wind picked up after 8 so i spent the better part of the night exploring around ,by day break id found some great showings miles from anywhere and with a strong current flowing we drifted over the rises, first drop resulted in a tripple hook up of which resulted in two bust offs and one nice red. the next couple of drifts produced large pearlies, reds,cod and a few unstopables. the patch of ground had many simular showings so rather then flog one spot we tried about another 5 and everyone produced simular results in no time bag limits and ice were a consern. next bit of good weather i no where il be heading cause we did drop some monster reds and weve only scratched the surface. if your prepared to put in the time to search all this country theres some great rewards...i havnt got many photos yet but heres a few...foxy

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[Reefmaster]

dfox
mate its good to see you had a great trip and found some good grounds and fish. Its such a top area and theres so much of it, which makes great fishing. You say around 120km from Mooloolaba which would make it due east of Di point? Were you fishing the shelf or some grounds in approx 70mtrs. I will be making our way further ESE-SE of DI in the near future but the water is deeper down that way for some distance all the way to the shelf. Looks to be a big boat your in there which is perfect for those trips.
Cheers Greg

[Cloud_9]

did ya mate boat the weight he was man handleing on the alvey???

Cheers Cloud 9

[SeaSaw]

Some good fish there dfox. The extra effort of putting in the distance and seaching around has paid off. Top stuff :)

Mark

[Streaker]

Foxy
You have had a good trip well done. I tried to call you a few times on 21 but the other boat with us was having trouble on 21 so I had to be on 74 to have contact with them.
Wayne

[-spiro-]

Top fish Foxy, looks worth while. :o Mabe i should have a holiday for a couple of weeks and retry then ???

[JB]

Dammit! I keep telling everyone that this DI point stuff is cheating!! ;)

Seriously though, nice catch fellas. Love the shot of ol mate gettin into it with the alvey.. classic.

Jas

[agnes_jack]

Nice one Foxy!
Some top eating fish there. I've got to get down that way soon, sounds like a lot of ground out there.

Regards, Tony :D

[dfox]

wayne i tried calling you on 80 and 21 ,maybe next time hey.
greg the country i fished was well in from the shelf 70 mtr rising to 65.
Dads in the back ground of photo conected to a good red and yes he landed it, photos are on a still camera so il post them when they arrive.

[bk]

they have got to be the 2 biggest pearlys i've ever seen nice fish hope to see more photos cheers

[trout3030]

dfox what boat were u in. looks to be a cat of some sort. maybe a dominator canyon runner?

[snappa]

dfox

the fuel bill ??? :o
how many litre's ....

[dfox]

snappa, sorry i was abit late getting back to you, at a guess i used just over 240 litres give or take a bit .but i did a lot of sounding on one engine. a normal days fishing at the banks eg 50 k out 50 k back and a bit of running around i burn usually 80 to 90 litres .Not bad for a 7meter cat (dominator) with 4 blokes on board. my old sportfish 19 footer with 150 2stroke chewed more , whens that yellow cat gunner be back in action? ...foxy

[snappa]

dfox

not long
the trailer is worked on tomorrow... boat on for a look and see operation the off again for some mods, to hold the cat from sliding. when finished i surely will catch up with ya for a tag along if thats ok with ya /// ???
can't wait for a snappa attack at tempest ;D
is that one motor or the two if two thats bloody f***ing GOOD
i use for a tempest trip out and back approx the same 80/90
but
THTAS FOR ONE MOTOR >:( :-[

[dfox]

snappa, thats both engines on a good day, they tend to use a bit more in the rough, i also run them on premium unleaded and find a noticable better acconamy. its also proped real well. ive never used over 110 liters for a trip to deep t. i just got back from boat show ran into a few ausfish members. Listened to damon alsons talk on jigging and was surprised at how many quality snapper he gets with this method. makes you think of the possibilitys of jigging when the current runs 2 knots...foxy