Mac Fever at Bruns

[jaybee]

Went to Bruns wednesday, too late in the arvo to venture out however we were on the suds at 5.45 am Thurs, back home at the van by 9 am with our bag limit (15). Friday was even better, had 9 in the boat within 40 mins and had to work hard, ;D 2 hrs for the last 6. back at the van fish cleaned by 10 am. Saturday, well i would rather forget Saturdaythe bar was not pretty, and the skipper said nup, there are some good breaks but we have to come in against the tide which only leaves and hour out there, and we have enough fish. Good call i thought. :-X Highlight of the trip was on day two, fish were chopping we cut the motor and drifted through them, froggies tried to hide under and around the motor while spots, spaniards, yellowfin, black king and sharks were feeding, and God knows what was under that lot, we managed two spots out of the frenzy and just watched for at least 40 mins. Took a mate with me that had never been on the ocean let alone over the bar or caught anything bigger then a whiting, he is chomping at the bit for more action and is now nicknamed Capt. Seaweed. Photos following.
cheers
Joe.

[jaybee]

day1 garrett pumping her up

[jaybee]

Gotcha ;D

[jaybee]

End of day

[jaybee]

Day 2
not a good shot hope u can see the fish.

[jaybee]

day 2 Garrett with the end result

[jaybee]

Day 3 on the bar

[jaybee]

down amongst it, :-/

[jaybee]

still not looking good, lets put the boat on the trailer and become a sand dune skipper.

[jaybee]

From above it doesnt look to bad until you realise the boats are between 18 and 48 ft. These boats are coming back in around an hour later

[jaybee]

Run out tide on the bruns, this is an hour into the runout.

[jaybee]

app 48 foot trawler coming home :o

[jaybee]

oh oh full reverse taking it over the stern check out the smoke stack these motors work hard

[jaybee]

Just about in. phew. was a top 3 days tho.
cheers
Joe

[Gorilla_in_Manila]

Top set of pics Joe.
Bar looks like its got heaps of sand out the front. Certainly deserving of respect.
Check out Sput's fishing report for Byron friday the 16th april. Pretty well lines up with your great couple of days.
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Byron Bay
Water gin-clear with heaps of mackerel, especially up at Brunswick. A lot of small pearl perch around Julian Rocks, with a few spotted mackerel to 4kg. Heaps of big tailor coming from everywhere, beach gutters, rocks and bommies. Broken Head to Suffolk Park for huge whiting and some dart to 570g.

David Keevers, Coastal Fishing Tackle 02 66 857 133
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Sounds like fishy heaven back there at the moment.
Cheers
Jeff

[jaybee]

it will be better over the next week down there jeff, the tide will make the bar more workable as long as the wind stays away from the north. Ended up with 31 photos for the 3 days, will put them all up on my web page eventually.
cheers
Joe

[northsboy]

They are a top lot of fish mate!!!Great work!
Cheers
Liam

[cHiCo]

Nice Pics, ordinary weather though

[jaybee]

Thanks Liam,
Chico ordinary doesnt cut it eh LOL
cheers
joe

[northsboy]

Did u bleed them fish mate?? they look all curled up! They taste a bit different ive heard if you don't bleed them.

[jaybee]

Nup none of them were bled, cut the blood line out of them later, they were all put on ice to firm the flesh up before cleaning just like the pros do.
cheers
Joe

[northsboy]

Oh ok mate,have ya eaten them yet??
Cheers Liam

[jaybee]

Liam have been eating them since thursday night just finished off a feed on the bbq. fanbloodytastic.
cheers
Joe

[Heath]

Top stuff,

3 blokes in a boat & the fish going nuts would have had lines & hooks wizzing everywhere ;D ;D

[hicksy]

Nice photo's the mackerel must be running all up the northern NSW coast. It was going off down at yamba as well.

[Big_Kev]

:)Good going Joe.
That bar sure did look ugly from the pics so I can imagine what it was like to be there.
Cheers Kev. :)

[jaybee]

heath ya gotta love it LOL. Long rods and light lines are a buzz when its like that in all only two tangles over two days not bad at all.

Hicksy its looking good for a thumper week down there the tides are all in our favour this week and i cant be there :'(

Kev it was better up on the rocks then being in it, the skipper called the right shots as far as i was concerned. Being a Sand Dune Skipper is good at times eh. Phew.

cheers
Joe

[mackmauler]

good fishn joe, the pics said it all. where do you get names like sand dune skippers roflmao

[jaybee]

Rob this was a name given to a couple of guys who stand on the wall watching all the boats going out in the morning, most have never been over the bar, and bag out on the guys that decide its too dangerous to venture out.