Red fish biting off Mission

[disorderly]

The forecast was great this weekend so I decided on a solo trip to the reefs wide of Mission Beach for some long awaited fun and to restock the dwindling supplies in the freezer..
I was planning to leave early yesterday but I messed up the wake up call and didn't get away till later but as I planned to spend the night out it was no big deal.

Anyway the weather was great,very little run with the neap tides though and I had to work hard to get the fish...the red emporers continue to elude me which remains a real source of frustration...

I didn't land a fish during the night as I obviously anchored up over "Shark Alley" and I'm not to keen on anchor retrieval in the dark by myself so I got a great nights sleep anyway.

Woke up to another beautiful day, bagged out pretty soon on largemouth nannies and Trout and decided to call it a day.

scott

[pilchardjones]

top catch there. good fun.
steve

[FNQCairns]

Remember reading you were heading out, I had to drive to Townsville this morning and I was green as hell thinking of you out there as I passed thru El arish then as I went through Cardwell and saw the water was glass I was positively spewing!

Great catch Scott and well earned considering how long you have been waiting.

Half your luck.

cheers fnq

[disorderly]

It was lovely weather out there,Scott.
Shame you had to see just how nice it really was..lol.

I almost forgot how much I really enjoyed being out on the water....the fish are really just a bonus.

Anyway I hope the weather holds till monday for you..good luck.

scott

[3rd degree]

Nice work Scott, got a good feed there!

My mate in Cadwell headed out to Devils today not far from you and got a similar bag.

Cheers

Jim

[Mark-P]

Looked at your photo & it reminded me of a song by Split enz , Welldone !!

Mark

[kitty_cat]

thats a nice trout on the end , well done

[Shanoss]

Nice bag there Scott. Are you sure those Nannygai are Large mouth? We pulled up 27 Small mouth last night and they look exactly the same as yours old boy.

[dfox]

Good to see you managed a trip scott , keep a careful count of those trout mate ...

[disorderly]

Nice bag there Scott. Are you sure those Nannygai are Large mouth? We pulled up 27 Small mouth last night and they look exactly the same as yours old boy.

hmmm....small mouth...large mouth....I usually cant really tell unless I see them side by side. . I'll take your word for it then,mate..small mouth's they are.

Gee,it must have been pretty hectic on your boat with 6 guys hooking into the school of nanny's.Would have been fun and games.Good work,Shane.

Scott

[mangomick]

Good to see you managed a trip scott , keep a careful count of those trout mate ...

1,2 3 4 er 7

[Shanoss]

hmmm....small mouth...large mouth....I usually cant really tell unless I see them side by side. . I'll take your word for it then,mate..small mouth's they are.

Gee,it must have been pretty hectic on your boat with 6 guys hooking into the school of nanny's.Would have been fun and games.Good work,Shane.

Scott

Whaddya mean 6? bag limit is 9 per person. was only the three of us. 27 small mouth and one coral trout.. would rather your haul anyday of the week. Just had fresh trout sandwiches ofr lunch. If i could i would be having them for brekky and dinner as well.

[disorderly]

Whaddya mean 6? bag limit is 9 per person. was only the three of us. 27 small mouth and one coral trout.. would rather your haul anyday of the week. Just had fresh trout sandwiches ofr lunch. If i could i would be having them for brekky and dinner as well.

I having a real bad bag limit day here at the moment,shane.
Are you sure it isnt a limit of 5 or combined 9 of large mouth and smallmouth.

yes I agree about the trout just polished of a couple of trout sanga's myself...yummo.

Scott

[Outsider1]

"Crimson seaperch (small mouth nannygai) and saddletail seaperch (large mouth nannygai) 40 min Combined limit of 9 in total for both species"

http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dp...2_ENA_HTML.htm

"All coral trout 38 min Combined limit of 7 in total of all trout species"

[disorderly]

Well sorry Shane...and thanks Outsider1....it looks like I have been doing my bit for nannigai conservation over the past year or so.
I have been throwing them back or moving on after I catch 5......hmmm....a genius I am not.

and outsider I was well aware of the trout limit...unfortunately I'm not only a little dumb but not so hot at counting either.