Townsville - Offshore

[Spot82]

Hi Warti, minimum size limit for this species is 25cm and bag limit of 5, not a bad chew either.

Cheers,

Lee

You might want to check that as I have been told by three different DPI officers in SE Qld that there is no bag limit or size limit (although you wouldn't get much of a fillet off anything under 30cm) on fryingpan snapper, so who knows...

[pilchardjones]

nice work lee,
good to see some nice fish in the new boat after all that work. those nannies are horses. i have not heard many reports of people doing too well on saturday for some reason. strange as it was good tides.
steve

[Scott nthQld]

You might want to check that as I have been told by three different DPI officers in SE Qld that there is no bag limit or size limit (although you wouldn't get much of a fillet off anything under 30cm) on fryingpan snapper, so who knows...

Its not a species specific size limit. If you look at the DPI Fishweb site it list several coral reef snapper species, and all other coral snappers are 25cm and a bag limit of 5 per species.

[disorderly]

Nannigai Whisperer eh? Need to whisper on Lee's boat. He is forever sleeping. The fishing wasnt exactly hot, but with weather like that, fish are just a bonus. I've never fished in a boat that has af many comfy fishing positions as the Seaswirl. Actually, i had to try and make myself uncomfortable to stay awake form time to time.

Howdy whisperer....You do realize that I am just jealous of your nanny catching prowess...
You always seem to just duck out for an evening fish and come home with a heap of nannies..and tryhards like me spend a day and night and sometimes another day just to get a result....
Feel free to impart some of your knowledge upon me,Shane....I really do have to work hard to get a good catch ....
PM your secrets if need be.

BTW in comparison to your Haines what are the main advantages of the seaswirl?

Scott

[Dean1]

Half your luck mate. Im up here in townsville from brissy working 7 days a week watching all the boats getting hauled past the jobsite. So keen to get out there to wet a line but headin home friday so not a chance

[leezor]

Half your luck mate. Im up here in townsville from brissy working 7 days a week watching all the boats getting hauled past the jobsite. So keen to get out there to wet a line but headin home friday so not a chance

That working caper is definately over rated!!!

[Shanoss]

Howdy whisperer....You do realize that I am just jealous of your nanny catching prowess...
You always seem to just duck out for an evening fish and come home with a heap of nannies..and tryhards like me spend a day and night and sometimes another day just to get a result....
Feel free to impart some of your knowledge upon me,Shane....I really do have to work hard to get a good catch ....
PM your secrets if need be.

BTW in comparison to your Haines what are the main advantages of the seaswirl?

Scott

Trust me, the bagging out is only a recent thing i can assure you. And the only "Secrets" i have are the GPS co-ordinates, whick would be of little benefit to you considering your location. The only advice i can offer when chasing reds is to stay away from the reef, and fish deep water. And be lucky enough to get handed a couple of good Marks.

As for the pros and cons with the Seaswirl and the Haines. Well, apart from fuel economy, and the towing, which is not really a "con" so to speak. The Seaswirl wins hands down. Main advantages for me would be comfort and space in the Seaswirl. It really is a big roomy boat. Plus the Walkaround cabin is a great feature on any boat. The only drama is the anchor well hatch. Its bloody tiny and very hard to feed the rope into when pulling the anchor. Once Lee gets his windlass though, the boat will be damn near perfect. If i had a guaranted seat and Lee was as keen to go fishing as often as i would, i'd be quite happy to sell my boat. Actually, no i wouldn't. I still love the old Haines.

[Shanoss]

That working caper is definately over rated!!!

Thats needs clarification. Lee works for the Government, So he indeed really does believe that statement.

[jtpython]

HAHAHA good going guys tops to see
JT
Got to love then Nanny's and the conditions glass
JT

[Alchemy]

Hi Lee,

Nice way to blood the new boat! I'd be interested to hear in time what the fuel consumption is like as I have the same motor on my Fisher.

Regards,
Dave.

[Fishin_Dan]

Good work boys! Some very nice nannies in there!