Wide of the Cape and Wide Caloundra 26th

[InterNut]

Left Bribie at 4am. Moving very slowly as it was still dark and not sure of how much debri was still about until a boat went flying past and used them as a trail blazer. Thanks guys Did not see any debri once the sun came up so fingers crossed for eveyone that it has all cleared and no one has an unfortunate misshap.

With a typical bay crossing and the slow start we are just off the cape and gear in the water just before 6am. Spent the next 4 1/2 hours trolling out to and about the 250mtr line but could not turn a trick. Nice coloured water but no current lines to be seen and only a few small flying fish to show that life exists out here. Was glad to see another trailer boat out this far for that extra peace of mind. I will from now on start posting planned trips out wide in the "Going Fishing" section in the hopes we may be able to get a few trailer boats together for the next one. The troll back to Hutchies was also uneventful with only a couple of small skippies around the 90mtr mark.

Decision was made for a 30 minute dash to spot x out by Wide Caloundra for a quick bottom bounce. First bait down and in seconds Bull has been busted off. Frantic rigging by Terry and he is next with a nice pan sized snapper as soon as his bait reaches the bottom. My wife is also on and she also gets a keeper. The next 30 minutes are just the same with baits being hit as soon as they reach the bottom. Bull ends up with his PB snapper and Terry is complaining about fishing with cotton as he gets busted off then reachs for the 37kg gear. He then proceeds to pull the hooks out off the next unstoppable.

I also get busted off as something big drags the line through the reef. What ever these were they were not speedsters just slow steady pulling but with a lot of weight behind them so maybe cod? We have a feed so we head home with 8 snapper, 1 moses perch, 3 parrot and one large 35cm yakka which maybe why the unstoppables were about.

[Timfishin4fun]

Still looks like a great day on the water was had.

We couldn't even managed a skippie or anything to turn a reel down south.

How many kms travelled yesterday, we did approx 200+.

Would be keen for a trailer boat assault in the future.

Timbo

[Genesis]

Sounds like a great day out and nice mixed bag there!

[InterNut]

Yeah was a great day. Glad to be back on the water as it had been a while. Last few trips middle of winter to Cal Wide were not very successfull so to get a feed in under an hours fishing topped off a good day. I have not seen Cal Wide fire like that for some years, right spot right time or hopefully a sign that the fishery is not as bad as they say.

Never remember to reset the trip meter on the GPS but we did a lot of travelling 3 hours of which on the plane. Over 220Ltrs fuel so a big day.

[Timfishin4fun]

Yes big day for engine hours.

Started mine before 4 in the morn and only turned it off at about 1:30pm.

Then a few drifts and motoring back up to marks then another hr run back.

About 10 hrs clocked up 200lts and 200 odd kms.

Timbo

[business class]

At least you got to fight a few fish over the due course of the day as we had the same problem as tim down south with no drag testers. Yeah yesterday was a massive day, we turned her on at 4am and off at 5pm with 165ltrs used and who knows how many km's LOL. Im dizzy from going round and round tho LOL.... Just wish i was going backwards more often

Cheers Matty

[scoota]

We were at Wide Cal yesterday and got busted up twice on 80lb paternoster rigs and both times brought up one of those XOS yakkas on the top hook and dusted the bottom hook and sinker.
Probably sharks.

Scoota...

[hallcomp01]

Yer I have been getting sharked there allot lately.. Lost all my pretty snatcher$ to big slow headshakers...

Nice fish in the blurly water well done...

[Tunzafun]

I will from now on start posting planned trips out wide in the "Going Fishing" section in the hopes we may be able to get a few trailer boats together for the next one.


I'll be in that!

[InterNut]

@TunzaFun

We will definately be looking at March for a few trips as this seems to be the best time for the Blue Marlin. Hopefully we will be all geared up by then with some 80w's. Only got 50w's at the moment.

I will start the "Going Fishing" thread soon so any other boats that are interested will have time to find crews etc. Would be great to see 10 or more boats out there on the same day maybe from Sunshine to Gold coasts.

Cheers

Roger