Went out last Friday off Redcliffe and scored a bunch of bream (see pic of my mate Graeme and son Sam) and a Tarpon of all things. Pretty weird as I was fishing for Bream on floaters and next thing you know my reel was spitting line/braid and I knew that this was definitely no Bream! It fought hard, jumped high and would just not give up circling down under the boat like a tuna. I have caught small versions before but have not caught a fish that combined the pulling power of a tuna(a Bonito anyway),the arial dynamics of a Tailor and the speed of a mackerell.
Then, went out again today off Hutchies reef, leaving from Spinaker Sound and scored another weird fish.
I have no idea what this one was and although it was big enough to feed a family I decided to chuck it back as did not want to kill it and get it home only to discover it was not much on the chew.
So needing some help:
1. What is the above fish and are they any good to eat?
2. I am wanting to work out some rough fuel consumption figures so wondering how far out is Hutchies Reef from Spinaker Sound? I did a fair bit of running around apart from taking the direct route but if someone could give me an idea who does the trip regularly and do so in Km's that would be most helpful.
By the way. There were plenty of people trolling lures out there today and we gave it a go twice also all for naught. Plenty of bait balls on the sounder but not a single hit on a Halco Laser Pro and a Mackerell Mauler pulled at 10ks per hr. No one else seemed to be getting anything either.