Fraser/DI Reds, Jacks, Snapps and underwater footage pics

[Reefmaster]

Hi all,
Been trying to post a report from the last full moon weekend trip we did but been flat out.

I headed wide of Fraser and arrived out wide late afternoon with very little wind, minimal current and the moon rising over the horizon. The fish were biting well straight away but the sharks were thick on most spots which left us with many bitten off heads or completely taken fish. I moved around to many spots during the night well north up along fraser and pulled a good mix of Reds, blue maori cod, snapper, cod, red throat, hussar, moses perch and coronation trout.

We kept fishing throughout the night and found one spot around 2:30am that had a good show of fish on it and produced some quality fish till 6am. We caught snapper, big Jacks, reds, Hussar to 54cm, Cod, red bass, spangled emperor and moses perch. A couple huge cod were caught and released but there must have been some other monster cod there as we were pulling 8-10kg reds with scales missing off them after being eaten by the cod before they were letting them go.

Sharks were also a major problem on this spot but we still managed to pull plenty of fish with every 3rd or 4th fish taken by sharks. By 6am when the sun was coming up the fish went off the chew but we were more than happy with our results and completely buggered from fishing the entire night.

We have been dropping an underwater camera down on most spots during the past few trips and capturing some great footage for my Wickedfishing "Double Island Point & Beyond" DVD. We dropped it down on the spot spoken above to have a look at the bottom structure I picked up on the sounder. It was still very early morning so the lighting wasn’t the best but you could still clearly see a decent sized rock with massive over hangs/caves. We spent the next couple hours dropping the camera down on various spots and captured some great footage which is so interesting to watch. Amazing how many Jacks are on most spots and the life that inhabits these areas is mind blowing. I have also captured footage of the sounder readings while the underwater camera is down there to show people the comparison of underwater video footage and sounder readings at the same time.

For all the good pics and a detailed article get yourself a copy of the next months BushnBeach.

I'm hoping the DVD will be ready sometime next month.

Regards,
Greg Lamprecht.







Red Bass








foxy with a nice red and the oldman into one as well.




Some other underwater pics of the footage we caught.

[kitty_cat]

awsome pics cant wait for dvd

[kitty_cat]

do you eat the jacks at that size the last one we(indy pete) caught was terible to cook and eat ?

[Reefmaster]

Yeah Wayne they tend to be tough as a boot the big Jacks. You need to slice them into thin pieces for better chewing.

Cheers
Greg

[MEG-A-BITE]

look forward to the DVd.

[FisHard]

I'm not a hardcore reef fisherman, but put me down for that dvd. It sounds awesome

[jtpython]

I cheated and seen the report on your site mate awesome that underwater videoing amazing amount of life there
JT

[outta line]

read it on your web site the other nite .......awesome...awesome...awesome ...... like the others carnt wait for the dvd cheers mick

[Redhunter]

It looks like micks having a jokingly dislike chop at ya for mising that trip,good report greg well done
steve

[Lovey80]

Awesome report. How deep are most of those spots you are pulling those big reds and reef jacks off?

[outwide1]

It looks like micks having a jokingly dislike chop at ya for mising that trip,good report greg well done
steve

Yes Steve,thought i would go against the grain.lol
I am spewing i decided to go to the hards that night,especially when Greg calls you on his way home
to rub it in.
All jokes aside he is the Reefmaster aka(poor old lonely fisherman).
Cheers Mick

[dunny]

Solid effort Greg. So much to learn....

[mull dog]

I'll do you a deal Greg. I'll show you how to catch wobbygongs in a crab pot if you show me how to catch reds off D.I.? Great report, thanks for sharing.

[Reefmaster]

Awesome report. How deep are most of those spots you are pulling those big reds and reef jacks off?

Most fish came from 50-60mtrs

Regards,
Greg

[Reefmaster]

It looks like micks having a jokingly dislike chop at ya for mising that trip,good report greg well done
steve

lol yep he was a little dirty for missing that trip Steve. Got himself to blame for that one. lol

Regards,
Greg