G'day guys, just another 1770 trip for those interested. We had 11 days up at Agnes from 5th of May staying at a house called "Seachange Loft" which has served us extremely well for the last 6 years. 8 blokes in 2 boats stay there comfortably.
we left the Sunshine Coast at 3am on the Tuesday with the intention of dropping our gear at the house and heading straight out. After unloading and fuelling up we were at the ramp at 10am and heading East on a glassy sea. After filling up with livies at about the halfway mark to musgrave we continued at a good pace. Fished a lot of 70m country NE of Musgrave for some good parrot and mixed remedies but no reds. Headed in to Stuart shoal to camp the night and got a few red throat and massive Moses perch. Up early Wednesday and out to 100/110m to try and get some pearlies for nil. Off home to clean them with a nice feed.
Had a round of golf in Friday whilst trying to sort out battery charging issues!!!!!!! House battery dead flat and both engine charging system fuses blown???? Replaced fuses and disconnected house battery for rest of trip and just ran everything off start batteries. Was wishing I had yamahas at the time but I am sure it will be sorted at the 100hour service?
Saturday back Sunday up to Lamont was the next plan. Was a little bumpy with a 15/20se forecast dropping out to nil in the afternoon. We left the ramp at 4am in a very shallow creek for a reasonable run toward Lamont until about 5km short of Fitzroy the 6.5m centre cab plate boat that was with us somehow ride into the back of a swell and submarined through it instead of riding up and over it causing major damage. The windscreen was smashed off and pushed in through the cab ripping all the electronics off and flooding them. No sounder or GPS or radio working and freezing cold blokes with a boat full to the gunnels with water. Not fun 60 odd km offshore. Helped those blokes get sorted and we all continued. Camped the night on the NW side of Lamont and got hammered with sharks. 1 legal red and a few red throats and mixed bag again.
The Lamont trip marked the end for the second boat so we headed back to Musgrave for 1 last overnighter. Once sagging it was a sloppy trip out but dropping in the afternoon made for a great afternoon and evening. Once again some great parrot and mixed others and a nice red. We lost a BIG red at the boat with a bit too much enthusiasm from the bloke on the net. Long story but the guts of it is there was a big mess of lines(we didn't even know this red was on) and all lines were cut and this fish was hand lined in on the tangled lines, he came in backwards as another hook was in his tail. The bloke on the net hit the line trying to get the fish in head first and gone. It was a big fish!!!!! After the tears and should haves were finished we went back into Stuart shoal for nil. We put our heads down on a glassy sea at about 10pm only to be woken about midnight to howling wind and that made for a long night then. Had an early fish then went home to clean fish and have a couple of beers.
Played a game of barefoot bowls on Friday afternoon. Great afternoon out with VERY cheap drinks and a $6 build your own hamburger. Anyone who is trapped up there on Friday because of wind, it is worth the money.
Stayed through till early Saturday morning then came back to reality.
The standout fish of the trip was a 5.4kg red throat caught in 25m of water.
Reply With Quote
happy days ahead summer is coming
Originally Posted by bannana
