hards snapper

[reef_king]

My bros and I went headed out of mooloolaba at 2.30 pm for an overnighter 65nmls NNE of mooloolaba. we were cruising along at 24 nkts and the weather was fine in close but by the time we were 45miles into it the seas were getting lumpy and dropped back to 20knts. on the edge of the shelf some of the bigger swells came through at 5meters high and were standing up a bit{thank god for our cat}. To our dissapointment the sounder was bare, so we decided to search back and forward to the hards were the waves were smaller. after 6hrs of driving we anchored on the northern end of the hards for the night. up at first light I floated a bait down and wham... after a short fight a snapper approx 8-9 kg was near the boat and snap busted me of just out of net range. We ended up nailing some much smaller snapper in the next couple of hrs. after 6.30 things were really quiet and was hard to get the fish to bite despite the many good shows on different spots. so we put in some more hrs searching and going wider.found some very promising ground in over 100mts of water which will get further attention at a later date back at mooloolaba at 2.30pm after 160nms of travelling.

[Thunderbird]

There some expensive looking snapper there
Shame about the first one but it's usualy the way it goes.
First drop, big fish, loose it, spit the dummy!!
Sounds like you at least got a few good starting points for next time.
cheers birdy!

[Angla]

That swell would have been hard to handle I would imagine. Did anyone turn green or was all swell on board.

I never seem to care the miles put in for a good fish it's just fun on any water for me.

Nice catch

Angla

[windancer]

Nice catch shame about the big one but that's fishing.
Regards David.

[gavsgonefishing]

160nm is a decent trip, what sort and size cat you in?

[flickflack]

Long Way to go but the end result could have been different, Thats fishing for you.

[reef_king]

angla we NEVER get sick

Were in a 23ft coastal cat {the best boat/ride on the market by a long shot}

[vertico]

a nice bag of snapper and squire you got there
a bit of a drive to get em but atleast you got a feed

[outsiderskip]

long drive but was it worth the feed

cheers pete