Coral Trout, Peel Island, Moreton Bay

[Aaron_Fogarty]

Gday Lads
Took the old man for a sunset fish on the western side of peel island and he landed a 37cm coral trout on a pillie and a 4/0 hook. The fish was released and a few questions were asked about water temperature and how far south the trout go.
If theres little ones theres big ones!
Regards Aaron

[straddie]

Heya Aaron, nice little surprise for your old man catching a trout at peel it's always good fun to catch something out of the ordinary.

I got a 4kg red emporer behind green island (moreton bay) years ago but it is the only one in all my travels in the bay and the only one I have heard of from green.

Be nice if you could find more and bigger trout in the area.

[Aaron_Fogarty]

Straddie
Ive been bricked there many times by big fish. Whos to say they aren t big trout, That same afternoon Dad was bricked using 35lb torture.
Regards Aaron

[aquarius]

G'day Aaron, I know of a couple of coral trout been caught a few weeks ago on the western side of Peel.
I reckon you are right the bigger ones must be there too!!!
Only problem is extracting them from the coral reef..lol
Cheers Brent

[vertico]

spear gun perhaps ? heh

[jeffo]

there is quite a few trout caught each year at caloundra 12 mile and currimundi reef so i cant see any reason they wouldnt stray a bit further south to the bay.

[Touchy - R.I.P.]

Yeah Aaron, My last trip to Goat produced a lovely little trout, was a real supprise. Touchy.><>.

[craigie]

Aaron,

Shame your trout was just shy of legal size, but certainly an interesting capture all the same.

I've included a pic of a Wire Netting Cod we caught at Goat Is in June last year.

Moreton Bay still has a few surprises up her sleeve 8) 8)

Cheers
Craig.

[webby]

Never seen a legal trout, or red emperor yet, but have caught legal red throats in the rous.
regards

[NeilD]

Some fish just don't know where they are supposed to be. A mate of mine (Ratman) caught a Barramundi Cod along a rock wall in the Broadwater. I picked up a 15.5kg Spaniard off Green late in May a few years back. I have seen trout speared around Peel in the late seventies.
Neil

[devocean]

Dont thnk you can use a spear gun at peel island. Do you know aht type of trout it was or is caught around that area?

[Smithy]

I think Dan Stead from TT lures got a legal one on a SP going for Squire around Peel not too long ago. For unusual captures there have been a few published photos of little Red Emporer caught on bait jigs and stuff like that over the years.

[craigie]

I also vaguely remember Glen Baker (from Bush n beach) catching a legal trout at Peel a few years back. It may have even made the cover of the Mag ??

Craigie.

[skippa]

G'Day Guys

Well my surprise catch in Moreton Bay was last year when I landed a small Red Emperor just North of MacLeay Island. I've caught them off Point Lookout, but never inside the bay before (and none since)

Cheers,
Tony 8)

[mackmauler]

Red emps are really quiet a common fish in the bay, there used to be lots of small ones around curtain, thats a long way down the bay though Tony!