andy mitchell Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I had a fish with my dad Yesterday offshore from the Gold Coast. We crossed southport bar at 6 am and headed for palm beach reef. My Dad's boat is more of a "miami vice" boat than a fishing boat so we anchor up set up a berley trail and fish offf the duck board. for those who don't know palm beach reef is an extensive gravel patch known for red hot mackerel action in the summer. I began throwing a 5 inch gulp on my bream rod and caught a few ooglies( juvenile cod different colours). Then my plastic was nailed on the drop and after a few screaming runs a nice little spotty mac was in the net and on the ice. A pillie floated down the berley trail was hit hard and the result was a nice cobia of around 10kg's which again went straight on the ice. The morning was rounded off by a few trevors on the plastics. Plus a mother and baby whale popped up 10 mtres from the boat. All in all a great day. cheers andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolan Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Top report Andy. Next time................. Remember a Camera!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers, Stumpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy mitchell Posted September 19, 2007 Author Share Posted September 19, 2007 Top report Andy. Next time................. Remember a Camera!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers, Stumpy I know i was not so annoyed by not having a record of the fish but the whales were so close . When I get up at 4 am I am lucky to pack myself let alone a camera. Next Time..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaky181 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Good Report congrats on the first cobia i keep a dispoable camera in the boat for those rare times i forget the digital camera get the photo's processed and then scan them i have never had the pleasure of seeing whales that close must have been awesome Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Good report and congrats on the first cobia Sounds like a pretty good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 What a brilliant outing - well done on your first cobia! Aren't the whales great? Cheers Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 well done mate that sounds awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDiko Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 (edited) Great work mate, after seeing the 2 Dan's DVD I'm dieing to get up the north coast. Hope I get a few decent fish while I'm up in Cairns in 2 weeks Keep the reports coming. IFS Edited September 20, 2007 by IFishSick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1990 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 OHHHH i can't wait, these fish sound tops. Im moving up to southport in a few months with the family, big change compared to sydney. cheers james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Great stuff Andy! Congrats on your 1st Cobe & a nice one at that at 10kgs. Now that Spotty. Is that an early or late season one? It's looking like a top fishing summer we're going to have up here. We were out a couple of weeks ago at Fidos & had a whale breach very close to the boat & had a dolphin stay with us for about 3 hrs while we were at anchor. Fantasic stuff! How was today! At 2 p.m it was 30.4c on my verandah in the shade. The fishing should fire up very soon. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy mitchell Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 Great stuff Andy! Congrats on your 1st Cobe & a nice one at that at 10kgs. Now that Spotty. Is that an early or late season one? It's looking like a top fishing summer we're going to have up here. We were out a couple of weeks ago at Fidos & had a whale breach very close to the boat & had a dolphin stay with us for about 3 hrs while we were at anchor. Fantasic stuff! How was today! At 2 p.m it was 30.4c on my verandah in the shade. The fishing should fire up very soon. Cheers, Grant. It should be great . we will have to get out and chase a few red toothy critters in the river cheers andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 You bet! I just picked up my new Jack weapon on the weekend. I can't wait to get it stretched. They should be right on the chew in a month or so. I've heard of a couple being caught but not too many as yet. As you showed on the w/end, it is Bass time though! Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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