Dave_ Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) G'day again everyone, I woke up this morning feeling sorry for myself. My fishing luck so far in my new state has been bad and to make matters worse, my 20's are now a thing of the past. The Mrs randomly says "let's go to Noosa". I said "Noosa? You wanna drive all that way just for the day?". I honestly didn't realise it was only 2 hours from home, it still amazes me just what I have at my fingertips now, especially coming from a country town in NSW. Awesome. Got there at 9am and wow, what a nice place. Unreal. I got some frozen prawns just for back up as the plan was to net some livies. I had a look at the end of the rock wall near the sandbar and it just looked too awesome for a Whiting so I threw a prawn on the Bream/Bass rod. It was the last of the run in tide but the current was still ripping in hard. I had my first cast and I was kinda daydreaming and taking in the sights when suddenly the Mrs yells "look at that!". A big bust up was happening right in front of me and a bunch of large herring literally launched outta the water and one landed on my foot. These were BIG baits. I was shocked and started to bend down to pick one of them up when my little Luvias 2000 starts screaming. I knew this thing was big because of the size of the baits and it was ripping serious string. Knowing the odds were heavily against me, I tried not to panic and I got down close to the water to extend my rod as far past the rocks as possible. I hopped rocks like a madman until the fish went deep and used the strong current to it's advantage. Stalemate for 10 minutes, what a strong fish. It wouldn't budge and I didn't trust the 8lb leader but I had no choice but to put some more hurt on. I started to win and after a few tense moments up come a nice Big Eye Trevally. Top net shot by the Mrs. Stoked. Nice 20 minute battle. I turned around to find that I'd amassed crowd of around 30 people so thankfully I didn't choke. Instead, I was met with an applause fit for a champion hahaha. The Big Eye went quiet, only rising once more and disappearing too quickly for me to get my popper into the fray. When the tide began to rip out hard, I went around further to the beach and got a few nice Whiting up to 30cms. They went quiet so I went back to the rocks and dangerously casted in close and let the current take my bait right up under the overhanging rocks. I picked up some nice Bream and some really hard fighting Happy Moments or Black Trevally (they really go). I picked up a lot of other strange northern species too. I was back in form! Top day overall and I was glad to finally have some luck, especially given that the odds were against me with the Big Eye. Stoked. All fish released. Cheers, Dave Edited October 31, 2015 by Dave_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4myson Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Well done mate . I absolutely love Noosa , I first went there for our honeymoon back in 2003 & we haven't stopped going back there since .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Geeez your Missus came up with a great idea. Nice Big Eye on the light gear to. That fish in the Middle I recon is a Blackspot Snapper Lutjanus Ehrenbergii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Awesome work dave! Isn't it great to explore new surroundings! Keep the reports coming as I'm sure many raiders travel up to QLD each year! It also gives us a bit of insight to new species as well. Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 your wife said lets go fishing in noosa? she's a keeper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Yeah nice report and we'll done on the trev. That would have been fun on light great. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) The fish with the black spot is a moses perch Lutjanus russellii Nice bigeye!! Edited October 31, 2015 by The Iceman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickb111 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I misread noosa for nowra! Was reading your post in disbelief- herring ? Big eye? Huh? That's an awesome catch though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I stand corrected if thats the case The fish with the black spot is a moses perch Lutjanus russellii Nice bigeye!! I stand corrected if thats the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I stand corrected if thats the case I stand corrected if thats the case. Easy to mistake the two The moses has the stripe which extends over the eye and the blackspot snapper doesn't Also distribution blackspot you wont find south of around Cairns but the moses Ive caught as far south as Port Macquarie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Keep going Dave, you will keep locating new fishing spots as you try new areas. a couple of nice fish there. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) Nice fish. I used to fish Noosa as a kid and would love to get back up there. Beautiful big eye trev - I didn't know the species was an option land-based. Must have pulled like a rocket on the 8lb, well done! Edited October 31, 2015 by Mike89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_ Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think there's a record for Big Eye on bait. Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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