Penguin Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 (edited) Hi everyone, A week or so ago I was in Coffs Harbour with my family for a few days. The kids had a sporting event to attend as well as that we snuck in some fishing wherever we could. We fished near the marina and Mutton Bird Island and were lucky enough to hop on a mates boat one morning for a few hours before the wind and waves picked up. We managed a couple of nice snapper from the boat on half pillies and some other rubbish fish. A few hours were also spent throwing some lures around one of the breakwalls. We had 2 solid follows and hits on the metals that resulted in bust offs as we were fishing light gear. Don't know what the fish could have been. We also spent a few nights chasing fish using unweighted bread and prawn baits. Myself and my boys found a good spot that produced well. There were at least 100 bream holding in the shallows, they would dart off in all directions when we put a torch on them. Some were absolute stonkers, but they would not be tempted with any baits or lures. We caught and released over 30 on each occasion on the first two nights. Most were in the 22 to 35cm size range. On our third visit to the spot a couple of nights later there were about 200 Trevs there and a few Bream. My boys had plenty of fun c&r Trevs and the odd bream. On our last day we also hit up a small lake in the hills 20mins by car from Coffs, we were told the lake held Bass. We have never caught them before but were keen to give it a shot. My son Jono and I tried a few different lures, and we had a double hook up on Bass as soon as we tried spinner baits. My other son Dan had a servo prawn under a float that took a bit of a dunk and run. He lost the fish bringing it in unfortunately. Heres a few pics. The snapper, anyone know why such a colour difference? I think this is a Fingermark Bream. The Bass Thanks for viewing. Edited November 3, 2015 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Very nice report John and the kids are growing up so fast. You need to get them to join and enter their next catches in Catch of the Month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Some great fish there by the boys and the post pics of the feed make it even better! Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 Very nice report John and the kids are growing up so fast. You need to get them to join and enter their next catches in Catch of the Month Thanks Stew, your right, time sure flys by and the kids keep growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Great family outing john. im planning our christmas trip. if you dont mind can you pm me where the land base location is? as i got 3 kids and they love fishing. many thanks in advance~ sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4myson Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 What an awesome trip with the kids ! The colour difference ?? I thought that the fish on the left was a MONSTER Bream !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p-ziller Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 You and me both 4myson. Well done Penguin!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Thanks Stew, your right, time sure flys by and the kids keep growing. Awwww John that'll be MRSswordfisherman aka Donna !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii11x Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Sounds like you all had a great time up there mate, especially the fishing, looks like the kids had an absolute blast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 Awwww John that'll be MRSswordfisherman aka Donna !!! That's twice now that you got me there Donna, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay88 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Nice report mate. mhmm them food pics. Ha! That snapper must have been fun to catch on light gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innovative Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Sounds like a Awsome trip ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrant666 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Great report and good to see a couple of nice feeds for the family. My wife is from Coffs and has family up there so we're up there semi regularly. I'd be interested too if you could Pm me a couple of spots where you had luck as I'll definitely be taking the boat up next trip probably over Easter Sent from my D6653 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 Great family outing john. im planning our christmas trip. if you dont mind can you pm me where the land base location is? as i got 3 kids and they love fishing. many thanks in advance~ sam Check your pm's. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 sounded like an awesome trip mate, the kids had an absolute blast and Like I said, I love baked snapper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 I love baked snapper Me to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-ster Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 We've already made plans and booked a hotel for two families at coffs this December. I've never been there before but looking at Google maps there seems to be some nice locations for the kids to fish. Can't wait to get up there. I haven't had a chance to fish all year so due to work and kids (youngest is 2) I'll be the fishing guide for 3 kids between the ages of 7 and 11. However I also plan to do some early morning fishing on my own. Should be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 We've already made plans and booked a hotel for two families at coffs this December. I've never been there before but looking at Google maps there seems to be some nice locations for the kids to fish. Can't wait to get up there. I haven't had a chance to fish all year so due to work and kids (youngest is 2) I'll be the fishing guide for 3 kids between the ages of 7 and 11. However I also plan to do some early morning fishing on my own. Should be great! Good luck hope you catch plenty, and don't forget to share your pics with us. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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