dirvin21 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 As a follow on from the report in the freshwater section, our honeymoon road trip didn't involve a great deal of saltwater fishing We did have a couple of sessions on palm cove jetty north of Cairns We didn't land any fish, but Amy jumped off a solid queenie and I got bitten off by a presumed mackerel. The main portion of our saltwater fishing was a booked charter to the outer reef off Port Douglas. It was a long rough trip out to the reef but as you coukd guess excitement levels were high We had new rods to blood and a score to settle after our very disappointing reef trip off Hinchinbrook in 2018. Amy opted to start with baits (this guide had good quality bait), I stuck with my stubborn lure purist attitude and dropped soft vibes. The start was a little slow, plenty of hits for Amy on the baits I dropped a very small reef fish beside the boat then Amy's hooked up, the fish shot for the surface first call was mackerel but turned out to be a lesser queenfish A good start and Amy broke the doughnut for us. The sounder was lit up with life, I persisted with the softvibe jigging it on the bottom, I tried something different giving it a few rips up in the water column and on the pause it was slammed. The resulting fight was brutal the fish pulling a near locked drag with ease the fight went on for awhile eith some serious cursing from me and laughing from Amy I was crazy excited when this fish came up, golden trevally off the bucket list damn these things can fight. With new enthusiasm we kept dropping, we caught plenty of fish like purple cod and barracuda to name a few nothing big but fun, Amy ended up with a fair few queenies. Eventually I had another better take and after a decent tussle a gold spot trevally Another fish I wanted to catch, the picture doesn't do the colours justice, note the rid in the holder, I carelessly left my vibe dangling in the water which was slammed the beast took a straight nose dove to the bottom, thinking shark I slowly struggled to pull the submarine back from the depths, then this thing appeared A monster batfish that had been hanging around the boat still can't believe how strong they are. We still had the pressing matter of needing a couple of fish fir dinner, we tried a few trout spots for very little apart from me being smoked by a beast, we moved onto some reef flats, the water was a little dirty but didn't take long for Amy's lure to get slammed A nice blue spot trout and quickly followed by a small emperor I managed a small honeycomb cod There were plenty of hits and misses and with the tide change we moved back to find a dinner fish. Amy put the first fish in the esky with a nice stripey on a vibe But the legal trout kept evading us we caught a few smaller stripeys which were kept for bait. Amy made the switch to fresh bait and the results were immediate with more small variety, queenies and a few royal dustings, them Amy gets slammed she did a great job turning the fish and musclingit to the surface A cracker of a spangled emperor, it measured in the mid 50s as you can tell Amy was a little pleased with herself With time running low and the small fish and queenies plaguing me I finally hooked a decent reefie, and at long last my first coral trout A nice bar cheek a good fish to finish our reef session, we landed many species and had a blast. The next night in the Daintree we cooked our catch must say the stripey outshone coral trout by a mile We fished the salt around the Daintree a bit with no luck, did drop a barra and miss a few jacks but it's crazy croc country Theres was some great clise in reef at Cape Tribulation but it's a green zone Gotta love how the rainforest meets the reef That's it for our saltwater portion of our honeymoon Hopefully we'll have some more adventures to come soon Cheers for reading Dave 23 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Fantastic again Dave and Amy, thanks for taking us along. Again looking forward to the next instalment. Travel safely. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Great report mate, enjoy the Honeymoon. Plenty of fantastic fish caught. Keep it up Well done. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Super report. Just love the photos. Well done you two. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Sensational reporting Love these pics!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Great pics and variety of species guys. Hope there’s more coming for you both. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Love your photos and report well done 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobycb Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Great read and excellent photos! Can't wit for the water to warm up a little here in Sydney. Regards, Toby 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebenbomb Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Well done on part 2! Hopefully you tick off all species from the bucket list and enjoy your time there! Beautiful photos as well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Living the dream! 👍 Some beautiful fish, amazing colours! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Another great adventure, many species of different colours and fighting abilities, looks like a great time had by all. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 1st class report Dave and Amy. Tough when you expect so much from FNQ but I reckon you did very well and also managed to tick some off the wish list. Well done. bn 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Brilliant report and fantastic pics Dave - Trip of memories” 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 I’m with all the others.Fantastic photos mate!!!Enjoy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Once again a great report. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidless Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Looks like you guys had an absolute blast, the anticipation, the tribulations and the results are all apart of the adventure. Wishing you many more in each other's company. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Awesome report. Certainly jealous. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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