This weekend is a shocker 15-20 knots reaching 25 knots at times. At the moment it seems it will stay that way for most of the week. I ventured out of Able Point in Cannonvale today, but with the large swell and the wind i opted to stay close to shore. Just outside the rock wall i hooked up on a massive Shovel Nosed Ray which put up a extremely good fight, He would of been just over a meter and didnt opt to sit on the bottom as there known too do.
Then after a few minutes i hooked a rather large puffer fish, But he bite me off at the side of the boat. We then moved out to the sunken boat which can be seen from the yellow safety boy. Here was were the fun really started. One after another there were Indo Snapper and small Trevally being hooked. Then i finally hooked up on a decent Gt. After a few minutes i had him aboard 15.3 kg he weighed . He was well worth braving the rough weather. After about a hour the sharks decided to join the party. I got a couple of Bronzies to the boat, Only small ones and then Decided to call it a day, And headed home. Today I only used Squid as bait, Still lots of fun. My flat mate and his mates when to Billy's creek, About 20 km north on the highway from Proserpine. They caught some rather large Bream and Grunter and a couple of Mud Crabs. I have yet to hear any reports on the dam this weekend, But i think the Barra would be of the bite with the weather. The coral reef fin fish closure ends today so i will start to report on the Islands and Reef in my next post. There has also been many reports of Long Finned Tuna about, when the winds drop down, thats what i will be chasing.
Until next time happy fishing.
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