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 Martin's fishing trip to NoosaFrom: Martin Rush Hello fellow anglers, just thought I'd drop a line and tell of my recent trip up to Noosa chasing some bigger fish. When we arrived we threw a line in the Noosa River not far from the Noosa Sheraton jetty. Well you have never seem such a feeding frenzy. Bream everywhere. When you threw in your line it came down to how big and whether you'd get one or two on your line. This was a lot of fun. We did this just about each day and also hired a boat and fished the estuaries and up and down the river. Again there were heaps of fish to be had, mainly bream ranging from 10cm anywhere up to the biggest for the trip being 43cm long. As well as these furiously feeding bream we managed whiting, mullet, snapper, tailor, small rays, flounder and the occasional flathead. We also headed out on a charter out through the Noosa Heads into the deeper water. Again there was no shortage of fish but the grinners (which I had never heard of before) were everywhere, they became quite annoying. Considering we were fishing in 50m of water it was annoying to rebait our line as it took so long to get the sinker to the bottom and then back up again. The group we were with were pulling in some nice squire snapper, red emporer, most under the 45 cm legal limit, and lots of these grinners (apparently cats won't even eat these fish???). We had a line out the back of the boat with a balloon attached with a live bait on the hook. Bang it was off, we all turned astonished at the power at the end of this rod and the captain chucked a belt around my waist and said "it's all yours sunshine". i was shaking with excitement. What ever this fish was it was taking a hell of a lot more line than I could bring in, until it began to tire. The captain suggested a big snapper, maybe a cobia, it was hard to tell but it was big. Then there was colour and he thought it was a kingfish, but it ended up being an 11 kg mack tuna, wow and was it good eating. My favorite fishing moment. it took about 25 minutes to get in. After a great afternoon on the boat, and a big bag of fish, including a mauri cod??? What was supposed to be called the chicken of the sea, supposedly because of its taste, we headed back. A day or two later we were out in Laguna Bay, it was raining, but the mullet and the skipjack were out in hoards. There were schools and schools being rounded up by reef sharks, it was quite a sight, but that didn't diminish their appetite, another big bag of fish. Enough of the gloating, it was a wonderfull trip, but I do look forward to getting back out to my Williamstown area to find me a big one as well, it may be a little harder, but it is a lot colder down here, both weather and water temperature. Highly recomend a trip up north for anyone with the time on your hands, but if we look after our stocks down here you never know what might jump on your line. Cheers and tight lines. Martin (23 April 2002) |
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