The month of October ran a lot more smoothly from an operational point of view mainly due to more favourable sea conditions for fishing offshore. Looking back we probably only had to reschedule a small number of trips due to the wind factor. Typically we performed a lot of 4 hour coastal reef and 5 hour outer reef trips, although we still carried out full day outer reef adventures thrown into the mix. The offshore full day trips were conducted on those magical days when the outer reef is displayed in its most magical state. The 4 hour and 5 hour trips fished quite well with solid numbers of smaller large mouth nannygai up to low/mid 400mm and good legal sized coral trout were up and about. There were a few solid gold spot cod thrown in the mix as well, so it wasn’t overly difficult to entertain a good trip for people. A lot of families opted for this time frame keeping in mind their kid’s attention span. To be honest I agree with the parent’s call on most trips recently. That’s the trend nowadays but I remember as a kid I would fish from dusk to dawn if given the chance.
On our full day trips boy did I cover some miles with what I call VIP clients. These guys even if you didn’t know them prior are the sort of people you’d easily have a beer at the pub with – good people and very understanding. They tend to have a bit of experience about them and very accommodating. I am pleased to say we did deliver with some great coral trout, reef mangrove jack, large mouth nannygai and gold band snapper. The gold band snapper is found in deeper water and only at certain sections of the reef which I keep under my hat. They are in my opinion in the top 3 of eating species with their own beautiful texture and flavour. There was the usual shark activity at times, especially when the better fish were on the chew, however that is part of the game. It’s unfortunately part of the DNA of fishing the reef as their numbers increase. With Reef Closures upon us I’ve opted to have a bit of a break and go fishing with the Old Man down on the Gold Coast canals which is pretty relaxing fishing. I’ll be back on deck in early November, champing at the bit to rip some lips!
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