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G'day all.
After coming in and spending a total of a round $70 dollars on Berkley and TT jigheads. It was up early and at the Mooloolaba boat ramp at 4am, followed by a short drive offshore into about 40 meters of water with my 2 mates Justin Volker and Brenden Hobart.

We anchored, the boys threw out some baits and i decided i wouldn't let that money go to waste and jigged some placcys. The boys were telling me how well they did the week before on the red emperor. after about 15 minutes Justin was on to the biggest snapper we ended up catching all day. The boys were getting a few on the baits... so when you cant beat em join em. We were all getting good numbers of fish, most of which were nice snapper.

While I only had 2 rods on the boat, 6-20lb lucky craft matched to a 3000 and a 4-8lb Luvias with a da 2000 size reel (yes Justin I am taking crazy pills). Drifting the baits was working but i was keen to try and get some fish on the placcys. So what did i do to my poor little Luvias, dropped a down on a 5/0 1/2 TT jig head with one of those new squid plastics from Berkley. then guess what happened... you all know. the biggest fish i hooked up on all day thought it looked good. i tried and tried to turn this thing, but the reef was where it wanted to be and there was nothing i could do to stop it.

Justin also hooked up on a fish that was in a class of its own (he of cause, was using gear that would be much more well suited to such a fish). I have never seen anything like it, it ran and ran and ran! and the 30lb braid and 30lb leader wasn't enough and it was all over. He may have turned the reel once... maybe.

Although we lost those 2 great fish, we still managed good fish. Snapper, cobia, spanglies, red emperor and a nice Moses on plastics and pillies... (oh and the boys managed a couple of happy moments too). We also managed to see a few whales getting around.

Great day out on the water
Jackson

Barramundi

G'day all.
On a recent trip Justin managed to land himself yet another Barra up one of the creeks off Tin Can Bay. There has being a good quantity of these fish being caught around that area due to the warmer water that spring had brought along.

Closer to home, a monster of a barra was caught in the Woods Bay on a popper at 2 o'clock am on Friday morning. This fish measured a whopping 105cm and weighed in at 13.5kg, and was a good catch in the Noosa River especially on 20lb line. Pity it was not released.

Just a short note to inform you that it is that time of the year again when we do our annual sale , which we are renowned for doing some stupid things to our prices . Our Sale is going to be held on Saturday 24th September and Starts at 8am , absolutely everything instore is on sale and marked down up to 60 % . This is a great opportunity to grab some awesome bargains and save some serious bucks . We only do it once a year and we make it worth your while . I look forward to seeing you on the day and would really appreciate if you would tell your friends about it also .

Regards
Ed Vander Kruk

Diamond Trevally

GT

G'day all.
With these large schools of herring thoughout the river the trevally have been going crazy of late. Lots in Woods and Ski Run.

The diamond which smashed a Ecogear Power Shad down deep went 60cm and was caught and released in Woods. The two big GTs where both around the high 50s and also toke a liking to the Ecogear Power Shad. One was outside the Council Chambers at Tewantin and the other at the Boat House.

Also got smoked by something very large in the Ski Run, felt like a GT I didn't land it due to the light 4lb leader (great mistake that was). My knot slipped. The whole time I couldn't turn its head and it got me over the other side of the river quite fast. At first I thought I had hooked the target species of jewfish an then with no big head shakes and a very fast long run almost spooling me I thought it was a trev it would have probally been in the high 60s great to know there's still some big fish like that in Noosa. All these fish where great fun on the light 4lb gear and 1000 size reels.

Cheers,
James.

Trolling for Snapper - Dr. Evil

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Hello All,
On another trip up to Tin Can Bay Paul and his dad Peter boated this nice golden trevally and some quality flathead from the creeks around Tin Can.

Closer to home there have been some rather large GT s around the Ski Run, feeding on the herring schools, with the full moon approaching expect school jew in the same area. From the Noosa north shore, there are quality dart and whiting on live worms. Offshore the guys putting in the time to troll have reported long tail tuna up to 20kg.

On the reef, large cod being caught and released on live yakkas. Snapper, sweetlip and the odd coral trout have been caught on our close reefs, such as Sunshine and close North .With the water warming up and the bait gathering on Chardons, keep your eyes out for billfish as they should be on the move with the warmer currents.
Tight Lines Guys,
James @ Hooked On

Noosa Bar Crossing - September

Hey Guys
Justin, another James, Paul and myself got away on Monday for a day trip to Tin Can Bay.

After launching the boats we headed straight for a known snapper spot. Unfortunately we only ended up with one snapper from that ground, so we decided to head up one of the creeks to fish the local marina.

This was fairly productive with all of us landing about 15 diamond trevally between us, flathead and a squid. After fishing the marinas for a couple of hours we then decided to head to a new spot to try and land ourselves some barra.

As the tide was dropping we decided to fish a certain patch of ground that had barra holding on it. After the few hours that we fished there, we ended up with 4 barra, 2 flatties and a jack.

By the end of the day we decided to fish the marina again, and this was productive. We mananged to land more diamonds and got blown away by some very big fish.

Tight Lines Guys,
James @ Hooked On

NEW SNAPPER REGULATIONS....

The Minister for Main Roads, Fisheries and Marine Infrastructure, Craig Wallace, recently announced changes to the recreational fishing rules for snapper.

From 1 September 2011, snapper bag or 'possession' limits will be reduced from five to four, with a maximum of one fish with a total length over 70cm allowed. The minimum size limit for snapper will remain at 35cm. This will apply to all recreational fishers, including those fishing from charter boats.

Further changes from the Rocky Reef Fin Fish Fishery Review include:

• no further bans on snapper fishing
• no proposed change for the size and bag limits for pearl perch and teraglin
• an online monitoring program will be introduced for recreational fishers to log snapper catch data, to enable anglers to provide information for use in future reviews. The program will be launched later this year
• an ongoing education program to reduce snapper deaths through incorrect catch and release;
• another review of fisheries management, including an updated snapper assessment, which will be completed in 2014.

These changes come after close consultation with recreational fishers and key stakeholders and are in place to support the sustainability of the species.