Saltwater Flyrodders

Thanks Al

Its a galeforce 4.8m center console.

Very nice, thought it might be. I've enjoyed a few trips on Galeforc boats, nice ride.

Any reports shore based yet or are they all hanging around Mewstones?

Dee

D yes they were at mewstones,so where all the muttonheads throwing stick baits. Gave up on fly became a muttonhead myself just to have fun.go earlier next time.
Noddy put a link to salmon going thru scarbough on flacebook.you heard it b4 ,right place right time.

peter birch wrote:D yes they were at mewstones,so where all the muttonheads throwing stick baits. Gave up on fly became a muttonhead myself just to have fun.go earlier next time.
Noddy put a link to salmon going thru scarbough on flacebook.you heard it b4 ,right place right time.

Thanks Peter, might have to start giving the local haunts a go, not sure I fancy yaking out to Mewstones with all the Great Whites that are now bound to be around! lol I saw that video on facbook all right, still yet to see the likes of a blood stained Ammo Jetty again this year to be confident enough to come across them in the sound. But it cant be far off now!

Dee

peter birch wrote:D yes they were at mewstones,so where all the muttonheads throwing stick baits. Gave up on fly became a muttonhead myself just to have fun.go earlier next time.
Noddy put a link to salmon going thru scarbough on flacebook.you heard it b4 ,right place right time.

For those who do not understand North Queensland "I could not get the fly in front of the salmon so I took out the spin stick"

The closest I got to a Salmon on the weekend.
See ye-al at the broth on Saturday

Wooden fish award.
Brisvegas not NQ.

peter birch wrote:Wooden fish award.
Brisvegas not NQ.

Wha - haaa see you on the weekend mate, promise not to tail the galey to close

Reasonable day Wednesday at Mewstone. Plenty of fish...but about 10 boats. Seemed to be multiple schools ranging from reasonable small pods (say 10m diameter) to bigger schools (say 40m diameter). Saw a couple of schools hit bait fish on the surface - quite specy! Some schools climbed all over the flies, some were a bit tentative - probably dependent on how long since they were hit by the other boats.

Fishing got a bit painful at times ... when we found a school and hooked up (mostly double and triple), we were swamped by other boats soon after. The trick was to go a few hundred meters away to find an isolated school, get a couple of fish before it either moved on...or other boats put them down.

Each time (4 times I think) we thought it was all too hard and headed for Stragglers, we just got the boat on the plane only to spot another school.

We did finally have a brief look at Stragglers (seaward side only) and didn't spot anything. Because it was such good weather we had a look at West End (I know...leaving fish to find fish....) and had say 30 minutes look in the usual spots...nothing. But at least it 'proves' to me I don't want to launch from Hillarys to go to West End.

I wish people luck on the weekend fighting the mobs of D#$kheads that will undoubtedly be out there. Too hard for me!