Fished Well the wind backed off all day and by lunch was beautiful, water was dirty inshore and out to about 20 miles, then got cleaner as the day got on, but only to the north up by Jims. Had a drop on Jims and caught a big Hapuka on the first drop, then had […]

Finishing some loose ends, and fishing next week out of the Gold Coast for blues, the bite has been good when the weather has been good. Townsville continues to fire with 4-6 little blacks per boat per day. Will be up there middle of August, have a few openings for this great fishery. A few […]

Finishing some loose ends, and fishing next week out of the Gold Coast for blues, the bite has been good when the weather has been good. Townsville continues to fire with 4-6 little blacks per boat per day. Will be up there middle of August, have a few openings for this great fishery. A few […]

Out of the boat yard at last, took too long as usual, but the results are really impressive. Now if it would just stop raining I could finish a few little jobs. Cobia have been really biting out in 24 fathoms, and once this weather is gone we will be out there next week trying […]

TRADITION is in the boat yard with lots of major work being undertaken to bring her up to my requirements. The new Lees 36 foot outriggers are on and really sharpen up the look of the boat, Scopinich Chairs in the cockpit and bridge make for a beautiful and functional work place. All the Furuno […]

After consulting with some of the trawler guys in town I got some marks for some different areas to try on the way back up to the Gold Coast. Ran out and with the angle of the swell ended up a bit further north than where I wanted to start, but did find some good […]

If the wind ever stops blowing we can go fishing!!!! Check out the specials for travelling up and down the coast this season for Cairns in the Bookings and info page.

Fished out of Yamba again, great deep country out here, drops from 100 fathoms to 660+ in a few miles, jumped off a small blue, and caught a big dolphin, yellowfin tuna and wahoo off a big floating piece of steel ship. Flat calm and beautiful conditions.

Fished today out of Yamba and tagged a 300 lb striped marlin, fish was lit up like a Christmas tree, and piled on the bridge teaser before switching to the short rigger.

Talk about rough!!! The Couran Cove tournament was held in big seas with wind around 20knots, fishing was really tough and not much fun. no bites Saturday, and fished in the river and had a quiet day Sunday. Top boat had 3 fish, and one boat had someone washed off the flybridge by a wave […]