bowen fishing.

[discowhite]

staying up here for a week for my best mates wedding, there were very few days we could get out due to the wind... and wedding stuff.
but the day we did get out we hauled in so goodins.
naniguy large and small mouthed, coral trout, sweeties, parrots, motherinlaw fish, mackrel and tuna!

trout trolling:eek:
http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/27616/2558512790100509853S500x500Q85.jpg

glouster island
http://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/43765/2349339610100509853S500x500Q85.jpg

dallas and the bat
http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/15690/2592561900100509853S500x500Q85.jpg

noice trout.

http://inlinethumb59.webshots.com/41402/2943100550100509853S500x500Q85.jpg

and out combined haul.
http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/44231/2524703290100509853S500x500Q85.jpghttp://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/43509/2217589570100509853S500x500Q85.jpg

the tuna made the others look small. the tuna were boiling all the way back in so we took turns to flick some slugs into the pot, on 20lb braid no leaders:eek: only lost 3.... the largest (mine:cool:) weighed in at 8.9kg... and went like a train.

all up good quality fun:D

cheers phil

[discowhite]

tuna going nuts
http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/41644/2401363220100509853S500x500Q85.jpg

cheers phil

[The Fish]

Some nice fish there and I love going out from the Bowen and Mackay area. When I have been out it has been the nicest days with dead flat seas but we didn't catch any worth while fish. Seems you cant have the best of both worlds.

The sunrise about 20nm out from Mackay
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/11/649.jpg

The conditions that we were blessed with all day.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/11/650.jpg

The only fun fish we caught all day was this long tom that was at least 1.5m long or bigger.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/11/651.jpg

[discowhite]

me mates mum got this,, a trevor of some sort.. but nun of us have ever seen one like it. any ideas of its common name?

http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/34582/2249090650100509853S500x500Q85.jpg


cheers phil

[long stroke]

Great pics discowhite:)
Gotta love those mack tuna:thumbsup:

CHEERS TIM.

[roverrescue]

Not a great picture, but with those long tendrils Id be saying its a diamond trevally
Alectis indicus, Indian threadfish: fisheries, gamefish, aquarium (http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10)
is its fishbase entry...

They are one of the fastest trevs... put up a good account when a little bigger than your mates mums'.

What did you do with all the mack "vermin" tuna??? reef bait...

S

[Bearman]

Definitely looks like a diamond trevally