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Dam that would have been very exciting just seeing fish like GT’s and giant cuda cruising around in that area!!!Tim399 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:14 pmI didn’t do a charter but went to daydream island a few years ago. I fished off a small jetty at night I used tiny bits of bait (line straight to hook, no sinker) to catch garfish hanging around he light then sent them out to tempt bigger fish. Hooked a cod of some sort but got busted off on 15lb and 4000 reel and another bloke got smoked on a bigger outfit. Could see the GTs and giant barracuda patrolling the area but no lures could tempt them. Was great fun - much more action than our cold water piers down here
Seeing the GTs swim straight passed my lures still got the blood pumping, even though I knew I couldn’t land one. Just as exciting was having a huge GT swim along side me when we were snorkelling :super:Lightningx wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:26 amDam that would have been very exciting just seeing fish like GT’s and giant cuda cruising around in that area!!!Tim399 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:14 pmI didn’t do a charter but went to daydream island a few years ago. I fished off a small jetty at night I used tiny bits of bait (line straight to hook, no sinker) to catch garfish hanging around he light then sent them out to tempt bigger fish. Hooked a cod of some sort but got busted off on 15lb and 4000 reel and another bloke got smoked on a bigger outfit. Could see the GTs and giant barracuda patrolling the area but no lures could tempt them. Was great fun - much more action than our cold water piers down here
A GT swam past me snorkeling in Fiji 9 months ago, only in about a meter of water. Tried to catch but the ****** was quick afTim399 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 6:24 pmSeeing the GTs swim straight passed my lures still got the blood pumping, even though I knew I couldn’t land one. Just as exciting was having a huge GT swim along side me when we were snorkelling :super:Lightningx wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:26 amDam that would have been very exciting just seeing fish like GT’s and giant cuda cruising around in that area!!!Tim399 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:14 pmI didn’t do a charter but went to daydream island a few years ago. I fished off a small jetty at night I used tiny bits of bait (line straight to hook, no sinker) to catch garfish hanging around he light then sent them out to tempt bigger fish. Hooked a cod of some sort but got busted off on 15lb and 4000 reel and another bloke got smoked on a bigger outfit. Could see the GTs and giant barracuda patrolling the area but no lures could tempt them. Was great fun - much more action than our cold water piers down here
Wow mate! What an experience!!! Something you won’t be forgetting anytime soon I’m sureTim399 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 6:24 pmSeeing the GTs swim straight passed my lures still got the blood pumping, even though I knew I couldn’t land one. Just as exciting was having a huge GT swim along side me when we were snorkelling :super:Lightningx wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:26 amDam that would have been very exciting just seeing fish like GT’s and giant cuda cruising around in that area!!!Tim399 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:14 pmI didn’t do a charter but went to daydream island a few years ago. I fished off a small jetty at night I used tiny bits of bait (line straight to hook, no sinker) to catch garfish hanging around he light then sent them out to tempt bigger fish. Hooked a cod of some sort but got busted off on 15lb and 4000 reel and another bloke got smoked on a bigger outfit. Could see the GTs and giant barracuda patrolling the area but no lures could tempt them. Was great fun - much more action than our cold water piers down here
take the time off work and camp means more fishing also hit caloundra for the sunny coast stop theres a few parks and that about plus if you hit at the right times you can get squid fairly easyKimtown wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:15 amThanks for the responses boys, kind of forgot about this thread
Got a few options to choose from; 0debating whether I hire a boat/dinghy/kayak/ski from the marina and do my own thing, book a fishing charter for a day or 2 or take a few extra weeks off work, drive up there with the Jet ski and camp along the way at certain locations, like wonboyn, Wollongong, gold coast, sunshine coast etc etc and then just park my car up at Airlie for 5 days and ski over to where the wedding is at, on Hamilton Island so I have my ski over there to do whatever I want (assuming a marina will let me park it there)
The last option is obviously super appealing, but it's a lot of driving and not sure about the logistics of it, like mooring in the marina.