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Dan Howard got this cobia up past sharks on the rear deck during an after dinner session.
Derek Greenough persisted with slick moves across the rear deck and up the side of the boat before landing a spanish mackerel after dinner. Page 58 – Bush ’n Beach Fishing, September 2020
No complaints Tabout Swains
The author was lucky with a red emperor from the dory that tested the rod and triple surgeons knot rig.
HE snapper and pearl perch closed season
Fishing Trip
by BILL CORTEN
for this year is done and dusted, and the over- all feedback from most people has been very supportive.
most vulnerable. Without it there will
was the highlight, and I’ve done this sortie a few times now.
There were a few neg- ative and veiled swipes at the closure conduct- ed through the media, but they all link back to people who have a vested interest or who earn good money from being participants in the fishery.
be a continued reduc- tion in biomass, leaving the community with a poorer fishery.
Keppel Bay Marina at Yeppoon is an excellent departure point to the middle area of Swains, and I regard the 22m steelp-hulled MV Cap- ricorn Star as the per- fect fishing platform for a safe, comfortable and enjoyable week on the reef regardless of the weather.
The thing these peo- ple overlook is that the fishery is not just about their bank balance, and the way of the future is to have managed con- trols such as closures during the spawning season when fish are
I enjoyed the closure period and packed a weeklong trip to Swain Reefs, a caravan trip to the beach just chilling out and a Turkey Beach fishing trip into the four weeks.
It is a long way out to the lesser fished ar- eas of Middle Swains, something in the order of 250km, where you must first cross the
A strong snapper and pearl perch fishery is what the majority of forward thinking and responsible fishers in Queensland want.
Without doubt the Swain Reefs trip with a great group of people
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