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This grassy sweetlip gave George Baumber a good
workout. LukeTrigar with a solid coral trout from an isolated rubble bottom.
CAhanging it up on close-in reefs
FTER our was still in effect, we a struggle to keep bait Swain Reefs decided to focus on close to the bottom, so I sortie, George closer reefs to try stuff was surprised when my
Offshore
by BILL CORTEN
and I decided to head we don’t normally try first drop of the day re-
to Turkey Beach for an overnight fishing trip because we hadn’t fished that region since October last year.
mitments kept getting in the way and unlike many other fishers, we chose not to fish the area during the COV- ID-19 lockdown good
weather, when social distancing and travel radius from home re- strictions applied.
– and not venture out to the wider ledges we prefer.
sulted in a double hook- up of a good tuskfish and a very respectable coral trout.
Weather, circum- stances and other com-
Because the snapper and pearl perch closure
This was our effort to minimise the likeli- hood of catching snap- per and pearlies, and as it turned out it was a good choice.
George and our friend Luke were doing well too, and eventually we were harassed by red emperor within a cen- timetre or so of legal size – uncharacteristi- cally, there were stacks of this fast-growing and resilient species.
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As our start point, we stopped at the ‘out- er wides’ and worked patches of rubbly bro- ken bottom on the east- ern side – and there were good fish in the icebox from the very first drop.
With a good feed of fish in the box we headed off and steered in a northeast direction, sticking to the theme
A little run in the current meant it was
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TURKEY BEACH
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• Undercover carport
• Close to boat ramp
• Linen available
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• Fish cleaning facilities
• Large yard with room
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Goldband snapper are great eating at this size.
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