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Spangled emperor are welcome on any bottom shing session.
Scott A shows off the business end of a green job- sh.
On the flipside, myself and a couple of friends were lucky enough to head out with Real- ity Fishing Charters to Saumarez Reef.
north south, and the forecast was for 20-knot and higher wind com- ing from the east.
Scott from Bayside Bait & Tackle and my client, also Scott, were with me – dubbed Scott A and Scott B respec- tively.
TSaumarez Reef sortie

HERE’S not much to report on my fishing
Fishing Trip
by SEAN CONLON
charters because I’ve only been out once over the past month.
relatively calm water. With the weather that was predicted for the coming week, we could not have been in a better
conditions caught a few nice fish on jigs.
We caught a couple of flathead and a few small snapper, but I just haven’t been able to line up with any good weather, so hopefully next month will be better – we’ll see how we go.
place.
The reef system ran
With this newfound knowledge, a game plan was devised for the morning session, and as the anglers with me had a bit of gear, we headed out to the 30-40m line to jig for a few fish.
We headed off from Bundaberg on our 24-hour trip to the reef, with a nice 25-knot breeze from the east.
As we’d never been there before, we did a bit of exploring and trolled hard-bodies up and down the inside of the reef, though not a lot of luck was had on the first day.
Both Scotts had a designated jigging outfit and plenty of jigs, while I didn’t and would pay the price – but you can’t be pre- pared for everything in a new location.
A few people started to feel the ill effects of seasickness as the day- light faded, though the next day – after travel- ling over all that open ocean – the beautiful sand cays and reef ap- peared.
We headed in for a lovely dinner and a good night’s sleep – ready for a big session the following day.
We were greeted by a stiff 20-knot easterly breeze and borrowed a sea anchor, which took our drift down to 0.7- 0.8 knots – still quick, but slow enough to get to the bottom where the fish were.
We tucked in behind the reef and Bigcat Re- ality came to rest in
For our morning session we started by trolling up and down the inside of the reef and throwing stickbait around isolated bom- mies, though to no avail.
It didn’t take long for fish to come over the side – a mixture of Rob- inson’s sea bream, span- gled emperor and long- nose emperor to name a few – very soon after the bite went quiet.
As soon as we arrived, the crew deployed all the dories for us, and we were fishing in no time.
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After a discussion over lunch on the boat, a few fishers decided to explore deeper at the 30-40m line.
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Cod give a good account of themselves and were a challenge for the author with no proper jigging gear. www.bnbfishing.com.au
With a solid 25-knot wind, heading out would be difficult in small boats, but the fishos who braved the
With our plan in place, the next morning we were into an amazing