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Longnose emperor are another prize on the reef.
Sensational Saumarez Reef sortie
Scott B wasn’t shy about getting his hands dirty on the trip.
Coronation trout are always a special catch out on the reef.
Trevally also got in on the action.
At this size giant trevally are a handful on light jigging gear and many won their freedom before reaching the boat.
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variety of reef fish and
to run deep divers such as Zerek Pelagic Z out to the sides, and fur- ther back a rather large Zerek Zappelin stick- bait on the surface to mimic the flying fish we could see every- where.
could actually fish and enjoy our week.
before long we headed back to the boat for lunch.
A big thank you to the crew who looked after us – an awesome bunch who were free with knowledge of where fish were and the tech- niques that would work – ensuring we got the best out of our seven- day trip.
For the afternoon ses- sion, we decided to do a little anchoring and bait fishing around isolated bommies.
We hadn’t gone 100m before a Pelagic Z got hit on the outside – unfortunately it didn’t hook-up straight away, but suddenly a tuna leapt out of the water and grabbed the stick- bait.
We caught a variety of fish, with the main be- ing Japanese sea bream around 3-4kg, which had the 15-40lb Venom rod loaded with 50lb braid buckled over and the drag screaming.
Immediately all hell broke loose and the PE8 Venom rod buck- led over with the drag screaming.
A couple of must- haves if you decide to visit this place are a sea anchor to slow down drift, a good jigging outfit and a lot of 80- 200g jigs, and pelagic trolling gear.
I was able to get into a few of these fish with the gear I had.
If you get the chance to go to this destination, make sure you cover all your bases with heaps of different tackle.
The two Scotts and I had a ball getting into these lovely sea bream, a few trevally and a few unstoppables that bur- ied us into the reef.
We put the throttle down and got a bit of line back on the reel.
I paid the price by not having a jigging out- fit and caught nowhere near the amount of fish the other anglers did, but I still had a cracking time watching the fish hook-up.
The next morning, we headed to the 30-40m line and the fishers started jigging.
The old yellowfin tuna fought hard and after a great battle, Scott B was happy with the 12kg of yellowfin tuna in the boat.
Instantly, great 3-6kg fish came aboard in similar varieties as pre- vious days, with the odd bigger model among them, and all fantastic table fish.
We caught a few nice Japanese sea bream before heading back to Bigcat Reality for our last night on the reef.
Until next month, stay safe on the water and if you’re interested in any of our off the water or on the water tuition classes, or you just want to do a fishing charter, don’t hesitate to give me a call on 0432 386 307, email seanconlonsfish ing@hotmail.com or check out the Facebook page Sean Conlon’s fishing charters and Tuition.
After another amazing lunch, things changed a little.
Unfortunately, as all good things must come to an end, all the dories were packed on board for our 24-hour steam home.
The wind dropped right out and so, for the first time, we were able to get to the front of the reef where the big pe- lagics usually hide.
Allinall,wehada fantastic trip and even though the weather con- ditions were not favour- able, our captain put us in a good place, so we
Our game plan was
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