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The results of a double hook-up. The large-mouth nannygai The tax man always takes his share.
were following hooked sh to the boat.
When the water clears, cray sh can be speared on nearby reefs.
Clayton with a double on large-mouth nannygai caught in only 14m of water.
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BTuild up to the wet
HE last third of the year pro- duced memo-
Cape York & Torres Strait
by MATT POTTER
rable fishing around Thursday Island and the tip of Cape York.
good friend joining me in my 7m Fisher Maxi Cab.
range were landed on our boat.
As the temperature climbs, the fishing fires up and there are more opportunities to push wider as the strong southeast trade wind begins to abate.
Several other crews joined us in their boats for the epic adventure, which covered over 280 nautical miles, or 518km.
The standout lure was the 12cm Classic Barra Ghost in Casper, in fact white was once again a standout colour for both plastics and hard-bodies.
As it’s been a while since I penned an ar- ticle, here’s a quick summary of the fishing highlights from the past few months. September – barramundi fishing Cape York
The target species for the week was of course barramundi.
Towards the end of the week, my 12-year-old nephew Axel was con- fident he would walk away with the money for his 86cm barra.
A crew of good friends embarked on an annual week-long pilgrimage in late September, to fish a remote stretch of Cape York.
Plenty of banter was going around because there was a $50 buy in for the biggest barra from the 15 fishers, just to make things a little more interesting.
However, he was beat- en at the finish line by 12-year-old Nash Stan- ley, who boated a tro- phy 1.01m on the final day and walked away with the cash.
Dubbed the ‘Cape York River to Reef Classic’, there wasn’t a great deal of reef fish- ing due to the strong wind that persisted for most of the week.
While we managed a few salty rats around the mouth of one of the rivers, the better fishing was well upriver in the brackish water.
Great to see the young anglers loving their barra fishing and show- ing us all how it’s done.
I certainly had a full boat for the trip, with my dad, father-in-law, nephew and another
All boats managed several great catch and release sessions, with two and three-way hook-ups on a couple of solid barra.
The by-catch in itself was enough to keep us entertained, with queenfish, estuary cod, trevally, giant herring and a few solid man- grove jack coming aboard.
A substantial number of quality fish in the mid 70cm to low 80cm
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