LuckyFil Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Just back a week now from the annual trip to Weipa on the houseboat and tenders. The weather was strangely cool for up there due to the cold front that swept across the whole country - had to wear a T shirt under the long sleeve shirt for the dawn outings a couple of times! Worse was the bloody wind that didn't stop for the whole week and while not strong (10-20 knots) it caused a large ground swell from lower in the Gulf that meant off shore fishing more than 1 km was not possible. Despite this we managed some good fish with plenty of queenies (a few over the meter mark), various trevally (golden, gold spot, tea leaf, diamond, small GT), a cracker Blue Bastard (unique fish to the area like morwong) caught by the fly fisherman in our crew, heaps of grey mackerel (broad bar?) a few spanish, coral trout, mangrove jack and tusk fish. As usual some of the best fish were lost to sharks, but being confined to inshore fishing these weren't as bad as when you're offshore chasing the bluefin. The good thing about fishing in shore is we often used the light gear, which really made the drag sing on my Daiwa Sol 2500 when playing a metre plus queenfish in shallow water! A great bunch of guys onboard meant we had a lot of fun apart from the fishing. A few pics below Cheers Fil 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 A few more pics 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) deleted these links - didn't work! Edited June 15, 2019 by LuckyFil problem with links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Great report and great quality photos Fil. thanks for posting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Some great fish there Fil. Big Queenies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) Also I tried to open the links you put up with no joy, is it me. Edited June 15, 2019 by Blackfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Blackfish said: Also I tried to open the links you out up with no joy, is it me. Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 5 hours ago, Blackfish said: Also I tried to open the links you put up with no joy, is it me. sorry about that - problem with the links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Great report and photos, that’s some fine fish & stonker queenies 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) Also, congratulations to the Fly Fisherman in your crew who caught the Blue Bastard. Bit of a Holy Grail to Fly Fisherman and I heard they go well. Edited June 15, 2019 by Blackfish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Great report and top photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsy1 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 I really like your photos Woodsy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Blackfish said: Also, congratulations to the Fly Fisherman in your crew who caught the Blue Bastard. Bit of a Holy Grail to Fly Fisherman and I heard they go well. Yeah he was pretty stoked especially as he was solo in the tender that day so had to fight then net it himself. I caught a big one on a prawn bait a few years ago and I was using heavy bottom fishing gear. It nearly pulled me out of the boat- so it would have been a real challenge on fly gear! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Got what I thought a couple 2 year ago, then was ID as a Painted Sweeplip .... Doh. 😕 ...... 😄 All good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Great report. Looks like you had a good time. Great photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Thanks for all the positive comments. This was our eleventh year in a row up there. I first heard of the houseboat operation in Weipa from Fishraider members (Hookerbruce and others) who generously shared plenty of information about fishing up there , so its become a ritual to post a report after each trip to recount our adventure each year in case other's want to do the same. Fil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Could you pm me the name of company you fished with been thinkin of trip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Looks like an epic trip Fil. A meter queenie on a 2500 reel would be a screamer! One place on the cards for me at some point in my life! Thanks for the great post and photos! Jealous! Cheers scratchie!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 A few more pics from the trip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corro Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Top quality photos! What camera is that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 36 minutes ago, corro said: Top quality photos! What camera is that? Surprisingly these last ones were from my old iPhone 5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, LuckyFil said: Surprisingly these last ones were from my old iPhone 5! but all the previous pics were from my sons big SLR. I'll ask him what it is. I know he's also got a very good lens worth as much as the camera Edited June 22, 2019 by LuckyFil typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 4 hours ago, corro said: Top quality photos! What camera is that? The earlier pics were taken with a Canon 6D and a 24-105 lens. We used the auto setting most of the time as its simpler when shooting in a boat under less than perfect conditions and also took plenty of shots of each fish to increase the chances of getting a good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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