January February 2023 Fishing Report and Newsletter

 | By Seamus on 3/27/2023 7:32:30 AM | Views (49)

View this email in your browser January February 2023 What a start to 2023 with some fantastic fishing and time spent with guests.  The weather has generally been very kind compared to the last few years which has been a nice change. The school holiday period saw the younger generation get into the action.  Spotted and school mackerel always provide great fun for the kids and is a perfect introduction for them into sportfishing.  Golden trevally, cobia, queenfish, longtail and mac tuna have been the main target species.  Longtail tuna have arrived right on cue and have been providing guests with some great fun and trophy size fish. The flats have also produced some great longtail fishing with sight casting them in shallow water a highlight for many anglers. Mac tuna and queenfish can be found mixed in the schools with some epic top water sessions being had on the queenfish.   For the bottom species we have had a few sessions bouncing plastics on the reef landing a few nice cod, coral trout and sweetlip.  Fishing lures and bouncing between spots has limited the shark predation. Fly anglers have also been enjoying the summer action on the flats.   Black marlin What a season we had in 2022 and they kept rolling in 2023 for a few weeks with a few more caught on fly and spin tackle. We had a few exciting re captures with our fish from inside Fraser Island re-tagged as far as 520 nautical miles away! The highlight for the year so far was Ray Malone’s epic black marlin sight casted on fly.  What a great fish and well done Ray.   Autumn Longtail Tuna Season 2023 It’s been a epic start to the season and it’s just warming up!  So far we have started to see tunas balling bait along with other species like queenfish, golden trevally, broadbar and Spanish mackerel. It’s not just tuna in Autumn!  Most of our species are very active this time of year, it’s certainly my favourite time of year for variety. We are already heavily booked for our Autumn 2023 season but we do still have availability so please be in touch to secure your booking.   Snapper and Winter Season Get in early and book your spot for our Snapper season 2023.  From June we will be targeting snapper along with jigging the wider reefs for a variety of trevally and reef species.  Get in early to secure your booking!   Full day Sportfishing charters 630am - 330pm From $375 Book Full Day Charter Half Day Sportfishing Charters 630am - 1230pm From $250 Book Half Day Charter Full Day Boat Hire 6am - 4pm Extras available From $320 Book Gotcha Boat Hire Catch of the Month Regular client Isa gets the gong this month, well deserved after landing this monster 30+kg GT solo on light tackle while on board our hire boat Gotcha II.  Well done Isa! Nomad Squidtrex   Check out the action from our DIY boat hire company, Gotcha Boat Hire.  Boat hire starts from $320 for a full day.   Guide Life   We have recently upgraded to Humminbird Solix and Apex sounders on all of our vessels and the results have been very impressive!  See some of our screenshots below. Trevally   See some of our recent catches below! Copyright © 2023 Hervey Bay Fly and Sportfishing, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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Catch Information

Species:
Black Marlin


Cobia


Coral Trout


Golden Trevally


Queenfish


Red Throat Emperor


Spanish Mackerel

This Fishing Report was submitted on 3/27/2023 7:32:30 AM by Seamus and last updated on 4/1/2023 3:46:57 AM.

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51 Tristania Crescent
Hervey Bay, QLD AU

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