August/September 2021 Fishing Report and Newsletter

 | By Seamus on 10/18/2021 9:30:52 PM | Views (517)

View this email in your browser August/September 2021 The past few months has seen some of best weather for the year.  Combine this with our winter species and we've had plenty of happy guests and bent rods. Snapper season was a little different this year, with the fish spread out throughout the Bay.  That made things interesting as we caught many of our snappers in areas where we haven't seen them for many years, along with the traditional grounds.  We targeted them on a range of techniques from soft plastics, jigs and even cut baits at times.  It was interesting to see their behaviour lean toward scavenging rather than aggressive bites this season - particularly when trevally are working the same areas. Working lures often resulted in attracting trevally so a change of tactic is required to single out the snapper. In the trevally schools we encountered bluespot, tealeaf, diamond, golden, goldspot, bludger and giant trevally.  The range of their species through winter certainly makes for some great fishing. Jigs from 40-60g are dynamite through winter with the Nomad Buffalo and Cast OTD range being our go-to jigs. On the reefs, grunters, grass sweetlip, coral trout, cod, various perches, scarlets, kingfish, cobia, mackerels and more have kept our guests busy!  We had a few excellent sessions on the reefies this winters with the coral trout being the trophy fish for many. Inshore we had some fun targeting flathead, snapper, trevally and queenfish.  Our inshore fishing can be very productive at times and is a great option on those windy days and on our half day trips. The school holidays were also a buzz with plenty of budding junior anglers coming on board for their first taste of sportfishing.  Hopefully we left a lasting impression and they take up fishing as a pastime. It's always a pleasure to see the joy on their faces when they battle their first decent fish.   The next few months we move into our spring and summer season. With water temps on the way up we have seen more surface action with mac and longtail tuna starting to get around. Spotted mackerel will be next with their arrival due in November which can create some exciting fishing on the bait balls. Our black marlin season is almost upon us the coming weeks we will begin to seek out the blacks and start targeting them for frequently. We still have a few spots left so get in quick to secure your booking. If you're ready for an exciting day on the water and that chance at your trophy fish, book now using the links below!   Full day Sportfishing charters 630am - 330pm From $300 Book Full Day Charter Half Day Sportfishing Charters 630am - 1230pm From $200 Book Half Day Charter Full Day Boat Hire 6am - 4pm Extras available From $320 Book Gotcha Boat Hire Catch of the Month This sensational spanish mackerel put up an epic fight 114cm queenfish, what a catch! Local Bass and Barra Charters This Spring we are launching our Bass to Barra trips on the Fraser Coast. We will now have the option to take guests onto our local impoundment just 40 minutes from Hervey Bay and target barramundi on lure and fly.  Our gun guide Kurt Rowlands has been targeting a few on fly recently and getting some great results.  If you're interested on targeting barramundi and bass on the Fraser Coast, please be in touch for more information.     Our boat Hire Company Gotcha Boat Hire Hervey Bay has been busy with guests enjoying our custom sportfishing vessel. Plenty of fish have come across the deck along with some great whale watching and sight seeing. Our 4.5m Polycraft is the perfect vessel to explore the Sandy Straits and the Bay and is well equipped with bow mount electric, chart plotter/ side scan and whisper quiet 60hp Yamaha outboard. We had the pleasure of hosting David Granville from Coastwatch as he battled to land to big golden trevally amongst the sharks of Hervey Bay.  Check out the video! See some of our recent catches below! Lots of of longtail action Nice scarlet Bludgers pull some string Double trevally! XL MIL Bluespot trevally Nice kingy for Maria Doubles on bluespot Very nice Spangled Emperor Chinaman fish - not a trout Grunter for dinner 130cm longtail for Isa Juvenile red emperor Venus tuskfish on the jig offshore Good size school mackerel Goldspot cod Flat fish XL School mackerel Copyright © 2021 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:
Barramundi


Black Marlin


Cobia


Coral Trout


Dusky Flathead


Flathead Catfish


Giant Trevally


Golden Trevally


Grass Emperor


Grunter Bream


Queenfish


Red Emperor


Red Throat Emperor


Spangled Emperor


Spanish Mackerel

This Fishing Report was submitted on 10/18/2021 9:30:52 PM by Seamus and last updated on 12/30/2021 11:56:16 AM.

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Hervey Bay, QLD AU

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