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There are worse places to be! The beautiful Lizard Island Lodge and our little guy fishing on Day Reef yesterday. On a day trip out from the island we enjoyed the relatively calm weather after a morning swim to the net result of this little guy just before cease fishing. With our Anglers coming back on board today for the rest of the trip, we will be departing the Rock for a swim at the Cod Hole before heading down Number 10 which seemed to see most of the action yesterday – Square Bear had another good day with three fish and Shaka also caught a big one there.Meanwhile in the lower Ribbons, a few fish were caught including double header for Moana at Lena which included one about 900lbs (hope that regular reader Joe is having a ball on board!) as well as fish for The Ultimate and Ningaloo at Number 4 with another about 750lbs.
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The fleet is now spread the length of the reef from Linden Bank to Number 10 Ribbon in search of a hot bite. And again, some boats recorded good fish while nearby others recorded nothing. Near us on 10, Square Bear got amongst the rat pack with a good bite of small fish early. Meanwhile on Reel Chase, we had a bite out of a very nice fish only for her to disappear with the bait but not the hook. Despite seeing quite a few others including a group of at least 6 that buzzed our baits, that was our day.Wild Turkey fishing on Number 7 released this nice fish Ben called 750lbs. Wild Turkey – Photos courtesy of video from Tim on Tradition fishing by their side. Reports of Little Audrey tagging 3 on Linden Bank should further spread the fleet. We’re visiting the Rock today and tomorrow so we’ll find out if the fish have made it this far North.
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300lbs. That’s the size we put on it anyway but when we reviewed the footage at the end of the day, we loved this shot. Amazing what a good camera can do! (Canon EOS 20D for this one.)
Not much to report for yesterday. The entire fleet battled strong winds and rain squalls for the entire day mostly without joy. The two boats that I hear caught fish covered both ends of the scale – a 900lb-er for Mauna Kea and a 50lb-er for Ningaloo.
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Today’s quiz – how heavy is this fish? Stay tuned tomorrow and we’ll tell you.In the meantime, big wind, big fish action is back on the menu with another two reported sightings of Godzilla at the bottom of Number 4. Unfortunately for all of us, she’s not eating… Other boats a little further North saw some more action. Brilliant Company caught two at the top Number 7 including a 900lb-er and Calypso also caught two at 5 and a Half including a 900lb-er and Ben on Wild Turkey also caught two little fish. We caught just the one for the day (for Mike on Day 1) following up on our one fish the day before. Photo below, Brilliant Company on a smaller fish on Tuesday as well as our previous day’s fish Tuesday for super angler Dave.
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As we get away from the full moon a few more fish are showing up. Brilliant Company scored another big fish on Number 4. Sea Baby and Kekoa both caught good fish on the top of Number 5 while Tradition caught one about 650 at Number 8. Boats on the bank all reported a couple of strikes and most caught at least one fish. Boats further North on 9 and 10 report very little. Photo: Kekoa’s fish jumping in front of the setting sun with Brendan in the chair and Adam on wire.The big story still appears to be large concentration of Black Marlin Southeast of the Sea Mount including a large school of Pilot Whales. Hopefully someone like the Ultimate Lady will be checking out this concentration of fish shortly. Meanwhile on Reel Chase trolling out wide we found this log with David and Simon both releasing Dolphin Fish in the 30lb range and the trout spearing continues to be above average providing plenty of delicious meals for all on board.
