Day Three: reef goes nuts
Day three was a short day due to the tides
messing with launch and retrieve times of
the boats and that meant that the tides
were ideal for reef fishing and the guides
took full advantage of this.
I was lucky enough to have the day with
Dhipirri’s owner Darren and we had a
mission to collect some mudcrabs and
search out some of the tiniest of drains to
see how far up a boat could push. It was a
spectacular day for me as I love doing all
the other stuff that goes along with being
up north – in fact the best full day I had
on the trip and we caught bugger all fish.
We did catch lots and lots of crabs for the
seafood feast and had a blast checking
out those tiny gutters, sight fishing barra
in real tight to all sorts of nasty, nasty
structure.
But the reef fishers had a day out. Adam
Meredith and Brett Hyde nailed over 70
fingermark (golden snapper) up to a very
impressive 70cm on the Zerek Fish Trap
95. As Adam described it, it was one of
the most amazing sessions he’d ever had.
The best colours were the fabled Fat Betty
and the much loved Flying Bear – two
colours that were working on just about
anything with fins this trip.
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