Rob Fry from Goondawindi boated the 12kg specimen he's posing with while out there on a full day Cougar Too charter on Saturday. He was kitted out with a Wilson Texalium rod and a Daiwa Sealine reel loaded with 20lb Pioneer Flexline. A little closer in, Chardon's Reef yielded Moses Perch and Teraglin Jewfish and North Reef was the spot for Marlin (caught and released), Cobia, Sweetlip, Moses Perch and Mowong. While almost deathly quiet earlier in the week, Sunshine Reef erupted on the weekend with Spanish Mackerel, Spotted Mackerel, Northern Bluefin Tuna and Mackerel Tuna in hot pursuit of the bait schools around top of the tide. The area just off the National Park headland and around Alexandria Bay were other weekend hot spots for the aforementioned species as young Chris Lacey (above right) found around Sunday lunchtime. Chris, who was out there with his father Greg from Davo's Bait and Tackle, personally accounted for the 8kg Spaniard and the 10kg Bluefin in the photo. He was armed with a Shimano T Curve 200 rod and an Accurate 870 reel loaded with 50lb braid and 50lb Schneider leader. Laguna Bay ran hot and cold with plenty of Bonito and Mackerel Tuna moving throughout the bay plus the odd Spanish and Spotted Mackerel at North Hall's Reef, Jew Shoal, around the drum lines, just out from the shark nets and in the outer Tea Tree Bay area where Yellowfin Tuna were also on the prowl.

ONSHORE: There wasn't a lot of feedback from the coastal surf beaches this week with the only reports from the North Shore being of Chopper Tailor in the surf gutters down towards the river mouth end of Teewah Beach. Over on the east side, Whiting were the main catch on Sunshine Beach with the stretch south of the surf club working best. Further south, Marcus and Castaways beaches produced quality Dart, as did Peregian Beach with the added bonus of Chopper Tailor.