The July Fishing Report, Week Two, Page Two 2005, Noosa, Queensland, Australia, brought to you by G-Loomis.

Local yak angler Bill 'Billybob' Watson (below left) trolled up a couple of good size Yellowtail Pike around the National Park coves early on Friday morning then paddled out North of Jew Shoal where he put them to good use trolling for Spanish Mackerel and Snapper. The lack of Spaniard activity, fortunately, was more than compensated for by the 5.8kg and 6.4kg Knobbies he caught between 8.15am and 9am. Bill was armed with a 6kg-8kg Wilson Live Fibre rod and a Shimano TSS4 spin reel loaded with 30lb Platinum line. His troll rig was a fluorescent green Davo's Spaniard Special.

And Tristen Hateley (above right) was fishing in-close on North Reef on Friday night when the 11kg Jewfish he's posing with ran off with his live Yakka bait. He was armed with a Shimano TLD20 combo loaded with 40lb braid and 80lb trace.

North Reef was a very popular and very productive destination this week as Melbourne angler Andrew Little (right) found when he dropped the pick there on Friday. Andrew and a buddy boated a number of Snapper during the morning session and literally topped the esky up when this 14kg Cobia or Black Kingfish took a whole Pilchard on a 4x5/0 ganged floater. Andrew was armed with a Silstar Powertip rod and an Okuma threadline reel loaded with 15kg Penn line and 80lb mono trace.

And yes, there were plenty of Snapper on the bite at all of the reefs this week. Mike Zabynel from Woolongong, New South Wales and Rodney Easterbrook from Timboon, Victoria (below) were happy to pose with a sampling of the catch from Thursday's full day Cougar Too charter to Chardon's Reef. These fish were in the 2.5kg to 3.5kg range and there were more than enough to go round. The rest of the catch on the day was Squire, Sweetlip, Moses Perch, Parrot Fish and Cobia.
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