The visited reefs produced Squire, Snapper, Parrot Fish and Moses Perch. In addition, Chardon's Reef yielded Pearl Perch, Teraglin Jewfish and Estuary Cod, at North Reef it was Hussar, Mackerel Tuna and quality Sweetlip while some good size Coral Trout came in from Sunshine Reef. In Laguna Bay the hot run of Spotty Mackerel, Longtail and Mack Tuna continued without a break throughout most of the week with the schools working quite close to the shore. This resulted in anglers nailing all three of the above mentioned species around high tide while fishing from the middle groyne on Main Beach.
On the right we have a fresh, live and kicking 4kg+ Bar-Cheeked or Island Trout. This fish was boated last Monday on a Cougar 'I' charter to Sunshine Reef but didn't make it into last week's report due to lack of time and space. In this pic, skipper Sam 'Slammer' Ladd is either: (a) showing how the Trout shapes its jaws to attack a bait fish, (b) proving that he's got a much, much bigger mouth or (c) laughing at a wise crack from one of the crew. He can't remember as it was such a hectic outing, with this Trout just jumping on one of the floater rigs put out for pelagics. Sam had to grab the unattended Penn Power Stick/Shimano Baitrunner 6500 combo and land the fish himself as everyone else was occupied. The bait? Slimy Mackerel.