Wind: NNW 7-9 knots and strengthening
Swell: Half metre
Current: Turbulent
Launch point: MG
Participants: Stormin, Carlton and friends Matt and Digby, Kahuna, WhaleRider, Redwood and TurtleBoy.
I arrived at the car park at 4.45am to find Kahuna unloading, with WhaleRider and the Redwood pulling in behind me and the others already on the beach.
Photo of WhaleRider on the beach, Matt and Digby tandem in the gutter, others out of sight, Photo courtesy of Carlton.
After a quick discussion we agreed to head to Halls via Little Halls Reef. The going was tough into a nasty little northerly wind and chop but at least we would be wind assisted coming home. We were only averaging 4.4 kph going out and 1.8 kph coming back without even paddling.
Stormin was the first to arrive at LHR and was headed out to sea chasing birds. We witnessed a few splashes but very little activity. The rest of us were doing a combination of bottom bashing and circular loops with hard body lures. Redwood had a ganged skirt with Pilchard. He had one small hit but didn't hook up. Meanwhile, WhaleRider was monitoring his sounder with little success.
At about 7.45am, the fish-less WhaleRider, Redwood and myself decided to troll back to MG via the river mouth. Carlton and his friends had already turned for home. So we quickly radioed Stormin and Kahuna to advise. Hopefully at least one of them will be able to post some positive catch details into the comments section.
Watch this space for a video taken by Carlton on the front of his SuperliteX. Coming soon. And here it is !
Better luck tomorrow boys !
TurtleBoy.
PS. We did bump into another Noosa Yakker on the beach. Last seen scurrying up the sand cursing something about "Bloody HTML codes, trip reports".
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