Trip date: 9/2/2015
Participants: tunny
Launch Site: Lions Park
Conditions: Wind very light SW; Run out tide (low at 6.20 am at Munna Point)
Keen Angler Program: Nothing donated
Following Eyetag's success on the river early Sunday morning I decided to head out on a similar route. I arrived in the car park at 3.15 am and was on the water by 3.30 am, trolling a Gold Bomber past the Sheraton and across the Woods Bays to Ricky's. I then turned to follow the current line towards the river mouth. I repeated the route from Ricky's to the mouth for over an hour without any success, probably because Eyetag had caught all the fish the day before. So I returned to Woods Bays and trolled the line where I had recently had success with Mangrove Jacks.
After half an hour of trolling the bays from the Sheraton to Ricky's and back I finally had a strike. The fish moved straight towards a boat which made me think it could be a Jack. But after a short tussle I had the fish on board, a beautiful 41 cm Cod. I was not sure if it was an Estuary Cod (size limit 38 cm) or a Flowery Cod (size limit 50 cm) so after quickly taking a photo on the brag mat I released the fish unharmed. I later compared my photo with those in Grants Guide to Fishes and confirmed it was an Estuary Cod.
By now the boats were arriving so I did one last trip following the back route to the car park and on the way picked up a Big-eye Trevally around 30 cm long.
Following Eyetag's success on the river early Sunday morning I decided to head out on a similar route. I arrived in the car park at 3.15 am and was on the water by 3.30 am, trolling a Gold Bomber past the Sheraton and across the Woods Bays to Ricky's. I then turned to follow the current line towards the river mouth. I repeated the route from Ricky's to the mouth for over an hour without any success, probably because Eyetag had caught all the fish the day before. So I returned to Woods Bays and trolled the line where I had recently had success with Mangrove Jacks.
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| Sunrise in Woods Bay |
By now the boats were arriving so I did one last trip following the back route to the car park and on the way picked up a Big-eye Trevally around 30 cm long.
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| Estuary Cod, confirmed by comparing with the photo below from Grant's Guide |
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| Photo from Grant's Guide to Fishes |
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