Mothership Fishing Charter Finale Part 4 Great Barrier Reef!!

www.reefari.com Unfortunately all great things come to an end, and the time seems to go faster with great fishing. With heaps of Reds, Coral Trout, Nannygai, Redthroat and heaps of other great reef fish, we fished our way back to Penrith Island on the second last day and relaxed and fished around this beautiful island catching a few more coral trout and Redthroat before heading back to Mackay Marina. A shame it came to an end, and everybody’s keen to do it again next year. Make sure your book in early if keen, as a few trips are already filling up. Here’s a few more highlights and summary from this great fishing charter Night time fishing was good with some great red throat emperor sessions. Freeding frenzies involving these tasty reef-dwellers can break out at anytime so it pays to persevere. Sharks were numerous as usual (this is barely-fished water after all), but once they cleared out, some quality fish came aboard the boat, with once again the odd red emperor amongst them. This is a great time to get out the plastics, the Berkley 7″ Gulp Shads being a personal favourite, and the octo-style jigs. One memorable catch was a nice, legal, night-time red emperor on a Shimano Lucanus Jig to Ian Meads. Some big spangled emperor also like to get involved in this nocturnal pandemonium and Norm and Greg’s double header were prime examples of these quality fish. Unfortunately with great fishing, time seems to go even faster, with the trip finishing up at beautiful Penrith Island …