LATEST FISHING JAN 08

Well the weather followed me down to Port Stephens also, only getting in 2 days of fishing. First day out 2 days after a great bite we did not see a fish! The next day Mike bait & switched a nice striped marlin around 80kgs and saw another fish tailing (see pics). That was our only shot for the day but the fishing was on the improve with good reports coming further South from where we fished that day, so we were hopeful for the rest of the week. However, the following 2 days saw a Southerly of 30 knots blowing - cancelling the fishing. You can only say we tried hard with the options at hand and "should have been there yesterday!!".

Back in Cairns continuing to fish light tackle for Spanish mackerel, tunas, trevally and sailfish.

(Many thanks to Tim & Bec Dean, for the use of the Calypso in Port Stephens and thanks to George Trinkler who rode along and took two great photos, (one featured above!)

LATEST FISHING DEC 07 / JAN 08

Hasn't been too much to report on of late with Christmas break etc. Back into the swing of things now although the weather presents a problem at the moment with strong Westerlys and a very active monsoon trough.

Have had clients arrive today from the States to get into some blue marlin fishing - though with the weather as it is, we have decided to fly to Port Stephens tonight to fish with good mate Tim Dean on the Calypso. Apparently the fishing's been great with Tim catching 7 from 7 yesterday. Look forward to getting into some good action.

Early January and late December saw good fishing for yellowfin tuna, dolphin fish, Spanish mackerel and trevallies.

My trip north with Japanese clients prior to Christmas, popper fishing and barramundi fishing was a great trip. Plenty of GT's around the reefs off Lizard Island. 1 memorable catch was 2 x 20+lb coral trout on the same popper (one on each treble). The barramundi fishing at Ninnian Bay was unusually tough. The strong East & North East winds made conditions less than ideal. This always makes barra fishing from the rocks quite hard. We still managed to catch some good fish though with the biggest barra around 86cm.

Hopefully on my return, the weather will have improved and I can get stuck into the light/medium tackle fishing from Cairns again. Will keep you posted.

Ross