Coral Coast Game Fishing

Gallery 16 - Jan- Apr

coral — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:25:01 +0000

Unsettled weather and cyclones during February , March resulted in a number of charters being delayed and rescheduled. This is typical of the late summer, early autumn months in tropical Queensland. Of course there were some perfect days during this period but it was not until April and May that we got back into full swing with regular charters. With winter approaching, the weather should be much more settled resulting in excellent fishing conditions on the reef in coming months. The days are still very warm and and sunny and nights are mild with only a very slight early morning chill. These are great times to visit Agnes Water and Town of 1770 on the Coral Coast, particularly if you are suffering the colder winters down south. Fishing the southern Great Barrier Reef is great all year round but is particularly good through the late autumn, winter and spring period.

Recent charters over the last months from January to April still delivered some great catches. There were good catches of the usual reds - red emperor and coral trout, and also plenty of mackeral and tuna to be had. Below are some pictures of recent trips from January to April.

Gallery 15 - Oct/Nov

coral — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:18:04 +0000

Excellent fishing conditions prevailed in October / November. Annual fishing closures occured for a week in October and November for the spawning season so no fishing for our normal cathes of red emporer and coral trout were conducted at these times. Weekends outside of the closures were heavily booked with great catches on all trips.

Gallery 14 - Aug / Sept

coral — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:34:51 +0000

With the end of winter and start of spring most days were fine and calm. All trips yielded excellent catches. Time of year does not seem to be a problem for fishing off Town of 1770. Once again good catched of red emporer prevailed. there were also excellent catches of reef cod, spangled emporer, cobia and sweetlip.

Gallery 13 - Jun / Jul / Aug

coral — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:02:59 +0000

Winter months are very mild up at Agnes Water and Town of 1770. With day temperatures often in the low 20’s and nights 10-15 C, this is the place to go to escape the southern cold states and do a bit of reef fishing. Calmer seas prevail at this time of year so you will be most likely to encounter good conditions when booking your reef or game fishing charter in June or July. We have added a web link to our site so you can track the weather conditions up here on the reef. Just follow our link to the Bureau of Meteorology or to seebreeze for a 7 day forecast. In this gallery we have included some snaps of typical catches in the winter months. Red emporer and coral trout are plentiful all year round and of course there are the many other varieties of reef fish to make fishing interesting at this time of year.

Gallery 12

coral — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:18:29 +0000

Another round of successful trips to the outer reefs in May landed our clients brillaint catches of large red emporer. Live bait was the go on this trip and we had a plentiful supply of live herring on board. The reds were also biting well on fresh fish bait and a few husser were sacrificed to catch some large red emporer. All clients were happy with their catches and were please to be taking home full eskies of large reds.

Gallery 10

coral — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:02:59 +0000

Trips to the outer Great Barrier Reef from the Town of 1770 around late summer can sometimes require some flexibility. This time of year presents the possibility of some wet weather and possibly cyclones. This year cyclone Hamish significantly affected the reef fishing season and some trips had to be resceduled due to bad weather conditions. At Coral Coast Game Fishing we closely monitor weather forecasts and keep in contact with our clients to ensure their reef fishing adventure is an enjoyable experience they will never forget. There were still many great fishing days during this summer season and this gallery shows the results.

Gallery 9

coral — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:13:19 +0000

The first of the Reef Closures came into effect this month which limited the available charter time to the first 3 weeks and of course the weather didn’t play the game and we had about a week of bad weather.

Still managed to get out with Neville and mates to catch this lot.

Gallery 8

coral — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:07:55 +0000

Early September brought more unsuitable weather but the winds dropped out by the middle of the month in time for Des and crew to get onto this lot of good size fish.

The weather blew up again and caused the cancellation of the next charter but came good towards the end of the month enough for Stephen to get his group out to catch this lot.

Gallery 7

coral — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:05:06 +0000

August started with a charter for a group of guys from a Gold Mine near Cloncurry. The weather came good and so did the fishing. The boys got onto some good size Coral Trout and a few Reds as well.

A week and a bit on the Slip for our annual maintenance cut into the fishing time but with the bottom cleaned and the prop polished we were back in the water and ready to take the next group (all the way from Geelong) out after their share.

The water was a bit cold but the guys still managed to get a pretty good catch of a variety of fish with some good sizes amongst them.

A quick turnaround for the final charter for August and the water was still too cold for the fish to be too interested in our baits. We still managed to get an esky full of some good fish for the boys on board and they went home to Brisbane happy with their days fishing.

Gallery 6

coral — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:59:25 +0000

The weather wasn’t too kind to us during July but we managed to get in a couple of trips as well as the Skipper having a well earned rest with a holiday at the snow.

The last 2 weeks of July saw strong wind warnings almost every day which meant the postponement of a couple of charters but better weather is just around the corner so we are gearing up to get back amongst them.

If you want to be part of all the action, get in contact with us today!

Here’s a few of the fish we managed to get aboard this month.