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Pretty excited to report that we now have a new long-range sportfishing charter option out of Hervey bay aboard Freedom III with our 1st trip a great success !
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With a window of stable weather we assembled a group of keen anglers who had previoulsy fished with local fishing guides Andrew Chorley and Tri Ton who also assisted on this 1st trip.
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We did a fair bit of travelling while exploring the top of the Break Sea Spit and always had a few lures out the back .Matt Armistead with one of a number of beautiful and tasty yellowfin we landed !
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We fished a number of ruble patches which resulted in all manner of species and a few quality cobia
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There where also a number of beautiful diamond trevally landed like this one Trevor is holding
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Tri with a thumping Golden taken on a jig !
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There was quite a bit deep jigging out on the shelf – 400 gram knife jigs resulted in some serious pulling !!!
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Samson fish provided some great sport and will be better targeted now that Freedom III has just been fitted out with all new SimRad sonar equipment since this trip !
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A surprise capture in 100 metres of water on a 400 gram knife jig for Wes !
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After we had stretched every one out in the deep stuff we moved in shore onto some shoals and focused on teh reefies – Chozza with a nice mauri cod
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Matt with a nice & tasy sweety
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Lucanus jigs where a favourite on the reefies – check out the colours in this beautiful red throat !!
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Mike with a nice cod on a Lucanus
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Wes with a tasty pealy
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It was a great trip and we didn’t even scratch the surface as far as the potential these remote waters above Fraser Island offers – So if you have dreamt of fishing this amazing area Contact either – Tri Ton @ tours@fraserguidedfishing.com.au Or Call 0427 230 261 OR Andrew “Chozza” @ www.herveybaysportfishing.com.au Or Call “Chozza” on 0407 627 852.