It's always hard to pick the best highlights out of a year's fishing but the stand out captures this year were the Fly and Lure casting Slams in one day by the anglers I fished.
Insun Kim is a very keen Fly fisherman and regular client of mine from Japan, he landed the first ever Flats Fly Fishing Slam on my boat with a nice Queenfish then a Giant Herring followed by a Golden Trevally and finished off with a small Tuna all sight cast to on the flats in the one day.
Regular South African client Dean landed and released Long Tail Tuna then Golden Trevally and finished with a Giant Herring on soft Plastics.
Fly fishing mates Chris and Paul fished with me again to capture a slam each on their day out on the Bay!! firstly Paul with Long Tail Tuna,Mac Tuna and Spotty Mackerel and Chris scoring Long Tail and Mac Tuna and a Golden Trevally on the flats to finish off with.
Scott and his Father Ross returned to fish with me for the 3RD year running and they sight cast,landed and released 16 Golden Trevally from 19 hookups on Fly and Snapbacks along with other species in 2 days.
Alan returned from Scotland to Fly fish with me again with his mate Brian and they arrived the same time as some very windy weather so I took them into the Mary River to sight cast too some Big Thread Fin Salmon which they really enjoyed.
I also had the pleasure of guiding good mate and USA Booking Agent Randall Bryett of [Gofish Australia.com and Australia America Fishing Connections] visiting from the US for a few days for some sight casting to Goldens along with spending a day on the the flats with good mates and fellow Barra Guide Rod [Harro] Harrison and Justin Nye.
Blair from Canada with a flats sight fished Long Tail Tuna that was eventually landed 2 kilometres out off the flats
Alex from South Carolina with a sight cast tailing Golden Trevally
Regular LongTail Tuna fisherman Shunji with one of his many LongTails for the season
Mark with a big Cobia caught and released on 30lb leader with a soft plastic
There were many other memorable captures for the year like this magnificent fly caught Diamond Trevally landed and released by Pete Cherrett while on a charter with his mates Steve and Jason.
Pete wrote and article on the tactics for Deep Fly Fishing with me in issue number 55 in Fly Life Magazine,this is a very rewarding way to fly fish when the surface activity or visibility isn't there for sight casting.
Hopefully the coming Spring/Summer season of 2009-2010 will be as good as 08-09 with plenty of Golden Trevally Queenfish,Giant Herring and Tuna to be cast too on the flats here in Hervey Bay.
The Freshwater wasn't to be out done with some great Barramundi,Saratoga and Bass captures for my clients.
The local Lakes are set to fire with good numbers of Barra as the weather warms into spring, these magnificent fish can also be targeted on Fly as well as lures.
The biggest Barramundi landed by a client in my boat for the year was caught and released by Greg a massive 124cm Monduran Dam Barra!!
Mathew took advantage of the great flights that are available to Hervey Bay from Melbourne and Sydney where he was studying,he arrived with a species list of Saratoga, Australian Bass and Golden Trevally, he hooked landed and released all of them along with a few other species for his trip
If your into Salt or Freshwater Fly or Lure casting Fraser Coast Sportfishing can arrange a charter to suite you needs.
Operating 2 purpose built boats you get the best fishing options available when visiting Hervey Bay and the Fraser Coast.
Paul
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