Jack lives here
Decided to go and chase some reds only problem however was that my fishing mate was on night shift. Headed off about 2:30am and half way out the Russell River the fog was that bad that idling close to the bank with the spotlight on was the order of the day. Once out the mouth the fog was gone but as there was no moon it was a matter of watch the gps and thank god for technology. Pretty freaky feeling powering off into the wild blue yonder at about 20 knots in total darkness. As we approached our fishing destination near Gibson Reef the moon had risen but so had the wind. Blowing a good solid 15 knots fishing conditions were not ideal. After getting a decent hold on the anchor it didn’t take long before the Nannies were biting. The biggest challenge was trying to get through these guys to get on to a few different species. The trick was definitely to put on as big a fish bait as possible or in one case a live small fish. That did the trick and saw 3 nice size Jacks landed and a Red Throat Emperor. We caught a few Juvenile Red Emperor but these were released. Once the sun rose we tried for some Spanish Mackerel but they weren’t in the area. This was confirmed when the pro’s arrived did a few runs and then headed off.
