Foiled again 

Sunrise over Noosa Heads, Laguna Bay

Billybob and I ventured out into his home surf at Laguna Bay again early yesterday morning with hopes of finding some Mackeral at Sunshine beach and or perhaps a Snapper (Squire) or two at Jew Shoal. As is highly recomended by the Noosa guru himself, we began by trolling along close by to the banks of the rocky shoreline on the north side of Noosa heads. This stretch of water is a known producer for several common species, such as Tailor, Snapper, Dart, Trevelly and more. We found the Tailor close by to the beach, with baitfish being smashed up right in the breakers. Unfortunately for me I didn't have any lures tied at this point and although I did try to play catch up by trolling close by a few times soon after, I failed to hook up despite being hit twice. Billybob did pick up a barely legal Tailor, however, which is something he put to use later on as a trolling bait. Using a Gold bomber hardbody lure, he also managed to reel in an ambitious Grinner and soon after a modest sized Trevelly.  

Billybob grinning with his Grinner

It was surf o'clock for Noosa surf school and dissapointingly, they positioned themselves between us and the shoreline and were moving at about the same pace as ourselves, so we weren't able to make the most of the paddle out to the heads. A quick glance around the heads onto Sunshine beach revealed less than hospitipal conditions, so we gave up on the idea of Sunshine beach and made our way to Jew Shoal instead. As we neared the hotzone Bill prepared his Tailor-flavoured 'Spanish special' troll bait (available from Davo's Boat and Tackle), which consists of several (size 6.0) gang hooks danging from a to a squid lure (with attracting spinner blades) embedded into the fish. He did indeed manage to hook up onto something with it before too long, although whatever it may have been, was clever enough to spit the hook before a fair fight was engaged.

Billybob's Spanish Special (tm)

I was testing out a Steath Superlite kayak, which was quite different to what I was use to, making this the clumsiest yak fishing trip I'd been on in a while. One line got caught up in the rudder and caused such a mess in the process that I soon gave up on using two rods. After a while I was more concerned with getting familiar with the kayak than I was with catching fish, so although I did have a line out the whole time, my heart wasn't really in it. Prevailing winds of around 15 knots started to cause problems for the the Stealth out in the open of Laguna Bay, so I soon paddled back to the protective shelter of the heads to fish amongst the chop. I could and should have tried a few different lures, but in the end I stuck with a large black and gold soft plastic that did get struck several times (getting shredded in the process) , but also failed to hook up. It just wasn't my day... again!

As the Governator would say, 'I'll be back'

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