We got Reg to brave the conditions & his green gills & we headed outside No 10 ribbon reef & Reg’s courage was rewarded with a 300lb black marlin. Brad Godden followed up his strike giving him a 150lb black marlin.
Great start to the season for Capt AJ!
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Ribbon No.10 & 2 black marlin!
Sunday, September 5th, 2010First fish of season 550lb!!
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
550lb for Daron Congrats!
Off to visit the Rock!
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Departed Cooktown this morning heading to Lizard Island with very important guests on board the infamous Reg Flannery & one of NSW police commission “grand poh bah” Jeff (Lowey) & Brad Godden. As poor Reg gets a bit green about the gills and the weather isn’t that favourable we hope to at least get some marlin fishing in! The next 6 days will more than likely involve a fair bit of bottom fishing & light tackle fishing behind the reef but Capt AJ is determined to get Reg out there hooked up to a nice girl to help him forget about gills!!!!
We get our reef fix!
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Well we have been working hard in Airlie & Mackay in the aftermath of cyclone Uli, we have a load of work on so we haven’t had much time for fishing. We have been itching to throw the lines in so much so we caught the barramundi that has been hanging around the back of the boat in the marina! Dicko was most impressed with his catch. See the pic!
However we put down the tools and took the opportunity on the weekend as the weather was glamour and the Iona II needed a good run so we headed out to the Great Barrier Reef and had an awesome weekend. We did a bit of light tackle fishing and caught a nice Spanish mackerel and a lot of reef fishing for red emperor, coral trout & nannygai and caught a heap. On board was one of our big builders Dave and we’re assured his weekend on the Iona II was one to remember.
The Cairns Giant Black Marlin season is approaching fast and we are heavily booked but have some time still available so get in quick for our very competitive rates on board the Iona & Iona II.
Scafflink on tour Airlie/Mackay!
Finally we wet some lines again!!!
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Nice Barra at the back of Iona II
Dicko more than happy with his catch!
What more can we say! A good weekend had by all!
Nice bait for the Cairns Season!
Capt AJ gets time off from the helm
Calamari anyone!
Nice Coral Trout Dave!
Emperor Dave!
Get the bbq ready Rhino!
Fillet her up Mustard!
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Capt Trent Ties the Knot @ Lord Howe
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010We headed to Lord Howe the last week in March for Capt Trent’s marriage to his beautiful lady Brooke. At Talpo Bank a seamount 200 miles east of the Newcastle Canyons and 180 miles from Lord Howe which rises up 80 metres the boys caught some nice king fish and a real nice bass groper. (pics below).
The wedding was a huge success despite the weather leading up and a great time was had by all! Trent is now well & truly gaffed!
The Iona II is currently in Mackay as we have a heap of scaffolding work due Cyclone Ilui. We are available for charter around the Whitsunday region for the next couple of months so contact us our very competitive rates.
Kingfish Galore
Rhino otherside of the camera!
Nice Bass Groper
Newcastle Bus Stop Fish Frenzy
Monday, March 15th, 2010On Saturday Capt AJ steered the Iona II to his regular haunt the Newcastle Bus Stop with business partner & ex Rugby League star Robbie McCormack ’s brother Greg McCormack and his colleagues from Bengalla Coal Mining. The boys started off a bit green, not sure why the seas weren’t that bad! Well we certainly kept their minds off the possibility of meeting Chuck & Ralph with an unbelievable day’s fishing.
We raised 13 fish and caught 6, 4 black marlin & 2 striped marlin. The day was one of the most promising of the season so far and after 5 1/2 hours fishing we were back in port & in front of the TV watching the Knights play with a few cold stubbies. We could have had double numbers if we stayed out but the boys did great holding themselves (or stomachs) together as long as they did and had a great day’s fishing! Good on ya guys & Capt AJ.
Capt Adam Fires Again!
Saturday, March 6th, 2010Friday Capt Adam took out Reggie and the boys and again he produced the goods for the boys and tagged & released an 80kg striped marlin and a 120kg blue marlin and lost another 2 striped marlin. Cracker of a day! Reggie and the boys were impressed. Capt Trent is out today amongst the 200 or so boats in the Interclub Tournament, we will have an update in the morning.
Striped Marlin Galore!
Monday, March 1st, 2010Capt Adam went out Friday another successful day with 7 bites and 4 striped marlin. We got some great footage to follow shortly.
Reports from the Port Stephens Interclub sound promising with a few boats tagging 4 marlin on the first day of the tournament. We aren’t fishing in it this year unfortunately too many other business commitments keeping us off the water. We will be back out on Thursday and Friday.