Though there were many experienced fishermen in the group, only a few had ever fished the Barrier Reef before. Novices needn’t worry about learning on the go…Capt Adam and crew spent some morning sessions with the boys showing them some tips and in no time some great catches were made.

Two young fellows were given a choice between a week at school or a week fishing with their Dads, Mark & Michael…mmm …Hard Choice…NOT! and they certainly caught some great fish.

Unfortunately, their week was thwarted by the arrival of Cyclone Watti. The cyclone itself did not pose a threat as such but did generate a heavy ocean swell combined with the pressure gradient between it and the high in the Australian Bight creating gale force winds. Photo courtesy of BOM Australia

Of course a chance of bad weather can always face our charterers, but over the last 9 years we have only cancelled x1 charter and lost x5 days due to bad weather. On a positive note, Dion’s group decided to leave the bad weather and take up the offer to investigate the impressive estuary water ways closer to Gladstone and try their luck fishing for whiting and MudCrabs.