Driving onto the wharf at Seisia with the crew of mad keen anglers having just arrived by plane from all over this country one of the
local Torres Strait islander ladies, right on cue as we came to a stop beside the mother ship swung a 3 kilo Coral trout over the rail
with her 40 pound handline. Digesting the sheer beauty the nearby islands and clean ocean water the boys were truly excited about the
coming weeks fishing seeing such a the highly prized species caught from the pier we depart from.
Linda (Greeny) Green from Perth W.A. with one of several Island or Coastal Trout (like the one caught off the wharf) from the close inshore rubble
reefs the week just past. One of several subspecies, the Coastal, Island or Bar cheeked coral trout is distinguished from it's 7 or 9 cousins by the fewer,
larger and elongated blue spots especially around the head, thus the colloquial name "Bar cheeked" trout.
Damien here with a tuna is a fishing machine, has quickly become our most prolific customer, this, his second trip for 2003 and he's booked again
in December. Damien and guide Lee would be in the skiff and gone before light and back after dark if you would let them. They already get many more hours
fishing than the daylight allows. Most nights when the rest of us are heading to bed they are still "race fishing" catfish and trevally on light spin
rods from the fan tail of the mother ship.
Father and son, Paul (left) and Andrew Leaming caught (as did everyone else) a large number and great variety of species, from the upper reaches of the
mangrove estuaries to the offshore grounds and all in between. The guys this week caught everything from Cobia, Spanish mackeral tuna and trout to juvenile
Queensland Groper, mangrove jack, barramundi threadfin salmon and diamond trevalley.
John (Mad Dog) Perry with a fly caught tuna and son Luke with a Red Emperor.
Linda with a highly prized Diamond trevalley, the most beautiful and one of the hardest and fastest of the trevalley family, a highly sought and prized catch.
'Lethal' Lee, one of our guides, hand feeds a Cat shark the carcass of a filleted tuna from the fan tail of the mother ship. Over the years we have tamed several
giant Queensland Gropers that take up station under the mother ship in the anchorages, sometimes the large graceful Cat sharks join in the fun and receive a free
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