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Fishing beside the green zone and looking for structure.

Ep. 6 Fishing beside the green zone

May 4, 2023 Sounders / Fish Finders

Trapped by the monsoon in Watsons Bay (Lizard Island), our only option was fishing beside the green zone. In an attempt to catch lunch, we

Yellow zone alive with plate size coral trout.

Ep. 5: Alive with Coral Trout!

April 27, 2023 Offshore fishing tips

The yellow zone around Lizard Island was alive with coral trout! Possibly due in part to the immense green zone seeding adjacent areas.

One more cast… (too many)!

April 20, 2023 Travelling Australia

When leaving a hot fishing session, cries of “one more cast” abound. This time we had one more cast too many and got smashed by

Huge GT on a barra lure -RMF Scaleblazer fishing topwater

Catching HUGE GT fishing topwater on a barra lure!

April 13, 2023 Travelling Australia

Catching huge GT topwater is about the most fun you can have with your pants on. While heading north to Lizard Island, I’d been hanging

Fishing Cairns to Cooktown

April 6, 2023 Finding Wonky Holes

We are finally heading north and fishing Cairns to Cooktown on the way! After leaving Cairns and steaming through the night (to about 2am), we

Exhausted after fixing the boat bad luck

Boat bad luck be gone as we head north!

March 30, 2023 Boating tips

Desperate times call for desperate measures as we try and get rid of our boat bad luck! Karen does a smoking ceremony and buys a

Major boat repair and diamond challenge

March 16, 2023 Boating tips Travelling Australia

When it comes to big issues like a major boat repair – leave it to the woman! After learning of our split water tank, we

Checking boat plans for removal of split water tank.

Is there a split water tank on the big boat?

March 9, 2023 Boating tips

Is it a split water tank or just a corroded sender unit? After filling the water tank and about to cast off the ropes, Ryan

Boat issues in Townsville

March 2, 2023 Travelling Australia

Until now we were blissfully unaware of the serious boat issues we were about to uncover. We thought we were stopping over in Townsville install

Townsville marina stopover

February 23, 2023 Travelling Australia

Townsville Marina was our next port of call on our way from Cairns to the Swain Reefs. And since Townsville is my home town, also

Cruising the Palm Islands – Storms at Fantome

February 16, 2023 Travelling Australia

Cruising the Palm Islands on our way to the Swain reefs, we encountered some serious storms. Mostly because travelling in a La Nina event was

A skippers job is never over – Hinchinbrook to Palm Island leg.

February 9, 2023 Travelling Australia

Cruising from Hinchinbrook to Palm Island our journey continues… You may recall last episode we were stuck in spectacular barra mecca Hinchinbrook Island, awaiting a

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