Longreef Snapper and Teraglin aka Trag

Full moon fishing!

Launched to a special sunrise and made my way to the spot using Apple photo maps as a guide as the sounder is busted and needs to be sent back to Lowrance for assessment.

Started a burley trail and soon hooked onto a #teraglin aka #trag and was pleasantly surprised. 15mins later the rod buckled over and I landed a quality snapper and I’m pretty happy that a donut 🍩 was avoided! After brain spiking it I found a chicken drumstick bone in its mouth! That’s not something you see everyday. Not long after that another keeper snapper came on board and fishing went quiet. Not sure if it was the pod of dolphins fault, but I only got pickers, PJs and pikes. By this time the wind had picked up and Johnny radioed in that there was a shark attack fatality nearby and we should head in. So I chop up all my burley, toss it in and one last Hail Mary cast, and catch nothing. Wind chop and swell makes the trip very slow back to the ramp. Half way back I have a Westpac Rescue helicopter circling me and then a surf rescue JetSki approach. So apparently my buddy was worried I hadn’t made it back so he asked them to come find me. I told the surf rescuer I am fine and thanked him for coming out. Apparently another kayaker had flipped in the morning and had to be towed back. Full moon craziness!

Condolences to the shark attack victim’s family, what a tragic way to go.