Maybe a change in profession is in the wind...

After our monster Spanish Mackerel landing back in the Whitsundays, it was suggested that perhaps Nick had missed his calling, and would be far better suited to life as a Mackerel Fisherman ;-).

With this in mind please note the following two fish, landed in quick succession yesterday after our early departure from Cape Capricorn...

A bit easier to lift up than the 1.45 m Spaniard!

Another lovely Spotted Mackerel (80 cm and 2.5 kg) and a Mackerel Tuna (85 cm and 7 kg). Nick had not even finished winding out the line when the Spotty took the lure. When he said he thought he had a fish I just rolled my eyes and said 'yeah right'. But he did! A quick web search indicated that Mackerel Tuna are not everyone's cup of tea, but we had some last night, and it tasted...like TUNA! I thought it was fine.

Is that a smug smile I see?

Nick has commented that this was how fishing was 25 years ago, when cruising the area with his parents aboard their Crowther Eureka 32 catamaran Kudjinka. All he had to do was bung a bit of silver wine cask foil and feather duster on a hook and away he'd go. But after our 1000-fishless nautical miles it would appear that the wildlife have cottoned-on to this crude technique, and won't have a bar of it any more!

This is a picture of the lure donated to us by Trevor of MV Triton, the lure that caught the Spanish Mackerel...

Obviously Spanish Mackerel are not too discerning when it comes to the condition of the lure they take...

We've retired this lure now, might get it bronzed and pop it up on the fireplace, who knows, but we did get an exact replacement just in case.

The lure we have been using over the last few days is more 'fish-like' in our opinion, and has now caught two Spotted Mackerels, a Barracuda and a Mackerel Tuna. Thank goodness I found a replacement lure in Yeppoon after we lost one. We may have to stockpile a few more in Bundaberg!