1770 Bunker Group Fishing - Great Barrier Reef SURPRISE CATCH

Awesome trip out fishing the southern Great Barrier Reef with good mates Stewie & Lisa.
Species include Red Emperor, Trout, Red Throat Emperor, Pearl Perch & a Gigantic Morgans Cod.
Tackle used - www.petackle.com.au/
www.petackle.com.au/

[@calvinlim2615]

well done, a great success with the cod. had him back into the water nice and safe. great job

[@johnnychowjc]

Thanks Calvin. Yes we do our best to look after the fish! Was a beast 😀

[@amazingklutz]

Nice catches and scenery is awesome bud.

[@johnnychowjc]

Thanks Jono, appreciate it mate. Will need to get Dan Sim and do a trip up there. :)

[@tammyspina1540]

Awesome video Johnny!!!! Really capturing the moments, plenty of action and telling a story with this one 👌🏼😁😍 that AJ 😆💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 yew!!!

[@johnnychowjc]

Thanks a bunch Tammy! Its the journey not the destination right? haha. appreciate the words of encouragement and yes Lisa's AJ was a beast! will have to catch up with Julz and film you leaning into some giants 😊

[@andrewstewart1644]

Another amazing trip mate, we were blessed with a bunch of surprise catches :)

[@johnnychowjc]

Indeed Stewie! Good company and enjoyed the laughs.

[@deanvacher9013]

Mate I just love when you head up to Agnus you always do well and its great to see you guys smashing some good fish

[@johnnychowjc]

Thanks Dean, appreciate your support! Bunker Group is indeed a special place. A lot of effort getting up there but worth the drive.

[@davidlord306]

Nice work again J.C good watch.

[@johnnychowjc]

Thanks David, was a memorable trip :)

[@gbangg]

Could you not keep the cod? It would have been buggered either way and poking holes in it any which way probably wouldn’t do it any favours. We need to have release weights in WA, maybe you should look into them if you haven’t already. Nice mixed bag of fish, would have been a good feed.

[@johnnychowjc]

Maximum size of the cod in Qld is 120cm. We released it and made our best attempt to revive it.

[@craigtomkinson2837]

nice work

[@johnnychowjc]

Thanks Craig 😃

[@chrischow3489]

👍

[@chelom92]

Thanks for the awesome videos!!!

[@johnnychowjc]

Glad you like them!

[@OBM1770]

Good video mate. Should try ventilating the big oversized cod just behind the pectoral fin using their own weight to deflate with some massage. We have successfully released a heap using this method. Once again great video mate 👍

[@johnnychowjc]

Thanks guys that is a great idea. We did our absolute best to revive and safely release the big Cod :)

[@paulwilshire9793]

Very nice, great bag of fish. Don't those goldband go hard hey.

[@johnnychowjc]

Thanks Paul! Yeah they pull some serious string. 😀

[@Amrifishingandtraveling93]

Waw amazing mantap kawan strike ikan kakap merah

[@johnnychowjc]

thank you buddy

[@edmundteh3335]

Nice video Johnny!

[@johnnychowjc]

Thanks Ed! You will need to come up this winter 😀

[@edmundteh3335]

Yeah, 100%

[@arthursquillari3434]

Just awesome, fantastic camera work to capture a great trip. Well done Mr JC should be on the Qld travel site.

[@johnnychowjc]

Thanks Arthur, I am trying to improve with each video released. :)

[@arthursquillari3434]

@@johnnychowjc doing a great job.

[@davidluck1670]

just started watching your channel Johnny, great fishing, what boat ramp did you launch from?

[@johnnychowjc]

Thanks David, we launched out of Turkey Beach.

[@dsd-logodesignspecialistsi4827]

That Cod...

[@johnnychowjc]

Haha aka Back breaker! :)

[@lindsayfraser4791]

So am I correct in assuming that you head out to the 60m - 70m depth mark and then you start to sound around for rocks etc.

[@johnnychowjc]

Spot on mate, the best depth is the 55-70m depth

[@azekjohn7687]

Hey mate have a good day..is this in Australia

[@johnnychowjc]

Hi Azek, yes its off the southern Great Barrier Reef in Queensland.

[@Fanta-SeaFishing]

Great fishin johnny!!! Hows the size of the cod 😂😂 Samson fish are endemic to WA so if ya get a seriola species on the east coast its either a amber or yellowtail 👍🏽👍🏽 Lovin the fishin bud

[@americian]

We get Samson fish over this side too. 👍

[@Fanta-SeaFishing]

@@americian learn something every day lol always thought they were just a west fish haha cheers ian

[@johnnychowjc]

Hey Legend, it was an XXL Cod haha. Broke my back!! Cheers for the feedback buddy

[@glenngifford351]

Hey mate,where did you launch from ?

[@johnnychowjc]

Hey Glenn, we launched from Turkey Beach.

[@arthursquillari3434]

How about Lisa’s AJ so good 👍🏻👍🏻

[@johnnychowjc]

Thanks Arthur, Lisa did incredibly well. Was good to see the power of the AJ. :)

[@chrischow3489]

👍