Lorraine Smith describes this thumping mackerel as the “biggest fish catch of my long life in Australia” and is a deserving winner of this week’s Cape Catch of the Week. Photo: Supplied.
Do you want to be as famous (well, Cape York famous) as Lorraine Smith with this impressive specimen of a mackerel, caught trolling back to the Rocky Point boat ramp?
Cape Catch of the Week will showcase a Cape York angler – big or small – and provide them ultimate bragging rights around the barbecue or campfire.
All you have to do is send us a photo of you and your catch, and answer a few simple questions.
If everything goes to plan, we are hoping to be able to offer a great weekly prize, but for the time being, the best you can hope for is seeing your mug and your catch online, and sticking the clipping from the paper on your beer fridge as a conversation starter.
Where do you call home? My partner and I had been caravanning around Australia, but the long and short of it is that we have been fortunate enough to be home and pet minding in Weipa for the past six years.
What do you like most about living on Cape York? I am absolutely appreciative of being able to reside in Weipa, because it is beautiful, and we have beautiful beaches, and there are not the distractions of more populated places.
What is your favourite fish species to target? We have so many different species up here, but my favourite would be a tuska [tuskfish].
Where is your favourite location to wet a line? I have no hidden or favourite fishing spot; it’s just being in the right spot at the right time, and in accordance to the weather.
Who is your favourite fishing buddy? My partner, Michael.
What is your biggest brag catch? The 1.1-metre mackerel in the photo is the biggest I have caught in Australia, but there have been bigger tuna and another one I forget the name of over in Fiji.
Bait versus lure? I actually enjoy both options of using lures and bait when fishing.
DO YOU WANT TO FEATURE AS OUR NEXT CAPE CATCH OF THE WEEK? FLICK A PHOTO OF YOUR BEST RECENT CATCH (THE HIGHER RESOLUTION, THE BETTER) TO [email protected] OR TEXT IT TO 0419 891 666 BY SATURDAY NIGHT.
