Bream Bay Charters

09/10/2026

13/07/2026

Sam had two good mates over from Brisbane for two Casuals fishing trips aboard Sumo.
Saturday was a hard days fishing with South East winds so few keeper snapper were caught
For me it was two hard difficult winter days fishing trying to get fish for all the clients aboard
For the Ozy guys it was
“The best two days fishing EVER” and then
“We caught more fish in two days here than we get in a whole year back in Queensland”
The breakdown
Murray Hinton landed the best fish on Saturday a fantastic 12lber Snapper.
Most of Saturdays group threw back one or two dozen small to tiny undersized snaps but most landed many good Trevelley, Golden snapper, some XOX Porae and XXOX Grandfather Harpuka so it was a busy productive day but with few snapper Saturday.
Today’s trip Sam and the Ozy team returned to try again
Sam’s 570 Cm snapper was the fish of the day today
Will from Brisbane landed a lovely 520 snapper along with another six keeper snapper and a six pack of good trevs so he was wrapped with his results
Bazza of Brisbane landed a few good keeper Snapper plus a few nice trevs so he was a happy Ozy chap too

So there you go, seems I just need to be happy with what we have and appreciate it all the more….

01/02/2026

Jerry and his NZ partner Mako (Finn) Kairau they have Jerry’s brother Ronald Thompson over from Minnesota USA and also his cousin Keith and his wife Joy Thompson were aboard Sumo once again on a repeat charter along with Jerry’s other cousin Kath and hubby Mike. Their friends Big Chris and wife the tiny Carolyn they all came on vacation all the way from Chicago USA
Everyone caught many fish and kept a few snapper, Trevelley and a few Kahawai and Mau Mau making it quite a productive & fun trip had by all
I cooked up some trevelley for a tasting which thet all enjoyed along with some smoked Tuna.
I found them a very interesting group on board Sumo today with Jerry being a Whangarei doctor whom regularly works in the Ozzy outback, his partner Mako runs a local guided tourism business and the Americans….three of them being retired Senior detectives and their partners all from the Chicago Police department. Crikey I’d love to sit down and have a listen to some work scenarios and stories of this lot!!
Yes Sir, that would be interesting to hear over a long cold Burbon or three.
One conversation I did overhear today was “loving retirement, it’s great to not have to carry a PIECE anymore “
My mind boggles at what it would be like to complete a full 30-40 years police career working as a cop in Chicago and then also become a Senior Detective.
Especially so for Joy as a Female African American Mother, working as a Senior Detective alongside her husband also on the force I bet she would have some hair razing and amazing stories to tell.
And who would argue with big Chris? Yes Sir !!! Right away Sir