Big Game Fishing on the Great Barrier Reef
Posted on December 1, 2014 in High Peak Newsletters · Hunting Stories
It’s a different type of big game but still hunting at it’s purest. In late October the High Peak team had a bit of pre-season training on the Great Barrier Reef, Tropical Queensland, Australia with Alex and Graham Johnston of Big Game – Dive Fish Film, based out of Cairns.
Here are some images from the trip as captured through the lens of our photography master (and 20 year big game fishing veteran) Craig ‘Horizontal’ Smith.
![y'fin 1 WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dba1bc2d33eab8f5c9b7a43dc4616688-535x330.jpg)
Yellowfin Tuna breaking the surface
![the A team W](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dc487eadae9f5ae507808c4c74a2c302-479x330.jpg)
Our crew aboard Shikari – Alex and Graham Johnston.
![spearos WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fb53b077ce2a3da89191cb0046789ca9-353x330.jpg)
Two successful spearfishermen…
![spearo team WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/0539b1edafc27b2e7d7dac3db51b1133-481x330.jpg)
The team after a morning snorkel and spearfishing session
![snorkelling bommy WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1ce9c94a8de8bf4d5ce76a5ebd4cc2c7-614x330.jpg)
Snorkelling a ‘bommy’
![si's marlin1 WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/af3b47dd83d91e0028795b0bdd98ee33-506x330.jpg)
500lb Giant Black Marlin doing what it does best
![aj wire WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/96b0f8edc60b75c9ca43ab6bd6b24358-270x330.jpg)
Alex wires a Black Marlin
![si marlin leadered WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/3ca61451cb801fb85888481f57a3988d-510x330.jpg)
Big Black Marlin comes to the boat
![si y'fin WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ece80e1d2eca3bc1a22de97da5c7fb7c-220x330.jpg)
Yellowfin sashimi for lunch
![si on 1 WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/68974317f3cc49be8074dd73b05fd43a-447x330.jpg)
Simon, very happy
![si 'fin2 WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fc504db37a3cc34006546b0c58dea86a-225x330.jpg)
Fishing doesn’t get much better
![lunch cook-up WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bc48ca855eece92ec8daa3898b064090-531x330.jpg)
The Pirate telling some tall tales of the ocean while cooking lunch
![johnno helm1 WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/a45c452d476b706f8b8a782b2ee19e7c-472x330.jpg)
The skipper – all concentration
![james mack WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/6b42e42ed75c367178373211300da377-228x330.jpg)
The Boss and a nice scaly mackerel
![james fight WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/b5f3ae8e69dc0d20f0c621e9e1ff2727-483x330.jpg)
James getting into his work on a 600lb Bronze Whaler
![james fight 2 WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/47e10b1894ba830aec8d65f94f5cb716-522x330.jpg)
The fight is on!
![whaler 1 WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/719fe9ea3be115f3880f247b6825ad41-533x330.jpg)
Big Bronze Whaler comes to the boat
![james bludger trev WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/d295733d4a94a4aa2ccb17bb44455b27-473x330.jpg)
JAHG and his nice Bludger Trevally
![HP reef team WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/48607c87f350e2c7ca3f41d2d38a1d49-481x330.jpg)
Four lucky anglers behind the heavy artillery
![ham y'fin 1 WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/4e5b6fa9ace290aa7bd4d145245a7379-457x330.jpg)
Hamish and a nice Yellowfin Tuna
![flybridge team WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1e48b0954a458b757a9a7b61a758e511-227x330.jpg)
Two Old Salts
![ham chair 1 WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bb7cc8d88b54ae14a6f934e2c7c0a368-492x330.jpg)
Hamish getting into some work in the chair
![evening tales WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/18dd6b1d7be7da41362b2a51d97336d8-460x330.jpg)
Johnno ‘mid-yarn’
![carl y'fin 1 WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2103ec540c22d1b34bd1760c8fd9daec-514x330.jpg)
A happy Carl with tonight’s entree
![carl trout1 WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/712530fa243bc866cb4d149529a8d295-491x330.jpg)
Carl with a nice Coral Trout
![carl mahi WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/65dc0aa56f5efd04fff9522702b5e6e4-468x330.jpg)
Carl and his outstanding Dolphin Fish / Dorado / Mahi Mahi
![aj trout WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/5739e145ab17b6ef60620abc142ecce0-482x330.jpg)
Master ‘spearo’ Alex and his monster Coral Trout
![astonished WEB](http://highpeak.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/767ea781d5db765fc8104c69ffc4b2be-277x330.jpg)
The face says it all
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