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Hey guys,
Once again i've managed to get out each day this weekend for some fishing
and the reports are as follows!!Saturday:
Headed over to Avoca beach to pick up some bait and brought various gear up as i didnt know the conditions and what fish to fish for till i got there got there around 1pm in the arvo picked up all the bait needed and met up with RayR for a bit of a bream/snapper session, set up everything i was using pillie tails and Ray was using some old bonito, as Ray went to put his cleats on his rod went off with a solid hook up, Ray then gave me permission to bring it on in, after a little bit of a tussle a nice solid trevally comes up soon after i get few solid bites with no hookup Ray got a Small flatty soon after that i hooked up onto what appeared to be the same flatty or his identical twin, and down came Team Bangus + Fishletic going for a tailor session as we were all talking Ray got yet another solid hookup on a very nice Bream! i then had a solid hook up and was fighting hard we all had it called for a sambo! but nope! up came a small sting ray fun fight he put up back in he went as well ! within minutes of my next cast i hada solid hook up and it took me into the reef and snagged my second hook onto somthing i could still feel the fish trying to free its self so i free spooled but nope he was stuck so i snapped it off n re rigged only to get another snag! (PICS IN ORDER OF DAYS BELOW!!)
Sunday:
Through the week i was contacted by another Raider "FramedTrash" Or Simon and he asked if i wanted to join him and a few of his mates on a Tuna Charter, Of course i still had the itch so i agree'd and sunday we met up at watsons bay SGFC and off we went!
We got out to 12 mile and decided to try have a bit of a jig for some kings lost 2 jigs and only 1 hookup of a Barracuda! So on we went trolling out to heatons hill we then changed course to try few different options conditions were GREAT! i couldnt understand why no hookups after 4-5hrs i went up onto the flybridge talking with the captain when we spotted a specific white bird which the captain told me apparently follow marlin through the waters i got a huge grin on my face
as i was up for the next strike!! we trolled toward where the bird was spotted lost sight of the bird but then all of a sudden one rod starts going off i try jump down the flybridge! NO NO TIME! 2nd ROD GOES OFF then they start clearing the lines and 3rd ROD GOES OFF AND THE 4th without an idea of where to go i grabed the camera and tried to record some of the action of the QUADRUPLE HOOKUP!!! once we landed 2-3 we put out another lure really quick to try keep them around all fish landed and the other rod goes off so i grab it, started bringing it in and as i started to see colour i called out What the heck? is that a Dolly? The colours were that of a dolphin fish but nope as it came up it was infact another yellowfin tuna and SCORED MY FIRST YFT!!!!!!(would of been happy either way would of been my first dolly:P) 5 yellowfin tuna in less than 10 minutes with a quad hook up ! AMAZING!! spirits were all lifted after that High fives all around we start comparing our fish, and yes, i had the biggest one by a few cm ! we then started a troll again lost the school of YFT unfortunatly and lost the bird too so we started trolling back in the decky set up one rod with a small squid skirt and we started getting live bait !
one tiny mack tuna and one frigate! skip bait time !!! we trolled them out and no hookups so set them free and headed back in to call it a day!Still happy i got a YFT even though he was only around the 8kg mark
Monday:
Met up with Stewie and Greg for a bit of a blackfish session in the harbour, Great day out with you guys
we finished off fairly good on the blackies too, released some as well!
Now for the PICS!
Saturday Pics thanks to RayR!
Me + wife haha
Sunday Images
Sunset over sydney!
And the end to a great day out! and what a ending! stunning view!
Monday Images
Just a few quick pics i took didnt really have much time
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and if i do
i can get some BIG THUMPER Blackies by boat and im sure i could bag out and win fairly easily!Scared? lol
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thats ok im sure you could bum a spot on a boat from a fellow raider
theres always usually a spare spot available! i mean hell i usually only fish with 2 ppl on my boat n it can easily fish 3-4 comfortably.Great jews btw
Ive still yet to hook my first jewie
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haha, yeh 30th sounds great for me too
does it all have to be land based? or can i cheat and take the boat:P -
Sledging - what sledging????
Stewy, you'd better learn to collect sand and make burley - dont think I've ever seen you do that before!!!
He collected sand n made burley
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im up for this too ! after our blackie session on monday i'm keen to get into some more blackies!!!!! TIME N DATE BOYS & GIRLS!
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Oh Its on!!! blackfish-athon
scored 8 blackies today!
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Northern territory for barra
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haha
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haha sounds great what do i win
:074: but yeh ill be up for it not much of a black fish fisherman but i can still land a few
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i bring some worms usuaully with me just in case but my wife fishes with bait so yeah
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your a mackeral now
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mate im still baffled on where to get the squid in botany bay
but i know where to get the kings haha and with fresh squid i can always convert them to kings -
Whoa wat the heck is with the kings gut looks like a GIANT GUPPIE! haha that thing must of been eating other kings
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thats what id like to know haha damn with a jew like that the flatty would of been sent on its merry way
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ive had some success with the Squidgie Pro range with Sfactor scents in puddy mullet for flathead also with Guzzlers in a yellow colour looks like a prawn, also "Gulp Swimming Mullet"
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use one of those Seat slot hole things for those removable seats
so if you want to take it out you can and it will be lil more secure when it is in just a thought -
illegal to tie to markers bouys dredges etc.. i see a lot of people do it n i usually give them the heads up before they get done as waterways/coast gaurd and water police are constantly around!
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most the time i use size 2 bait holder/suicide sometimes even a long shank but bait holder works a treat long enough keeps bait on + easy to get out
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mate gimmi a call
i wanna come with you guys one day haha im only in chester hill -
haha yeah that massive red crab tore you apart
he was a fatty i now know where to find them at least. -
how did those glow in the dark jig heads go
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awesome trip
those kings look tasty i cant wait till i take a trip to NZ my mates over in welly are keen to get out for a fish as well -
Hey DFG,
Don't give up on the grouper man, I've been smashed every time by the ones @ Avoca and I'm still trying to land one.
Ive been busted off on 50lb braid and mono so I understand what happened to you.
Cheers
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Cheers
Im not gonna give up on it now thinking of taking heavy gear to take it out 65lb braid with 100lb leader possibly well done Aaron sounds like you had a good weekend. I just got back from my NZ trip so i will put up a post. It is all quiet on the yellowfin at the moment out wide.
Yeh was pretty good
yeah i just took a look at your NZ Trip report looks like you had a cracker of a weekend!!What rig were you using for the Groper DGF???
At least you got a Mack and a Bonnie from spinning- that was what you setup to do and you did it
... Shame bout the Groper though... They go pretty hard I havent caught one in years and years- maybe time to start rock hopping again and try my luck- I got a pretty good spot in Broken Bay I reckon the platform would be chockers with em- and its loaded with lovely red crabs too.
Well done mate
Tight lines
well had tied the braid to 80lb mono from the 80lb mono swivel then 60lb fluro with a decent size hook cant remember the size with a LIGHT running sinker to the hook, hooked the crab through the shell on its ass end
and droped it down after RayR burley'd up with some Urchins crushed up etc.. Definitely going back to take it out
and have some photo's with it!
and the reports are as follows!!
as i was up for the next strike!! we trolled toward where the bird was spotted lost sight of the bird but then all of a sudden one rod starts going off i try jump down the flybridge! NO NO TIME! 2nd ROD GOES OFF then they start clearing the lines and 3rd ROD GOES OFF AND THE 4th without an idea of where to go i grabed the camera and tried to record some of the action of the QUADRUPLE HOOKUP!!! once we landed 2-3 we put out another lure really quick to try keep them around all fish landed and the other rod goes off so i grab it, started bringing it in and as i started to see colour i called out What the heck? is that a Dolly? The colours were that of a dolphin fish but nope as it came up it was infact another yellowfin tuna and SCORED MY FIRST YFT!!!!!!(would of been happy either way would of been my first dolly:P) 
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theres always usually a spare spot available! i mean hell i usually only fish with 2 ppl on my boat n it can easily fish 3-4 comfortably.
Great Weekend Fishing :)
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thanks for that Ray
some of the pics got some dodgy quality as well after uploading them on facebook :/