[Should I be filling up for tomorrow?]

Been listening to Ch.21 this arvo. Not much action at all. Will call up some mates who are currently cubing shortly.

Was going to go tomorrow, but will now probably give it a miss.

[Anyone get in to any yellowfin over the weekend]

15nm - try double that now. We (14yo son on the rod) went 1-1-0 there yesterday.

[Plenty of yellowfin off Sydney today]

Thanks for the update Damo. We're fishin the next two days. Can't wait!

[Who's fishing wide tommorow]

Hi all,

Just got home. Went as far as Heatons today, turned north then north west and back past Browns on dark. Zeros for us - and everyone else.

On 21 no SBT reported, only 1 20kg YFT and 1 boat got some Albacore amongst ALL of the boats that fished today. Bloody tough.

Going again to stock up on Gemmies tomorrow.

[Did anyone do better than me?]

A charter boat whose name I don't think I am supposed to mention here huntered down 5 fish to 100kg 20nm east of Browns.

My mate who was onboard said when they got to Heatons there were a stack of boats all hooked up. They trolled for an hour for zeros in that area then heading west came across a school busting up in front of them and all 4 80s on the boat went off. All landed.

I'm only spending a few hours on land over the weekend to sleep, otherwise will be offshore.

Killing me being at work today.

[Anyone heading out on Sunday 10th March?]

Yep, planning to be out fishing Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of next week. Not sure exactly where yet, depends upon water temp and colour and intel over the next few days.

Bruce.

[8-8-8 for the day - photos added]

Thanks Billseeker.

[8-8-8 for the day - photos added]

Does anyone know if the Laggers Point Ramp is open at present? Or does everyone have to come out of Back Creek or across the Macleay River Bar?

Great work on the fish guys.

[Browns Gemmies]

Pretty good day.

Using the electrics and standing back with arms folded as the fish came up was a new experience for us!

[Reef Magic - Saturday report]

We've got 3 boats out of Port Hacking tomorrow, will be on 21.

[More bluefin off Sydney today - Saturday 7th July]

Thanks for the tips Damo, much appreciated.

[More bluefin off Sydney today - Saturday 7th July]

U goin out Squiz?

[More bluefin off Sydney today - Saturday 7th July]

Motivation!!!!

[Fin' Tomorrow?]

We're heading out tomorrow, not sure which direction yet. We'll be on Avalon on 21.

[YFT off Sydney]

Geez I've got poor timing. Trolled all day yesterday in the same area for zip.

[Sydney Thursday report]

We'll be out on PHGFCboat Avalon tomorrow - and probably Saturday and maybe Sunday as well. We'll happily call the coordinates on 21 if we find them.

[June Tuna Reports]

Thanks Damo. Found them on the CCGFC page as well.

No reason not to be out there once the weather allows now.

[June Tuna Reports]

What is the name of that page? They are not on the Sydney Gamefishing Club page.

[June Tuna Reports]

So, what do we know so far abut this Tuna season off Sydney?

Some fish taken from the south - Yellowfin and Albacore, but the bite is not consistent.

Browns? Any action yet here?

All Yellowfin so far seem to be 50kg plus fish with some pushing 70kg plus.

The eddy off Sydney is breaking up slowly and the roaring current to the south may be slowing.

[Going out Saturday any reports]

Mate went out sat afternoon for a cube from Port Hacking and caught about 15 Albercore but no fin

Same general area as the Friday fish?

[Any news for browns bottom]

Just home from the Southern Canyons. Current doing a good 3.5knots. We were drifting south at 1.5 - 2 knots into the wind. It was useless drift and we pulled the pin and came home. Saving our ammo for when the YFT turn up.

[Who is out tomorrow?]

We'll be out in the afternoon for the night and hope all of the early birds to be able to report the YFT have come to play.

[Seasick fishos need rescuing?]

3 ET Pills before they went out and all would have been fine - except for the motor!

[stripemarlin]

Hi all,

This has been my experience with striped marlin....... the striped, unlike the blue and black, will usually not commit to a take i.e. they will come up behind the lure/teaser and swipe at the lure with their bill. A lure that is being trolled is travelling at 7-8knots and when the stripes come up and bills the lure, the lure keep moving away from the marlin instead of being stung. This really annoys the hell out the marlin and they become agitated and continue to swipe the lure - generally the time a switch bait is introduced and is so effective in getting a hook-up as the marlin is really pissed and all lit up. Often the striped will mouth the lure and will run with the rod loading up for a short time, the marlin will then drop the lure as it has felt the hook. The first minute or so on a striped (or any fish) is critical and I agree that really sharp hooks are a must when trolling lures for marlin - you need to penetrate that upper jaw. I personally run a double hook rig but many have a preference for a single hook set well back in the skirt. I run lures ranging from a 12inch lumo sprocket to an 8inch Black bart 1656 in mackerel pink (stripes love 'em). Oh and yes I totally agree that stripes really do suck on lures...... live bait, live bait, live bait.

Regards,

Rabs.

I'm with Rabs. The only Striped we have managed this season was on one of HIS lures. All of the other 12 or so hits we had missed hooking up on my lures.

Raising Stripes off the NSW coast in Jan-Feb is the easy bit - getting a hookup is the harder part.

Striped Marlin suck on lures - just got to find good live bait off Sydney consistently.

Bruce.

[My first Cobia]

Well done!

We'll have a crack at them tomorrow if we can get over the bar. This morning was impassible to all but the biggest trailerboats. Maybe I should get a Yak!