little marlin

First time poster long time reader,anyways here goes got to the ramp at 5:30 and put the boat in only to realise that i left the pillies in the freekin freezer at home so it was not a great start for a bottom bash out on the reefs. So off we motored with 2 good mates to get some livies out off rosebay to the wedding cakes and that we did. Punched it straight out to 12 mile for zip then agreed maybe the peak might be better off. No kingies there either but got a few reef fish then went for a drift for flatties about 2k's off cooggee. It was fairly quiet till old mate down near the back of the boat hooked up on not a bad little fish,got it about half way then the drag decided to let loose and go nuts and bam smashed straight through his 60lb leader.We were like thinking thats got to be a shark so i had my rig out with a butterfly yakka and straight to the bottom it went.Had to rig my mate up as he is not so good with words let alone tieing knots so droppped him down and we got tangled,quickly decided to to cut his rig and all of a sudden felt a thump in the line i had in my hand and thought i was snagged,started bringing it in and realised holy shit this aint to bad so tightened up the drag a touch and then about 30m off the boat seen a fin come up and at first thought it was a little black(i wished) took a quick dive and up it came again for my mate to call a shark i was like oh ok here we go as it went for another little dive only to appear 3 metres from the boat and we could see those razor sharp teeth pretty much smileing at us both was a 1.4 mako,as he had the gaf ready ,I was thinking this 60lb leader is goin to break any second now and bam slappped me straight on the chest. Oh well tryed my luck with some wire trace for about 30mins after but didnt reappeare was a great day out on the water espcially to see such a great little mako up so close and whales cruising around like a mini playground.Sorry no photos of the little mako as u know happened all so fast.

Well done on the snapper fellas u have it down pat

That a ripper of a kingie well done

Hey mate i dont do much fresh water fishing but haved fish nortons basin if u know were that is its not far from bents and we caught heaps of bass there its a bit of a trek down but well worth it just get some worms and u should go alright down there

Are they Dolce n Cabanna's on the PJ

nice kings there boys and whale watching while the jigs go down would of been great.

Well done on the fin. 200 plus fish for the 1 boat how many days did u go out? What did u do with them all?

Well done on the fat kings nice catch

Well done on the fin. Mullet

nice kings there mate.

Nice mako there. W ell done

Cant wait to see the video mate and I to have lost 2 rods due to using those shitty plastic rod holders...dam it...you think i would of learnt a lesson the first time.So I have lost one in botany one in sydney whats next pittwater ummmm i dont think so got rid of those crap rod holders and if u do have them on your boat u can either do 3 things:Back your drag right off,Put them on your camp chair were i think they really belong or give them to someone u really are not a great fan of

Nice one there mate and even though cobia are not a well known species to sydney we did manage to catch a few during the warmers months this season and seen a a couple of big ones chasing up lures or livies but didnt manage to hook any.I just hope they return in numbers with the kingies this season cant wait

Nice catch there mate bet it went hard.Such a beautiful looking fish they are well done.

Ripper of a catch there mate i bet u will be hitting up that spot again

Nice catch and you aint wrong about using them for bait or eating them

Nice dollie there mate did u get a weigh in on that beast?

wow great dolly m8 will be sure hard to beat your first ever mahi mahi thats a stonker and a beauty for the table to eat

oh well mate some nice sized calamari and wasnt sunday such a beautiful day to be out on the water.

Hey prawn star unlucky mate against those seals and jackets and i think were all feeling the pain.

well done roosterman hopefully i can get a few kings this sunday without the pain of those jackets nipping me off

Well done gaff,nice kings m8.

wow wat a cracker nice catch mate must of been hoping all knots were tied propaly