vo2c88

Thanks guys got the boat all set up for some serious fishing come this season. Can't wait to get into some beakies Geoff going to darwin in 3 weeks and when i return will be heading port way to try for an early beakie :-)

Sounds like it was pretty tough out there on Friday for alot of people. Not much bait off sydney but sounded promising at the JB kink with a fair bit of bait around and spotted free jumping marlin. Apart from 6 resident seals in botany bay and a pack of dolphins I thought it was going to be another sight seeing day till around 2.30pm on the way back 12km NE of Browns in 22.2C when as I was dosing off from boredom and the mrs asleep in the cabin all hell broke loose with both outriggers breaking off at the same time. Ended up with 2 fat albacore and a first for Sam, couldnt be more proud seeing its her first offshore gamefish and the way she handled herself. Now for a marlin :-) Not the yellow I wanted but I'll take it anyday. I'll be back. Both took 6' pakula skirts in lumo green and purple. Cheers Vic

Off sydney?

Pretty tough mate, all day trolling for a stripey. Heard 2 finn were caught. One in the 25-30kg and the second approx 60. Plenty of boats out with bugger all results. But who knows tomorrow is another day.

Goodluck Gerry, been getting smashed at work no bloody time

How good is that. ANYFIN? The boats name should be more like PLENTY OF FIN :-) Great work guys.

Guys i heard it was off shellharbour not sydney

Gerry, To top it off that was the biggest of the bunch :-( don't worry Gaff Man is being reminded of that trip on a daily basis as the Tuna start to come through. We've decided he has to gaff the first one, not sure if that's a good idea but its the only way we can help raise his self esteem.

Now thats a challenge Ian, we set a challenge today of a 75kg fish. I think I got my work cut out for me :-) but a challenge is a challenge right ? Will see how we go

Trust me I havnt forgotten the fight. Thats right Geoff came straight from the social. You guys fishing it this year?

I'll definately be out in a weeks time hoping to land one on Plan B :-). Had some great success on Anyfin last year 2 from 2 :-) That rush is unbeleivable. Was it this time of year Gerry or later?

Nice fish. Was this off Sydney?

Great fish better than the doghnut we got on Saturday :-)

Guys was out there today, pretty quiet a couple were seen towards heatons apparently, a loooong way out. I would save the fuel and wait a little longer. Surprisingly a marlin was caught in 75fthms out of manly. Goodluck to all

Will be out there tomorrow in search. Will keep all informed. Cheers Vic

Was thinking of going out there Gery on Saturday in search but as you said Heatons looks the goods. A looooong way out. Still undecided though

Ian, Mine expires early July so I think it'll work out well. Ill send you a pm of the details when I get home later tonight Cheers Vic

Hey guys just wondering what the go is with the expiry date on an epirb and how to rectify. Is it a matter of changing a battery through a dealer or is the unit expired and a replacement required? Cheers Vo2c88

Well done mate great effort. Im sure he'll be smiling down on you. All the best

Is this a report or assumptions as it was quiet as on Sunday. Saturday saw some fish being caught but nothing since. Hopefully its a cracker of a season. 3 weeks i say

Pretty tough out there yesterday. I ended up going off port kembla. We hit the 75fthm mark to find a nice patch of bait getting smashed by birds and dolphins. Hopes were up and a strike was imminent but no predatory fish to be seen or caught. Worked the area for an hour or so then made the call to hit the shelf. We saw no bait nothing out there. A couple hours wasted saw us come back in to where we were in the beginning. Same thing bait but no fish. All in all a dissapointing day but it seemed to be tough for all incl the port hacking tournament which saw a boat tag and release striped tuna which shows the struggles people were experiencing. Let us know how you go. Goodluck

Thanks Gerry I'm going to head out test the waters hopefully an early fin who knows. Will let you know when we plan hitting jb for the weekend.Matt ended up getting a cruisecraft 595.

Guys Plan B is heading out wide this weekend. If you're out there give us a yell. Will keep all informed on 21. Who else is heading out?

Scratchie our plan was to spend a couple of days at port on the way back but the expected swell at 2m deterred us :-) our hopes were to land a late beakie on its first outing. You always got to have a Plan B. Here she is :-)

Wouldn't have a clue how that much line could be out there. It took me approx 10 mins to bring in by hand.The only thing I could think of is the fish going into the kelp and busting the line off.