patey

Cheers W4z will check it out

Hi all I am traveling to New Zealand in a few weeks packing a small travel rod and some lures and a friend is taking his fly rod. I was told a few day ago that when fishing the lakes and rivers over there that there is a moss or something that get in your shoes and fishing gear and when coming back through customs shoes would be thrown away and I would suspect the fishing gear would be checked as well. If anyone has any info on this could you please tell me Thx patey

Awesome effort well done. I am heading over there in July 2015 who did you charter with pls pm Cheers patey

Yes jacksback nsaykali is right that is a cardinal scorpion fish you have there but will still give you a nasty sting if you get %%%%%ed by one of his spikes

Great catch there Trevor just you talking about that trek out brings back some bad memories of that walk out. Fished there many years ago with great success catching big pigs salmon and a few kings Cheers patey

Will be staying at broulee I think there is some charters around the area there without having to go to narooma and yes moruya only ten minutes away from where I am staying

Heading down that way on the 18th was wondering if anyone new of a good charter boat to go out on to target some kingies Cheers patey

Cheers guys thx for the tips. Hey warnie Karen was wondering if you would be able to do some repair work on our shower we have the tiles just needs reseating and floor redone Cheers Patey

Hi puppydawg wouldn't you put a cats paw on the end of that double to your snap swivel

Try google it mate you should find something in there

Awesome video and a great catch

Great fish well done to your girlfriend would of been nice sashimi that night

Great conditions loved the photos nice fish as well

Great report good read have also promised my youngest daughter for a days fishing as well good haul of fish to Cheers patey

Would of been great to watch can't wait for video Cheers patey

Thanks guys my second marlin that I've ever caught first was a small black a few years ago at port Stephens will be out again soon weather permitting cheers patey

That's one big fish to be bringing it up 550 mtrs

We hit the ramp just after 4.00 am headed to balmoral to get some lives as we were heading for 12 mile reef to try and get some kings but had no luck with the livies so we got the lures ready as we were trolling out to the 12 mile then south to the fads. All reports of marlin leading up to this trip were good and all you had to do was pick a good day and you were a chance of getting one and we were pretty confident that we would get a look at a marlin. The weather was looking good but reports of the wind picking up we had to get out there so we headed off .Dropped the lures and teaser in the water 3kms off the heads.So with the lures set it was time to sit back and wait it was around the 100 mtr mark that we got a hit on the starboard lure on a 8 inch pacific lure in green and yellow colour but didn't hook up. About 5kms short of the 12 mile the wind had picked up and took a couple of waves on the side of the boat which made us go south with the swell and wind and we could troll without taking the swell over the side.It was then that we got our second strike and this fish took the lure and ran for about 250 mtrs and jumped once at the end of that run.I had grabbed the rod as my mate John cleared the other rods and teaser from the water the marlin had taken the long centre 12 inch lure in black/red/yellow. The marlin was coming in pretty easy as we were both going with the wind and current and he had stayed on the surface so we didn't have to move the boat around to chase him which made it easier.We had him by the boat in about 20 min sand called it for a striped marlin about 2 mtrs in length.As he got to the boat he took another short run then as the marlin came closer we noticed that he had the second hook in his eye and was bleeding from the eye.We got the fish onboard measured him upend he went 2.1 mtrs.had to have a beer after that as this was the first marlin in john new boat Got the lures back in the water made our way towards the fads done a couple of passes around the fad with no luck then headed back up into the wind which was blowing abit harder now on the way back noticed a free jumper what a great sight that is this is the second time in the last two trips that I've noticed them jumping we headed towards the fish but got nothing. So we made a decision to head back in troll along south head then get some of those lives that we didn't get before at balmoral and try for kings on north head but as before they were not there.So we headed off anchored off Quarintine head along with all the other boats that had decided to do the same out of the wind got the burley going put a few baits in the water for awhile but nothing happening there.We then decided to do a drift out the front for some flatties but got out there and realised why those thousands of boats were sitting inside the heads that nor easter blowing about 15 its now done a quick drift across the heads got a couple of undersized flat ties then decided to call it a day as we had enough fish in the esky anyhow. Looking forward to the next trip and hope next time to release that marlin unharmed had a great day patey

g,day brett you can also use bluelink ocean forecasting have been using this for a while now find it more clearer than the others.

Will be chasing kings in Sydney harbor on Friday and never had any luck catching squid for lives just wondering if anyone had a good spot to get them

Hi all My name is steve aka PATEY started fishing from a young age while on holidays with my parents in harvey bay and now enjoy all forms of fishing but prefer to out in the bluewater chasing pelagic when possible with my mates.Have been married 22 years and have 3 beautiful girls.I work as a shift worker at OI glass making all those beer bottles that we like to down after a big day out on the water.Have been a raider for a week now but use to visit regulary to check out what was going on and look forward to posting some more post in the future cheers PATEY

Fished there a couple of weeks back scored 4 nice bream with my mate in the wind/rain after we were blown off the water outside