james1990

I hate seeing things like that. Th guy that owns it will be in for a small surprise when he finds it. cheers james

Lol, better luck next time mate. I have caught hammerhead sharks, grouper, flathead, sargent bakers on live yakkas and probs a few other species i cant remember. I have also seen big flattys, dollies and kingys taken on live yakkas A trick to riggin yakkas is to put the hook through the nose, beacuse yakkas have spikes across the top of them so predatory fish normally swallow them headfirst sso they dont get spiked. I have also lost yakkas outside whilst trolling them along at 1 or 2 knots. chers james

Autum is the best time for longtails around the portstevons area, early mornings they get massive schools in nelson bay, Off the rocks live baits floated out under ballons produces longtails, cobia and the odd king or shark. Iv never chased them but i have fished portstevons for quite a while and read LOTS of articles on the longtail fishing up there. cheers james

If i was chasing snapper in those areas id start a drift from merries all the way down depending which way the currents working, once you find a productive spot either anchor or re-drift it but make sure i burly up, vary the depths of my baits and the baits/rigs i am using. cheers james

I'll take ya boat, it will be well looked after That is a big set of kings, i dream of catchin one that big. cheers james

Hi mate Iv always got rods rigged with skirts/ metals and sometimes sp's as domza has found out if you have to spend time tying knots n lures etc you can miss out, i got 3 tailor in my 1st 3 casts by the time dom had rigged up the school was goneski's. Boats on ebay only 3 days left or something like that. If it doesnt sell were going to get: new trailer downrigger railmount rodholders/ more gunwale holders carpet rear padded seat Maybe a new coat of paint, depends on budget. And we will also be buying a skiboat for family days out. cheers james

Arthurs first game/#####.......many more to come.

lost a few stripes, only really landed one that was 3.8kg, no outfit big enough to tow it along. cheers james

Hi guys Went out today with the intentins of fishing the fads. Arrived at the boat ramp at 5.30 to find stacks of the offshore powerboat racing teams parked in the pit area. some of the boats included the maritiom/smorgan steel rig, acme racing and boy were they HUGE. First stop was mol point where we stocked up on yakkas. it was a straight smooth run to the close fad at about 7.30 sitting on 35kph. Arrived at the close fad and fished for a good hour for ZILCH. Decided to set to 24kg outfits out the back with large skirts and 2 smaller skirts off the riggers. got about 9 mile directly off botany heads and BANG ZZZZZZZZ right rigger busrsts to life we took a small 2kg striped tuna. In the next 15 mins the fishing was going to be mayhem. all lines bought to the boat and tuna bought in but a butterfingers dropped him back in the drink ,,,,, whilst setting the lines back out again dad was feeding a small skirt off the right rigger, had the reel in free spool, then the line started taking off at a million miles an hour after a quick fight the fish had won its freedom, assuming it was a striped tuna. As soon as dad dropped his fish john was feeding a small skirt out on the left rigger when bang he is on to, got a small 30cm dollie to the boat. Another certain butterfingers now lets not name names netted the fish but the fish was that small it fell out of the holes in the side of the net . We set all the lines back out and about 3 mins later ZZZZZZZZZ.........ZZZZZZZZZZZ the right rigger goes off again and a 4kg striped tuna is landed, arthur the guy who caught it it was his first ever (game/#####) and he was rapped, photos will be included later. We trolled for a short while more approx 20 mins when dad looked out the back of the boat to see a bill and 2 fins breaking the surface behind the large skirt being trolled from the port rear corner MARLIN WOOOOO, it was the first time we had ever experienced this so i accelerated the boat then we dropped the lure back and tried various techniques to entice this fish to take the lure after a min of stalking our spread he dissapeared. The place we were trolled was directly infront of botany heads over a current line that had small patches of warm water, floating objects, schools of bait and pleanty of bird working the area ranging from 9 miles-12 miles out to sea. All the action stopped after the marlin we trolled for another few hours for zilch. What a way to spend one of the last trips on the boat before she sells. All in all it was a top day with plenty of good memorys. Ops i will also mention the llargest fish hooked was me i was foul hooked in th bum. cheers james P.S i will post pics when i upload them.

Congrats on the win, llove the gold reels, still dreaming about the marlin cheers james

Im dreaming about some of the things i cud do with that boat, casting deck, trolling motor, downriggers etc. cheers jmaes

Top catch, wish the fishing was like that off sydney. cheers james

Hi guys what are smelts. They are some type of baitfish but thats all i know about them. cheers james

Nice whitebait.well presented. cheers james

Or he is just plain smarter than you are chris I was absoloutly clueless on this topic, thanks sam for sharing the info with us. cheers james

Iv never fished the hawksbury before but i always admire the water when driving along the f3 between sydney and newcastle. Heading towards sydney as you go over the bridge just to the left there are HEAPS of sand flats, fish these flats on a runout tide and i reckon you will get flathead, bream and thumper whiting. Goodluck. Cheers james

I like it, wouldnt have it but i might stick to double trouble. cheers james

Whitecaps, i read your report, thats a bugger about the failing tackle, after reading that im going to go over ALL my tackle tomorrow. I hope i can get a marlin, id be rapped with a few striped tuna on light gear

Hi guys Weather permitting, were heading to browns mountain next sunday. Taking 40liters of spare fuel,,,,,,just incase. We will spend the whole time trolling hopefully for a marlin. Has anyone got any tips on fishing browns? cheers james

Ws that the trophy frankp? cheers james

Meh i don't care, i'll looser you one day cfd anyways atleast i can find my bits and im nearlly 17 years old your 19 cheers james

Ryan mate, you may be able to out do the boys in biggest fish as they were using light tackle, but in the ammount of fish caught noooo way everytime i looked at them they were onto a double hookup or atleast one of them was on. What time did you get back to the ramp OFFTAP? Top day, good company and top weather. The pic of my boat, im sitting up the front, that was just after i was woken from my sea sickness sleep by sam throwing peices of pillies at me. Heres sammy, cfd, offtap crew in convoy

got me there

I was going to say exactly that. cheers james