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Two Sundays ago we got up early, headed straight out to Sydney FAD and started trolling right on sunrise. Before we could get our second lure in the spread out a dollie was on. The fish we talking anything and within the first hour we had landed to 6 legal dollies and three 70cm+ stripey tuna. Then the fish just went quiet for a couple of hours even though bait continued to bubble on the surface in every direction. We moved on from the FAD and headed north and shortly after found a 3km area where the tuna were going nuts. Double hook-ups, triple hook-ups, quadruple hook-ups and it didn't stop. For six straight hours we just reeled in tuna after tuna after tuna. Ended up landing 32 stripies (averaging 65 - 75cm), 8 dollies (ranging from 55 - 70cm) and two yellowfin tuna (68cm and 72cm) - kept a handful and threw the rest back to get bigger for next time. When we thought our dream day couldn't get any better - we were wrong. Just as we started to call it a day and head back towards the heads a big dorsal fin popped up right behind our spread. Was a nice 2m+ striped marlin - spent the best part of a minute checking out the short corner and rigger before finally smashing our shotgun lure. The fish managed to take over 300m of line as we quickly pulled in the rest of our gear. We fought the fish for a few minutes but unfortunately it managed to spit the lure on its second jump. While we didn't land him it was still an awesome way to end our best day ever off Sydney. Was looking forward to heading out on Saturday to test some new gear but it's looking like I'm probably better off going big wave surfing.
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I hear you - we tried to get out there on Saturday at around 3pm for an afternoon session and retreated after getting a couple of kms out of the heads Backed up first thing on Sunday and had one of my best day's fishing ever and definitely my best off Sydney. Will be writing up a summary when I get a chance later this week We were so so close to landing our first Marlin
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Well done mate - awesome fish Makes those Sydney kings look like bait
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Cheers mate - nothing wrong with landing 9 dollies
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Got those on Pakula micro sprockets I've had the best success with dollies on blues and pinks this season
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Headed out to the shelf early on Saturday morning in search of marlin, dollies and tuna. We were met by a pod of dolphins as we passed through the heads but the water was ~22 degrees and green so we pushed on. The water pretty much stayed that way until we hit the shelf at which point we found the warm snap we were looking for. Water quickly changed to a deep blue as the temp increased from ~23 degrees to ~26 degrees in the space of a few kilometres. We put the spread out and started to troll towards Browns. We were there in no time as the current was ripping south at about 5knts/hr. As we passed over the top of Browns around 30 dolphins surrounded the boat and about a minute later we spotted two freejumpers less than 100m directly behind our spread. We worked the area and the current line for the best part of 6 hours but unfortunately all for zeros - frustrating after a promising start to the morning. We decided to change up the spread with some smaller lures to try to get some dollies and tuna for a feed as we headed back towards Sydney. Managed to land four 70cm+ dollies and a nice striped tuna around some floating debris and the FAD which made the day for the boys. Had one big strike a couple of kilometres north of the FAD but the fish spat the lure after a solid 20 second run - pretty sure it was a big dollie or tuna. Weather forecast is looking good for this weekend at the moment so will hopefully be able to get out there to have another crack at getting this marlin.
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Awesome
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Plenty of nice sized dollies out there at the moment - heard one report over the radio yesterday that one boat landed 30 dollies in an 8 hour session
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We fished Sydney yesterday. Went wide early and started to fish when we hit 50 fathoms and water temp was 24 degrees (increased to 26 degrees by the time we hit the shelf). Managed to raise three fish and each time they eventually had a go at the shotgun but didn't manage to get the hooks to stick (one of those days). Headed in closer (around 30 fathoms) as it sounded like a number of boats were getting small Blacks in close but was a dud move - found plenty of bait but no fish after that. Finished up the day with a couple of nice dollies and a nice sized tuna which was lost beside the boat.
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Now that is a Dollie - makes the 80cm ones I got yesterday look like baitfish
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Sounds like the perfect time to be arriving back in Sydney - will definitely be heading out on Saturday
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The lure thief caught on Camera – Striped Marlin
Baby Karlos replied to Scent Blazer Lures's topic in Gamefishing Reports
Awesome shots -
Tuna and Dollie Bonanza off Sydney
Baby Karlos replied to Baby Karlos's topic in Gamefishing Reports
They are great - raw with a bit of soy sauce or seared with a bit of lime and cracked pepper This was the end result
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Nice work mate - we also managed to get stuck into the dollies on Saturday. Awesome fun!
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Decided late in the morning on Saturday to make the most of the weather so called up the boys, setup the boat and trolled from Sydney to Palm Beach and back. Put the spread out as soon as we hit 80 fathoms. Water was blue, 22 degrees and bait balls were everywhere between 10 and 40 fathoms. Had only been on the troll for 20mins when the shotgun started screaming - was so loud it woke up one of the boys who was out cold after an entire night out prawning. After a good 5min fight and a last minute dart under the boat we landed a nice 70cm stripey tuna. Continued up the coast for the next couple of hours for zeros and then at about 4pm - bang - the dollies came on. Were so thick we couldn't get a few hundred metres down the coast without hooking up - at one stage we had a triple hook up which made things interesting with only three on the boat and 5 lines and 2 teasers out the back - thank god for autopilot. Finished up the arvo having landed 9 dollies, ranging from 50 - 65cm, 3 stripey tuna, ranging from 50 - 70cm, and a number more fought and dropped. Kept one tuna and a couple of dollies for feed and sent the rest back to fight another day. Hopefully this wind starts to die down so we can get out there this weekend and chase some beakies.
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Josh Dugan's Blue marlin on Reef Magic
Baby Karlos replied to REEF MAGIC CHARTERS's topic in Gamefishing Reports
Awesome fish - will be out there on Sunday if the wind lets up -
Nice work mate - sounds like I need to get out of the office and get out on the water this weekend
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New to fishraider - Sunday 12th January report off Botany Bay
Baby Karlos replied to Jumbofin's topic in Gamefishing Reports
Awesome posts guys - will definitely be getting out there to chase some beakies next weekend. -
Managed to sneak a quick morning fish in last week so headed out long reef way given the success the week before. Arrived with plenty of yakkas but the fish were showing no interest in them (did manage to catch two huge squid with them though) so we started burleying up and dropped a couple of pillies and some squid in. In no time hooked up to a nice 67cm King followed by a few rats. Were plenty of fish on the sounder and we saw every other boat in the area landing rats. Did see one boat nearby us drop an 80cm King beside the boat because they didn't have a net - devastating! Another solid mornings fishing for Kings off Sydney.
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No where as good as Corey's mates day but managed to get 8 kings, 2 snapper and a jewie of Sydney on Friday Now waiting for the wind to die down so we can get back out there
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On Friday we put trolling for Marlin, Tuna and Dollies on hold for a day and headed out before sunrise with the sole intention of getting stuck into some kings. Managed to pick up 15 yakkas before heading onto the artificial reef and colours. Worked both areas for 20 mins but there was nothing around except for baitfish and the serial pest, jackets, so moved on to long reef checking all the bommies, reefs and wrecks along the way. Halfway there stumbled on a tonne of baitfish and some decent sized fish at depth on the sounder so rigged up a couple of yakkas and dropped them down. Immediately - bang - hooked up 70cm+ jewie but 10m from the boat the line went dead - had been bitten in half by a shark. Continued to work the area for half an hour and only got two small snapper so moved on to long reef. Shortly after arriving at long reef we found a truck load of yakkas bubbling on the surface so we rigged up three yakkas and threw them in. Triple hook up - three rat kings ranging from 59 - 65cm. Sounder was a ball of red with decent kings so continued to work the area, which ranged from 15 - 30m deep, for a couple of hours. Finished up the morning landing 8 decent kings and dropping 3 monsters. Kept two kings (67cm and 69cm) for a feed and threw all the rest back to fight another day. Awesome summers morning on the water.
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Headed out to 12 Mile again yesterday to jig for some Kingies early in the morning. Drove around the area for an hour but found nothing of substance on the finder so continued on to the Shelf and put the spread out. Trolled from mid morning to early afternoon around the Shelf and Browns Mountain for zeros so started to head back to Sydney. We were roughly halfway between Browns Mountain and 12 Mile when finally the short corner went off. Kept the boat in drive as the boys pulled in the teasers and bang the shotgun then went off – double hook-up for the second trip in a row. Landed two nice sized striped tunas making up for our poor effort a couple of weeks ago. Sounded like a quiet day for most on the radio with no bait around and only one striped marlin caught by Ylwfin late in the morning east of Browns – well done lads. Hopefully the wind isn’t too bad this week so we can get out there again this weekend.
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Nice work guys - heard this over the radio We worked the shelf and browns all day yesterday for zeros - managed to get a double hook up on some nice sized stripey tuna on the way back to Sydney though to make it worthwhile
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Did you manage to catch anything decent on Sunday morning?
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To be fair the guys were pretty sea sick...weather turned ugly mid morning
