Devil Ray

Great fish mate

Awesome read and a great result... Congrats

Ok then.... Lock me in... I will try and talk Deanfish around

Is there somewhere close by to beach up and roll out a swag

I suffer from a rare disease called toopharkincoldtofishforhairtail there is no real cure for this disease

Myself and Deanfish will make an appearance over the weekend, it wont be at night though, way too cold lol

I think an EPIRB is an essential part of any boat, wether or not you are fishing outside.... Boats dont take long to sink and it gives you extra piece of mind knowing that you can be found, especially if using your boat at night. Same goes with a marine radio, not only to contact marine rescue but other boats that are in the area that 9 times out of 10 will be able to get to you before marine rescue. Definitely $500 well spent

Who needs a decky hey!!! Great footage, great fish.... Dont know how u managed to get that Gimble on one handed while holding on to that monster

Sorry Scratchie, i actually had every intention on giving you a call but my mate who i took out insisted on bringing the leader of the opposition with him ( wife). Was talking to Deano not long ago and we are definitely going to be heading up again soon and you will be the first person we call

G,day Raiders, I thought i would share with you my experience of my first attempt at catching one of our beaky friends. After checking the weather on the Sunday prior it was decided that Thursday was a cracker of a day, little to no wind, swell less than a metre... I bought a new sounder / GPS combo ( which i am absoloutley wrapped with) had it installed on Tuesday. I was lucky to get out on Thursday as i thought i was going to have a coronary after purchasing my first couple of Marlin Lures and appropriate snap swivels.... Over $200 later and some chest pains i managed to get outa there alive. We got to shoal bay boat ramp at around 6, launched the boat and were crossing the bar by 6.15am. We dropped out a couple of smaller skirts hoping for a few stripeys or bonito and trolled around the islands just outside of the bay with no luck. We headed to Broughton island and dropped out the big dogs, we were followed by a huge pod of dolphins ( over 100 of them) they were playing and swimming in my wake and was an awesome sight. After many many hours of Trolling, a few lure changes and still no action. Found loads of really good bait schools and marked some good fish and still no action. We were in constant contact with another boat who had the same luck. We decided to head back South and Troll with the smaller skirts around the islands again and we managed to find some small stripeys and Bonito, hooking up on every pass through the school. We decided to head back to the ramp at about 4 and of course we called on the radio by the other boat to tell us that they had hooked a little Black approx 60kgs North of Broughton, having only about 20 litres of fuel left it wasnt an option to head back. The other boat ended up hooking onto another about 20 mins later that spat the hook after an 1.5 hour fight. So my first Marlin adventure was hardly successful but i must say that i am now hooked, the anticipation of hearing those reels scream off has got me wanting to head again sooner rather than later. Any advice, tips would be greatly appreciated Thanks for reading Devil Ray

JB HAS EM ALL YEAR ROUND

I am pretty sure it is the same rule as if you catch an undersize fish that dies for whatever reason..... Trauma, foul hook etc.... You must throw back

It was a no brainer!!! Well done mate

I love topics like this!!!! I love kingfish..... Set the drag too tight and risk pinging the line... Too loose and they will reef you quicker than the missus will say " ya gotta mow the lawn before ya go fishing"

That is awesome off the stones, id be happy with that off the boat!!!

Im in for sure.... Any species....any time, ha ha

Great feed, love the whiting!!!

I agree 100%, i think they should be left for rec anglers

It burns me up when i see litter being left everywhere!! Seriously, if u can carry it in, you can quite easily carry it out. Well done for helping keep our waterways clean

Sounds like a great day Scratchie... I am yet to catch a Dollie, would love to tick that one off the bucket list

Are Dollies around all year round?? Or is now the "season"??

Its always the way..... Always see the big fish when you dont have the gear... Would have got the blood pumping though

I had a customer of mine who hit the rocks yesterday arvo, he got 3 bonnies in about 45 mins on a whole pilly

I dont wanna be wishing my young fellas life away but i really cant wait till my 10 month old is ready to turn a reel!!!

Where is mainabar??