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Nice report Sam, they were probably chasing all the yellow fin tuna off Sydney at the moment. Also still marlin and dollies about.
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On 06/05/2018 at 3:21 PM, Marlin01 said:
Just fishing in the berley, not many berley up there. Really is a lucky dip what’s going to bite in the cubes. Most snapper had berley in their guts, shows it works.
Thanks for the tip Marlin!!
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That’s an awesome trip and great report! What did the damage on the reds? Well done!
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Great report and info Rozza. They are some cracking reds you got there!! I went out with my dad on Tuesday 24th for not much as the Kiama Fad was not in the water!? We were going to target dollies but had to change our game plan. But we got into some solid squid on the way in for a feed!! They hit the live yakkas, then switched to a jig to boat them.
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That’s an awesome couple of days! Well done!!
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Congratulations on your first Dollies!! It must be the season for it, I caught my first one this year too. Great eating and sport fish to target, well done!!
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On 15/04/2018 at 1:26 PM, sam bros said:
Nice work mate
That is a stonker dollie
Thanks Sam Bros. Tasted amazing too!
I’ll try and upload another pick
8 hours ago, rozza_b said:Hey mate, yeah got a few reds and bonnies nothing special, got hammered by jackets......was out in my mates open tinny that day think it's blue, mines a 4.8m centre console Quintrex with green sides over white bottom. If you see me about come over and say hi ?
Nice work. Yeah mate I’m sure we’ll cross paths at some stage! I’m looking forward to finding some reds in the area.
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That’s a belter!
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12 hours ago, rozza_b said:
Nice work and also welcome to town
one of the trailers you would have seen would have been me and my mate, few nice fish caught over the weekend
Thanks Rozza! What boat were you in mate and did you have any luck? I’m in a 460 coast runner with a blue bimini. Hopefully I’ll see you out and about soon and say g’day. I’m keen to learn some local knowledge of the area, it’s a good start!
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I own a 460 coast runner with a 50hp Yamaha on the back and I’ve been to the wide fad off port hacking (I think it’s about 20km out) multiple times. You definitely need all the safety gear and I always wear a PFD and make my mates wear them too. Even if the conditions are perfect, I only even have one other person on board when going that wide! Good luck and I hope you get a few, like everyone says be sensible and know the weather! You’re not going to fly home with a 50hp on the back if the weather turns to crap, so allow enough time and know when enough is enough. No fish is worth your life.
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10 hours ago, Welster said:
Great report and photo. The last drift comes up trumps again.
Always one more!
9 hours ago, Scratchie said:Awesome photo! Your both smiling! Gotta love when a plan come together! Well done
cheers scratchie!!!
Love it when a plan comes off, also let my mate know that the fad did produce that day ?
9 hours ago, tyrone07 said:Good Dollie mate, so much fun on the light gear
They are a great sporting fish
25 minutes ago, GoingFishing said:Thats a cracker dolly mate well done ! Would have put up an entertaining fight for sure.
By any chance did you check the water temp
Sorry mate I didn’t, we fished it from 7-9:30am. There was a fair bit of current pushing from the north. The drift was pretty quick but most of our hook ups were after we were south of the fad, sometimes 200m plus.
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Great work!! What plastic did the damage?
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Hey Raiders,
It was my first time putting the boat in the water since moving down to Gerringong 6 weeks ago. My mate drove down Friday night for an early start in the morning. Our plan was to hit the Kiama Fad then chase either kings or snapper on the way back in. I received a message off another mate saying the fad doesn’t fish that well, but we decided to stick to our original plan.
We launched and Gerringong at 5:45am to see only two trailers in the car park. We found some bait not too far from the boat ramp. The yakkas were thick in numbers! We had about 10-12 so decided to call it and head out to the fad. The wind and swell made it a bit of a lumpy and bumpy trip out, be we arrived smack on 7am. Only about 4 other boats out there at this stage. We put out a few livies and threw stickbaits on the first few drifts. The stick baits only caught the smaller speciemens ranging from 50-60cm. Great fun on light gear, especially when they get aerial. However the livies did the trick on the bigger models. My mate caught his fist ever Dollie going 66cm that went in the esky and about 4-5 others, all released. I managed a keeper, my biggest going 77cm and about 3-4 rats. The wind was picking up and we were down to our last two livies so we decided to to one last run. About 100m past the fad, I start losing line quickly. I saw this one come out of the water and it was the biggest of the day... I tightened up the drag a little as it was heading towards another boat after some solid runs! After a 10minute fight, a failed gaff shot, a failed tail grab we netted her!! She went 102cm and went into the esky for a feed. My mate stil had his last Yakka and we did two more drifts for nothing. Decided to head in to a spot at the back of Rangoon island for some kings.
We threw plastics and jigs for some rock species them my mates livie got hammered! He had two really solid runs and he couldn’t stop it and it ended busting him off on the reef. We called it for a good king, even though we didn’t get a look at it. The wind started to get up so we called it quits and headed back into the ramp to clean the fish. Pulled the boat out at 11:30am. Dinner was sorted for our family, my friends family and the neighbours for last night and tonight!!
Absolutely loving the south coast!
Tight lines, Stu.
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Hi all I’ve just moved down to Gerringong 4 weeks ago from Cronulla. I’m yet to put my boat in the water with last Sunday being blown out. If you could share some tips with me on where to get livies or squidding grounds It would be greatly appreciated. I plan on launching at either Gerringong or Kiama next time I’m heading out. Tight lines and always keen to chat to fellow raiders!!
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Awesome work on your first Dollie! I only started targeting them this year and I’m hooked. Great sport fish on the light gear, stickbaits work a treat too!!
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What an awesome session!! Hats off to you mate, you have mastered the legal kingies!!
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Hey Raiders, I’m making the move down to Gerringong on Monday with my family and I was wondering if anyone would like to share some tips on where to fish and get live bait? I have a boat and will be mainly chasing Kings, Dollies and Snapper (or whatever is around at the time) with plastics and livies. Can anyone point me in the direction on where to try for squid or livies (yakkas, slimies, etc) I’m not after your secret spot just an area as the furthest south I’ve fished in my boat is Stanwell Park.
I’m also going to join the local fishing club
Tight lines all ?
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my last session at the Fad off port hacking
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That’s bloody fantastic!! Great work on the light set up and a cracking fish!!
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That’s a cracking dolly, well done!!
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Always producing yowie! Nice sized flatties there too. Well done
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I went out on the 5th of Jan to the Port Hacking FAD and caught two dollies 68cm and 64cm on live squid caught earlier that morning. And also one 60cm model on a stickbait that was released. I didn't see any other boats or spearos get anything while we were out there. Probably 6 boats at the start and maybe got up to 8 or 9 before we left.
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2 hours ago, Towlersbay boy said:
Hey Mate
Used a few different ones up there but I would say it was most likely a Maria shore tricker 45g in pink brought up with an erratic twitch & stall retrieve.
Cheers
Thanks mate I’ll have a look for them. How deep were you fishing with the 45g? I’ve found the pink octo jigs 40g work well for rats, but I haven’t tried them deeper than 20m. Cheers for the info!
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That’s a ripping king and a great bag of Dollies! I hope one day I can post a report of a serious king like that. The search continues! Do you mind me asking what jig did the damage on the king? Well done.
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Good report Tdogz, the legal kings are hard to come across. Next time you’re in the hacking tell Brenton to give me a call and we’ll try and hook up for a session. Keep searching!! Hopefully we get to hear of more catches.
one of the trailers you would have seen would have been me and my mate, few nice fish caught over the weekend
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There are posts all over Facebook with people getting them off Sydney. A mate of mine got a 60kg model last weekend, out past browns in about 100 fathoms.