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Loved the video, there's nothing to beat the scream of a reel when a decent Marlin takes off. 🙂
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59 minutes ago, zmk1962 said:
Thanks Buddy .... one could say any day on the water is great(er) than a day on the golf course 🤔 !
In the spirit of Boomtown Rats regarding not fishing:
Tell me why? Some don't do Mondays
Tell me why? Some don't do Wednesdays
Tell me why? Some don't do Fridays
They want to Golf ... the whole day's a-down(er)
Cheers Zoran 😁
Hummm, A bad day out fishing sure beats a good day in the office. A day golfing vs a day fishing, that's a hard call. 😂😂
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Nice Dollies. I have been very slack this summer, not been out once.... Anyone want to buy a boat? ?
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Looks like you had another great day out. Well done. Nothing like a good feed of fresh fish. 🙂
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On 3/7/2024 at 12:39 PM, zmk1962 said:
Nice one Bob ... I can already taste it on the plate !
Cheers Zoran
PS - I've canned tomorrow ... things came up ... so looking at early next week now.
Was wondering why I had not seen a report from you for Monday. 🙂
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If it wasn't for the banana sticking out out of your mouth I would almost not recognise you with that beard, 🙂
Bad weather but you still managed to find some good fish. Well done. 👍
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The reason the jet skis are down there is because they are banned in the Harbour. If they keep driving around like maniacs they'll probably end up banned down there too...
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Sounds like a good day out. Something that I do if I ever start to feel seasick is drink a can of coke.No idea why but it seems to settle the stomach. It was a tip that a bloke I used to go game fishing with told me and it has worked for me a few times. Five it a try.
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Yet another great day out catching heaps. Well done Bob.
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Sounds like a great day... A 2m+ Hammer Head inside the heads is pretty wild. Make me wonder about swimming in the Harbour. 🙂
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Thats a great harbor catch. Well done.
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Thats a great fish. Well done.
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It' a lot of fun catching that many Kingies, even if they were undersized. Well done Bob. 🙂
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Good to see that you caught a good haul as usual, shame that none went to size, but still a great effort and lots of fun..
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Nice mixed bag Bob. 🙂
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22 minutes ago, zmk1962 said:
Hey Gordo ... yup a family favourite for sure. Slow going but we got enough. Two even came up on the sinker jig
... may have to take you out again to re-acquaint you with it 🤣
Couldn't agree more about the whales.
Cheers Z
Would love to get out with you on the new boat whenever you have a spare spot. I even have my own version of those sinker jigs 🙂
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Looks like a fun day was had by all and you came home with a good feed of my favorite fish. 🙂
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Hope the ribs heal up soon, I cracked one some years back barefoot skiing and it hurt to do pretty much anything, even breath. 🙂
Looks like you got some nice fish on the run out, even if it did hurt a bit. Well done.
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20 hours ago, jenno64 said:
Unlucky about the fishing Gordo but lucky those whales didn't get too close!
Absolutely, especially after what happened to those poor blokes that day down south. Very sad.
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Forecast for Saturday looked pretty good so plans were made to head out to 12 mile and chase some kings.... Well as they say the best laid plans of mice and men! ! ! !
Started well with the boat in the water before 6.00 and headed to Balmoral to fill up the live bait tank before heading out. Then it started to go wrong. We anchored up and started with the berley...hum no yakkas, kept berleying still no yakkas, All we managed was a reasonable sized Trevally. After best part of an hour we gave up. Plan to hit 12 mile out the window. 😞
Plan 2. Head out to the reefs as we did have bait on board. Started out the front of Manly drifting around and got minimal bites, one of the boys pulled in a 40cm Snapper but other than that only the odd Sargent Baker and rock cod.
That was pretty much how to day went from then on, we tried multiple spots from Manly up to Long Reef and were hardly getting touched. By the time we got to Long Reef wide, around 11.00 we still only had the one snapper. Managed a reasonable Nannygai and 1 keeper Flathead on the wide drift but overall it was one of the quietest days that I have ever experienced. Spoke to a few other boats and that seemed to be the consensus all round. One of them had been to 12 mile and come back in to Long Reef as 12 mile was dead as well. So at least we were not the only ones not landing fish.The main highlight of the day was seeing a few dolphins and lots of whales. One small pod of whales just off Manly put on a fantastic display of breaching and tail slapping around 100m from us for around 20 minutes which was wonderful to watch.
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What a great day out with some lovely meals to come. 🙂
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I believe that those cuttle fish make really good King fish bait. Good feed there. Well done. 🙂
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Thats a nice Snapper on the SP's. Well done.
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Hope the dog trials are going well Bob. Good luck.
... may have to take you out again to re-acquaint you with it
Mary River NT
in Saltwater Fishing Reports
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I had a trip to the NT some years ago where we caught a mix of Barra and Threadfin, in my opinion the Threadfin salmon are way better eating than Barra, even though Barra are considered highly desirable table fish.