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    Mahi Mahi + assorted catch off Sydney

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Hi fellow Raiders,

    After a day on the water, here is a quick report. I often plan to write one but so often get caught up with other issues, but today I thought I must get it done!!

    Today, I took out the husband of one of my staff members, along with his neighbour who he fishes with on his neighbours boat in Sydney Harbour, but they never catch anything 😕 The two wives keep waiting for dinner to come home and after many trips had almost given up hope! So with the holidays here, I promised to take them out and show them a few things.

    On a tip off from a friend, i decided we would try and get our first MahiMahi for the season. We caught live bait - small yakkas and a few larger ones for cuts baits, and managed tp get a jumbo sized Slimey Mackerel amongst them that would be have been about 30cm+.

    With the bait tank full, seas smooth and not much wind we headed out through the heads at about 7:15am hopeful of a good day.

    In short, we managed the following.

    After arriving at our FAD, the first drift produced nothing, so I though go big or go home and quick lay rigged up the big slimey mackerel on my big Kingfish rod and reel (Shimano Talica 12) and dropped her in with the 2 small yakkas that we were drifting.  5-10 minutes later and the Slimey gets an inspection.  After missing on the first strike I left the bait in the water and sure enough the Dolly couldn’t help itself and within 30 second took it again. This time I let it take the bait down for about 25 seconds before striking.  I loaded up the rod and we were on.  With 65lb braid it was a good but fight but not too long. The most difficult part was boating the fish with 2 guys who hadn’t even caught a decent bream!  In the end I decided to handle both the rod and the gaff myself and had the fish in the boat after a few minutes. It went 110cm.

    You will see on the picture that it had 2 weird bite marks.  Not sure if it was a cookie cuttter fish/shark, but definitely something had a go at it.  When I cleaned the fish that afternoon, I cut those sections completely out.

    From there I took them to a flathead drift and we got 4 nice blue spots. We then headed in to Long Reef and sat not far off the Wall and burleyed up in 14 meters of water, resulting in 4 Sampson fish and one 67cm fat kingfish.  It was now 11:45am and time to head in.  Needless to say, my two companions, Mike and Frank, were both stoked and can’t wait to get out again in their boat.

    Tight Lines

    The Rev

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    Electric winches on boat trailers

    in Boating

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    On 11/5/2020 at 8:52 PM, 61 crusher said:

    Another option if you have a hex shaped end on the winch is to use a cordless drill & socket to suite in low speed, preferably one with a variable speed trigger on cordless drill

    Nice idea but unfortunately don't have such a tool!

    Electric winches on boat trailers

    in Boating

    Posted

    On 11/5/2020 at 8:23 PM, dmck said:

    If you are a bit of a handyman it is not difficult to mount a starter motor to drive a manual winch.  I have done about 8, usually Jarrett winches.  THe mod still leavers the manual winding option untouched.

     

    THese will pull up a 20+ ft fibre glass boat with no difficulty---- and damned quick too.  Very good for beach retrieves.

    As I'm in Adelaide I cant make you one... but happy to explain it all.

    A small commercial one will likely be cheaper.

     

    Be careful of wireless remote controls.....  they have a tendancy to get wet when you forget they are in your pocket.!!

    Its very simple to arrange a cord down either side of the boat to activate the winch.

    Thanks for the reply and apologies for the late response.  It's been a crazy busy year because of COVID19.  I'm currently looking at my options 🙂

     

    Electric winches on boat trailers

    in Boating

    Posted

    Hi Everyone,

    I have been thinking about upgrading the winch on my boat trailer to an electric one that comes with a remote to operate it.  Was wondering the pro's and con's for them from any users?  I currently have a manual winch for my Quintrex Renegade 4.2 M tinnie, that as I get older, takes a bit of effort to wind the boat on with.  Thoughts? 

    The Rev (Bruce)

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    Fishing Lake Macquarie region in Mid-September

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    On 8/28/2020 at 2:38 PM, tyrone07 said:

    I've fished the lake a handful of times and the only advice I can offer is find the bait find the fish. Plenty of good structure through out the lake, the best success I have had is looking for the tailor schools and fishing underneath them with plastics and vibes.

    Thanks Tyrone - will try what you have suggested.  The Rev

    Fishing Lake Macquarie region in Mid-September

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Hi there fellow Raiders,

    I am venturing up to stay at Wangi Wangi on Lake Macquarie in mid-September for a break and wondered about what the fishing was like then and any fishing tips for the lake or out off Swansea. I fish in a 4.2M Quintrex Renegade and happy to go to inshore reefs if the weather is cooperating.  I normally fish Sydney Harbour and out of the heads up to 10km out when the weather is good.

    The Rev (Bruce)

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