kabz Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Around port kembla will u find marlin or yellowfin around 5-6km's from the port kembla breakwalls so around 4km away from the furthers island ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reely Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 If the currents and others factors push close enough in then yeah, at the right time of the year off course. Must be a dedicated SST watcher, if bait and water is there, then for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabz Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 i was wopndering if any fishraider has caught a yellowfin or marlin around 7kms or closer out from port kembla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reely Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 They get them off the rocks at the Tubes still to this day on the right day, so people must. They may not be on here, but i bet my bottom dollar they do. Ive caught them only Km's utside sydney heads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako1 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Last year my dad and I were fishing for dolphinfish around the gong fad and saw a marlin get hooked right near the fad on a small pusher.On another day we also found a patch of bait around 1km from the fad,but we didn't have any live baits to troll and couldn't catch one from the bait ball so we trolled two squidgy jellybabies and had a double strike on small black marlins,but not long after the hook ups both fish threw the hooks.We have also seen them free jumping around the gong reef. Any of the close in reefs will produce marlin during summer you just have to find the bait schools. These days yellowfin are a hit and miss fish in close.You have a much better chance near the shelf,but even there they arn't easy to catch.This years fin season is an exception,but most of the time the fin seasons are pretty poor going on the last few that we've had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabz Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 are u talkn about port kembla? And how far is the fad from the breakwalls if it is from port kembla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako1 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 The fisheries fad is about 11km out from Bass Island off Port Kembla. Check on the fisheries website for when it is put back out,I think it's around November.The GPS marks are there too. Wollongong reef is around 6km out. There is also a waverider buoy about 8km out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabz Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 thanks alot for the info i might just be able to get to the wave rider buoy if it is the best of days as i have a 4.10mt tinnie which can get abit wet some days rekon i can get that far with a tinnie dat small with a 30hp yamaha 2stroke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Hi Kabs, I would be very careful going out that far in a small tinnie. The weather can turn very fast and if it does you could have a long trip home or even worse not make it home. I have been caught out in some bad weather and just made it back in with the boat nearly tipping a few times. On one of the days it was calm when heading out and the forecast predicted good winds but the SW kicked in and the 8.5 km trip took me 2 hours. I would not risk it in a 4.1 metre tinny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako1 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 I have seen boats that size at wave rider,wollongong reef and the fad but I wouldn't advise going that far out as it would be a long and dangerous trip back if the wind came up as it usually does unless it was an exceptionally calm day. You can still catch marlin in close just find any reefs that hold bait and troll some livies.Also if you come across some bait even if it's not near any structure work it over with livies or lures,you never know what you'll pull out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabz Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 yeah its not worth the risk but if u the weather is to good to resist and i mean lower than 5knots dats when ill be heading out thanks for all the advise and effort thanks alot mako and netic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big-Banana Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 I pick my days in a 7m boat, in a 4.1 you would have to be very ballsy to go that wide. Take the proper precautions if you do. As netic said he had a very close experience with near disaster. The sea always wins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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