Sydney Offshore 25/11/06

[outdodad]

Hi everyone , my first report with help from Dad (Offtap1) , went out with dad and his mate Joe as per the usual saturday, and headed for his favorite jigging spot off long reef, Livies were hard to come by today at our usual spot and with wind ok headed up to longie. Second drift past wreck dad noticed some activity on sounder and his instructions were to drop jigs, my jig barely made it to bottom and it got smashed , my new rod reel combo worked a treat and after a few hard runs my first king at 66 cm was boated. As per the norm the dive boats turned up and put a hold on our jig session for another day. We decided to give the bottom bashing a go , Dad got a 70cm Flattie and Joe scored a 45cm Samson fish (A surprise for us) as well as a couple of mowies and a few other reefie critters . Oh yeh Dad wanted to add a pic of his new TEAM OFFTAP shirts, we surely wont be missed at Flattie Social, see you all next week. Caige

Edited November 25, 2006 by mrsswordfisherman

[TunOFun]

Well done fellas, a nice feed there, well done on your first king too.

[outdodad]

Edited November 25, 2006 by mrsswordfisherman

[Flattieman]

Great fish, Caige. I definitely like the samson fish and the flattie too! 70cm is a beautiful size... looks like you've got a good feed there! See you at the social.

Flattieman.

[domza]

nice kingy mate, and great report.

I never even knew Samson fish were around Sydney?

And next time don't stop jigging when the divers come, they go hard on the end of your line and count as more points

[outdodad]

And next time don't stop jigging when the divers come, they go hard on the end of your line and count as more points

Right on Domza , The only problem is netting the buggers , but then again Tag and release would be an option

Edited November 25, 2006 by outdodad

[Fisherman5]

nice fish there mate, Congratz

MItch

[outdodad]

nice kingy mate, and great report.

I never even knew Samson fish were around Sydney?

And next time don't stop jigging when the divers come, they go hard on the end of your line and count as more points

I have seen a Samson boated on the xxxxxxxxxx video off Sydney around the same size, man they go hard for there size, Awsome

[Outnumbered]

And next time don't stop jigging when the divers come, they go hard on the end of your line and count as more points

Right on Domza , The only problem is netting the buggers , but then again Tag and release would be an option

GAFF THE BAS@*$DS

well done on the cherry popper

[Guest claudia]

Hi Caige

Great report and well done on your kingie.

Glad you are happy with your new jigging outfit from WATTOS

PS love the shirts

[Luringbream]

Looks like you got a nice little feed there..

Well done on the kingie!!

DAN

[outdodad]

Hi Caige

Great report and well done on your kingie.

Glad you are happy with your new jigging outfit from WATTOS

PS love the shirts

Thanks for the setups, both Me and Dad have jigged up kings with these and have done there job well.

PS. U just Got to love them shirts , they will go well with Dads new boat.

[Penguin]

And next time don't stop jigging when the divers come, they go hard on the end of your line and count as more points

and well done on a nice mixed bag of fish Caige

penguin

Edited November 25, 2006 by penguin

[domza]

GAFF THE BAS@*$DS

well done on the cherry popper

Nah mate, you can't gaff them. They wont survive as long for when you put them out as a livie.

[insolent]

Nice fish and report. I'll have to see if I can come up with a shirt to match Team Offtap, I think I've a Mambo shirt that is almost as loud.

Cheers

Evil

[Martin]

Great report and Pics. Well done on your kingfish and a great feed of fish to bring home.

Smart looking T shirts.

Cheers

[CR@ZY OS@M@]

were you wearing that shirt when we saw you the other weekend in the harbour

nice shirts hehe

good feed guys .well done

[offtap1]

were you wearing that shirt when we saw you the other weekend in the harbour

nice shirts hehe

good feed guys .well done

Hey buddy yeh we were wearing the Team shirts, they are compulsery on boat now, pretty flashy eh. Im actually getting new CougarCraft painted in a similar colour, custom mixed. Cheers Dave

[James]

nice fish mate, congratulations on your first king.

samson fish are not that odd of a catch when fishing the reefs caught heaps of em if longie over the years

[CR@ZY OS@M@]

nice coulour dave

it would good to see most raiders with their team shirts on or fishraider names on shirts haha

my boat will be going back soon to get an electric anchor put on the boat

[offtap1]

nice coulour dave

it would good to see most raiders with their team shirts on or fishraider names on shirts haha

my boat will be going back soon to get an electric anchor put on the boat

I have also provided George with Lewmar Anchor Winch to be fitted up, much better set up especially in the deeper waters or if you have a deckie who complains of a sore back.

[namesay]

Great catch. More seriolas!!! Cheers Kelvin

[netic]

Well done offtap Junior.......great to see you nail your first king

[Guest claudia]

Caige

did OFFTAP end up catching anything on Saturday

[Guest Sea Jay]

Great report mate shame about the dives, what are the actual rules and regulations with that,

Love the shirts to they look great.