offtap1 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 (edited) Loaded up with 22kg of pillies for cube session at browns, but first off wanted to hit Wide Fad for look and then try our first ever Bottom Bash at Browns before our cube session started. GrantKingfish , mate Joe and I gathered some livies before scooting out to Wide Fad, bit windy early but panned out nice later, picked up 8 dollies on livies and pillies, slow trolled a Tuna spread to Browns for ziltch and met up with everyone else, cubing , trolling, Bottom Bashing. Didnt have a clue about Bottom Bash Marks and pulled up on a spot which looked ok on sounder 390m deep and rocky. First Drop took 4 minutes to find home with home made weight , quick retrieve off bottom and the wait began, waited all of 5 seconds when rod made some good solid hits and we were on to who knows what, felt this thing all the way to top until our First Blue Eye breaks the surface , weighed in at 14kg and 105cm long, a few high fives all round then back to drop again, a few snags and some lost rigs before we hook up solid and bring up 2 x Nice Gem Fish along with 4.5kgs of home made Sinker . Didnt get to cube this time but kept the pillies frozen for next time. Cheers Dave Edited May 26, 2007 by offtap1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessam Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Great work Dave,i will be going out there when i get my quintrex.Going for a fish tomorrow in the quinie for a test run. cheers Louie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rzep Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 A good effort there Dave. Well done mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njsconst Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Good bag there Dave. And I thought we'd seen that last to the dollies too! Well done. Nathan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1990 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Top effort dave, nice blue eye, good to see the dollies are still around, hope they will be there for another 3 weeks, need 2 cristen the new rig . What was the water temps like around the fad? cheers james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorado 2 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 (edited) I was out there at Browns as well and I saw you guys cubing but we never bothered cause we could see nothing happening. We caught 3 Blue eye and a couple of gemfish and headed home Edited May 26, 2007 by rzep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MRS WATTO Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Great report there Dave!!!!!! Bet you all had a good day, great catch by the way. We have missed your weekly fishing reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markwi Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Great effort Dave. Thats a very nice haul, the Gemfish look a good size plus a top Blue Eye. Gee winter Dollies whats the world coming too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrs rzep Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Sounds like you had a great day out Dave! I am sure you would have caught alot more if you had the Trainee's on board with you today Just remember that member's shirt in a size Medium! MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 well done dave on the blue eye and gem fish esp since in was ya first bottom bash at browns. i gotta get one of those wheel on fortunes for my boat. hehe. my mate was out there that day and told me that he saw you out there. thinking of heading out there this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 DAYUM hauling up a 14kg fish plus a 4 kg sinker what sought of gear do you have ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offtap1 Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 Top effort dave, nice blue eye, good to see the dollies are still around, hope they will be there for another 3 weeks, need 2 cristen the new rig . What was the water temps like around the fad? cheers james Hi James the temp at wide Fad at 7am was 19.8 deg, would u believe. I was out there at Browns as well and I saw you guys cubing but we never bothered cause we could see nothing happening. We caught 3 Blue eye and a couple of gemfish and headed home Nice Hall of Fish Dorado2, we didnt get to cube yesterday, Whats your call sign, next time give me a call on 16 OffTap Cheers Dave Sounds like you had a great day out Dave! I am sure you would have caught alot more if you had the Trainee's on board with you today Just remember that member's shirt in a size Medium! MC Your Shirts on Order , Medium right. DAYUM hauling up a 14kg fish plus a 4 kg sinker what sought of gear do you have ? Hi Robeebee, gear was a Fully Rollered 7ft 37kg Rod, 80lb Braid and a manual overhead reel with electric assist. Cheers Dave a great haul Dave and Co. ive got some good pics of you guys which i will post up here when i get them around midday. was good to catch up and i bet you guys were DEAD after wattos and your day out LOL CFD We were stuffed after big night and no sleep, asleep at 7 last night. Good to catch up again. Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunOFun Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Hey Dave how bout a pic of your new bottom bashing outfit...would be interested to have a look. Electric assist, how much assistance does it give?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offtap1 Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 Hey Dave how bout a pic of your new bottom bashing outfit...would be interested to have a look. Electric assist, how much assistance does it give?? Mate still a lot to learn with it , we had a lot of fun with it, but we found it over heated a few times on real heavy lifts so manual retrieve was required while reel cooled down, Manual Retrieve was extremely slow with 1.3/1 ratio , about 5 winds to 1M. We need to re think our Sinker Rigs as no sinker is going to assist us by expanding with Air on retrieve., 2 rather large Gem Fish and at that time nearly 6kgs of sinker had 37kg rod bent over hard and 80 lb Braid singing in the wind. PIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Thats some nice eating fish from Browns there fellas, well done to u both and crews penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 great work out there dave, awsome fish there plenty of eating to do. did u finally get a winch did ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offtap1 Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 great work out there dave, awsome fish there plenty of eating to do. did u finally get a winch did ya? Nah Adrian picked up something different, pics in report, down from top pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_steve Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 GREAT work dave u boys did really well suprise on the dollies but good work none the less steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pekingduck Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 is that a powered reel ?? that's taking the piss isn't it ??? Top fish there Dave. Well done. Never caught blue eye or gemfish before...do they hook themselves ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsydney Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Nice Fish Dave Glad u r still getting amoungst it. Iain and I went a cpl of weeks ago for some dollys at the wide fad but 2 much current and wind to cube or bottom bounce at browns have to wait for antoher wkend.. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantkingfish Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 THANKS FOR THE GREAT DAY OUT DAVE........ HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME WE CAN GET INTOSOME BIG FIN..... HOW DID THE COD TASTE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offtap1 Posted May 29, 2007 Author Share Posted May 29, 2007 THANKS FOR THE GREAT DAY OUT DAVE........ HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME WE CAN GET INTOSOME BIG FIN..... HOW DID THE COD TASTE? Mate Cod was awesome but i reckon Gem fish tasted a lot better. Mad quality eating. Nice Fish Dave Glad u r still getting amoungst it. Iain and I went a cpl of weeks ago for some dollys at the wide fad but 2 much current and wind to cube or bottom bounce at browns have to wait for antoher wkend.. Jon Mate will have to Team or Buddy up reel soon, give us a yell Mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1990 Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Top session guys, can't wait to get onto some blueeye's, gemfish. Are harpuka a common catch at browns mountain? also offtap, i love your boat cheers james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offtap1 Posted May 29, 2007 Author Share Posted May 29, 2007 Never caught blue eye or gemfish before...do they hook themselves ? HI Buddy yeh they seemed to hook themselves , but did loose a couple on retrieve, maybe not hooked solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 is there any fight to that sort of fishing or is it just increase in weight and a little bit of a lottery as to what you are going to find on the hooks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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