achilles Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 (edited) Hi raiders, despite reports of 30 knot westerly's we did the run out to browns in 40 min flat and arrived at about 8.00..... by 9.00 am we hooked up and landed a 29kg yellow fin after a 30 min wrestle on 15kg gear. Conditions werent ideal but cubing seemed to work....Meanwhile Jay Kay sees the other 15kg outfit go off and within 5 min we had a beautiful mahi mahi at the boat (approx 15kg).......Steve took several swipes at this lightning fast fish with the gaff but only managed to skin him and drop him.......oh well..... are these fish supposed to be around this time of year.......we were in about 19.2 degrees of water......????? anyway fished until 11.00 with no more luck other than a 1.5 kg stripie so we made the 2 hour trip home against a 20knot westerly..... So far this season weve been out 4 times.......only come back with nothing once......total 5 yellow fin between 10 and 29kg 2 blue fin and a little stripie.......so got to be happy with that.... will post pics soon....... Cheers Edited September 30, 2007 by achilles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilles Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 pics added raiders........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamerod Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I WAS OUT THERE SATURDAY FISHING FOR BLUE EYE WHICH BOAT WERE YOU ON. SAW 2 LARGE BOATS AND THE 2 HUNTERS. WE TROLLED A FEW TIMES BETWEENS DRIFTS FOR YFT AND HAD 3 HITS FOR NO RESULTS. HOPE FOR A FIN SOON. STILL A FEW BLUE EYE OUT THERE. REGARDS THE WINCH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilles Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 we were in one of the haines...were u in the black shark cat???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunOFun Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Some great fin achilles, top effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 good work on the fin mate well worth the trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDiko Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Awsome fish mate, 15kg Mahi Mahi What a shame you didn't land him, they taste amazing! Keep heading out mate, looks like you've got luck on your side. IFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billythekid Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Great morning guys, Those are nice fish on any day, keep going out while the run is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 well done fellas that would have been a good workout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayKay Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 I was out with achilles on saturday. to catch the fin were great but to drop the mahi mahi was dissapointing. we litterally had half of it in the boat when the gaff slipped. the colours were amazing on that fish and it would have made a nice side feed to the fin. suprisingly the fight lasted about 2 minutes. As soon as we got the hit, the fish swam toward the boat. I was pumping so quick just so I dont let any slack on the line. the next thing you know the gaff was already in the water and then zzzzzzzzzzzz....ping the fish lives to fight another day. never mind. the day was pretty good. JayKay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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