yockman Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 (edited) Hi guys, Headed out for a troll y'day in the brilliant conditions. Stopped off first at the Botany wide fad, saw one boat get a nice dolly. Headed to the shelf, set lures and pointed the nose towards Browns. Picked up a few small stripeys on the way, could have caught any number; they were thick. Got to Browns and it was so freakin calm! You Sydney guys get it good sometimes. Fish were quiet though so headed north. A coupla miles on, I was watching the lures, the water about 20 metres out to the side splits and a blue flash had that reel screaming. I thought it was a small marlin but an absolute stomper of a dolly started leaping. Being as I was alone, I was pretty flat out clearing rods, taking pics, handling fish etc but here are a couple. The lure is a yock original. He was just short of 140cm, good dolly I think?? Apart from that, no other strikes, plenty of small whales out there though. i think they were minkies. Cheers, Yock Edited December 28, 2007 by yockman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boban Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Top dolly there mate. Plenty of meat in that fish. I'm surprised it stayed still for the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 That dolly looks really thick, nice fish. Well done also especially since you were on your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Nice work mate!!!!! we were out the day before and all we saw was hundreds of dolhpins..... didnt turn a reel all day, just one dollie would have been a nice change. Well done on a bigun!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Thats a top Dollie, well done on landing him on ur own penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 (edited) nice dollie mate. must have been a hell of a effort to clear that deck and gaff alone good stuff. clifford Edited December 29, 2007 by no-regrets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Yockman, Great work, disappointed that I couldn't take up the invite. Nice dollie. Did the new outfit get a run?? As I said I promised to take the kids whiting fishing at Mainbar. Nice day, no fish - they enjoyed though. I should be okay next time if you need a crew. Cheers, Rabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick 10 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Nice fish Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yockman Posted December 29, 2007 Author Share Posted December 29, 2007 Thanks guys, Yep it was a good workout. The speed this thing came in at, and the distance it was visible tearing across the surface are memories I'll keep for a long long time. I enjoy fishing one up sometimes - it keeps you on your toes and hones your skills like nothing else. It's all about keeping calm, keeping things neat and doing things right. Not that the deck looks that neat here, the dolly got its tail up under the gunwale and knocked some wires loose. Unfortunately Rabs it wasn't on the new outfit - would have been great if it was. Will give it another go in a week or so. Saw elsewhere someone got a stripey y'day near the bait station in 24 degrees. Best i saw was 21.5 Cheers, Yock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 very nice dolly there mate, really great to see the color still in it when the shot was taken Should be an excellent feed for u fellas Gotta love the colour in those fish though, it just takes you away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 hey yockman! great days fishin and nice dollie, i'm not your mum, but take a fisho buddy with you next time any dramas and you are literally on your own.! ..cheers!..stevo!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Well done mate on a nice mahi,good effort also to do it all on your own. But would be a different story if a marlin did take that lure,they do take lots of line very quickly & not as easy handling it all on your own then. Great day for you out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr magoo Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Well done mate on a nice mahi,good effort also to do it all on your own. But would be a different story if a marlin did take that lure,they do take lots of line very quickly & not as easy handling it all on your own then. Great day for you out there! well done bet you felt alive after clearing the deck, keeping the boat tracking straight ,getting a gaff out that in my boat probably is tangled up in a livie hand line or a rope ,good stuff mate we fished yesterday and didnt turn a reel all day on the troll did see hundreds of dolpins too ,plenty of sauries as well on the way back in 60 fathoms top effort single handed .arman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick 10 Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Great fish mate. Did you hear of any marlin being hooked ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yockman Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 Hi guys, Yep, I'd prefer to go with mates but it didn't work out that way this time. Things can and do go wrong, but that happenes driving your car alone too. Dunno how I'd go solo with a beakie, time will tell I guess. Have managed some decent tuna. hydraulic steering is the biggest godsend when you're singlehanded. Think I saw a report or two on another forum of marlin about. Yock Edited by Pete to remove a banned word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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