xiphias_gladius Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 (edited) Went for a sesh with a mate after work Tuesday. Left Bellambi and headed to a few local FAD's hoping to catch a few Dollies. Hadn't been on the water for a while and with the sea's subsiding and the water temps. rising we were psyched! Headed north to our bait spot and didn't take long to load up with heaps of perfect sized slimies... weather was OK about 10 knots out of the south and bugger all swell so after we had at least a dozen baits we headed out hoping to catch a few colouful friends. Only Had 22°C at the FADS, but not detered we put a couple of baits out. Couldn't see any Dollies around but after only about 60 seconds one of the ratchets screams off. Struck the fish and came tight.... Woohoo we thought.. . takes a few short runs under some decent drag pressure and we are convinced we are into a solid Dolphin Fish. After a short tussle (and no jumps) the fish was boat side... A nice blue colour we could see, but it wasn't the spots on a Dolphin Fish but rather the cutest little Mako I have ever seen. Grabbed him by the tail and brought him on board for a few quick snaps before giving him a kiss and letting the little pup go... wish I had a fish tank big enough to keep him in... Suffice to say we didn't catch any Dolphin's on that FAD... but nor on the next. A little disapointing but I think we still need a couple more degrees in water temp. We fished Bandit reef 'till dark for zero's (but there was a heap of bait on it). Back at the ramp we saw a few guys in a massive trailerable alloy cat who had trolled the Stanwell Park Canyons all day for a small 'fin (~12kgs) and a stripey. Cheers XG. Edited January 10, 2008 by Xiphias Gladius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trentski Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Bad luck on the dollies, at least you caught something. Amazing colour in him. Trent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Awesome little mako you have got more guts then me i wouldn,t get that in the boat looks like you are missing a finger on your right hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiphias_gladius Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 Awesome little mako you have got more guts then me i wouldn,t get that in the boat looks like you are missing a finger on your right hand Well spotted on the pic..hehehehe .., but I've still got four fingers and a thumb on my right hand... Well at the moment anyway. Mako's certainly are a handful at times and the cheeky little bugger even had a quick chew on the boat before he swam off after we released him!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 we had caught one around the same size same time last year at port kembla.awsome looking fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Hooker Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 wow they look sweet as.... nice catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 That thing looks unreal!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 fantastic looking fish!..them big eyes sure would help him survive in the predator pond! ..cheers!..stevo!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarCrusher Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Awesome creature!! Great catch On Ya mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autocad Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 that hand look might close to those teeth.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce the Postie Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Mako's are awesome fun on light gear, but be careful as mako's are one of the few sharks that can bite their own tail. By the way at that size and a bit bigger they aren't half bad on the tooth!!!!!. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer666 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 yummy Cheers Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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