wise one Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Went out for a day's lure trolling onboard a mates 34 foot blackwatch out of Broken Bay. Tried for a few livies around Barrenjoey but only managed 2 yellowtail a sweep and some sundry rock dwellers! Out to Broken Bay wide for a quick bottom bash but the leatherjackets were thick and demolished our rigs PDQ! So over to the FAD where we managed a couple of small dollies on the yellowtail then a more decent one (maybe 80cm) on the live sweep Maybe I'll start a trend - forget about yacka's and slimies use sweep and mado! No more live bait so off we shot to The Bait Station. Water was fairly average at 21-22.5 degrees although it was blue. No birds or bait noted. Anyway out when the lures and we all sat back and waited for a strike. Couple of hours later the rigger lure was hit and took maybe 50m of line, as we were clearing the other lures the line went slack I assume the fish had hold of the lure but was not hooked and simply dropped it when it felt the tension. Re-set the lures and probably had 1/2 hour or so to wait for the next strike. This time it was on the shotgun and the "crew" both saw the stripie following the lure for a few seconds before grabbing it in a side swipe and taking off. This time it was well hooked and set about turning the ocean surface to foam with a string of jumps before sounding and slugging it out deep for 20 minutes or so. Eventually we managed to get the marlin to the side of the boat for a few photos, a swim and release. Nice marlin on fairly light tackle (15kg). As we reset the lures the shotgun was again slammed but immediately went slack - we free spooled and worked the lure but the culprit didn't come back for another go. Oh well 3:2:1 aint bad on lures and we certainly had a great day out with nice sunny weather and pretty calm seas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisecraft Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Good work wise one.Nice marlin on 15kg.We went out of port hacking yesterday for no beakies, did land 3 dollies at the fad, largest was a monster bull ~25kg. Rabs reeled him in and I am sure a pic and report will follow soon from Rabs. Temp was 22.0 at FAD and up to 23.1 about 45km off Wollongong Regards Kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Nice report and good beakie penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aero Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Well Done Guys ! Chop, I'm Pretty sure its a Stripe. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Nice fish there boys & a great day out there,cant complain about getting 3 shots on the marlin in a day. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 well done on the beakie there mate, good work on what looks like a cracker of a day out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Nice fish guys!!!! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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