Marlin Magic

[csg]

merry christmas to all raiders

Today and me and two virgin game fisherman went to nelson bay to try for a marlin

After 2 weeks of hearing reports and getting very excited i organised a trip to the bay

As this is early in the season i dont usually waste my time game fishing but reports had me keen

My gang converted an already planned soft platic snapper mission into hardcore game

started early gathering bait for an early assault on the big dolphin fish that turn up at this time of the year

having 5 yaccas and 6 slimies we made our way to the FAD afetr 5 min and 21 c water we realised our efforts were in vane

calling it of quickly we headed to the shelf

upon arrival to our chosen spot ther were 8 boats fishing or catching bait great i thought

we set our spread having a new bunch of lures it took me a good 30 mins to get it working

then 45 mins in zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz we are on

vey short lived and its all over

we contiue with our plan and head south west

an hour later we decide to head back to the spot where we got our only bite

with the rest of the fleet heading south this was a hard decision

we were fishng with big boys in a 580 coastrunner

surrounded by 1m dollars plus game boats its easy follow the leader

however we turned around

50 mins later all the crew are getting restless and the usual insults are doing the rounds

you need thick skin to fish with this crew just ask greg L

we are sharing the rod 30 min at a time

no more than 1 .30 min before my turn the left short cnr comes to life

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

and i mean comes to life

this isnt your usual bay stripey this girl goes sick

getting more air then an albatross

i call her a long way out for at least 90kg

sam does an amazing job of staying connected to this rampaging bull and against all odds stays connected

the fight settles after 15 mins of utter kaos

sams looking cool

the fish comes close and i put the gloves on im driving and i think as i see colour down deep good fish

black well over 120kgs

this fished stayed just off the leader for another 45mins till we pushed the leaver way past strike and with over 10kgs of drag she came to the leader

spent but not happy i take the leader and she dont like it

2 mins later we have some photos and big striped marlin ready for realese

this girl would have easily gone 140kgs and about 8 mins after taking the leader she swims away

sorry about the lack of photos but i will upload them later with gregs help

this is my first post hope you guys liked it and inspired by greg L post about our oter trips i wiil do my best to cover our fishing trips this year

ps

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all raiders

till next time tight lines

[xtosea]

Nice work, good to see your drive up there paid off.

Nice fish at 140kg, thats a nice Black or Stripe??

Well done.

Edited December 21, 2008 by xtosea

[csg]

Awesome report Gus!!! Well done!

Were you towing lures or a livie??

Cheers,

Jacko

we were trolling lures bud

we couldnt find any bait on the shelf

cheers

[GregL]

Nice one Clay!

Great to go get one first trip of the season mate, just don't wear the mojo out, we need it come Feb!

Greg

[outfisher]

Sounds great nice size marlin

can not wait to see the pics

cheers outfisher

[sanger]

Congrats guys!!! Look forward to some pic's.