Stripe Marlin

[hotbite]

Hi Raiders

Fished the Botany Bay G.F.C point score comp today. Managed to "tagg" the fist marlin for the season for Botany Bay club.

A nice Stripe Marlin of approximately 70kgs, took a Pakula Lumo medium sprocket. fished on the long rigger.

We found some good bait schools in 80 fathoms due east of the port,and that was where we hooked the fish. Water temp was 21.8. Did travel out to 150 fathoms but water temp out there was only 20.1.

As we were only two up,it was pretty chaotic there for awhile,but we managed to keep level heads & just took our time once we had cleared the deck.Great boat driving by skipper Rob did the trick & we were up on the fish within 15 minutes.It was good to see some fish finally turn up.

Two other Botany Bay boats also scored fish, another stripe marlin & a shortbilled spearfish.

Hopefully fishing will only get better from here.

Have a great xmas&new year to everybody on fishraider.

[schnepy]

Hi Hotbite and crew of MARQUIS and skipper rob congratulations on 1st marlin of season for BBGFC great effort boys with minimal crew i know what it is like also congrats to lockout on the shortbilled spearfish and the others boys who tagged the stripe lets hope it stays like it out there for a while merry xmas and a safe new year to all fishraiders

schnepy

[Steve07]

Well done boys on a nice capture & the first of the season.

A top effort being just two out.

cheers

Steve

[Ross Hunter]

Well done boys on a nice capture & the first of the season.

A top effort being just two out.

cheers

Steve

Ahh! The relief of it all The sail has got so much lighter. Well done from the Broadbill and Billfisher crews

Roscoe

[Polynemus_sheridani]

Well done to Rob and the crew of Marquis and also to new club boat LouLou for their first marlin on the day, only about 150m away from where we had a double hookup of shortbilled spearfish and only managed to tag one as we dropped the other one, also well done to Warlord who Captured a nice blue shark

LouLou Marlin

Warlord Blue Shark

[sanger]

Well done on your first beakie of the season boys.

[csg]

Well done to Rob and the crew of Marquis and also to new club boat LouLou for their first marlin on the day, only about 150m away from where we had a double hookup of shortbilled spearfish and only managed to tag one as we dropped the other one, also well done to Warlord who Captured a nice blue shark

LouLou Marlin

Warlord Blue Shark

Well done on your first beakie of the season boys.

well done and hope there is plenty more to come for you guys this year

nice boat boys

cheers

[nemu]

Hi Raiders

Fished the Botany Bay G.F.C point score comp today. Managed to "tagg" the fist marlin for the season for Botany Bay club.

A nice Stripe Marlin of approximately 70kgs, took a Pakula Lumo medium sprocket. fished on the long rigger.

We found some good bait schools in 80 fathoms due east of the port,and that was where we hooked the fish. Water temp was 21.8. Did travel out to 150 fathoms but water temp out there was only 20.1.

As we were only two up,it was pretty chaotic there for awhile,but we managed to keep level heads & just took our time once we had cleared the deck.Great boat driving by skipper Rob did the trick & we were up on the fish within 15 minutes.It was good to see some fish finally turn up.

Two other Botany Bay boats also scored fish, another stripe marlin & a shortbilled spearfish.

Hopefully fishing will only get better from here.

Have a great xmas&new year to everybody on fishraider.

What relief knowing the marlins are about we got the that first for the season back in early october on the Broady seen five since and 4 at the weekend 3swam straight under the two flats then later on a tiny little thing with its little bill poking out had one shot at the left rigger swam over an added another two shots at the right rigger but the hooks on the larger lure's I was running had a bigger gape than the bill it was only small for a marlin might have been a spear fish I think that was the first seen from billfisher so thats 10 wer've seen including the caught one between broady and billfisher thus more than this time last year the serious fishing is upon us fellow fishermen well done on the angling and fish caught at the weekend.Cheers for beers at christmas and a happy new year to us all we will meet again somewhere on the Tasman sea in the new year untill then farewell the Emu.

[Ross Hunter]

What relief knowing the marlins are about we got the that first for the season back in early october on the Broady seen five since and 4 at the weekend 3swam straight under the two flats then later on a tiny little thing with its little bill poking out had one shot at the left rigger swam over an added another two shots at the right rigger but the hooks on the larger lure's I was running had a bigger gape than the bill it was only small for a marlin might have been a spear fish I think that was the first seen from billfisher so thats 10 wer've seen including the caught one between broady and billfisher thus more than this time last year the serious fishing is upon us fellow fishermen well done on the angling and fish caught at the weekend.Cheers for beers at christmas and a happy new year to us all we will meet again somewhere on the Tasman sea in the new year untill then farewell the Emu.

Cheers and Beers and a very Happy Xmas to you and your family Emu.. You are achamp

Ross