Flute Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 We are off to the FAD at Broken Bay. Warm currents, plenty of baitfish and good weather are good reasons to be optimistic. Has anyone been out recently??? Any reports would be much appreciated. Flute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big-Banana Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Was there Sunday and the current was absolutely roaring at around 6-7 knots. The FAD was almost dragged down. We caught around 11 Striped Tuna and 1 Bluefin (we think), spooled on 4kg as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongie555 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 We were out there on Saturday, first tried Terrigal fad for 1 57cm dolly then Broken Bay. Came home with zilch. Like BB said the current was roaring to get a decent go at either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nic_ally_king Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 sunday before and just after sun up was awesome. we stayed till about 11 from memory we got about 20 dollies and 10ish tunas. some good size tunas too. yeh current is really strong so watch out for the you know whos who like to zig zag about the fads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewgibbons Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 hey guys i was just wondering what lures/ bait you guys are using out on the fads im thinking of heading out this weekend to the broken bay fad.also how long is the ride out there from lion island? thanks fellers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Loops Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 hey guys i was just wondering what lures/ bait you guys are using out on the fads im thinking of heading out this weekend to the broken bay fad.also how long is the ride out there from lion island? thanks fellers Mate we were out there on Sunday with plenty of undersize dollies about - as the other raiders have said the current was raging but water looked good.. We trolled around both Broken Bay and Terrigal for small dollies.. BB FAD is ~22km out from lion island so just depends on conditions as to how long it takes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanwz Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I fished the BB FAD 2 weeks ago for some nice 60cm Dollies - they're only just legal at the moment From Lion Island in reasonable conditions doing 19 to 22knots it's about a 40 min run (I think!) I've seen 5.2m Quintrex Bowriders out there amongst 6 to 8m half cabs Well worth the effort, Dollies are blast to catch just drifting a livie or dead bait unweighted should do the trick People say the bigger ones are down deeper but slowing the drift can be a challenge good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nic_ally_king Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 hey guys i was just wondering what lures/ bait you guys are using out on the fads im thinking of heading out this weekend to the broken bay fad.also how long is the ride out there from lion island? thanks fellers Hi Andrew, The technique we use and I think a lot of others use is drifting unweighted pillies (or baitfish you've caught). So you head up past the fad in the opp direction of the current and then drift back down past it freespooling unweigted baits (we usually use salted pillies w the line ran through the eye and then pinned once in the body).. don't be scarred to drift way past the fad. You can then troll back against the current. On sunday we trolled with 6/7 inch skirts only and got hit on every single pass bar maybe one (pink seemed to work best). There's a hell of a lot of activity out there around sunrise so you could try heaps of diff things im sure they'd get hit. And like the others answered, depending on the swell and how your boat handles, could be 15 mins in a quick boat with good conditions and over an hour in a tinnie with swell. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane87 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Which direction was the current going? South or North. Cheers Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishingrod Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Which direction was the current going? South or North. Cheers Shane. I was there yesterday afternoon. It looked like a southerly current. My boat was drifting S to SSW, but no doubt the drift was helped by a moderate NE seabreeze. I got a Dollies (just undersize) on every live yakka i threw out. 24degC on the sounder. The Fad is just about spot on the mark on the DPI/Fisheries website if that helps anyone. cheers Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewgibbons Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Hi Andrew, The technique we use and I think a lot of others use is drifting unweighted pillies (or baitfish you've caught). So you head up past the fad in the opp direction of the current and then drift back down past it freespooling unweigted baits (we usually use salted pillies w the line ran through the eye and then pinned once in the body).. don't be scarred to drift way past the fad. You can then troll back against the current. On sunday we trolled with 6/7 inch skirts only and got hit on every single pass bar maybe one (pink seemed to work best). There's a hell of a lot of activity out there around sunrise so you could try heaps of diff things im sure they'd get hit. And like the others answered, depending on the swell and how your boat handles, could be 15 mins in a quick boat with good conditions and over an hour in a tinnie with swell. Good luck thanks for that information hopefully i can deliver the goods tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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