reelmagic Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 (edited) Hi Guys, Since I put a late post for an extra pair of hands, I thought I'd put this report in! You missed nothing J !!!!!!! Fished out of the Hacking and started a drift in 380m. Early, the drift was good at 0.6knts and then gradually picked up as we entered another current line! Water temp was 21.8 and the colour was blue as! No albies up here unlike that of the south coast, hence the signs of yellowfin as reported last week. Raise a good mako at 2.00pm................ the float went down, then back up, then sideways for 10m, then down again and then the rigger popped. Left him for 45 secs or so and set the hook straight back into the head of the stripey. Don't ya hate that? The wind was up to about 18-20 knts from the NE with 1.0 - 1.5m swell. Heaps of white caps, but this boat seems to drift well in those sorts of conditions so we stayed out til 6.15pm hoping for a late bite, before making the 38km run home at 21knts. So much for sydney................. and an end to the shark season for us! Next week, back down to Kiama for a Marlin / Tuna fish! ps. I'd thought I would add a pic of a fish we caught last year. Mako.............. how much do you think he weighs?? mmmmmmmmm dale reelmagic Edited December 13, 2009 by reelmagic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outfisher Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Hi Guys, Since I put a late post for an extra pair of hands, I thought I'd put this report in! You missed nothing J !!!!!!! Fished out of the Hacking and started a drift in 380m. Early, the drift was good at 0.6knts and then gradually picked up as we entered another current line! Water temp was 21.8 and the colour was blue as! No albies up here unlike that of the south coast, hence the signs of yellowfin as reported last week. Raise a good mako at 2.00pm................ the float went down, then back up, then sideways for 10m, then down again and then the rigger popped. Left him for 45 secs or so and set the hook straight back into the head of the stripey. Don't ya hate that? The wind was up to about 18-20 knts from the NE with 1.0 - 1.5m swell. Heaps of white caps, but this boat seems to drift well in those sorts of conditions so we stayed out til 6.15pm hoping for a late bite, before making the 38km run home at 21knts. So much for sydney................. and an end to the shark season for us! Next week, back down to Kiama for a Marlin / Tuna fish! ps. I'd thought I would add a pic of a fish we caught last year. Mako.............. how much do you think he weighs?? mmmmmmmmm dale reelmagic How can you estimate a fish underwater to bad you never hooked up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilles Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 id say 120-150kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelmagic Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 Mate ................ 2 1/2 hrs on 24kg! Alot bigger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidteasel Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 300+kg Dale. Dave Attrctn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelmagic Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 (edited) It's right up there! We tagged this thing and able to get an accurate measurement of 3.7m. Look at the charts, and it's a good one at that, even if it was 200mm shorter. Well done dave, a great guess! sounds like you had a little inside info! regards, dale Edited December 14, 2009 by reelmagic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidteasel Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I have been lucky enough to fish with some good shark fishermen, I have learnt a lot of valuable information of them so far. Dave Attrctn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLFACTOR Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Great fish Dale Looks 300 plus. Too bad we wont be able to fish for them after January Coops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave nagy Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Oh mate yep GOOD FISH Got be 800+kg Mate Yep GOOD FISH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason baker Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Yes thats a big fish, I would not like to be in the ring having that discussion with him thats for sure... Possibly not quite 3/4 of a ton though. Cheers, Jas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmad Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Nice mako , I would assume it would have went 300 kgs In 2006 we weighted a 407kg mako in the Sydney GFC Easter weekend tournament . Shame to see this new ban come in on these great game fish ! Great effort , And well done for the tag and release effeort . Regards Mark Hi Guys, Since I put a late post for an extra pair of hands, I thought I'd put this report in! You missed nothing J !!!!!!! Fished out of the Hacking and started a drift in 380m. Early, the drift was good at 0.6knts and then gradually picked up as we entered another current line! Water temp was 21.8 and the colour was blue as! No albies up here unlike that of the south coast, hence the signs of yellowfin as reported last week. Raise a good mako at 2.00pm................ the float went down, then back up, then sideways for 10m, then down again and then the rigger popped. Left him for 45 secs or so and set the hook straight back into the head of the stripey. Don't ya hate that? The wind was up to about 18-20 knts from the NE with 1.0 - 1.5m swell. Heaps of white caps, but this boat seems to drift well in those sorts of conditions so we stayed out til 6.15pm hoping for a late bite, before making the 38km run home at 21knts. So much for sydney................. and an end to the shark season for us! Next week, back down to Kiama for a Marlin / Tuna fish! ps. I'd thought I would add a pic of a fish we caught last year. Mako.............. how much do you think he weighs?? mmmmmmmmm dale reelmagic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave nagy Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 (edited) The one that got away Thay are allways the biggest fish But we never know And shark fishos that i know love Bundy Rum(Lunatick soup),and a good story YEP GOOD FISH, GOOD FISH Just taken da piss Edited December 18, 2009 by Davoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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