wacko Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 I woke bleary eyed at 3.30am Thursday morning, brushed my teeth and almost like a light switch, I was fully awake and suddenly excited.....I was going fishing today!!!! Expectations were high as Robert and I left Sydney heads at around 5.30am. Main plan was to get to Browns mountain...fish for Blue Eye cod...then have a marlin troll for the rest of the afternoon.... Marlin number 1: About 2 miles from our mark at Browns, I noticed a heap of birds working. The sea surface charts read the night before that there was some good water right on top and surrounding the mountain. I said to Rob to hit trolling speed and promptly put 2 lures out. Only 2 lures, not a full spread.....as we were really just about to get the deep drop rigs ready and fish the bottom. The Pakula Lumo Sprocket and Marlin Magic plunger were working away nicely coming down the face of a few lazy swells. Literally 3 minutes into our troll the Sprocket gets clunked and with a howling run I thought we were on......... It was a tentative bite that missed the hooks....however....., I freespooled the lure back into postition and the marlin came back for a second go! This time we were well and truly on. A nice Black marlin of around 100kg was dancing across the ocean to the rear of us. We played the fish for around a half hour and just when we were about to leader...the mono main line pops. Oh well, what a great fish and a nice 'early' release. (Even though we lost a lure!) Marlin number 2: So after the excitment of Rob's marlin. We set out and dropped some rigs down for Blue Eye. A fairly successful drop resulting in a couple of Blue'ys each. I got one around the 20kg mark which gave the rod a good workout! Now, a quick bit of background.....Fishing deep with electric reels does'nt really do it for me...don't get me wrong...I enjoy it, but I'd rather be sportfishing or something like that. Robert on the other hand, loves it. He can spend hours dropping and fishing the depths for behemoths and ooglies. So, an hour or two into our Blue Eye fishing....I get bored and decide to set myself up a little cube trail to tempt a passing Mahi Mahi or Yellowfin etc. We quickly saw something zoom in on my unweighted floating pilchard about 30mtrs away from the boat. Rob calls it for a Mako shark. I wind in the pilly at speed and it gets chased by a very lit-up and energetic Striped Marlin of around 70-80kgs. The marlin was litterally and arms span away from the side of the boat. It was dashing and flashing in clear view. But still would'nt eat my offering. We had no livebait so I called to Rob to throw in a couple of pillies to keep the fish interested and around our boat. He did so, and the marlin zoomed straight in on the floating morsels. This crazy fish flashed and dashed at the pillies but still did'nt eat them. At this point, I've come down from the front of Rob's boat, grabbed my Saltiga Popper rod with a lure on it........pegged it out around 10mtrs and with 3 almighty splashes and bloops, the marlin (who was lit-up at this stage like a neon sign) came racing in and destroyed the lure in front of our eyes!!! We could'nt belive what had just transpired no less than 6 feet away from the boat!! What an awesome sight!! I only just wished we had one other person on-board to film that scenario and to take some photos! Arghhhhh!!! The fight was on! Line ripped from the Saltiga reel and the rod buckled under the strain of an angry marlin. It jumped and peformed some beautiful aerials across the ocean before going deep and slugging it out. I harnessed up to shorten the fight using the Aftco spin rod adapter also connected to my Aftco harness. We had the fish boatside around 50mins later. With Rob driving the boat and me fighting the fish....it was all to hard to take photos when the fish was right there....Damn! We gave the nice Stripie a quick release and off into the blue yonder he went.....probably to terrorize other fishos boatside!!! What an awesome experience! One I hope to repeat with a video camera rolling!!! We finished the day with a great catch of Blue-Eye and some action that we will never forget! Sorry for the long write-up...heres only a few pics we could manage that day. Marlin finning round the boat.... Harnessed up to the Striped Marlin.... Big Blue-Eye...... We were visited by a pod of dolphins. Playing close to the boat......I managed these shots. Cheers, Wacko.
ctod1 Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 What a top day out, looks like you guys had a great time out there. Must have been an awesome sight to see a marlin chasing and smashing your popper like that!
dogtooth Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Well done Jack Marlin on a popper is a great capture .. Conditions looked perfect . cheers Dogtooth..... John....
roosterman Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 congrats Jack on getting a beakie on popper thats a great capture.. how good does that water look .. cheers...steve....
boattart Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Sounds like a great day and looks like good water and bait all down the coast. We brought the boat back yesterday from Port Stephens and fished a few hours on the way around Newcastle and Norah Canyons. Got a nice Dolly early then around 11.30 the shotgun went nuts. 700 meters of 130lb line out in around 90 seconds on a BIG blue which we eventually tagged that was well over 250kg. Reset the lures and had another Blue up inside 10 minutes that failed to hook up. Around 3.00 with 60 mile to home had to pull the gear to run home through miles of 25 degree plus water with baitfish and tuna jumping everwhere.
fishmaniac Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Nice work mate, I also have a mate who loves bottom bashing browns. I don't mind it to pick up a feed for the long miles out but I couldn't do it all day!!!! Awesome marlin capture too.
Pongrass18ft Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 I woke bleary eyed at 3.30am Thursday morning, brushed my teeth and almost like a light switch, I was fully awake and suddenly excited.....I was going fishing today!!!! Expectations were high as Robert and I left Sydney heads at around 5.30am. Main plan was to get to Browns mountain...fish for Blue Eye cod...then have a marlin troll for the rest of the afternoon.... Marlin number 1: About 2 miles from our mark at Browns, I noticed a heap of birds working. The sea surface charts read the night before that there was some good water right on top and surrounding the mountain. I said to Rob to hit trolling speed and promptly put 2 lures out. Only 2 lures, not a full spread.....as we were really just about to get the deep drop rigs ready and fish the bottom. The Pakula Lumo Sprocket and Marlin Magic plunger were working away nicely coming down the face of a few lazy swells. Literally 3 minutes into our troll the Sprocket gets clunked and with a howling run I thought we were on......... It was a tentative bite that missed the hooks....however....., I freespooled the lure back into postition and the marlin came back for a second go! This time we were well and truly on. A nice Black marlin of around 100kg was dancing across the ocean to the rear of us. We played the fish for around a half hour and just when we were about to leader...the mono main line pops. Oh well, what a great fish and a nice 'early' release. (Even though we lost a lure!) Marlin number 2: So after the excitment of Rob's marlin. We set out and dropped some rigs down for Blue Eye. A fairly successful drop resulting in a couple of Blue'ys each. I got one around the 20kg mark which gave the rod a good workout! Now, a quick bit of background.....Fishing deep with electric reels does'nt really do it for me...don't get me wrong...I enjoy it, but I'd rather be sportfishing or something like that. Robert on the other hand, loves it. He can spend hours dropping and fishing the depths for behemoths and ooglies. So, an hour or two into our Blue Eye fishing....I get bored and decide to set myself up a little cube trail to tempt a passing Mahi Mahi or Yellowfin etc. We quickly saw something zoom in on my unweighted floating pilchard about 30mtrs away from the boat. Rob calls it for a Mako shark. I wind in the pilly at speed and it gets chased by a very lit-up and energetic Striped Marlin of around 70-80kgs. The marlin was litterally and arms span away from the side of the boat. It was dashing and flashing in clear view. But still would'nt eat my offering. We had no livebait so I called to Rob to throw in a couple of pillies to keep the fish interested and around our boat. He did so, and the marlin zoomed straight in on the floating morsels. This crazy fish flashed and dashed at the pillies but still did'nt eat them. At this point, I've come down from the front of Rob's boat, grabbed my Saltiga Popper rod with a lure on it........pegged it out around 10mtrs and with 3 almighty splashes and bloops, the marlin (who was lit-up at this stage like a neon sign) came racing in and destroyed the lure in front of our eyes!!! We could'nt belive what had just transpired no less than 6 feet away from the boat!! What an awesome sight!! I only just wished we had one other person on-board to film that scenario and to take some photos! Arghhhhh!!! The fight was on! Line ripped from the Saltiga reel and the rod buckled under the strain of an angry marlin. It jumped and peformed some beautiful aerials across the ocean before going deep and slugging it out. I harnessed up to shorten the fight using the Aftco spin rod adapter also connected to my Aftco harness. We had the fish boatside around 50mins later. With Rob driving the boat and me fighting the fish....it was all to hard to take photos when the fish was right there....Damn! We gave the nice Stripie a quick release and off into the blue yonder he went.....probably to terrorize other fishos boatside!!! What an awesome experience! One I hope to repeat with a video camera rolling!!! We finished the day with a great catch of Blue-Eye and some action that we will never forget! Sorry for the long write-up...heres only a few pics we could manage that day. Marlin finning round the boat.... Harnessed up to the Striped Marlin.... Big Blue-Eye...... We were visited by a pod of dolphins. Playing close to the boat......I managed these shots. Cheers, Wacko. Great report, you guys would of had a ball,top blue eyes plenty of fillets to go round,mate when you go fishing you need a camera man to video the day thats for shore.I think fish magnet should be your new name.
mikeh191 Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Sensational day and post Wacko, keep it up. That blue eye a thumper,I wish my boat wasnt off the water. Cheers Mike
boy53 Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Nice mate. You can consider buying head cam? Maybe not that expensive now. Record some action and share with us next time
outfisher Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 That would have been somthing Nice blue eye herd rob is smashing them atm well done cheers
Yarraone Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 what a awsome day .. I will volunteer to come a board and share the fight and video for you guys
meathead Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 What a top day! You won't be forgetting that in a hurry. Congratulations.
SNAP-ER Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 Unreall Dude!! wish i was there to capture tall the action
The President Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 I bet it was one of those days that just got better and better. You would have been satisfied with the first marlin. What a day!
double pluggers Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 You wont forget that moment ever.Plenty of anglers might have thought about throwing a popper afterwards but you did it in the heat of the moment,Grand effort and due reward.
GregL Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 Good sh1t dude! Your on fire at the moment. G
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