dash Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 G’day Raiders, Long time subscriber, first fishing post! Set off for browns sunrise Saturday morning hunting YFT as decky for a mate in his seafarer Victory. After a bumpy ride out we set a spread and started looking for cold temp breaks. The water was hovering around 20.5- 21 degrees South South West of Browns, after about 2hrs of the usual anticipation we were joined by a large pod of Dolphins that kept us and them I think entertained for a good twenty minutes. At this point we are following a current line north back to Browns and of course the Dolphins too! All of a sudden bang off goes the short corner lure (15kg Rig set with 5kg for the strike), a cockroach Christmas tree! (Go the Blues) my mate grabs the other reels and im on! But then very quickly im off……Bugger. We reset the spread and start North wondering if it was a Dolphin and hopefully YFT and Dolphins Co-habitate. Then BANG again short corner goes off again, this time I make sure the hooks are buried and I we start playing. Once I turned him he started dancing g across the water and our questions are answered a Winter Dolly!!! And its looks good. It gave us hard time at the but the Captain had him gaffed and in the boat, then we realised how big it was. 120cm to the fork in the tail and 20.5kg. Stoked first Mahi Mahi ever, its gonna be hard to top. Had a great afternoon towing back to the 12 mile still scratching our heads about Dolphin Fish in July Cheers Skip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 G’day Raiders, Long time subscriber, first fishing post! Set off for browns sunrise Saturday morning hunting YFT as decky for a mate in his seafarer Victory. After a bumpy ride out we set a spread and started looking for cold temp breaks. The water was hovering around 20.5- 21 degrees South South West of Browns, after about 2hrs of the usual anticipation we were joined by a large pod of Dolphins that kept us and them I think entertained for a good twenty minutes. At this point we are following a current line north back to Browns and of course the Dolphins too! All of a sudden bang off goes the short corner lure (15kg Rig set with 5kg for the strike), a cockroach Christmas tree! (Go the Blues) my mate grabs the other reels and im on! But then very quickly im off……Bugger. We reset the spread and start North wondering if it was a Dolphin and hopefully YFT and Dolphins Co-habitate. Then BANG again short corner goes off again, this time I make sure the hooks are buried and I we start playing. Once I turned him he started dancing g across the water and our questions are answered a Winter Dolly!!! And its looks good. It gave us hard time at the but the Captain had him gaffed and in the boat, then we realised how big it was. 120cm to the fork in the tail and 20.5kg. Stoked first Mahi Mahi ever, its gonna be hard to top. Had a great afternoon towing back to the 12 mile still scratching our heads about Dolphin Fish in July Cheers Skip. Wow outstanding catch You sure can't complain with a dollie of that size. Enjoy the feast guys , great stuff. chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little marlin Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 wow great dolly m8 will be sure hard to beat your first ever mahi mahi thats a stonker and a beauty for the table to eat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Thats a ripper winter Mahi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackle Junkie Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Awesome Result! Well done boys! Cheers, Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnv Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 wow thats an awesome dollie buddy ,well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishergirl Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Absolutely great fish, one of the best table fish, I've caught many mahi mahi, none no-where near that calibur well done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbmozo Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Just madness catching big dollies in July off sydney. Had a few mates on a charter on sunday and they caught 2 dollies. 1 about the same as yours and 1 smaller cow around 15kg. Well done, gonna be hard to top that one in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The President Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Just goes to show, you've got to be out there to be in with a chance. Pleasant surprise - Congrats. The President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Is that hole in the flesh a gaff wound or a cookie cutter shark wound?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dash Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 Is that hole in the flesh a gaff wound or a cookie cutter shark wound?? I think it was a cutter shark, ive seen it before as well! though this one had already started to heal. Maybe it got hit on another recent encounter with a Fisho. I got a gut Gaff infortunately, as big as it was it was too hard to gaff him up under the chin. Mind you it was quite easy top pull in on YFT rig!! Dash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Tasted good bud!! Thanks for the fillets. Still bitter that I had 3 kids parties on and didn't get a bait.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Great dollie mate gotta love the colours on those and what a beast! Sounds like an awesome day, i think thats the second report about catching dollies in winter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manhands Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Stoked first Mahi Mahi ever, its gonna be hard to top. Cheers Skip. Stud bull mate well done, they are just the best by-catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick.beverley@macquarie.com Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Nice one Daz. Stonker of a Dolly. Don't worry about me mate, i was just at home doing some renovation work!! Also i see cephalapod snivelled in and got himself a few fillets, maybe the birds pinched mine from the front door? Great stuff!! cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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