rikkigilbey Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 so yesterday morning i got up at 03:20am ready for the day ahead at the browns. it was my first time there and so i was extremeley excited. i nice and brisk cycle at 4am to my host for the day, GAROUPA's house saw me getting pulled by the police for having no lights on the back of my bike, typical! not a good way to start but they let me go with a slapped wrist so wasn't too bad. so we arrived sorted out the gear and headed out from botany. we trawled some lures once off the shelf only to land a few striped tuna but it was still exciting as id never had any tuna action before, and watching it nail the lure on the surface was an epic sight. so anyway we arrived at the browns greeted by glorious conditions. we baited up the bog alvey set ups and dropped them down over the underwater mountain. within minutes we were into fish, mario let me bring up the first one, a Gemfish and a nice one to! with the next drop i was given charge of one of the reels and again withing minutes boom! we was in again! this time landing and massive blue eyed cod, AMAZING! i was so stoked, couldnt stop smiling. we continued to drift for the day and reached our catch limit of gemmies and landed a few more blue eyes. was an epic day and so chuffed to finally get out on the boat. big thanks to GAROUPA for taking me out i had an epic time, and now have enough food to feed my house 10 times over. amazing. smiles all round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Thats amazing mate, would love add those fish to my caught list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 so yesterday morning i got up at 03:20am ready for the day ahead at the browns. it was my first time there and so i was extremeley excited. i nice and brisk cycle at 4am to my host for the day, GAROUPA's house saw me getting pulled by the police for having no lights on the back of my bike, typical! not a good way to start but they let me go with a slapped wrist so wasn't too bad. so we arrived sorted out the gear and headed out from botany. we trawled some lures once off the shelf only to land a few striped tuna but it was still exciting as id never had any tuna action before, and watching it nail the lure on the surface was an epic sight. so anyway we arrived at the browns greeted by glorious conditions. we baited up the bog alvey set ups and dropped them down over the underwater mountain. within minutes we were into fish, mario let me bring up the first one, a Gemfish and a nice one to! with the next drop i was given charge of one of the reels and again withing minutes boom! we was in again! this time landing and massive blue eyed cod, AMAZING! i was so stoked, couldnt stop smiling. we continued to drift for the day and reached our catch limit of gemmies and landed a few more blue eyes. was an epic day and so chuffed to finally get out on the boat. big thanks to GAROUPA for taking me out i had an epic time, and now have enough food to feed my house 10 times over. amazing. smiles all round. There are some serious fish fillets there mate. I'm all geed up now for a trip there on Sunday.....can't wait either. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roosterman Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 well done thats a nice feed there and well earned doing it the ol fashioned way by hand. conditions out there look great... with the good water this w/e im sure it will be a carpark out there looking for tasty ooglies like those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman_zx10r Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Wow! nice work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short corner Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Great to read blogs from first timers,you can feel the excitment between the words,well done boys wait till a 40-50kg yellowfin smashes your lure.cheers good effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Awesome catch fellas, sounds like you had a blast. how long did it take to get to the mountain from botany? Cheers, PREDATOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Great looking fish Its so damned frustrating not being able to get out there so far this year, your pics only make me more frustrated cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I love to see other fishos catch nice fish as much as catching them my self, what sort of weight , trace, hooks, and baits where you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikkigilbey Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Awesome catch fellas, sounds like you had a blast. how long did it take to get to the mountain from botany? Cheers, PREDATOR cheers mate yeah we did, i cant wait for a next time err about an half hour of cruising and and the same trawling. Gilbey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikkigilbey Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 I love to see other fishos catch nice fish as much as catching them my self, what sort of weight , trace, hooks, and baits where you using? we were using about 2kg weights, paternosters rig with baby octopus for bait, mono trace around the 100kg mark i think, and circular hooks. lost a few sinkers on the snags but the rig were set up to lose them and not the rig. Gilbey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mgourlas Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Well done mate. i am hoping to get out soon to try for some bottom dwellers as well. Great feed aren't they. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratesgold Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 (edited) aww maaan...awesome.. we couldn't move the bay social to out there now could we, not without a flotilla anyway, and nowhere to stand the barbie tent lol pirate Edited July 28, 2011 by piratesgold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 we were using about 2kg weights, paternosters rig with baby octopus for bait, mono trace around the 100kg mark i think, and circular hooks. lost a few sinkers on the snags but the rig were set up to lose them and not the rig. Gilbey thank you gilbey, i will keep that in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leatherjacket Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Congrats mate! Nice haul! Interesting contraption used to catch those deep sea fish - It looks half way between a fixed hand line and conventional rod & reel. I supose it would be a lot easier on the back pulling up those monsters from the deep Well done, AC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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