noelguyau Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Went to Port Stephens on Tuesday with a mate with high hopes, had a look around the marina in ore of all the massive Game Boats, then headed to the boat ramp. On the water by 7am and headed to collect some livies. Tank full we headed out to the FAD. The weather and water conditions were spectacular, best ive seen in a long time. Heaps of small dollies there so didnt waste to much time playing with them. Headed North and zig zaged between 70-80 fathoms heading up to seal rocks. Mainly trolled the vast erray of current lines until we found a patch of water 24.8 deg, this is where we got our first strike, peeled of 150m of line before throwing the hooks. Trolled around this are for a while in hope of raising another fish. Wasnt to be so we came back into the 100m line just south of seal rocks. Once there we started to troll south again heading back towards the FAD. We came across a massive pod of Dolphins and birds working and as we got close zzzzzzzzzz off she goes again, shotgun goes off but fails to hook up once again. Feeling a tad frustrated by this stage we trolled the area for a while with negative results. We got back to the FAD and decided to call it a day, as we got closer to the heads I said to my mate we would leave the lures out till we got right to the heads. In 55m of water the left rigger goes off and we hook up- could not believe it- trolled 75km to hook up less than a mile from the heads. The fish took off and peeled a heap of line- a fish of about 50-60kg. After a short fight the hooks were spat and we were left dejected. All up a fun day and hope for when we head out again in the next couple of weeks. Noel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEF MAGIC CHARTERS Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Bad luck guys but good to see you getting the bites so your definitely doing something right! Good luck next time By the way it looks like the conditions were terrible.... Cheers Damo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I was out Tuesday as well with wahoo76. We opted to do some bottom bashing for a couple of good snapper. But after being out there in those conditions we thought we should have set up for trolling! Oh well, was still a great day on the water. Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelguyau Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Makes sense Burnsey74, Heading back up after this crappie weather settles to try again, Twas a magic day scratchie, didnt want to come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahoo76 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Unlucky Noel but at least you heard your reel go off a couple times. Scratchie and myself would have killed to hear that sound. We trolled lures for 130klms for zeros. Scratchie, sounds like we needed to head a little further north to find that warmer water of 24 and up. We were probably a couple klms from it. Edited February 21, 2013 by wahoo76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Unlucky Noel but at least you heard your reel go off a couple times. Scratchie and myself would have killed to hear that sound. We trolled lures for 130klms for zeros. Scratchie, sounds like we needed to head a little further north to find that warmer water of 24 and up. We were probably a couple klms from it. Yeah I agree, so that means your going to have to come back up in a couple of weeks and try again. I'll come with you of course!! We will get em next time! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Three strikes in a day, very good going. The conditions look sensational in that shot. Keep at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelagic_Prowler Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Sounds like lady luck was not favouring you the other day. Did you see the article in bluewater sportsfishing mag about high speed trolling? They troll the skirts whilst they plane out to the ground with a very high success rate due to the fish having to hit the lure hard to catch it. Also allows you to cover more ground through-out the day Well worth the read...if anyone want to know more PM me and ill give you the article. Cheers, Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelguyau Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 I will do Burnsy74, skip baiting is something I haven't had a lot to do with, would be good to pick your brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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