Scent Blazer Lures Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) With the weekend’s weather, particularly Sundays weather being so awful we decided a mid week trip was the go. A quick look at the weather sites, BOM, Seabreeze and Buoy Weather they all said the same thing, great weather!! Now there was only one more thing to check, the Sea surface charts!! A quick look showed a few temp breaks on the other side of the shelf. Our plan was to run out to the Botany Wide FAD, work that area to see if we could pick up a few Dolphin fish and then head to the shelf, drop a few different size and shape Scent Blazers out and run southeast in search of Mr Stickface… After picking up the crew from north Sydney we made a quick stop to fuel the boat and then hit the big blue!! Rounding south head there was hardly a ripple to rock the boat, it was simply perfect and the further southeast we travelled the better the conditions and water colour/temp got. It started out green and 23.8 in close and within a few miles it changed to blue and 24.6 degrees. Things were looking up with only 2 miles to the Botany Wide Fad there was a slight north to south current of 1 knot and good, clean water. After receiving our Trollpro and bits and pieces we decided to set it up and run it in the long corner in front of 2 Scent Blazers, one in the long corner and the other off the rigger. Firstly we tried running it off the rigger but its to heavy for the rigger at 8 knots. Troll Pro being ready to be run and Troll Pro on the rigger pulling some serious pressure at 8 knots!! So we rigged up a little system with a spare fixed head gaff and this worked a treat!! Our Troll Pro set up, far to heavy for the outrigger at 8 knots! We then put the rest of the spread out, 2 Nano’s one bullet head purple frigate and the other a pusher head in sardine then a Small Evil pusher head and a Small Lumo Slant head. With the spread set we made our first pass, a double hook up on dollies with both fish smashing the Nano’s but they didn’t stick. The second pass was similar with both lures getting hit but again a failed hook up, what’s going on? Small fish is our guess. After dropping the two fish the other dollies went off the bite so we headed east to the shelf, 0.5 of a mile inside the shelf was a very distinct current break glass like conditions on one side and half a meter of chop on the other. The temp difference between the two was 0.2 degrees so we swapped the lures for bigger Scent blazers, An X-Large Yellowfin Slant head, a Large Green Luminator slant head and left the two on the riggers as they were, we then worked the edge north then south, zig zaging in and out of the current but with no joy we decided to cross the shelf and head south on the outer side of the shelf. Check out that Scent Blazer Teaser smoking away!! As we crossed the shelf the temp dropped the 0.2 of a degree and stayed 24.0 flat the whole way down the coast, lots of current breaks but no fish!! There were no birds, no bait and no dolphin, barren!! We continued south for another 12 miles but the water and fish condition wasn’t improving so we decided to head into 250fathoms and make our way back up the coast. By this stage the radio chatter stopped and seems we weren’t the only boat noticing the lack of anything fishy… Short Corner- Scent Blazer X-Lagre Yellowfin Tuna Colour Slant Head As we made our way over the shelf and that current change had pushed away but the water was far bluer inside the shelf. The decision was made to head to the Botany Wide FAD and see if those dollies were still around but on our arrival the current was pushing up the coast, south to north and was fishless! As we trolled our way back to Sydney the sun was falling and the light was disappearing and by the time we got through the harbour it was gone, complete darkness… A windy Sun Set over Sydney's Skyline The fishing off Sydney and up and down the coast seems extremely hit and miss with a lot of ground needing to be covered to find the fish. The currents seem to be changing daily if not hourly. What’s your thoughts? Do you think it will be a late season or is it not going to come at all? Check out more pics and video at http://scentblazer.com/PhotosVideos.aspx Until the next bite… Tight Lines Andrew SBC Edited March 21, 2013 by Scent Blazer Lures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Nice video footage. Would be awesome to see a marlin strike from that point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 On Wednesday we went to 12 then trolled out to Browns. No fish, birds or significant temp breaks. browns was deserted and only noted I think two boats in the area so we headed to long reef wide. I thought the water was better north and only hit of the day was there on a striped tuna. Saw more bait and flying fish. Late in the day we headed in closer to LR for a nice snapper with an awesome lump to his head. Hard work. I think north was better than south. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillfishMan Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Hey Snapper, it was the same for us. We went out a few days ago to Browns, passed the Botany Bay Wide Fad on the way. We caught really small dollies just throwing lightly wieghted pillies at the fad. Got quite a few but they were only about 1lb to 1.5lbs. Good fun. We hooked a few dollies trolling around the fad as well, but most of them threw the hook, they were very small. Went to browns after that, heaps of bluewater and flying fish everywhere but we didn't turn a reel. Thats gamefishing for you, its a big ocean the fish could be anywhere.Still great to be out there, you never know where or when you will get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotbite Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Heard from Boattart & that they dropped a good Blue Marlin after 40 minutes on 130lb tackle on Wednesday. I beleave they were down on the southern canyons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Nice video footage. Would be awesome to see a marlin strike from that point of view. hey mate here is footage we got a few weeks back of a marlin hitting a Scent Blazer off sydney on the troll cam!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostproperty Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 You guys been out this week? Any changes in the water around the MHL area or still pretty green? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 You guys been out this week? Any changes in the water around the MHL area or still pretty green? Hey mate, Yea we fished this week and yep still green water... But in saying that we still hooked a marlin and there was tons of bait!! See the full report at http://www.fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=68034. Have you been out?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostproperty Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Haven't been out for a few weeks last time we headed out in the boat that big swell came through so we only went to longy and came back into the heads, by the looks of it we'll give out wide a miss tomorrow as well. Good work on the marlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 Haven't been out for a few weeks last time we headed out in the boat that big swell came through so we only went to longy and came back into the heads, by the looks of it we'll give out wide a miss tomorrow as well. Good work on the marlin thanks mate was good to get one!! yea the water and weather seems unpredictable at the moment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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