Tuna and Dollie Bonanza off Sydney

[Baby Karlos]

Decided late in the morning on Saturday to make the most of the weather so called up the boys, setup the boat and trolled from Sydney to Palm Beach and back. Put the spread out as soon as we hit 80 fathoms. Water was blue, 22 degrees and bait balls were everywhere between 10 and 40 fathoms. Had only been on the troll for 20mins when the shotgun started screaming - was so loud it woke up one of the boys who was out cold after an entire night out prawning. After a good 5min fight and a last minute dart under the boat we landed a nice 70cm stripey tuna. Continued up the coast for the next couple of hours for zeros and then at about 4pm - bang - the dollies came on. Were so thick we couldn't get a few hundred metres down the coast without hooking up - at one stage we had a triple hook up which made things interesting with only three on the boat and 5 lines and 2 teasers out the back - thank god for autopilot. Finished up the arvo having landed 9 dollies, ranging from 50 - 65cm, 3 stripey tuna, ranging from 50 - 70cm, and a number more fought and dropped. Kept one tuna and a couple of dollies for feed and sent the rest back to fight another day. Hopefully this wind starts to die down so we can get out there this weekend and chase some beakies.

Edited February 4, 2014 by Baby Karlos

[mike2153]

Awsome work mate sounds like a good day out

[chocolate]

Nice just to get out , To catch even better, Love the dollies.

[Devil Ray]

Are the striped Tuna any good to eat??

[Baby Karlos]

They are great - raw with a bit of soy sauce or seared with a bit of lime and cracked pepper

This was the end result

Edited February 7, 2014 by Baby Karlos