tommychucka Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Went out trolling yesterday from the heads. Headed north out to the shelf and baitstation. Tagged and released a small black in that area, as well as bagging a nice sized dollie. There was some big game fishing competition taking place, with no one seeming to have much luck. Headed in closer, between 60 and 35 fathoms, and found the spot. Were getting strikes and Beakies on almost every run. Ended up getting 4 boat side, both striped and black. It was amazing however how many were taking the lures and dropping them within a few seconds. We had on stripey take one, drop it, swim up to the next one and drop it, then a third and fourth. Was amazing to watch though. Nothing like seeing a strike in action. Hoping to head out again this week, depending on work commitments. There were big bait balls everywhere, good temperature breaks and obviously some fish boat side. All up one of the best fishing days I have ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rportelli Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Heading out tomorrow. How far from 12 mile are we talking here? Hoping to see one let alone hook one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Awesome mate. Great to hear! Just love the anticipation of a strike and to get a few boat side! Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alextuck Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 We fished Sunday out of Botany Bay for a black and a stripe.. All in 30 - 60 fathoms.. Both took a dark purple lure from the short rigger.. Heaps of dollies free jumping everywhere but seemed to only take smaller lures.. It was a ripper day apart from the rain and sloppy conditions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Mate, that sounds like a purple patch indeed. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEF MAGIC CHARTERS Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Plenty caught today with boats going 5+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juiced Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 we ended up going 10-8-3 today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_c Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 What a day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussein kobeissi Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Yep Sydney was on fire today a lot of chatter on radio we got out abit later around 2pm raised half a dozen marlin and dropped two which took almost every lure in the spread all from 40-60fathoms. Saw a few free jumpers aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Karlos Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Sounds like the perfect time to be arriving back in Sydney - will definitely be heading out on Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Yes on fire is an understatement! A broken bay boat had 15tags in 3hrs. Tripple hook ups, as was said bait balls galore with big dollies balling up cowanyoung. Can anyone confirm the lockout of the longliners due to the run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommychucka Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 A little video of Tuesdays session. Was even more on fire than Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Great video fellas! Very envious of not only the fish but the conditions you were in! Makes for a great day! Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommychucka Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Yeah it was like glass out there. Absolutely perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Great video! With conditions like that, I just HAVE TO get out there in my 4.5m! Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 great work guys, what a day. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oziodin Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Great footage great catch Cheers. Oziodin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommychucka Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 Funny Video from tuesdays session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Karlos Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Nice work.......this is when ideally you would switch bait the beakie as stripes are frustrating and usually swipe at the lures, unlike the blacks and blues. A more effective method is when the fish are concentrated around bait balls, as you described, is to jig some bait (slimey's) from the ball and then live bait from around the edge. You can have multiple fish come up from under the boat chasing the baits....now that is great to watch the take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommychucka Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 We will have to give that a try. Have been talking about it for ages. It is also nice though to come back from a days fishing with a basically clean boat. Hope to head out tomorrow again. Anyone know if its still hot out there? Nice work.......this is when ideally you would switch bait the beakie as stripes are frustrating and usually swipe at the lures, unlike the blacks and blues. A more effective method is when the fish are concentrated around bait balls, as you described, is to jig some bait (slimey's) from the ball and then live bait from around the edge. You can have multiple fish come up from under the boat chasing the baits....now that is great to watch the take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdraft Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 We were out Friday mate. A few fish were caught not anywhere near as many as Tuesday but ill be out again Wednesday to give it a go. Let us know how you end up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommychucka Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 We went out yesterday without a touch from a beakie. Saw one free jumper but got nothing. Decided to change tactics around 2 in the afternoon and target some dollies. Ended up catching quite a few but nothing big. All were around the same size, either just legal or just under. Did a run along the heads to pick up a Kingy but just ended up with a tailor and bonito. All up not a bad day, was beautiful out there till the wind picked up, got some fish for the table which was good but nothing like last week. How did you go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasksta Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Hey Tommy were you at the manly FAD yesterday? Was chatting to a few boats there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommychucka Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Yeah we went around the fads for a while. Lots of boats in close to them, so stayed pretty wide just trolling. Still had luck without interrupting the guys on lighter gear. Whats your call sign on channel 21? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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