Devil Ray Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 G,day Raiders, I thought i would share with you my experience of my first attempt at catching one of our beaky friends. After checking the weather on the Sunday prior it was decided that Thursday was a cracker of a day, little to no wind, swell less than a metre... I bought a new sounder / GPS combo ( which i am absoloutley wrapped with) had it installed on Tuesday. I was lucky to get out on Thursday as i thought i was going to have a coronary after purchasing my first couple of Marlin Lures and appropriate snap swivels.... Over $200 later and some chest pains i managed to get outa there alive. We got to shoal bay boat ramp at around 6, launched the boat and were crossing the bar by 6.15am. We dropped out a couple of smaller skirts hoping for a few stripeys or bonito and trolled around the islands just outside of the bay with no luck. We headed to Broughton island and dropped out the big dogs, we were followed by a huge pod of dolphins ( over 100 of them) they were playing and swimming in my wake and was an awesome sight. After many many hours of Trolling, a few lure changes and still no action. Found loads of really good bait schools and marked some good fish and still no action. We were in constant contact with another boat who had the same luck. We decided to head back South and Troll with the smaller skirts around the islands again and we managed to find some small stripeys and Bonito, hooking up on every pass through the school. We decided to head back to the ramp at about 4 and of course we called on the radio by the other boat to tell us that they had hooked a little Black approx 60kgs North of Broughton, having only about 20 litres of fuel left it wasnt an option to head back. The other boat ended up hooking onto another about 20 mins later that spat the hook after an 1.5 hour fight. So my first Marlin adventure was hardly successful but i must say that i am now hooked, the anticipation of hearing those reels scream off has got me wanting to head again sooner rather than later. Any advice, tips would be greatly appreciated Thanks for reading Devil Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thanks mate! You were up here and never contacted me! Hmmmm Would have given you heaps of advice. The day before I went 4-3-3. Oh well, better luck next time! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Ray Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thanks mate! You were up here and never contacted me! Hmmmm Would have given you heaps of advice. The day before I went 4-3-3. Oh well, better luck next time! Cheers scratchie!!! Sorry Scratchie, i actually had every intention on giving you a call but my mate who i took out insisted on bringing the leader of the opposition with him ( wife). Was talking to Deano not long ago and we are definitely going to be heading up again soon and you will be the first person we call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 No probs mate! At least you had a go! I should be out chasing them Friday! Your right, the anticipation of a strike is exciting! Good luck in your endeavours! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbz Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 im heading up first weekend of April (staying at little beach), any good land based spots around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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