manofwwt Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Headed out to the 12 Mile this morning about 8am. Had a mate in tow on his maiden off shore run in his new boat with his son, so showed him the way out. When we got there it was a carpark. Counted about 17 boats all jigging madly, but not many hook-ups to be seen. Water was about 19 degrees and nothing much showing on the sounder. Second drop and my son, James, says he has something on. Picked up just of the bottom. I wasn't really paying much attention as he was winding in and just saying there was some weight there. Then he yells out "Dad....drive" and I just have time to look out and see a big marlin break the surface and launch about half his body from the water. Was about 20m from us and only about 10m from a neighboring boat. Unfortunately it pirouetted perfectly to come down and cut straight through the leader. That was followed by the most full on torrent of cursing I have heard from James in all his 18 years. The guys on the boat who saw it closest said it looked like a stripy, and I reckon from the glimpse I got it would have gone 120-140kg. It had a huge head on it. Amazing thing was that it took a jig at about 110m down, then must have swum almost straight up. After that excitement we settled back and bagged 3 nice kings 75-78cm. Two of them in a double hook-up. By 10:30 it was all quite, stayed till 12 (trawled around a bit to try and find our marlin again), then headed back to North Head - Bluefin Point to play with the salmon. Landed 3, lost a few more then headed home. Pic attached of the days work....and yes, I like Aussie Salmon eating, so long as you take out the blood line flesh. Tight lines all.......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefisherman6784 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Wow that's a great bag of fish and isn't easy jigging kings that deep Bad luck about the marlin that would of been the most amazing experience for you and your son All the other boats would of been amazed to see it What gram jig do you use out there? Cheers thefisherman6784 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Well done, bummer about the marlin. We could be in for a good season a few marlin and dollies already have been caught in the last month.I bet you will use heavier leader next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simda Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickybeak Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Marlin on a jig now that's cool Did hear a few marlin hooked and lost inside the shelf 18.2 water while I was at Browns Got two gemmies no fin tough day out Stickybeak Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISO Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Nothing wrong with eating salmon or bonito if looked after Great bag of fish mate. My pop use to cook us salmon patti when we were young and they were the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exhail Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 What a top day! Well done! It's also possible the marlin took a smaller fish you had hooked when you got it closer to the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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