Secho Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 (edited) Great trip with Cammo and Mick onboard Tintola. We trolled up to Port Stephens yesterday then trolled back today - we were out to find the warm water that had been pushing down on the charts in hope that there might be an early season marlin about... both big days on the water but well worth it in the end. Yesterday we hooked a YFT off the back of the Norah Head Canyon but nothing else for the day (other than a thousand beers, turkeys and jacks). Today was a different story though, our first for the day was an XL Mako that took our shotty as we passed back through the Norah Canyons, managed to get the lure back before a smooth release, about an hour or so later a nice short billed spear fish whacked three different lures in the spread before falling to a 13 inch coggin - got it in about 1000 fathoms wide of Long Reef. Things went nuts soon after that when we found an upturned vessel which looked like it had been in the water for a long time, not something you'd want to hit at high speed or in the dark but turned out to be an incredible fad. It was fully loaded with Kings, Dollies and YFT - from small fish right through to meter long kings and bulls - non stop action all afternoon! We spent the rest of the day there and tossed back dozens and dozens of fish and we kept a few of the bigger ones to share amongst friends.. they were landed on trolled lures, jigs, poppers, single hooks ups, doubles, triples, pretty much anything that went into the water - shame we didn't have the go pro's on board as the underwater footage would have been awesome but iphone pics will give you an idea, Cheers Secho. Edited September 24, 2014 by Secho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seazar Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 That is in incredible. What an awesome day for you. Definitely unforgettable. Well done !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Oh awesome! We all dream of those magic days on the water. Some great photos there anyway! Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefisherman6784 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Wow what an amazing trip boys Like Scratchie said, we all dream of those magic days on the water Well done for persisting through day 1 and a well deserved finish on day 2 with all those amazing fish Well done Hope they make a great feed Cheers thefisherman6784 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave G Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Unreal mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foz Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-On Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 That is absolutely awesome! Well done boys Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete76 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 well done boys, dream day!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 thats unreal.. wow. well done guys happy day.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairy Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Assumed you reported the overturned vessel to Maritime with GPS marks so they could try and retrieve, who knows there could be quite a story to that, you may remember a few years ago a small boat tipped over up the north coast and all hands were lost and I don't think they found the boat?? I might be off base here hope my memory is right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasksta Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Wow just wow, absolute dream session. Im frothing at the mouth reading this at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secho Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Assumed you reported the overturned vessel to Maritime with GPS marks so they could try and retrieve, who knows there could be quite a story to that, you may remember a few years ago a small boat tipped over up the north coast and all hands were lost and I don't think they found the boat?? I might be off base here hope my memory is right Yes reported to Marine Rescue then water police called us a few hours later wanting to know the likely hood of people being in the water from the upturned tinny - I don't think they retrieve them that far offshore when they are on the drift, this thing was out in about 1100 or 1200 fathoms and they never asked us for the co-ordinates after we called it for having been in the water for more than a year or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbofin Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 What a day, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlinthemagician Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Sensational.... almost better than winning Oz Lotto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matblack Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Mad love the Fad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfishin Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) That is Crazy. I bet not many people would have seen fish or fishing like that around that OT boat in NSW or Australian waters. I bet that Kingy in the last picture went hard. You might now be able to aswer the age old question now. What fish pound for pound pulls the hardest? Has to be the Kiny out of them doesnt it? After catching all those species in close time frame whats do you reckon? Dave Edited September 24, 2014 by Dfishin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydneyfisher12 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 great work mate thats a day we all dream about good to see the temp warming up to 20+ cant wait for the dollies to come in thick again was that boat anchored to the bottom or was it just free floating cheers sydneyfisher12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaners Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Also that tinnie could be the one that went missing last year on its way to Bird Island off Norah Head,they never found it or the two blokes that were in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasksta Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 That is Crazy. I bet not many people would have seen fish or fishing like that around that OT boat in NSW or Australian waters. I bet that Kingy in the last picture went hard. You might now be able to aswer the age old question now. What fish pound for pound pulls the hardest? Has to be the Kiny out of them doesnt it? After catching all those species in close time frame whats do you reckon? Dave Great question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangus Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 We'll done Marty big hours pays off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secho Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) Great question! Mick worked a popper as soon as we pulled up there and a big yellowfin launched out of the water with it in its mouth but the hooks didnt stick - straight after that I hooked up on a jig and it ran deep and fast - ended up snapping an Okuma 24kg jig stick on it and fought on with only two eyes on the rod - luck rolled our way and we boated a yft - no doubt at they run heaps harder than kings - being down to one jig stick we ended up jigging using tiagra 80w's and were still landing them one after the other - crazy stuff! Edited September 24, 2014 by Secho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfishin Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Ha. Crazy. It would be nice to somehow track that boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickybeak Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Crazy stuff a floating fad in the middle of no where Great fishing every days different ? Stickybeak Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raysway Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 That is Crazy. I bet not many people would have seen fish or fishing like that around that OT boat in NSW or Australian waters. I bet that Kingy in the last picture went hard. You might now be able to aswer the age old question now. What fish pound for pound pulls the hardest? Has to be the Kiny out of them doesnt it? After catching all those species in close time frame whats do you reckon? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Unreal!!! Nice work on a what turned out to be a great day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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