GoingFishing Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Gday Raiders With the conditions offshore forecast to be ideal it was an opportunity to head out and try some offshore action. After collecting some live yakkas at the tugs i headed out from Botany to the FAD, arrived at 6am with only 1 other boat around, threw out the trolling lures and shortly after double hook up on baby dollies. this continued on for about 40 mins hooking up in excess of 20 times all dollies ranging from 25cm to 40cm, no keepers. Decided to try some live baits setting one at 20m deep and another at about 8 m deep, drifted in the vicinity of the FAD for another hour whilst flicking a soft plastic for no hits on the livies. Gave up on the FAD so headed over to The Peak and there were 7-8 boats floating around. I tied on my Shimano Butterfly Jig with double assist and slowly moved around until i found some bait balls, dropped the jig in the water and hooked up to a rat king on the way down, he went 60cm so back in he went. jigging for 30 mins and my arms starting to get very very sore i finally hooked up again this time to a better king which instantly took off, the bait balls were floating between 20-30m of water so with 40 pound mono and 70 pound leader i was hoping this king wouldnt reach the bottom. finally got him boat side and he went 68cm, dinner sorted. Continued jigging and came up with another king at 65cm bang on legal so in the esky he went. Then hooked up to a cracker of a king which gave my arms a real work out i was already aching at this point and he hit the jig at 40m so i had to work him to the boat a number of times and some long blistering runs before he got tired but he went 81cm and a new PB for me. STOKED. gave up after that and headed home with a big smile on the face and very sore arms, saw plenty of other boats hooked up today at the Peak which was good to see and an absolutely MASSIVE manta ray which swallowed someones bait and took off. water quality and temp looked good at 23 degrees. Given the size of the dollies at the FAD i probably wont consider going back for another couple of weeks until they get bigger. cheers Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number1fisher Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Great catch mate!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Love your report Good to see you had a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Sam, Cracker of a report mate and well done on your PB. Looks like it was an awesome day out. Keep the reports coming, Cheers, Stan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuw Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Interesting read - thanks for posting - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 Cheers fellas it was an great day the water really looked amazing and the weather was great Though I must admit cleaning the boat was a pain yesterday, those dollies manage to hook themselves 50% of the time either through the side of the head or through an eyeball ! And when they come aboard they spray blood EVERYWHERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating_Medic Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Love that little Dolly!! I've never seen them that small even in pictures!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paikea Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 "Though I must admit cleaning the boat was a pain yesterday" You poor thing, that is the trouble when you catch fish. Great Post Cheers Paikea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 "Though I must admit cleaning the boat was a pain yesterday" You poor thing, that is the trouble when you catch fish. Great Post Cheers Paikea Haha well that is true, I'd rather clean the boat than come home empty ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Great work mate! It's definately tiring work jigging non stop and then you do hook up to something of size and the arms go again! But well worth the battle. Congrats on your pb! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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