Fads 28/2 - Brisbane Water 1/3

[Belligero]

28/2

Had the opportunity to head out to the fads on Saturday with a friend of mine who also captains the fishing clubs boat. the aim of the day was to catch my first dollie and then troll for something bigger

We launched at Woy Woy at 5:30am and headed straight over to box head to pick up some livies. It was slow going until the sun came up then it was fairly easy. Picked up a dozen yakkas around the 10cm mark which I was told were perfect for dollies.

Once the bait was sorted we headed straight out to terrigal fad. The conditions were so good we managed to do 25 knots the whole way. Here is a photo not far from arriving at the fad..

The fad was busy but not too busy and every boat seemed to be on however it seemed as though everyone was only catching undersize fish. We managed around 10+ dollies with only 1 being legal. All were caught on 2-4kg gear which made it very fun and tricky at times.

The dollies seemed to shut down quickly so we decided to troll south. The water was a steady 25 degrees and it was the bluest water I've ever seen with very clear current lines. We had 4 rods out hoping for a marlin with no luck. My friend managed a striped tuna which will be donated to the bait fridge.



Arrived at the fish traps after a slow troll however it was holding similar sized dollies as Terrigal.

We called it a day around midday and took advantage of the glass conditions and were home in no time.

Club boat;



My first dollie which was good fight on light gear even though it was only a baby! Slippery buggers too!

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01/03

Took the old man out in my boat for a flattie session yesterday morning around brisbane waters. I was lazy and didn't prep the boat the night before so after stuffing around Sunday morning we eventually launched around 8AM.

We were only using soft plastics which were getting demolished by tailor, pinkies etc. I refuse to use any lure with a tail that has a lot of action due to the bite offs. Probably went through 2 packets of different SP's!

Manged a few undersize flatties and a few keepers as well which will go well with the dollie caught the day before.

Looks like I might be moving to Blue Haven so Lake Maq might become my new fishing hole. Brisbane Water has been a real challenge lately so hopefully things will improve up north!

Cheers

Edited March 2, 2015 by Central Coast 795

[Scienceman]

Hey mate, be a shame to lose you from the Gosford RSL FC

[Belligero]

Hey mate, be a shame to lose you from the Gosford RSL FC

Hey Scienceman,

I'll remain an active member, Probably just not as active!

I'll soon be building a new website for the club so that'll keep me around for a good while! I

[Towlersbay boy]

We hit the same fad at about 12pm with only 1 other boat on it. Managed a few into the 70s on live bait and plastics. The fish were sitting at about 60m most of the time feeding on leather jackets. We couldn't find any fish traps to save ourselves ! those things are normally gold mines for bigger fish.

Cheers

[Belligero]

We hit the same fad at about 12pm with only 1 other boat on it. Managed a few into the 70s on live bait and plastics. The fish were sitting at about 60m most of the time feeding on leather jackets. We couldn't find any fish traps to save ourselves ! those things are normally gold mines for bigger fish.

Cheers

Ahhh sounds like we didn't go deep enough we tried to keep our livies in the top part of the water. The traps were a few k's East of were the sydney north fad usually sits.

[Grug85]

Hey mate,

Saw you guys out the FAD, same story for us, 10+ dollies with only 1 being legal.

Sounds like we werent fishing deep enough!

We also found it pretty quiet elsewhere, at least we got to catch a few dollies even if they were small.