finin Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Gday all, what a great day to be on the water. Hardly a breath of wind and the signs of a bright orange glow appearing above the coast. Absolute perfection greeted us at the heads. Under half a meter swell which continued to the horizon. Water is blue and we had constant 22.5 all day on the shelf. A visible current line at least 50M wide ran east_ west and had a degree drop either side. Devoid of bird life all day, only saw 2 dolphins all day. So that says something although 1 stripie was hooked up on a bottom rig lol another stripey was hooked up by some bloke fishing by himself,didnt here if he landed the fish and that was all on the marlin scene, we trolled from the 12 out for zip. Once we arrived 38 boats were already sitting on it. Drift was to the nne at .4knot. Not a great deal happening we landed three gemmies with no real size to them and the biggest silver dory i have seen on a hook. Only saw 1 boat land a blue-eye looked only 6 odd kilo. Had to laugh as we fished near a well known charter boat, now obviously the boys were fishing for fun, only using one electric. Couple of hours later he gets onto the radio talking to another boat and says oh yeah etc etc we bagged out on gemmies and got 3 blue eye..... Yet not one fish went onto their deck! Thats about it, still a bit early for it to fire but with that much pressure being put on it Browns will never recover. On another front forget tuna they are still down south. Fish of Merimbula today to 60kg. Have seen photos of fish from ulladulla 80-100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VViCKiD Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Yeh we were out at Browns today as well. Only caught 3 gems. Though when I got to the ramp, I saw a guys scaling a large specimen. I'm guess 20kg. This thing was huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) Gday all, what a great day to be on the water. Hardly a breath of wind and the signs of a bright orange glow appearing above the coast. Absolute perfection greeted us at the heads. Under half a meter swell which continued to the horizon. Water is blue and we had constant 22.5 all day on the shelf. A visible current line at least 50M wide ran east_ west and had a degree drop either side. Devoid of bird life all day, only saw 2 dolphins all day. So that says something although 1 stripie was hooked up on a bottom rig lol another stripey was hooked up by some bloke fishing by himself,didnt here if he landed the fish and that was all on the marlin scene, we trolled from the 12 out for zip. Once we arrived 38 boats were already sitting on it. Drift was to the nne at .4knot. Not a great deal happening we landed three gemmies with no real size to them and the biggest silver dory i have seen on a hook. Only saw 1 boat land a blue-eye looked only 6 odd kilo. Had to laugh as we fished near a well known charter boat, now obviously the boys were fishing for fun, only using one electric. Couple of hours later he gets onto the radio talking to another boat and says oh yeah etc etc we bagged out on gemmies and got 3 blue eye..... Yet not one fish went onto their deck! Thats about it, still a bit early for it to fire but with that much pressure being put on it Browns will never recover. On another front forget tuna they are still down south. Fish of Merimbula today to 60kg. Have seen photos of fish from ulladulla 80-100. 20160507_060500.jpg 20160507_125419.jpg20160507_112923-1.jpg nice fish Fin, looked like great conditions. You should have got on the radio and said you caught 6 Blue Eye Are the Tuna they caught down south Bluefin or Yellowfin? If they are Bluefin we might get a good season, I thought the BF season was a bit short off Sydney last year. Edited May 7, 2016 by Scent Blazer Lures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 M8 they were all yellowfin, although heard this morning 8 were taken off Botany yesterday but dont know if cubed or trolled up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rami Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Got a couple of gem fish and a decent blue eye yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MV Sunray Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 M8 they were all yellowfin, although heard this morning 8 were taken off Botany yesterday but dont know if cubed or trolled up. Lol.. Think that's a gee up for tourney mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTROJAN Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 A mate caught a 65-70kg yellowfin yesterday on the troll east of sydney. He was a long way out though. East of heatons i believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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