Jewhunter Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) Hi Raiders. Just a quick report. Headed down to Evans Head for the long weekend. We had a big crowd in a hired house of 4 adults & 7 kids. Friday arvo we hit the beach for some pipis & a total of 5 rays. My mate took his Tabs tinny down & Saturday was the pick of the days to head offshore at sun up. Unfortunately his sounder packed it in & we couldn't pick up any bottom structure. The gps was still working, so we dropped as close to the marks we had & burleyed hard. Scored a few squire to 40cm & then jigged up some yakkas. Moved to another mark in 30m of water & I tossed the livie out on 30lb braid. As I was free spooling it down line started ripping off the reel. Set the hook & after an epic fight nailed my pb dolly. Fought it right out, so managed a few pics while it still had colour. Home by 1pm, cleaned the fish & then hit the beach in the 4wd's again & fished a nice gutter for a bag of dart. My young fella was stoked to score his 1st fish off the beach & we had a massive feed of crab, calamari & dolly that night. Action packed 48hrs. It felt like we were away for a week! Pic attached. Cheers, Grant. Edited January 29, 2018 by mrsswordfisherman 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Mate that is an absolute cracker of a bull. Well done and that sounded like a great feed. I reckon the more the merrier on a holiday away. Anything can happen and usually does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) Too right mate. It turned out an awesome w/end! It's actually a cow & one of the biggest I've seen. On a snapper rod & 30lb braid it went nuts & pulled alot of string. I also learned an interesting fact about dollies. If you take the biggest bull out of a school then the biggest cow turns itself into a male. I never knew that. You learn something new every day. Edited January 29, 2018 by Jewhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omally Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 55 minutes ago, Jewhunter said: Hi Raiders. Just a quick report. Headed down to Evans Head for the long weekend. We had a big crowd in a hired house of 4 adults & 7 kids. Friday arvo we hit the beach for some pipis & a total of 5 rays. My mate took his Tabs tinny down & Saturday was the pick of the days to head offshore at sun up. Unfortunately his sounder packed it in & we couldn't pick up any bottom structure. The gps was still working, so we dropped as close to the marks we had & burleyed hard. Scored a few squire to 40cm & then jigged up some yakkas. Moved to another mark in 30m of water & I tossed the livie out on 30lb braid. As I was free spooling it down line started ripping off the reel. Set the hook & after an epic fight nailed my pb dolly. Fought it right out, so managed a few pics while it still had colour. Home by 1pm, cleaned the fish & then hit the beach in the 4wd's again & fished a nice gutter for a bag of dart. My young fella was stoked to score his 1st fish off the beach & we had a massive feed of crab, calamari & dolly that night. Action packed 48hrs. It felt like we were away for a week! Pic attached. Cheers, Grant. Dolly.pdf Smashing the cod smashing the dollies... Well done Jewhunter did you weigh and measure it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Nice one Grant - bet it tasted great MUC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 50 minutes ago, Omally said: Smashing the cod smashing the dollies... Well done Jewhunter did you weigh and measure it? Didn't weigh it, but my estimate is around 10-12kgs. Measured out overall at 132cms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Just now, mrsswordfisherman said: Nice one Grant - bet it tasted great MUC Hahahaha! We have eaten a few of those together! Yep, it was delicious. Thanks Donna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Jewhunter said: Hahahaha! We have eaten a few of those together! Yep, it was delicious. Thanks Donna. Yeah remember the big feed we had at Port Stephens. How many did we catch!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, mrsswordfisherman said: Nice one Grant - bet it tasted great MUC Ohh & thanks for making the pic visible. I'm an amateur with the new format 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Just now, mrsswordfisherman said: Yeah remember the big feed we had at Port Stephens. How many did we catch!! I lost count!! I know that 4 of us bagged out, & that was before the new bag limits, so a bloody lot. I think we ate dollies 5 different ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jewhunter said: I lost count!! I know that 4 of us bagged out, & that was before the new bag limits, so a bloody lot. I think we ate dollies 5 different ways. Yeah we did and the chef at the pub cooked them beautifully! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 nice big dolly..you don't get many females that big..rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Nice one Grant! Congrats on the pb mate! Definitely best on the barbie! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 10 hours ago, Jewhunter said: Too right mate. It turned out an awesome w/end! It's actually a cow & one of the biggest I've seen. On a snapper rod & 30lb braid it went nuts & pulled alot of string. I also learned an interesting fact about dollies. If you take the biggest bull out of a school then the biggest cow turns itself into a male. I never knew that. You learn something new every day. Whooops. Thanks for the heads up. How do you tell the difference between a bull and a cow then. Cheers R&B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Great fish. Sounds like a cracking weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Great fish and great report. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Nice dolly, Jewhunter! And in 30m too! Be nice to get them in close! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Bulls have the big high head 23kg from gold coast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Congrats on the PB. sounds like A fantastic weekend away. Cheers Rah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Well done on the PB, that is a stonker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 On 30/01/2018 at 8:48 AM, rickmarlin62 said: Bulls have the big high head 23kg from gold coast Thanks for the feedback Rick. If i ever hey the opportunity to catch one i will know now. ?Cheers R&B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Thats a great fish mate.... would have been good eating too ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-SP Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 That’s a cracking dolly, well done!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaniFIN Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 My favorite seafish, nice size allso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 We had dolphin fish for dinner yesterday after catching a few smaller ones yesterday. They certainly pull well especially those bigger ones, nice catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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