Marlin01 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Well that time of year, up to SWR for a couple of weeks with the family. Arrive Friday, unpack and relax whilst prepping for a fish Saturday. Saturday dawns, bar was flat so up to Grassy we head to be greeted by green, cold water (21.5deg). Very dead on the wider grounds so headed in closer and the snaps were co-operative unlike the Mackerel! Went south the next day, big swell (3M+) and only a couple of small snapper. Fished real close up North and went well on the reds. Landed a 5 and 6kg red on light gear along with some great pan fish, bluefin and yellowfin and a couple of school mackerel. Great day TBC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Sounds like your having a great time mate ! I had a trip booked in to SWR couples of weeks back which got canned due to last minute work deadlines ? What conditions would you say are the “cut off” for the bar crossing? Interested to hear how the bar behaves in different swells and wind directions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marlin01 Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 The bar is typically quite good on most run in tides and the first half of the run out. This is all swell dependent along with wind direction. We fished twelve of fourteen days and had no trouble on the bar. We did utilise the “chicken run” on the North wall a few times just to avoid the pressure waves on the main bar. This is shallow (.5M under the hull) but very safe and allows waiting for a break if required. Back to the fishing, more snapper and a few nice Spanish appeared by the end of week one as the temp snuck up to 23.5deg. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin01 Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) Week two saw the temp keep sneaking up and a few more reports of Spotted Mack’s. Plenty of bluefin tuna along with Mack tuna for a work out! Current started to run a bit harder but surprisingly the bottom fish shut down, glad we got a couple of pearlies and tuskfish first week. Fished Tuesday and didn’t have a fish in the boat at 12 o’clock. Fish in closer again to get a few reds and a hot Spaniard bite going, lots of current. Fished Grassy wide next day and wound up with some great reds (the sharks got the big ones ?? Even managed a few spotties to top off the day! Edited May 2, 2018 by Marlin01 More words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marlin01 Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 The last day for fishing arrived so back to Grassy, water was blue and warm (26deg). Too much current to berley for reds. Surface fish were the order of the day. First livie ot got short back and sided, I always wonder how they miss all those hooks? Start readying for another livie deployment when Nicho spots a couple of Wahoo cruising, jam on a slimie and no balloon, instant strike and wait for the screaming run....and wait and wait. Strange fight, never got more than 50 M from the boat, start thinking tuna but no telltale headshakes? Guesses keep coming, I’m thinking big Spanish. After 20 min we get a flash of silver 15 M down, Spanish. Pump and wind and spot the blue stripes 10 M down. Nicho finishes with a great gaff shot and my first Wahoo hits the deck, pretty stoked. Manage to loose three big spots in a row as the stinger falls out 2 m from the boat each time. More tuna and a couple of spotties actually landed sees us finish a great trip. Love fishing up here, so many options, took the kids fishing and crabbing also a couple of times. Ill be back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin01 Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 He doesn’t waste much, yum! 14Kg Wahoo, I’ve gaffed a few but never caught one ☝️ Done ✅ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Nice work boys might be goin hat hd in two weekends hope the macks are still chewin..rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin01 Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 The charters went well a week ago, nice spotties too, I reckon you’ll do well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Great report and sounds like you had a heap of fun. Well done on the first Wahoo. That mack looks very nice. Cheers R&B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Great looking trip there guys & those fish are crackers. Very envious indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-SP Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 That’s an awesome trip and great report! What did the damage on the reds? Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Some cracking fish there mate! Gotta love the north coast. So many more fishing options and bigger species! Well done! cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishermanSteve Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I think I'm that area fishing for two days I'm July I hope there is still fish like that about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin01 Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 On 04/05/2018 at 9:03 PM, Stu-SP said: That’s an awesome trip and great report! What did the damage on the reds? Well done! Just fishing in the berley, not many berley up there. Really is a lucky dip what’s going to bite in the cubes. Most snapper had berley in their guts, shows it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-SP Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 06/05/2018 at 3:21 PM, Marlin01 said: Just fishing in the berley, not many berley up there. Really is a lucky dip what’s going to bite in the cubes. Most snapper had berley in their guts, shows it works. Thanks for the tip Marlin!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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