A little Dolly Action!

[Larkin]

Gday Raiders!

Conditions looked the goods on Friday so planned a trip out with a mate on our Jetski’s. Ramp was really busy even though we arrived before first light. We hit up the bait grounds and loaded up on yakkas. Some were tiny 10-12cm and others around 25cm. 
Out wide my mate hooks up first, then it’s all on for the next few hours. I put on the largest baits I have and start to slow troll specifically looking for larger fish. 

Fish went 

1.15m released (main photo and vid)

1.10m

1m

85cm

 

 

 

 

[big Neil]

Some quality Dollies there Larkin. Another of the species on my bucket list. Beautiful looking fish and excellent on the plate, although I have only eaten it a few times. I laughed when I saw the 2nd photo. The Dollie looks to be "pouting"... hardly surprising having just been caught.

Cheers, bn

[Little_Flatty]

Been waiting for some dolly reports! They are one of the most stunning fish in the ocean, good on the plate and a sustainable take as well.

[Blackfish]

Great report and photos there Larkin, now there’s a coincidence they turned up here on Friday as well and a mate got a few as well.

His method was a bit more traditional, he caught them out of a boat.

Edited November 9 by Blackfish

[bessell1955]

Great report and even greater photos!

[Robbo from Sydney]

Summer is definitely getting close - warm water and dollies! Well done Larkin on yet another good catch

[zmk1962]

Well done Chris. You’re the man. You’re on the score board. 
cheers Zoran. 

[Basil D]

9 hours ago, Larkin said:

Gday Raiders!

Conditions looked the goods on Friday so planned a trip out with a mate on our Jetski’s. Ramp was really busy even though we arrived before first light. We hit up the bait grounds and loaded up on yakkas. Some were tiny 10-12cm and others around 25cm. 
Out wide my mate hooks up first, then it’s all on for the next few hours. I put on the largest baits I have and start to slow troll specifically looking for larger fish. 

Fish went 

1.15m released (main photo and vid)

1.10m

1m

85cm

 

IMG_7118.mov 13.43 MB · 6 downloads  

 

 

Nice report Chris, keep them coming, I was thinking to head out to the fads as well but I was so excited abdout my last couple of trips further north it just made my decision for me , although it didnt pay off this time, still got a trag, some mowies for the Neighbours  , and took home a feed of flathead 

[Larkin]

15 hours ago, big Neil said:

Some quality Dollies there Larkin. Another of the species on my bucket list. Beautiful looking fish and excellent on the plate, although I have only eaten it a few times. I laughed when I saw the 2nd photo. The Dollie looks to be "pouting"... hardly surprising having just been caught.

Cheers, bn

Thanks Neil, good fighters!
Prepared some tonight in a simple panko crumb paired with a coldie. 🍺 

13 hours ago, Little_Flatty said:

Been waiting for some dolly reports! They are one of the most stunning fish in the ocean, good on the plate and a sustainable take as well.

They’ve been around for the last 4 weeks - sitting on the fish trap buoys off Sydney. With the fads being deployed a week or two ago they’re everywhere. 
 

12 hours ago, Blackfish said:

Great report and photos there Larkin, now there’s a coincidence they turned up here on Friday as well and a mate got a few as well.

His method was a bit more traditional, he caught them out of a boat.

Thanks Blackfish! Haha news is out. The charter boys have been getting them for the last 4 weeks on the traps - some right in close only a few k’s out.

12 hours ago, bessell1955 said:

Great report and even greater photos!

Thanks Bessel! love the colours!

11 hours ago, Robbo from Sydney said:

Summer is definitely getting close - warm water and dollies! Well done Larkin on yet another good catch

cheers Robbo!

definitely starting to warm up. Good sized Dollie’s and also some big kings showing up off Sydney too.
 

11 hours ago, zmk1962 said:

Well done Chris. You’re the man. You’re on the score board. 
cheers Zoran. 

Haha Thanks Zoran!

Get into em mate. Pity the weather looks like crap this week.

im guessing the doors are all up 😉 no excuses now bro

10 hours ago, Basil D said:

Nice report Chris, keep them coming, I was thinking to head out to the fads as well but I was so excited abdout my last couple of trips further north it just made my decision for me , although it didnt pay off this time, still got a trag, some mowies for the Neighbours  , and took home a feed of flathead 

Thanks Basil,

if I had known you were on the water, would of let you know earlier. 
 

 

 

[jenno64]

Great post Chris, you always get your target species!

 

[Yowie]

Good work there Chris, a great bag of dollies of good sizes. Paid off for you.

The ramp getting busy now? Don't want to get there even earlier than I do.

[dlvbw]

Great work on some quality dollies. The secret is definitely out. We did well yesterday but so did the other 20 boats! The southerly was NOT fun. 

[Larkin]

14 hours ago, jenno64 said:

Great post Chris, you always get your target species!

 

Haha thanks Rob!

Not always, but I usually have a back up plan that’ll save the day. This day they were on out there.

12 hours ago, Yowie said:

Good work there Chris, a great bag of dollies of good sizes. Paid off for you.

The ramp getting busy now? Don't want to get there even earlier than I do.

Thanks Dave! 
my mate picked up 4 too, between 85-95cm. 

Yeah it’s starting to get busy, especially on nice days after a week of bad weather. I know you’re an early bird, so won’t have any issues finding a spot. 

2 hours ago, dlvbw said:

Great work on some quality dollies. The secret is definitely out. We did well yesterday but so did the other 20 boats! The southerly was NOT fun. 

Haha, yeah it came up much earlier than expected. A mate of mine was out there, but knew to head in early - back at the ramp by 9am. Got 3 around 70-85

yeah most heard they were on. On Friday the banter was quiet on the radio. Lol.
Good on you for getting onto a few 👍

[Isaac Ct]

Quality fish Chris, well done. Very tasty few feeds there.

 

[zmk1962]

On 11/10/2024 at 7:46 PM, Larkin said:

Haha Thanks Zoran!

Get into em mate. Pity the weather looks like crap this week.

im guessing the doors are all up 😉 no excuses now bro

Hahaha ... yes ALL DONE !!!!  all ceilings, walls, skirtings, window frames and 33 doors (3 coats ea)... ALL DONE !  .... but I am too tired to go fishing 😞

Kidding ... 😡🤯😤'ing weather.

Cheers Zoran

 

 

[Sharknado]

I always say you only get out what you put in & you certainly put in the hard yards so congrats 👍

With fishing there are no guarantees but hey 9 times out of 10 its better to be out there doing it than sitting at home wishing you were out there!

My last fishing outing after having about a 4 month break gave me a donut, the weather was not what BOM & Seabreeze predicted but thats why they say its just a guide right, it blew a gale & chopped up for most of the 4 hours I put up with it before calling it quits.

BUT I still hade fun & enjoyed it.

I have heard Mahi Mahi sashimi & ceviche is awesome but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to make it for myself......................one day  

 

Edited November 13 by Sharknado

[Larkin]

On 11/11/2024 at 1:57 PM, Isaac Ct said:

Quality fish Chris, well done. Very tasty few feeds there.

 

Thanks Isaac!

it didn’t hang around long - I managed one feed.
I had the last vac bag saved in the freezer and it got snatched by the wife’s friend. 
 

On 11/12/2024 at 4:13 PM, zmk1962 said:

Hahaha ... yes ALL DONE !!!!  all ceilings, walls, skirtings, window frames and 33 doors (3 coats ea)... ALL DONE !  .... but I am too tired to go fishing 😞

Kidding ... 😡🤯😤'ing weather.

Cheers Zoran

 

 

Haha, sounds like it was full on!

Hopefully you have a bit of spare time to take the boat out now! 
im calling it, .5m swell 5klm light breeze all next week … see you out there 

59 minutes ago, Sharknado said:

I always say you only get out what you put in & you certainly put in the hard yards so congrats 👍

With fishing there are no guarantees but hey 9 times out of 10 its better to be out there doing it than sitting at home wishing you were out there!

My last fishing outing after having about a 4 month break gave me a donut, the weather was not what BOM & Seabreeze predicted but thats why they say its just a guide right, it blew a gale & chopped up for most of the 4 hours I put up with it before calling it quits.

BUT I still hade fun & enjoyed it.

I have heard Mahi Mahi sashimi & ceviche is awesome but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to make it for myself......................one day  

 

Thank you Sharknado!

Being out there is the part I enjoy most - exploring and fishing all the different areas. 

At least you got a chance to get out there - Pitty about the weather, the BOM’s reports have been really bad lately - I find some of the wind prediction sites much more accurate.

No sashimi this time, ended up just doing a panko crumb coating. 
 

Good luck on your next trip!