After the morning presentation breakfast for the tournament we choofed off for and arvo charter. The bait looked good where a couple of boats had done well but no bites for us. We anchored and the reefies were on straight away. A couple of bigger cod made it back to the bottom but Tom got… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: March 2013
The first day we were in the area where most of the fish were caught but we couldn’t find them with only wahoo bite. The other boats hadn’t found them by that stage either so we went heavy tackle. In the first half hour we had a shot here as well but it proved to… Continue Reading
This was a full day with Rick. We started off getting wide of the dirty water left by Oswald. We trolled for wahoo then marlin but did no good so went for a reef fish. The first couple of drifts they were on but then we couldn’t find them. It was then a case of… Continue Reading
The forecast was for it to close in on us but with the mahi mahi there in plague proportions it was worth the risk. We got a heap and then the rain set in and this was to hang in until the cyclone passed. I talked the boys into just making it a half day… Continue Reading
With the bait looking so good and Darren keen to get his first marlin and see how it all works we set up a trip. Early on the wahoo were thick, getting a couple and chopping us off in double hookups and stuff. The bait was awesome but about four boats were working it early.… Continue Reading
Dean booked this one in. We started off on the FADs and got into the mahi mahi again. We kept about 14 then I finally talked the boys into having a quick troll as the bait had looked good the previous couple of days. About third lap over the mark I was working and the… Continue Reading
Rohan booked this one in. We didn’t smash them on the bottom but got a few of the usual suspects like tusk fish, hussar, moses perch and reticulated emperors, had a troll and got the first spanish of the season and also picked up a few mahi mahi from the FADs that hadn’t been extracted.… Continue Reading
Nick booked this one in. The mahi mahi didn’t want to play the game after such a bit hit up from the morning. Luckily on of the gamefish boys found a few floats with a million mahi mahi underneath and called me in. Well we smashed them again. We filled up then had a troll… Continue Reading
Troy and crew were aboard for this trip. We got off to a good start in amongst the pack hooking a black within 5mins for Kane. We got it but in the process we ripped off one of my trim tabs. After a while there was no further joy so we went mahi mahi fishing.… Continue Reading
Regular Phil T booked this one in with Grant again. Making up the three was Liz. We sounded out some of our own bait and set up a drift. First or second drift and we were on. This was Liz’s first marlin and we got the closing stages on video. Shortly after and Grant got… Continue Reading