saintdylan

Hi guys the fish was caught on a scent blazer, not sure of the name but it was purple and black with a red stripe. It measured 160 so a bit short of the record ( I'm not real tall). The lure was filled with squid. We got the fish just after the tide change around 11. As for comparisons to big Kingies I'm not sure as I haven't caught a king anywhere near this big although I have caught a few marlin up to 100 kg and until we saw the fish we were both sure it was a marlin. Can't wait to get out again.

Hi Scratchie yeah still around mate. The photos are on my phone.

Hi guys went out for a troll last Saturday out of Port Hacking. Headed out at day break to see heaps of birds and bait in around 50 metres so put out the spread. Trolled south east to around 140 metres where we didn't see to many signs of life. We decided to head north and not long after caught a stripe tuna of a couple of kilos. We then came across more birds and heaps of bait jumping out of the water. We followed the school for what must have been close to 2 hours, they were heading north at about trolling speed. I raised the question if we should move on but my mate wisely said to to persist as it looked very fishy. I was on the wheel when I noticed a small buch of birds had broken away about 200 metres from us so headed that way for a look. As we approached the left outrigger went off on a screaming run and luckily I had picked the left side if the boat as my rods. I got on the rod while Blake packed up all the gear then got me in the harness, around then I saw the beast launch about 200 metres behind the boat and that was the last time we saw him. For the next forty minutes I was in good battle with plenty of long runs and also some long stalemates. We finally saw colour and Blake called it for a Black marlin but I was sure I saw a touch of green. A few more winds and our dreams came true a monster Dollie and that's when the nerves really kicked in. Lucky he was pretty tired and was gaffed and on board in no time. Plenty of hoots and high fives ( maybe a hug or two as well). He weighed 20.8 kilos and I have decided to get it mounted. Awesome day and shows persistence pays. I have heaps of pictures if someone can tell me how to put them up.

Going there tommorow to give it a try. Only fished out of Shellharbour once, is there any particular spots along bass point or do you sound around till you find the fish?

Yeah waiting for the reports too mate, hopefully a sign for the positive. We will be out on Trophy hunter, heading to the temp break too. On 21 let you know how we go.

Hi Scratchie it's Dylan we went out with a fish with you in port Stephens last December snapper fishing, we are out tomorrow on Trophy Hunter will be on 21. Let you know if we see anything.

Hi guys here is late report from a trip to Port Stephens before Christmas. We met up with scratchie and followed him out to a spot to chase some snapper. We were drifting unweighted baits for around an hour with not much success, when my mate Phil decided to drop down a snapper snatcher. It was only in the water for a few minutes than bang of she went and after a few good minutes we landed a nice snapper of 68cm. It was a pb for Phil and my boat and it tasted fantastic that night in the BBQ. Want to say a big thanks to scratchie who couldn't have been more helpful I will let you know when we are back up there and we can go for another run. The rest of the time up there was spent doing a bit of fishing, kayaking and just exploring the many beautiful places in Port Stephens. We are so lucky to have a place so nice so close to Sydney. It is as nice a place as I have seen any where in the world.

Hi guys up in port for the next ten days looking for any advice on what's biting and where. Looking to fish a bit inside with the girls and my young nieces and nephews and also offshore for kings, snapper etc. Fished a lot up here for marlin but not much for other species. Any advice would be great.

Fished the last two days, Sunday headed north to the Gibber found plenty of bait but no fish. I saw one boat hook up but lost it. Fished today as far north as Broughton island in 40-60 metres, plenty of birds and dolphins but struggled to find bait hence no fish. Any one else up here doing better or know what's happening further out please let me know.