jarvis689

Might see if there's any room left up the bay.

Hey all, Wonderful night out on the water tonight. Just sitting near the entrance to Jerusalem. So far though, no sign of anything. Would love to know if anyone else is having better luck! Cheers all

Hey mate, Did you end up going out? I'm going to head out from broken Bay this Saturday assuming the forecast stays the same. Cheers

Yeah, I was wondering how the recent weather was going to play out. With limited chances these days I guess I'll try when I can though. If you're not out there you are not much of a chance regardless. I'll send my report on fuel bill and fish.

Hey all, Just wondering if there are any early reports of tuna off Sydney at the moment? It seems to be an interim stage at the moment but with the swell reports for the long weekend it's perfect for the trailer boat out wide. Otherwise I guess long reef for kings will be the go to for the weekend... Thoughts and exact gps marks always appreciated ??

Thanks for that, I'll have a look for it when I get back to a computer.

Hi all, I appreciate that people like to keep their spots secret but I am at my wits end. I've spent 20+ years catching small reds in the hawkesbury system and never a keeper. My best guess at the moment is to head offshore and drift across broken ground off the northern beaches...? No idea... Any tips or guidance would be greatly appreciated! Cheers MJ

I didn't measure but the bigger one was probably 65cm ish.

Yeah The important part is cutting out any of the remaining bloodline. Then you end up with those delicious 'loins' that you grilled there. Perfection!

No, despite heading east the current dragged me down a bit further. If you know the depth contour lines around there, there is a a ridge that looks like a horseshoe between the 90m and 100m mark. I actually got a marlin around here last year.

Yep, almost instantly one went across the middle line and then the second fish went through all of them. To finish my troll in I decided to only run two...

So my fishing buddies decided to leave me on my lonesome on Sunday morning. With approval from the family to go out I decided to go solo. Put in at Apple Tree and thought I'd go check the swell to have a troll offshore. Magic conditions, even driving out through my least favourite Broken Bay. Decided to head due east and see what happens. I dropped some tuna skirts/feathers short out the back (still amazes me the one 3m from the back of the boat gets hit first every time) and a bigger skirt way out the back in around 40m of water. Beautiful water past 50m and for about 5 minutes I had a school of flying fish jumping around the boat as I trolled on. Was fully expecting the reels to start screaming any minute. Nothing. I continued out to the 100m mark then turn round to head back in. On the way back to where I marked the flying fish I head one rubber band snap and the reel scream, as I turn to see which one it is BANG the second goes off. Oh no....I should NOT have had 3 rods out whilst solo. This begins the process of managing each fish and trying to get it into a good position so I can lock up the drag and get each on in separately. After 15 minutes or so, I've got two pretty good stripeys on board and a bit of a tangle with the third line. Despite what people say, when I bleed them instantly and get them on ice they taste perfectly fine. A lot of it went to the neighbors so it isn't wasted and they have all said it's some of the best tuna they have eaten. It's all in the prep and making sure they are killed and kept fresh. Both raw and steaks were excellent. I don't think I'd freeze them though, anything left is bait. Regardless, was an excellent day and was extremely pleased to get the double hookup and both landed. Wish I had some company for the day though, would have headed out wider where it sounded like the birds, bait, tuna and marlin were going off! Safety first though. Cheers all!

So I figured that I should provide an update on the day out on Tuesday. I was able to take out some clients for a fish (perks of being in sales) and the weather and conditions just turned it on! Started at Roseville nice and late around 10:30 and headed out to quarantine head and within 20 minutes had the first king on board. Hung around there for a while and flicked some lures to watch the school kings chasing hard. The guys decided that the sea was too flat to stay inside so we headed out to have a look for surface feeders. Heading out through the heads and there was A LOT of bait fish feeding on the surface (yakkas I think) and in the midst of this were some jumping Tuna. I'm pretty sure stripeys as I got one the other day. p.s. Under rated eating by everyone. We trolled around the schools of bait with some skirts and divers hoping for a fun little tuna but nothing hit. Headed out wider, only about 60M only hoping for something bigger hovering under the bait but nothing unfortunately. Water temp was still high 24's all the way. Came back inside again for the change of tide and some lunch and set back up at Quarantine Head. Found the yakkas again. I've never seen them so think! After a quick visit from the water police to say hi we proceeded to catch a few more kings and called it a day in the late afternoon. This is what happens when you take the day off work to go fishing midweek!!! The true highlight of the day though. Taking clients out for a fish, showing them how I like to catch kings, watching them catch them all day on my gear, rigs and bait. Not catching a SINGLE THING all day myself... Hilarious. $%(&!@) Fishing eh... Get amongst it everyone!

It's actually the 625 outsider. A little bit older but keen eye.