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Baby Karlos

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  1. Finally managed to get out on the boat on Sunday to chase some tuna with the old man. Was slow going, particularly compared to the reports from last weekend, with only two YFT ~10kg called in on the radio throughout the day. However, persistence paid off and we managed to land this beast ~20km SE of Browns late in the afternoon on the troll. Weighed in at over 50kg and almost beat me for height - awesome fish and definitely a new PB YFT off Sydney
  2. We will also be out there tomorrow Call sign Arrow
  3. Did anyone hear of boats landing fin off Sydney today? We were planning on heading out tomorrow but the water temp / currents aren't looking great and Thursday and Friday were very quiet
  4. We headed out yesterday - trolled from sunrise to sunset. Put the spread in at browns and trolled 15 miles east of Heatons and back - all for zeros unfortunately. Couldn't find the temp break that BOM suggested would be sitting inside Heatons - water temp was 17.8 - 18.0 degrees all day. Only bait we found was 1 - 2km north east of Heatons but nothing big marked. Good luck to those heading out today and Saturday. We will be out again on Sunday - call sign Arrow
  5. Absolutely Looking forward to the day I get one the size of the bus you landed a few months ago Steve
  6. All the fish were caught in water ranging from 20.5 to 20.8 No structure but were feeding on a bit a bait we found bubbling on the surface
  7. Headed out yesterday in search of bluefin / yellowfin and stumbled on these guys We weren't expecting to get our best dollies of the year in winter but we aren't complaining Smallest went 89cm / 8lbs and the biggest 121cm / 16lbs Got all of them on the troll between 2 and 4pm around 5 - 10km west of Heaton's Hill
  8. Managed to catch a bit of the action late in the piece Enough to make a grown man scream - literally
  9. Don't get me started on fuel - we are running two 200hps Yama 2-strokes
  10. Hooked up a big blue (was well over 500lb) this morning in pretty much the same spot you did yesterday. Good pocket of warm water around browns at the moment. Fish went absolutely berserk and managed to bust our leader after a few minutes. Somehow managed to also destroy our teaser in the process. Devastating - hook was well and truly set and we had tested that rig twice last weekend as it was one of my new lure purchases. Hopefully managed to get some footage on the gopro. Heading back in now - sounded like a quiet day on the radio for most.
  11. Both but we have found so far that when we raise the fish they bite every time (i.e. doesn't add much - better running an extra lure out the back) Having said that we have only used it a couple of times as I only set it up when I have 4 or more on the boat which is rare
  12. We will be out there on Saturday - going to bottom bash for kings early and then head out wider to troll for dollies and marlin later in the morning
  13. Attached are a couple of underwater videos of the big dollie examining the spread / smashing the long rigger and a stripy tuna nailing the shotgun from the depths Dollie Tuna Still working on this camera setup so quality isn't great
  14. Used some of the tuna to burley up and yakkas as bait Got one on a soft plastic also
  15. Yep - usually marinade and sear the steaks for a minute on each side Also use as bait for kings, jewies, snapper and baitfish
  16. I usually troll at 6 - 8 knots depending on the lures and conditions
  17. Hadn't had a chance to get out since our dream day earlier in the month so we made the most of the good weather and took Thursday off work to have one last crack at the Marlin this season. We got up at sparrows and headed out to the FAD with a plan to replicate our last trip. We were unfortunately greeted with cold, green water that had floating chunks of weed and rubbish all through it so we quickly pulled in our spread, changed our game plan and started heading to the shelf. On the way out we managed to find an awesome current line at the 120m mark - water turned to a deep blue with the temp spiking from 22.5 degrees to 23.7 degrees and quickly falling away again. That was a no brainer so we turned around, put the spread back out and started trolling. Within minutes we had a triple hookup on good sized dollies (73cm, 76cm and 89cm). By midday we had managed to land 22 dollies, four 65cm+ striped tuna and three monster bonitos but no sign of a Marlin. Thought we needed some positive karma to attract the big fish so I strapped on the stand-up harness and stood out on the deck in anticipation. Call me superstitious but ten minutes later that dorsal fin we had been looking for appeared from the depths, had a look at our long corner lure and smashed it - happy days had taken my heaviest gear (80W with over 1000m of 80lb mono). Kept the boat on autopilot and quickly started to wind in the other lines but within 20 seconds he was off! At lightning speed we reset the spread and started looping the area. Two minutes later another marlin started to stalk our shotgun lure and then finally after a few cracks at it he nailed it. Of course the fish that sticks was on the lightest gear (Penn with only 350m of 50lb braid). We ripped in the other lines and then strapped myself in to try and win back some line - we were down to the last 100m by this stage. Ultimately had to turn the boat to chase the fish to avoid being spooled and just as we did he launched into the air, found a tiny bit of slack and spat the lure. Worked the area for another 30 minutes but they were onto us and had moved on. Only way I could think of heeling those wounds was to head to long reef and bottom bash for some kings before calling it a day. Managed to land a couple of nice 75cm kingies which put the smiles back on our faces pretty quickly. While we didn't land the marlin we were desperately after it was still a cracking day on the water. Hopefully the warm water sticks around for a bit longer so we can have another crack at it. Will put up some underwater videos we got of fish hitting lures later in the week.
  18. We were using pakulas and tuna jets ​Really didn't matter what colour we were running that day - were consistantly hitting lumos, pinks, blues and crystals
  19. Yep both sashimi style and seared - yellowfin was the hands down winner though
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