GordoRetired

I had a trip to the NT some years ago where we caught a mix of Barra and Threadfin, in my opinion the Threadfin salmon are way better eating than Barra, even though Barra are considered highly desirable table fish.

Loved the video, there's nothing to beat the scream of a reel when a decent Marlin takes off. 🙂

Hummm, A bad day out fishing sure beats a good day in the office. A day golfing vs a day fishing, that's a hard call. 😂😂

Nice Dollies. I have been very slack this summer, not been out once.... Anyone want to buy a boat? ?

Looks like you had another great day out. Well done. Nothing like a good feed of fresh fish. 🙂

Was wondering why I had not seen a report from you for Monday. 🙂

If it wasn't for the banana sticking out out of your mouth I would almost not recognise you with that beard, 🙂 Bad weather but you still managed to find some good fish. Well done. 👍

The reason the jet skis are down there is because they are banned in the Harbour. If they keep driving around like maniacs they'll probably end up banned down there too...

Sounds like a good day out. Something that I do if I ever start to feel seasick is drink a can of coke.No idea why but it seems to settle the stomach. It was a tip that a bloke I used to go game fishing with told me and it has worked for me a few times. Five it a try.

Yet another great day out catching heaps. Well done Bob.

Sounds like a great day... A 2m+ Hammer Head inside the heads is pretty wild. Make me wonder about swimming in the Harbour. 🙂

Thats a great harbor catch. Well done.

Thats a great fish. Well done.

It' a lot of fun catching that many Kingies, even if they were undersized. Well done Bob. 🙂

Good to see that you caught a good haul as usual, shame that none went to size, but still a great effort and lots of fun..

Nice mixed bag Bob. 🙂

Would love to get out with you on the new boat whenever you have a spare spot. I even have my own version of those sinker jigs 🙂

Looks like a fun day was had by all and you came home with a good feed of my favorite fish. 🙂 The whales are spectacular.

Hope the ribs heal up soon, I cracked one some years back barefoot skiing and it hurt to do pretty much anything, even breath. 🙂 Looks like you got some nice fish on the run out, even if it did hurt a bit. Well done. How did the dog trials go?

Absolutely, especially after what happened to those poor blokes that day down south. Very sad.

Forecast for Saturday looked pretty good so plans were made to head out to 12 mile and chase some kings.... Well as they say the best laid plans of mice and men! ! ! ! Started well with the boat in the water before 6.00 and headed to Balmoral to fill up the live bait tank before heading out. Then it started to go wrong. We anchored up and started with the berley...hum no yakkas, kept berleying still no yakkas, All we managed was a reasonable sized Trevally. After best part of an hour we gave up. Plan to hit 12 mile out the window. 😞 Plan 2. Head out to the reefs as we did have bait on board. Started out the front of Manly drifting around and got minimal bites, one of the boys pulled in a 40cm Snapper but other than that only the odd Sargent Baker and rock cod. That was pretty much how to day went from then on, we tried multiple spots from Manly up to Long Reef and were hardly getting touched. By the time we got to Long Reef wide, around 11.00 we still only had the one snapper. Managed a reasonable Nannygai and 1 keeper Flathead on the wide drift but overall it was one of the quietest days that I have ever experienced. Spoke to a few other boats and that seemed to be the consensus all round. One of them had been to 12 mile and come back in to Long Reef as 12 mile was dead as well. So at least we were not the only ones not landing fish. The main highlight of the day was seeing a few dolphins and lots of whales. One small pod of whales just off Manly put on a fantastic display of breaching and tail slapping around 100m from us for around 20 minutes which was wonderful to watch. Ah well, better luck next time. 🙂

What a great day out with some lovely meals to come. 🙂

I believe that those cuttle fish make really good King fish bait. Good feed there. Well done. 🙂

Thats a nice Snapper on the SP's. Well done.

Hope the dog trials are going well Bob. Good luck.