Scent Blazer Lures Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) After running up to Port last week and being greeted by green water and strong northerlies and receiving very poor marlin reports, we put the boat in its pen and made the decision to come back to Sydney. The weekend blew out but the Scent Blazer Crew got out and caught a few dollies. So yesterday with the weather predicted to ease we got the boat and crew together to head wide in search of Mr. Marlin, after refueling and rounding north head we were greeted with green dirty water that was 21.4 degrees and a southerly that kicked up the current running down the hill. After looking at the Sea Surface Charts I could see a little head of current just north of Sydney on the shelf so our plan was to fish the break in hope of a beakie. Listening to the radio, the chatter was to a minimal with boats out near Heaton’s and Browns finding good temps, green water and no bait so I pointed the bow northeast to the water we found on the charts. As we got closer to the predicted marks the water warmed and cleared to a nicer shade of blue. The temp rose from 21.4 to 24.0 with lots of little breaks of 0.5-degree changes. But our first stop was the Manly Hydraulics Buoy we were greeted by heaps of small dollies and many striped tuna. With the weather very gloomy and overcast we decided to add little LED lights to the head of the lures and bait in the chambers of our Nano’s, which was the key to our success!! All the lures that had bait and lights in them were catching all the fish; the lures were visible to the fish and us as they stood out looking down from the bridge. It’s just another great feature of Scent Blazer’s. After catching half a dozen dollies on Scent Blazer Nano’s they turned off but we could still see them on the trollcam following the lures. A few more passes for zeros we switched the lures to a large spread of lures from Smalls to Large in search of a billfish. We loaded the lures and teasers with some striped tuna we had caught earlier; this was the key to our afternoon’s success!! Watching the trollingcam like a hawk, we drove over a school of small stripies, only to see a marlin come up on the Large Slant Head in skipjack pattern and crash it!! What a sight!! It was a big fish; he crashed the short corner and took off only to spit the hooks. Ah well so we kept working the area in hope of raising the fish again and 10mins later we had a striped Marlin on the long rigger, a Small Purple frigate in a smoker head and caught on troll cam, absolutely insane to see the fish on the screen eat your lure!! It was only a small fish but he put up a great show and was good to find fish considering no other boats raised a fish, maybe Scent Blazer is the secret!! After playing with him around the boat the hooks just fell out of his tiny mouth. Was a great arvo, this saw us catching dolphin fish and striped tuna into the dark because the lures were lit up with LED’s. Here is a tip: when you catch a lot of stripies and there are a lot of strpies in the area, cut one up and fill your lures and teasers with the stripy. There’s a good chance that the marlin will be eating the stripies so simply match the hatch!! Video - TrollCam Footage Video - HowTo rig for marlin Photos - TrollCam Images Photos - Surface Images Fully Story Untill the next bite, Tight Lines Andrew SBC Edited February 15, 2013 by Scent Blazer Lures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Thank you for all the info you've provided and the great footage!!! Scent blazers seem to have the jump on most lures and I will be investing in some. Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostproperty Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Hey mate what was the temp out at the MHL buoy ? Was the water blue out there or still green and a bit colder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillfishMan Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Great footage, it looked like the marlin billed or bit at the lure thinking it was a real fish becasue it smelt the fresh striped tuna inside the lure, then it came back around and swallowed the lure without hestitation thinking the lure was a wounded fish, text book stuff What lights did you use in the lures, thats a great idea as well?that footage makes me want to leave work and get out there right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish87su Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The troll cam footage is crazyyy!!! Need to invest in one of those. Which SST charts do you use? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Thank you for all the info you've provided and the great footage!!! Scent blazers seem to have the jump on most lures and I will be investing in some. Cheers scratchie!!! No Worries Scratchie, anytime!! they are certainly a great investment for consistently catching fish!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Hey mate what was the temp out at the MHL buoy ? Was the water blue out there or still green and a bit colder? Hey DownToFish we had 23.4 but was a pretty distinct break from the 21.4 we encountered only half a mile before. the water wasn't as green as it has been the past few weeks. Tight Lines Andrew SBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Great footage, it looked like the marlin billed or bit at the lure thinking it was a real fish becasue it smelt the fresh striped tuna inside the lure, then it came back around and swallowed the lure without hestitation thinking the lure was a wounded fish, text book stuff What lights did you use in the lures, thats a great idea as well? that footage makes me want to leave work and get out there right now Thanks BillfishMan, having the bait in the chamber certainly makes the strikes more aggressive and also gives you a far better hook up!! We use little LED lights that clip together (will post a pic when i get one) but the lures come with the glow sticks that have a spot in the Hook Lock to insert them. Tight Lines Andrew SBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 The troll cam footage is crazyyy!!! Need to invest in one of those. Which SST charts do you use? Cheers yea they are a great little unit Kingfish_Su!! we use the seasurface.com charts, they are pretty good and well worth investing in. Tight Lines Andrew SBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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