Mithras Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Hi All. Did a quick run out yesterday as the conditions seemed favourable. Launched from Botany and tried to stock up on livebait with no success. As we headed out the bay, the sounder was so thick with bait that in 80 meters of water the sounder was telling me I was in 8 meters. The sounder could not penetrate the baitfish. We had gannets and Salvin's albatrosses everywhere, diving all around us for hundreds of meters, but there were no bust ups and no big concentration of bait. We trolled all around and got nothing. We did enjoy finding a few dolphins, and watching the gannets speardiving for the bait. We headed out past the Fad, and all the lines went off. The Dollies were thick and we managed to put in half a dozen legal models into the esky for a feed. You could see massive schools of Dollies under the boat and FAD, and the water temp was 23.9 degrees. Not what I was expecting when the SST charts told me 21 Degrees but happy that I could put a few of one of my favourite eating fish into the bag. The wind kept us from going any further out then 25 to 30km, so we trolled north and then back in to the heads, picking up a few Mac Tuna just before the heads. I was lucky enough to win some lures from the Monthly ScentBlazer competition, and made sure I got these out all day. Filled them up with squid. Tested out my outriggers on my boat and they went well, and the lures that were doing the damage was the Nano Chugger in Pink Mackeral, and Mini Scoop Slant Head in REd/Black squid. Photos to come (forgot the SD card) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 That's unreal 23.9!!!!, yeah the charts are showing 21-22.Well done, its not like you are gonna catch a marlin or big tuna everytime you head out. I'm stoked to get a few legal dollies any day of week even if that's all we get all day. Which fad did you get them on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Its good to see you had a good trip, good on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithras Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 That's unreal 23.9!!!!, yeah the charts are showing 21-22. Well done, its not like you are gonna catch a marlin or big tuna everytime you head out. I'm stoked to get a few legal dollies any day of week even if that's all we get all day. Which fad did you get them on? South Sydney Fad. Was really weird, went to clean a dollie when I got home and one of them had flesh like soup. you could make a cut behind the head and squeeze out his meat like he was a roll of toothpaste. Has anyone every seen this? I've been told its a parasite or worm that causes this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMWHITY Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Yep same story for us. Just got two small gemies. An lost 4 rigs , be good when the drift slows a bit ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindenn94 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 South Sydney Fad. Was really weird, went to clean a dollie when I got home and one of them had flesh like soup. you could make a cut behind the head and squeeze out his meat like he was a roll of toothpaste. Has anyone every seen this? I've been told its a parasite or worm that causes this. I had this last year aswell had a couple auctually!! Never figured out what it was!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I had this last year aswell had a couple auctually!! Never figured out what it was!! yeah I get one like that every now and again as well, like wet soap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) Yes, caused by a parasite occurs in all types of pelagic fish. Edited May 30, 2015 by finin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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