Jimbo1973 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) G’Day Raiders Went out for a look Sunday morning as the weather was kind to small boat owners with low winds and slight seas, first stop was the Joey where there was a good mix of rats and a few decent fish amongst them , used up all my squid and put 2 keepers in the esky after releasing 3 and losing a really nice fish at the boat. While the weather was still good we headed east and once wide started to head for the Terrigal FAD, there were quite a few dolphins out there enjoying themselves , had a small dolly hit one of the skirts which was put back to grow up and swam off well, shortly after had something large hit one of the skirts and pulled hard a mad flurry of action to clear the other lines then got into it and after what was probably less than a minute the fish threw the barbless hooks and was gone! It had some serious go in it! We then headed out to where the GPS said the FAD would be but couldn’t find it for love nor money!?!? Saw a couple of other boats coming in around the same time that may have had the same issue!? With no FAD to be found we headed to the 50mt Flathead grounds off the Joey to top up the esky and put a few blue spots on ice for dinner before calling it a very good mornings work and heading in. Good forecast for tomorrow so might have to have another crack! Edited March 11, 2019 by Jimbo1973 Add pic 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Great work mate thats a nice mixed bag. Can i ask why are you trolling with barbless hooks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1973 Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) G’Day Mate, My mate who was out with me is the game fisherman and he loves billfish and wants them to release well so he runs barbless hooks, they are good for an easy release sometimes while you are still fighting them! lol Was a nice bag and a tasty breakfast, smashed the kingie sashimi this morning! Edited March 11, 2019 by Jimbo1973 Add pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Great report & photos, shame the big one didn’t stay hooked up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Great work some top fish and great photos Jimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 12 hours ago, GoingFishing said: Great work mate thats a nice mixed bag. Can i ask why are you trolling with barbless hooks? Line pressure is what keeps a hook in , not the barb, ski jump size barbs dont get stuck in the first place so the just fall out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, PaddyT said: Line pressure is what keeps a hook in , not the barb, ski jump size barbs dont get stuck in the first place so the just fall out. I just learnt something 👍thanks Can you buy barbless Game hooks or do you file them back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Watch Pakulas video on hook sharpening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 A nice feed and a good day out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish2relax Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Are you referring to the Broken Bay (Sydney North) FAD? - that is still missing - I made the same mistake on Sunday. Terrigal FAD is still there and you should of spotted the dozen boats around it. where do you fish for flatties of Broken Bay? I usually have a drop on the way back in for zeros.... Nice catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Good report and love the Poly - same colour as ours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1973 Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 Hi Paddy , you’re exactly right and it was when I bumped it into neutral that we lost it , live and learn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1973 Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 5 hours ago, fish2relax said: Are you referring to the Broken Bay (Sydney North) FAD? - that is still missing - I made the same mistake on Sunday. Terrigal FAD is still there and you should of spotted the dozen boats around it. where do you fish for flatties of Broken Bay? I usually have a drop on the way back in for zeros.... Nice catch. Hi Mate, i just line line up the tip of the lighthouse with the west head car park in 50mts of water and drop a couple of reedy rig paternoster over the side with a lump of whatever bait I catch at the valiant on the way out The fish come pretty quick when you find a patch lots of double hook ups and sore arms from winding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1973 Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 5 hours ago, mrsswordfisherman said: Good report and love the Poly - same colour as ours It’s indestructible, they live a hard life tied up at the wharf on the Island! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1973 Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 5 hours ago, fish2relax said: Are you referring to the Broken Bay (Sydney North) FAD? - that is still missing - I made the same mistake on Sunday. Terrigal FAD is still there and you should of spotted the dozen boats around it. where do you fish for flatties of Broken Bay? I usually have a drop on the way back in for zeros.... Nice catch. Yeah there were a few boats out there but couldn’t find it anywhere, looking at the GPS I drive lines over the top of it a few times but no love! Spoke to Ron Osman and he mentioned the current has been pulling the FAD under the surface which makes sense , next Monday is looking good for another run out so will give it another go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1973 Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 15 hours ago, masterfisho7 said: Great work some top fish and great photos Jimbo Thanks mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1973 Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 5 hours ago, fish2relax said: Are you referring to the Broken Bay (Sydney North) FAD? - that is still missing - I made the same mistake on Sunday. Terrigal FAD is still there and you should of spotted the dozen boats around it. where do you fish for flatties of Broken Bay? I usually have a drop on the way back in for zeros.... Nice catch. It’s not a bad spot out there , it’s all tiny little spikey flathead from the valiant out to about 35-40mts then the better fish seem to come in around 45-50mts , attached a couple of pics from recent session out there wasn’t as pleasant as Sunday but certainly got a feed using fresh frigate fillets for bait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 God job! ... and a fan of BB offshore myself . cheers Zoran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Great Stoory and great pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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