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If we’d left 5 minutes earlier, we would have missed this beauty!Capt. Jim said we were going to be the last boat behind the reef and we were. Seconds away from winding in the lines just after 6 o’clock, a hole appeared where the Scaley was. A great active fight on the surface and 5 minutes later, Chris’s biggest Marlin to date was tagged – a nice 800lb-er which gave us plenty of photo opportunities on dusk.The day started flat calm with a beautiful snorkel on the edge and then a lot of trolling an waiting. Fishing on Monday had a 30 minute flurry of big fish – which unfortunately we missed – and for Viking II, Ningaloo, Kekoa and Iceman resulted in big fish released. Meanwhile Tradition fought a four hour tussle only to break the leader in the dark. As a result, the boats on Ribbon Number 3 & 4 on Tuesday were out in force trying to get a bit of the big girl action for themselves. The monotony was broken at 3 o’clock when a 200lb-er grabbed the Scad as we followed up a school of Skipjack and a quick tag and release put angler Chris on the board. Unfortunately for most the fleet, the previous day’s action was not to be repeated although a couple of big fish were hooked (but not landed) except for Ultimate Lady who entertained us all with a big of hot action in the afternoon.As the countdown to the Lizard Island Tournament begins (Sunday) we hope that the big fish continue to arrive.
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Steve’s fish tries to skewer the tagpole and Kekoa backing down in the rough. Back at Number 5 Ribbon again overnight after fishing from Ribbon 2 to 5 yesterday and the flotilla is slowly growing. Parked nearby we have Mistress, Raptor, Tradition, The Ultimate, Allure, Kekoa and Reel Chase as well as two private boats including the 24ft Bonehead who ventured out with the bigger boats in the wild conditions yesterday.We caught our one and only for Angler Steve at the top of Number 2 – a frisky 200lb-er that almost joined us in the cockpit at one stage. Nearby we watched Kekoa release their regulation big fish (850lb-er). Most other boats also netting a fish for the day as well.The weather has cleared a little this morning and we are going to take the opportunity to head back up the Ribbons searching for our big one.
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Kevin and Ronnie’s fish rocketing on the leaders. Big moon, big wind, big fish. That’s the story from the Ribbon Reefs!Driving 30knot rain squalls, 4 metre seas and the big Momma’s are back in town. Trolling North from St. Crispen’s Reef, Kekoa released a 950lb-er for world-renowned Angler Marsha B on regulation 130 chair tackle off Number 4 Agincourt. A smaller fish later in the day of Anderson Reef completed a good day in the atrocious conditions for Capt. Luke.Meanwhile back on Reel Chase, our down-sea run starting at Number 3 Ribbon stopped abruptly just after lunch, with two quick fishing (at top) for Kevin and Ronnie at the bottom of Number 5. Although we persevered all day in the same area, we didn’t raise any more. But the big fish stories keep coming in.Reports of Hayden on the Release catching another monster the day before at the top of Number 5 after a 4 hour battle only to put the baits back in and hook-up on another similar sized fish immediately. Unfortunately this one was lost. Also on Monday, Tiger on Mistress released a good 800lb-er in the same area. Hopefully the weather eases from here on in and we can get amongst those big girls ourselves!
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With the weather raging 25-30 knots, overcasting with showers – we are raring to get out there again today!
While we were back into port just after lunch, some quick updates from the boats fishing: The Cairns Professional Game Fish Association’s one day Marlin Jackpot was taken out yesterday by Capt. Laurie and team on Ningaloo (formerly Sir Reel) on countback with one fish tagged. Other boats releasing fish yesterday include Calypso, also fishing at the bank, with their first fish of the season as well as Little Audrey, Mauna Kea, Release and Kekoa. More fish sighted – good news!
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Back in the action, traveling North, down-sea with the weather, we found a nice 300lb-er tailing on Number 2 Ribbon and baited him resulting in a successful tag for angler Graham from Adelaide. As this was his first Marlin, a tough day fishing in atrocious conditions was made worth while. Mistress, following us down-sea for our troll along the Ribbon Reefs, also reported a similar size fish.At our overnight anchorage at Number 5 we found all the boats fishing North of us except for Fascination working out of Lizard Island which indicates it is still very slow at the top. However of this group, both Viking II and Ultimate Lady have both reported fish at Number 5 in the past two days with two for Viking and reported an 800lb-er tagged on Ultimate Lady on Saturday afternoon on Number 5. In deteriorating weather conditions today we are limiting our activities to bait fishing and an early return to Cooktown for overnight changeover.Update: Tom’s fish in Townsville weighed in at 1109lbs. Congrats for the first Grander for the Townsville Club in a number of years!
