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The weather has gone from bad to worse to okay and back to worse again. By the consensus of word on the dock, tomorrow (Saturday’s fishing) looks likely to be cancelled again while Sunday looks not too bad.
Thursday saw the wild weather come through earlier than predicted and gave us a very memorable ride home. Hopefully one not to be repeated. With our team up from Sydney stuck in traffic, we got a very late start, missed the early bite (Kekoa successfully released a double-header before 9am) and only got two hours fishing in before it all went to sh!t.
Back to Wednesday which was by far the glamour day of the season (of course being our day off in Port) boats fishing the mid-week Salamander Shores tournament found the fish back down at the original car park. Listening on the radio it was all 1-1-1 and 2-2-2 each sked. Kekoa, not fishing the tourn, and Running Bear had the best day each with four fish, while numerous boats followed up with 3 and 2.
On Wednesday Kekoa reported bait balls at the car park with Striped Marlin feeding on the surface. We saw the same again Thursday – it was a great sight to see!
And on Tuesday, T-Star had a top day with their single lady angler scooping the Ladies Day tournament releasing her first, second, third and fourth Marlin!
Back North
Ultimate Lady has been doing a spot of Blue Marlin fishing from the Gold Coast down to Yamba and released 6 from 9 on Wednesday. The overnight drift unfortunately took them a good deal away from the spot in the fast current (um… 30 miles…) and trying to work their way back there on Thursday they only managed one from three.
In NZ
Reports have been good for the Blue Marlin fishing as well, big ones at that. There was a 442kg Blue weighed on the North Island as well as another two fish over 320kg.
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A Black and a Stripey.
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Champion Capture Boat:
Rampage from
Kurri Tackle.
Champion Tag and Release Boat: Pelagic from Dobbo (with four each) then Fascination IV from a group of boats on three (including Gorilla who I still believe caught four but perhaps disqualified one?)
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Day 1 cancelled due to the strong wind warning. A few boats still ventured out with just a few fish caught between them.Day 2 glamourous weather for the run out, although the wind again picked up in the morning. Without sitting right by the radio all day it was hard to stay on top of the standings, but some of the highlights….Ningaloo started off firing on the first sked and ending with three for the day (unfortunately having to disqualify one of these fish). Bobby Jones on Fascination IV stuck to his secret spot for a consistent three fish early. The newest Assegai Gorilla fished their maiden Interclub with gusto finishing the day with 4 tags. The Griffiths boys on Champagne managed three on skip baits. Calypso with Little Rossi (ex-Sea Baby) at the helm was on the right school tagging three from 12 they raised throughout the day.The biggest Tiger caught was approximately 400+kgs but that pales into insignificance compared to the reported 700+kg Great White released by another boat. On Reel Chase, Tom’s 90kg Stripey came zooming down the waves like an arrow aimed at our transom only to zoom away at the last minute to almost empty the spool on 80lb, surfing down-sea. On Kekoa, the team were hooked up on an odd combination of a marlin and a Hammerhead shark but without much maneuverability in the conditions with boats in very close quarters elected after a short fight to cut off the shark and chase and tag the marlin.Overall there were a large number of Marlin caught by the fleet of 206 boats with most of the boats fishing in the new ‘car park’ on the Northern grounds although the better fishing seemed to be on Southern car park South of 33 degrees latitude. Unfortunately for the small boats that endured the large swelly conditions there still seems to be no sign of small Blacks on the inshore grounds.
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Back at the same spot, fortune smiled on the team on Kekoa today returning with 7 tags. Unlike the day before the bite increased as the day went on accounting for four of the seven total in the last couple of hours and the boys reluctantly left the fish biting to return to Port. The team also marked and raised quite a number of fish that didn’t bite. The full moon may have something to do with their behaviour. By all accounts, they should start to bite better as we get away from the moon. The day started with a nice Bull Dolphin fish that weighed 21kg and tasted yummy tonight for dinner 
The final tally comprising of 4 Blacks to 100kg and 3 Stripeys. Down at the ‘old’ Car Park, boats reported catching a few fish but not in the same numbers, while the bait was good everywhere. Capt. Bob on Fascination III kept to his spot and scored another three on the downrigger. Capt. Scotty on the Freedom also came home with three tags (two Stripys and a Black) and Tsunami on a shortened day with 1 from 3. With preparation for the tournament in full swing tomorrow not sure who will be fishing but hopefully they will be on the bite again.
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