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We returned to the spot with Capt. Luke Wednesday to a hot morning’s fishing and a cold afternoon. The weather had finally turned it on and the bait had returned but as with our trip out on Monday, the middle of the day saw a big shutdown. The crew on Tsunami persevered until after 5 o’clock in the afternoon and managed to add another Stripey to their three fish from the morning to come home with 4 tags. On Kekoa, we went 3 from 6, all before lunch including two Blacks and one Stripe. I fought a feisty 70kg Black for 45 long minutes on 50lb stand up – foul hooked in the pectoral fin – which reminded me why I prefer to take the pictures! Brendan’s Stripey and Black.

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Here today, gone tomorrow. That’s what happened. Everyone left Port with great expectations after Sunday’s tremendous fishing however those boats that arrived on the Northern bait schools early managed a fish, which included Reel Chase catching a 60kg Black Marlin, but by 10 o’clock it had all shut down. And remained that way for the rest of the day. Capt. Ben on Tsunami had the best day with a Black and a Stripe early before the bite shut down and managed to extract another Stripey late in the day when most boats remained fish-less. We are now a couple of days in Port getting ready for the first weekend of the Interclub.

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After Capt. Jim copped a beating from the Gold Coast to Port Stephens delivering the boat, he settled in for another couple days of rough weather once here~! Friday was trying at best. Saturday not much better. Sunday…..finally some sunshine and calmer winds. On the fishing side, things also started out slow. Luckily, it has improved with the weather. Today most of the fish turned up on queue with a number of boats releasing four and five fish. On board Reel Chase we went 3 from 5.The good news is, whether you are a live baiter or a lure-troller, all methods seemed to work equally well. The Billfish Shootout held over the weekend was won by the boys on board Weapon with 8 billfish (including Marlin grand slams on each day of the comp [Sat/Sun - Blue, Black, Striped]) live baiting, while second place getter was Little Audrey with 7 fish including 3 Blue Marlin all caught on lures.Luckily also, the fishing wasn’t confined just to the bigger boats, with the crew on the small trailer boat Josh catching 4 yesterday on live bait as well. In fact Sam and Richie have brought their trailer boats up once again from Melbourne and have been fishing here for the past two weeks with good fish between them.Reel Chase deckie Darren on his own boat Di Da Ke also had a great day today tagging 4 Marlin and a Mako in the same area. Hopefully this bite is just building up for the Interclub beginning next weekend. Both Kekoa and Reel Chase are located on C Finger at D’Albora (Black Marlin Marina, Nelson Bay). If you are in the area, and need some new Pelagic Gear, please do stop by. Otherwise, always happy to share pictures and fishing reports!Photos: Simon’s Black Marlin, trailer boat battles charter boat in the rough, and 4 x stripies.

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