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Capt. Ross on Top Shot sent a note about his latest trip out off Cairns returning last night. He spent some more time out amongst the tuna aggregation proving the fishing is still going well from Cairns – as it often does at this time of year. Over the three days, Capt. Ross went 4 from 10 including 3 blacks at 700, 600, 250lbs and one blue at 300lbs. There are still more tuna than you can poke a stick at and on the jigging they caught a few bigeyes with 2 over the 90lb mark and a yellowfin at 80lbs. Awesome stuff!!! Capt. Ross also says there have been a few big blacks still around on Linden Bank and Jenny Louise and after light tackle fishing (for sails and the like) over the next few days, he’s hoping to get back out there soon. Meanwhile back down south here, the run of smaller blacks continues as well. Capt. Tim on Tradition was bringing the boat home yesterday and released 6 from 7 in the trip south from Cape Moreton. Back up at the Sunshine Coast, Capt. Rob on Triton IV scored one for the ladies, going one from one yesterday for angler Jodie Diefenbach who won the trip as part of Bev Chiffens’ Lady Anglers comp at Awoonga Dam – plus 6 spanish mackerel to keep them busy as well! Today the Sunshine Coast’s solo trailerboat challenge today with Matt Withers taking it out with 2 blacks. Also at last count, The Phantom were 4 from 6 and Ofishal Business with two blacks.
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Well the black marlin fishing is still on fire on both the Sunshine and Gold Coasts – it’s shaping up for a summer of fun.Unfortunately though, at least the Gold Coast boats were foiled in their attempts to get out there again on the weekend with strong winds warnings in effect. But late last week, there were a few able to squeeze in some days before the weather came through. Private boat Brilliant Company with Capt. Simon Carosi was on fire Friday tagging 8 from 9 on lures – made even the more amazing considering there was just Capt. Simon and super-angler Marcus on board. Then they backed up again with another 4 from 5 on Saturday morning! Just outside the seaway – awesome stuff! On Reel Chase we also made it out for a couple of hours in the morning downpour Friday (the only wet day of the week!) for just the one solid bite on the teaser which we switched onto a deadbait for some acrobatics before the tag and release. MORE REPORTS IN: Les Corby tells me they made it out in the strong winds yesterday as well on Reel Deal at 37 Riviera and managed 4 from 5 off Jumpinpin and southern end of Nth Straddie. Fishing nearby they saw Lucky Strike hook up several times. Perry was also out on Comotion on Sunday going 4 from 4 and Dan and the boys went 4 from 6 on Saturday on the old Too Easy. On the Sunshine Coast, the fishing was good for the weekend tournament. Smithy tells me the winning boat Luna tagged 12 fish in the two days including 9 on Day 1, runner up Rum & Coke tagged 9 and third place, with Smithy on board, Reefhunter II with 7. Some very good results!With the wind dying down today, no doubt there will be more boats out there again this week. And back up North, Brett on Watchdog tells me that there are a few fish still around on the Bank. On a day out early last week they went 1 from 3 – successfully releasing a fish around the 300lb mark and missing one in the 800lb range.
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It just gets better and better!Capt. Smithy reports from the weekend off Mooloolaba that Scott Trafford’s 36′ Blackwatch Watch Ya Problem went 3 from 7 on Sunday and The Phantom had two before lunch with most boats seeing plenty of fish – even the mackerel fishermen off Noosa were hooking up on trolled pillies! Bring It On, another SCGFC boat on its maiden trip christening the boat with one black and missing a couple of others. The Phantom took the honours on Saturday with 5 tagged black marlin and a number of other species, and Luna went 3 from 7. On board Triton IV Smithy went 2 from 4 – plus 4 dollies and a bonus snapper from a bit of bottom bashing in the morning – bringing his total to 7 for the week. And on Friday, another local Sunshine Coast 6.2m Kevlacat owned by Luke Carter had a blinder going 6 from 10.More WEEKEND UPDATES: Reports from Coffs Harbour that the bait is in Port Stephens-like plague proportions and the striped and blue marlin action is red hot. Speaking of Port Stephens, I heard another boat got 8 on the weekend down there too!Photo: Michael Mackenzie and his little black on board Triton.
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Fresh from the news from Smithy last week that the little blacks were going off at Mooloolaba, we said they couldn’t be far away from the Gold Coast, and it turns out they were not. They are already here.Fishing on Saturday, Capt. Ross McCubbin on board Lucky Strike released 5 East of the Seaway in the clean water at 28 fathoms. On Sunday, In Deep, fishing in the shallow – and dirty – water near jumping pin released 5 as well. Ross also tells us that Tsunami and Little Audrey were also fishing in the area and got into a few as well. Can’t wait to get out there!
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As it turned out, this was so hard to judge. And so I would like to congratulate Talina O’Brien as the BMFB Flickr Photo Contest Winner. Talina thank you for all your great photos (all 42!) and for your support of the site – your prize is already on its way to you. If you’d like to contribute your photos to the BMFB Flickr Pool, please do any time!
