New mission starts! - offshore rept 28 12

[imnotafish]

Headed out thismorning to look for the dollies which were meant to be about,\
Took us ages to get bait with yakkas being picky at first light but finally got a few and went out to the Dee Why wave rider.
and lo and behold - no bloody dollies - just a few rat kingies :banghead: didnt hang round for long after quick reappraisal of options, put out a spread and started trolling east. got about 40 or 50 mins into the session when we hooked up on the little pakula fluzi, and a little jellybean yellowfin about 5kg comes to the boat.:icon_smile_wink:
Feeling a little better we kept going to about 90- 100 fathoms when Bang...
the 7inch mcgoo root beer goes off screaming, of course on the lightest line in the spread - 15kg, on the tld 30.
wasnt good news from the start, with more than half the spool empty very quickly.
got stuck into it for a few minutes before a big jump and tailwalk from what looked to be around a 100-120kg marlin.
Then as it landed - nothing. It cut the line above the (obviously too short) double as it spun its tail around.
goodbye fish, goodbye nice new lure. :banghead: :1badmood:
day continued pretty quietly out to browns - cubed for a bit out there 4 zeros
headed back in with lures out again - double hook ups on two even smaller yellowfin around 3-4kg
headed in to peak wave rider - still hoping for dollies with our livies - but swarms of seriously rat kings (25cm) ruined things. Finally got a 50cm dolly on a pilly unweighted before the wind came up and we called it a day.
nice water out off the shelf, blue and warm, makes me keen to go again tho.

[xtosea]

You saw more than most people today i can tell you that much, very sad tosee another lure lost to the sea, but you gt that, at least it wasnt a Tiagra or something! Well done on the Fin, good to see they are still there! Heres hoping for the next few days.
All the best everyone else

Kamil

[imnotafish]

yeah thanks mate - we talked to a few boats all with zeros so dont feel too bad about dropping what looked like an ok fish.
but my mate who was fighting it was pretty devastated.....
at least no one at browns had squat thats 4 sure
one bloke hooked up a 10kg dolly on the shelf that was it
but im eating sashimi now..........:wiink:
might have a pic to post soon..

[TomMc]

sound sliek you had another good day shame bout the marlin and lure though
cheers
tom

[JOC00L]

Tough break on the lost fish...but you get that! You got a hookup, which is more than most of us have done.:nopity:

[imnotafish]

Thanks mate, i guess mistakes were made that probably shouldnt have been.
Would be nice to only have 50Wides on hand then it could be 24kg all the way.
but yeah....
There was much contemplation onboard afterwards, & Lessons have been learnt for next time i can tell you....!
Gotta catch Kamil this season already - he is flying.

[imnotafish]

pics of the Tuna from last week.....

[TomMc]

some nice fish there! how much did the heaviest one weigh?
:beerchug:
Tom

[imnotafish]

didnt weigh em - just ate them!!!
haha
they were pretty small tho

[TomMc]

ha ha ha yer, either way they were some nice fish but they might not be that nice now

[arrow]

:hellyeah: nice fish what sort of boat did you trek out there in? i will get there one day dam i want kingies your getting yellow fin nice work :headbang:

[imnotafish]

Funnily enough, a 6m Yellowfin....

[arrow]

:hellyeah:

[arrow]

hey im up for the yellow fin i woud love to throw my kayak on it head out that way hook a marlin or big yellow fin tuna:headbang: and get it on film it might be worth a couple of dollars and might break a record or two:hellyeah: just need shark shield first

[arrow]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZyv3VHHbv8 this my mission

[Borre]

Wow, that's insane fishing! I once swam across a small pond with a 15m 0.15mm mono line and a "fat rap" attached to my big toe and caught a 1lbs redfin :D

[TomMc]

thats 1 awesome catch from a kayak!
:beerchug:
Tom