January 2011

The fishing is hotting up, with lots of marlin seen and caught.  The water temp is anywhere between 22-24 degrees.  There has been some nice mahi mahi caught, over 15 kg. The reef fishing has improved also, with nice snapper, morwongs and pigfish to be got.

February I will be off to Port Stephens with my boat, where I have charters booked, both for competitive fishing and pleasure fishing.  Lots of marlin has been seen and I will expect that there will be lots more to be caught. I will be available for bookings.

Sunday 9th Jan, 2011

One week before the Tolgate tournament.  What a miserable day to go out, pouring rain and sloppy sea conditions, not a good start.
Got out to 70 fathoms and we put ourt baits in the water, there were the seals and a few birds.  A short time late the rigger pulled out of the peg and Marg was hooked up to her very first marlin.  After 20 minutes of hard work Foxy  was able to grab the leader, while Jeff placed a tag in the 80kilos striped marlin's shoulder.

We worked the area for the rest of the day, but the bait that had been there in the previous days had moved on. That was all the excitement for the day. Better luck next weekend.

Friday 7th Jan 2010 gamefishing in Batemans Bay

Finally the water is getting up to scratch,  22 degrees Celsius.  Nice bit of bait around.  A few marlin have been tagged and lost.  A good start to the Marlin season in the Bay.  Just in time for the Tollgate Tournament on next weekend.  Can't wait.

Game fishing charter with Dennis, Sally and Eyal, Tuesday 5th

                                                                                          

What a day, we left the marina at around 7, it was overcast and about 1.5 metre south east seas.  Started fishing in 70 fathoms, trolled out over the shelf towards Tuross, NSW. 

Fishing was a little slow with not much bait around, then a little after lunch we had a Hammerhead shark checking out our teasers, Foxy threw in a live stripey and the Hammerhead pounced on it.  After 40 minutes on 24 kilo Dennis had the shark to the boat, where Foxy released the three metre shark boat side. Then a short time later we were jigging bait on a bait school and a 2.5 meter Mako shark followed the bait jig up and tried to attack everything else that was still in the water including the teasers. We pitched a live stripey to the Mako who immediately ate it and we were hooked up.  At the end of the day a good time was had by all.