Smithy
10-02-2010, 12:01 PM
This is what I got up to in January minus anything that has been posted before.
Ben Half Day His Boat (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/26/ben-half-day-his-boat)
January 26th, 2010
Went out with Ben in his Bayliner on Australia day to teach him a bit about anchoring, GPS usage and sounder usage. We headed straight to the Barwon Banks and started drifting. The iodine bream and undersize red throat sweetlip were on straight away. We also caught a few undersize parrot but took home a nice corontation trout and a nice red throat emperor.
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Matt His Boat (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/23/matt-wallace-his-boat)
January 23rd, 2010
With my boat out of action I headed out with Matt and Rob on Matt's 36' Riviera. We were chasing marlin but opened the account a short while later with a wahoo for Rob. A while later we had a marlin on and this time it was Matt on the rod. We were successful on that fish so kept trolling. Sure enough a bit later a rubber band popped and we had a marlin up and jumping the boat but this guy jumped on on his first or second jump and it happened in an instant. On the troll back in we hooked up on our third marlin for the day right next to a few boats that had been working that area all day. Rob ended up on this fish and we fought it all the way to the boat before accidentily popping it off on the 8kg line we were using due to too much drag pressure.
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Alex & Vince 1/2 Day Trip (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/21/alex-aamp-vince-1-2-day-trip)
January 21st, 2010
Alex and Vince were a couple of Dutch guys who wanted to chase some big fish but wanted a later start as they were travelling up from Brisbane. We started off chasing the spotty mackerel which had been going pretty well the previous few days but it seemed there were more boats than fish there chasing them. We cast at a few mack tuna schools but they were being their finnicky best so we trolled small minnows going for the spotties. We saw only a handfull caught but we were going no good. On the radio the boys on the marlin grounds were into a heap of wahoo and marlin so the temptation got too much for us and we headed out. As soon as we got out there we saw one boat land a nice wahoo so we kept trolling around. We would have been happy with a wahoo or two but sure enough a marlin pounded on one of lures giving us a good look at it but we were in a turn and couldn't get any weight on him and he didn't stay connected. We watched some other boats play some marlin but our luck wasn't in and the boys had to get back to do some shopping or something so we headed in with my motor on its last legs.
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Andrew Full Day Trip (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/20/andrew-full-day-trip)
January 20th, 2010
Today I had my regular Chinese jigging crew out comprising Andrew, Ming and Ching. We jigged bait one yakka at a time but eventually we had enough to head wider. First drop on the kingfish spot and Andrew was on on a jig. I think Ming missed one but then he caught one. They were proving to be 6-7kg yellowtail kingfish. The jig was definately outfishing the livies today. After a few of them the boys wanted to chase AJs in 60-70m to save energy so we worked our way along the Caloundra Wide reef complex stopping and dropping on any likely shows. We ended up 5Nm from one of my AJ spots so we headed there. There were little shows everywhere but eventually we found the show loaded with the AJs. Unfortunately they were only little guys and not the trophy size fish the boys were chasing but they much prefer the fight of the AJs compared to a king and we racked a few up in this spot before they wanted to head in. The jig once again outfished livies here too.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/Image_00013.jpg
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Roger & Mitch 1/2 Day Trip (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/13/roger-aamp-mitch-1-2-day-trip)
January 13th, 2010
Roger was shouting Mitch a trip out for Christmas. First off we chased the spotty mackerel but we had one fall off the hooks right at the boat and we got snipped off about 5 times. Too many boats and not enough fish and with the radio cackling about the amount of marlin out wider we had to check it out. We started off trolling as the boys were finding it hard to jig slimeys and we thought we would be a chance of a wahoo or mahi mahi for the esky trolling. We found some nice bait and started live baiting away from the pack but it didn't happen. Back to trolling.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/IMG_0218.jpg
We ended up in the pack so dropped a livebait down resulting in this mack tuna for Mitch.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/16835_106855155998614_1000002238900.jpg
Next drop and we hooked up to this marlin.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/16835_106855162665280_1000002238900.jpg
The crimp expoloded on this one which I had never seen before, blowing out on the outside side.
Anyway back to the bait school, drop down again and sure enough we were on and fighting.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/16960_258848972579_749182579_319130.jpg
Roger handed over to Mitch after a while.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/16835_106855165998613_1000002238900.jpg
And unfortunately a spot of water ended up on the lens.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/16835_106855172665279_1000002238900.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/16835_106855189331944_1000002238900.jpg
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Mark, Dave, Trent 1/2 Day Trip (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/12/mark-dave-trent-1-2-day-trip)
January 12th, 2010
This was a mixed trip with Trent and Dave looking for a third crew member to make up the numbers so I ran regular charter guy Mark. We were successful in bagging out on spotty mackerel throwing slugs in about an hour flat. That left us time to head wide and live bait for a few mahi mahi or marlin. A few were dropped near us so we went on the troll for the last 45mins to see if we could get something to happen but it didn't and we headed in with an ice box full of mackerel.
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Kevin 1/2 Day Trip (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/11/kevin-1-2-day-trip)
January 11th, 2010
Kevin booked in with his two sons, more to kill a day than to do some hard core fishing. Staying in an apartment they had no need for a big heap of fish so we started out on the spotty mackerel which came very easy and everyone got a couple spinning slugs through the schools without too much effort. That achieved the lure of tangling with a big gamefish became too much so we headed wider to the marlin grounds. It didn't really happen for us and with the young fella seasick for the second time we headed back in.
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Ben Half Day His Boat (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/26/ben-half-day-his-boat)
January 26th, 2010
Went out with Ben in his Bayliner on Australia day to teach him a bit about anchoring, GPS usage and sounder usage. We headed straight to the Barwon Banks and started drifting. The iodine bream and undersize red throat sweetlip were on straight away. We also caught a few undersize parrot but took home a nice corontation trout and a nice red throat emperor.
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Matt His Boat (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/23/matt-wallace-his-boat)
January 23rd, 2010
With my boat out of action I headed out with Matt and Rob on Matt's 36' Riviera. We were chasing marlin but opened the account a short while later with a wahoo for Rob. A while later we had a marlin on and this time it was Matt on the rod. We were successful on that fish so kept trolling. Sure enough a bit later a rubber band popped and we had a marlin up and jumping the boat but this guy jumped on on his first or second jump and it happened in an instant. On the troll back in we hooked up on our third marlin for the day right next to a few boats that had been working that area all day. Rob ended up on this fish and we fought it all the way to the boat before accidentily popping it off on the 8kg line we were using due to too much drag pressure.
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Alex & Vince 1/2 Day Trip (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/21/alex-aamp-vince-1-2-day-trip)
January 21st, 2010
Alex and Vince were a couple of Dutch guys who wanted to chase some big fish but wanted a later start as they were travelling up from Brisbane. We started off chasing the spotty mackerel which had been going pretty well the previous few days but it seemed there were more boats than fish there chasing them. We cast at a few mack tuna schools but they were being their finnicky best so we trolled small minnows going for the spotties. We saw only a handfull caught but we were going no good. On the radio the boys on the marlin grounds were into a heap of wahoo and marlin so the temptation got too much for us and we headed out. As soon as we got out there we saw one boat land a nice wahoo so we kept trolling around. We would have been happy with a wahoo or two but sure enough a marlin pounded on one of lures giving us a good look at it but we were in a turn and couldn't get any weight on him and he didn't stay connected. We watched some other boats play some marlin but our luck wasn't in and the boys had to get back to do some shopping or something so we headed in with my motor on its last legs.
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Andrew Full Day Trip (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/20/andrew-full-day-trip)
January 20th, 2010
Today I had my regular Chinese jigging crew out comprising Andrew, Ming and Ching. We jigged bait one yakka at a time but eventually we had enough to head wider. First drop on the kingfish spot and Andrew was on on a jig. I think Ming missed one but then he caught one. They were proving to be 6-7kg yellowtail kingfish. The jig was definately outfishing the livies today. After a few of them the boys wanted to chase AJs in 60-70m to save energy so we worked our way along the Caloundra Wide reef complex stopping and dropping on any likely shows. We ended up 5Nm from one of my AJ spots so we headed there. There were little shows everywhere but eventually we found the show loaded with the AJs. Unfortunately they were only little guys and not the trophy size fish the boys were chasing but they much prefer the fight of the AJs compared to a king and we racked a few up in this spot before they wanted to head in. The jig once again outfished livies here too.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/Image_00013.jpg
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Roger & Mitch 1/2 Day Trip (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/13/roger-aamp-mitch-1-2-day-trip)
January 13th, 2010
Roger was shouting Mitch a trip out for Christmas. First off we chased the spotty mackerel but we had one fall off the hooks right at the boat and we got snipped off about 5 times. Too many boats and not enough fish and with the radio cackling about the amount of marlin out wider we had to check it out. We started off trolling as the boys were finding it hard to jig slimeys and we thought we would be a chance of a wahoo or mahi mahi for the esky trolling. We found some nice bait and started live baiting away from the pack but it didn't happen. Back to trolling.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/IMG_0218.jpg
We ended up in the pack so dropped a livebait down resulting in this mack tuna for Mitch.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/16835_106855155998614_1000002238900.jpg
Next drop and we hooked up to this marlin.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/16835_106855162665280_1000002238900.jpg
The crimp expoloded on this one which I had never seen before, blowing out on the outside side.
Anyway back to the bait school, drop down again and sure enough we were on and fighting.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/16960_258848972579_749182579_319130.jpg
Roger handed over to Mitch after a while.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/16835_106855165998613_1000002238900.jpg
And unfortunately a spot of water ended up on the lens.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/16835_106855172665279_1000002238900.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x197/blackfin15/Charters/2010/January/16835_106855189331944_1000002238900.jpg
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Mark, Dave, Trent 1/2 Day Trip (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/12/mark-dave-trent-1-2-day-trip)
January 12th, 2010
This was a mixed trip with Trent and Dave looking for a third crew member to make up the numbers so I ran regular charter guy Mark. We were successful in bagging out on spotty mackerel throwing slugs in about an hour flat. That left us time to head wide and live bait for a few mahi mahi or marlin. A few were dropped near us so we went on the troll for the last 45mins to see if we could get something to happen but it didn't and we headed in with an ice box full of mackerel.
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Kevin 1/2 Day Trip (http://sunshinecoastdeepseafishingcharters.com.au/blog/blog1.php/2010/01/11/kevin-1-2-day-trip)
January 11th, 2010
Kevin booked in with his two sons, more to kill a day than to do some hard core fishing. Staying in an apartment they had no need for a big heap of fish so we started out on the spotty mackerel which came very easy and everyone got a couple spinning slugs through the schools without too much effort. That achieved the lure of tangling with a big gamefish became too much so we headed wider to the marlin grounds. It didn't really happen for us and with the young fella seasick for the second time we headed back in.
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