Two days at Port Stephens
With fishing tough here in Sydney, I decided a month or so ago to move the boat up to Port Stephens. That’s worked. Catching end of season mahi in May, and kingfish on the jigs scored on the last couple of trips. With…
Jigs Only
Last week’s report saw Drax and myself heading wide – very wide, 30 miles – east of Port Stephens. All went well and we found a few nice kings and snapper. But that was more good luck than good management! My Lowrance…
Port Report
Keeping the Carolyn Jane in storage at Port Stephens for the snapper season. Have never really targeted them in the past, but that was mainly because they weren’t as common as they are now. Up to Port on Tuesday night…
Endless Summer of Mahi
At Port Stephens back in February for the Interclub Game Fishing Tournament. Most of the marlin were inshore and we fished for them with slow trolled or downrigged live baits. We covered a lot of country and found some…
Sale of the Century
Unusual report this week! I’ll just explain why. A good friend of mine who I’ve fished with hundreds of times has been diagnosed with a serious medical challenge. One that’s going to require a lot of expensive care. He…
Dollies Down Deep
Regular readers know that, over the last month or so, we’ve been focusing our offshore fishing efforts on mahi/dolphin fish. The reasons being that one there’s plenty around, and two they’re the fastest growing thing on…
Downrigging for Dollies
After a fantastic session on the dollies at Broken Bay FAD a week ago, Fitz and I decided to try for more of the same action on Friday. A bit concerned at the forecast cool water, and no current:
Shackle Your Tackle With a Head Start
So back in January we started chasing mahi at the FADs off Sydney. Plenty there - but almost all of them undersized. Frustrating! But because mahi AKA dolphin fish are the fastest growing fish in the sea, it was just a…
Two Days On Glenbawn Dam
GLENBAWN DAM. One of our favourite spots. Was – arguably – the best bass fishing spot in NSW. That all came crashing down last winter when, due to a weather phenonomen, countless thousands of bass died over a two day…
Popping at the FADs
Out last Wednesday in my boat with new friend, Zac. He’d never caught a mahi before and I thought I might be able to help with that. Just before dawn we hit the Obelisk bait grounds and loaded up the tank with small…
The Bent Butt Advantage
Hello! My name is William West and I'm from Texas in the U.S. I have some reels that I think would pair well with ya'lls Bent butt game rod. Do you have an estimate on how long it would take to ship to the U.S.…
Maximising your Downrigger Catches
Lots of downrigger owners pleased with results! Here’s Ben Hurrell last week: