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HOW GOOD IS THE WEATHER PLUS THE FISHING IS EXCEPTIONAL! THERE ARE PLENTY OF BREAM IN THE BAY ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ROCK WALLS AND OYSTER RACKS. SOFT PLASTICS SUCH AS 80MM BLOODWORM SQUIDGY WRIGGLERS ARE WORKING WELL SO TO 2INCH GULP SHRIMP. THERE ARE PLENTY OF BONITO, TAILOR AND SALMON CHASING BAIT THROUGH OUT THE BAY ESPECIALLY AROUND SOLDIERS POINT .

OFFSHORE SNAPPER ARE ABOUT THE SHALLOWER REEFS FROM BOAT HARBOUR TO BROUGHTON BUT IT PAYS TO FISH EARLY ON SUNRISE WITH A BERLEY TRAIL.

WE ARE NOW PORT STEPHENS ONLY DAIWA TOURNAMENT DEALER & JUST ARRIVED IS THE NEW 2012 EXIST! CHECK OUT ALL THE DAIWA TOURNAMENT PRODUCTS IN STORE NOW!!

THE TRAILER BOAT TOURNAMENT HAS FINISHED FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND SOME GREAT FISH AGAIN WERE CAUGHT THIS YEAR. LOCAL BOAT “CRITAKILL” WON CHAMPION BOAT WITH SOME FANTASTIC CAPTURES INCLUDING A 32KG MULLOWAY. LOCAL GREG HARRISON NAILED TWO GOOD KINGS OF 16KG AND 20KG, WHILST BEN DOOLAN CAPTURED AN 8KG SNAPPER. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE A LOT OF FISH WEIGHED AND RELEASED ALIVE WITH SOME CRACKER FLATHEAD UP 4.5KG CAUGHT.

THE MARLIN BITE HAS PICKED UP A LITTLE WITH SCOTT THORINGTON ABOARD ”FLYING FISHER” CATCHING SOME NICE BLACKS IN CLOSE. THE WATER ON THE SHELF IS WARM AROUND 25C WITH A FEW NICE BLUES WONDERING IN WITH “ANARCHY” RELEASING 5OOLB OVER THE WEEKEND. 

Good luck to all those fishing the Trailer Boat Tournament this weekend (Go team Tackle World, Paul & Ryan!!!) We will be open from 5:30am Friday to Sunday with plenty of bait available plus dont forget our Easter Catalogue is out now, Also the fishing is good with plenty of Kings and Long Tail Tuna about, Trag & Jew on the northern reefs, cracker Tailor about the washes (fresh garfish are the best bait) some good Bream about the oyster racks inside the bay & Flathead along the deeper rock walls

MOSSY AND I HAD GREAT AFTERNOON SESSION ON FINGAL BEACH YESTERDAY AFTER WORK. NAILING SOME NICE TAILOR, SALMON AND BREAM, USING WHOLE GARFISH ON 5/0 GANGS ALLOWING THEM TO DRIFT AROUND IN THE GUTTERS UN-WEIGHTED.

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IT SEEMS THE MARLIN BITE MAY CONTINUE, ONLY IF THE WEATHER HOLDS. WE RELEASED 3 FROM 5 ON “BORN FREE” ALL STRIPES AND ALL ON SKIP BAITS. “CALYPSO” AND “FLYING FISHER” HAVE ALSO BEEN RELEASING A COUPLE A DAY WITH A FEW DECENT BLUES MIXED IN.

INSHORE THERE ARE PLENTY OF KINGS ABOUT THE ISLANDS AND ITS JUST A MATTER OF TROLLING LIVE BAITS AROUND THE WASHES AND BOMMIES, ALSO TRY A DOWN RIGGER DURING THE DAY ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE LARGER HOODLUMS.

SNAPPER ARE THE TALK OF THE BAY WITH SOME BIG FISH CAUGHT FROM LITTLE BEACH WHARF AND THE BREAK WALL. GREG HARRISON CAUGHT SOME NICE ONES OF 4 & 6KG PLUS A VENUS TUSK FISH! MEANWHILE SOME GOOD LUDERICK HAVE TURNED UP AROUND THE BAY MAKE SURE YOU GET SOME FRESH CABBAGE FROM THE ROCKS.

FIRSTLY CONGRATS TO NEWCASTLE PORT STEPHENS GFC FOR TAKING OUT CHAMPION CLUB TEAM T&R FOR A 7TH YEAR. ALSO TO “GUNRUNNER” CHAMPION BOAT T&R

 Mid-week saw some good fishing with a few Blue Marlin joining on the action. “Gunrunner” faught one that they estimated at 500lbs + on 15kg tackle before the leader gave way, whilst “Flying Fisher” released 2 on Wednesday. Yesterday “The Force” released 5 and “Seaka” 4 a mixture of Blacks and Stripes. Some solid Dolphin Fish are still about the FAD but you have to be there early with livies and try cubing a few pillies to get them feeding. Kings are still about the Islands and washes with plenty of rats taking a liking to surface poppers and stick baits worked over the wash zone. If your after a bigger fish them slow troll live baits. Good customers Peter and Werner have been having fun with some solid Bonito off Fingal Island with fish up to 4kg. If your after a feed then head straight to 40-50m off Little Island, there are plenty of solid Sand Flathead caught drifting.

JUST A QUICK REPORT FROM TODAY: “BORN FREE” RELEASED 7 STRIPES FROM 12 BITES, “GUNRUNNER” RELEASED 6 SO TO SCOTT THORINGTON ABOARD “FLYING FISHER” 6 FROM 6

WHERE TO BEGIN! AS MOST ANGLERS KNOW PORT STEPHENS IS EXPERIENCING THE BEST MARLIN BITE FOR A FEW YEARS. OVER THE WEEKEND RECORD NUMBERS OF FISH WERE RELEASED IN FACT ON SUNDAY ALONE AN ESTIMATE OF 400 MARLIN WERE RELEASED INCLUDING BLUES,BLACKS AND STRIPES.

THE LAKE MACQUARIE BIG FISH BONANZA WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO “DIVERSION” TAKING OUT CHAMPION BOAT T&R. THERE WERE ALSO SOME IMPRESSIVE CAPTURES INCLUDING A TIGER OVER 500KG AND A MAKO OF 382KG.

ON SUNDAY I MANAGED A DAY ON “BORN FREE” AND WE RELEASED 10 FOR THE DAY WHILST “CALYPSO” RELEASED 13.

MEANWHILE SOME INTERESTING CAPTURES OCCURED IN THE BAY WITH WITH SOME EXCEPTIONAL COBIA CAUGHT OF THE SALAMANDER WRECK PLUS OFF SALAMANDER WHARF. (CHECK OU THE PIC BELOW)

ALSO SOME GOOD DOLPHINFISH WITH FISH UP TO 20KGS BEING CAUGHT FROM THE FAD TO THE SHELF.

DESPITE THE WARMER WATER ALONG THE SHELF AND MORE THAN 2 KNOTS OF CURRENT A BUNCH OF FISH WERE CAUGHT. THE CARPARK FISHED WELL WITH “SEAKA” RELEASING 5 INCLUDING A GRAND SLAM! “SHELBY” CAUGHT 4 WHILST A NUMBER OF OTHER BOATS CAUGHT 1 & 2.

ABOARD “BORN FREE” WE FISHED 8 MILES SOUTH OF THE CARPARK AND MANAGED 2 GOOD STRIPES WITH ONE OVER 100KG. THE BAIT WAS GOOD EARLY BUT THE CURRENT MADE IT HARD. WE ALSO TRIED THE NEW SHIMANO TALICA 25 WHICH PERFORMED PERFECTLY PLUS BOTH FISH WERE CAUGHT ON THE NEW 150LB “MOMOI NEO FLUROCARBON”