36's off the Gold Coast

[blue_rogue]

Hello all,

Once again headed out to the 36 fathom reefs off the Gold Coast on Sunday. Had my old man and brothers on board for a fathers day on the water. Headed out at 5:00am then having to hang around and wait for the bait to scoal up at sun rise before they would hit the jig.

22km run out to a nice patch of reef, which was a quick trip as the ocean was an oil slick. First bait hit the water on the bait runner with a big livie and within 2 minutes was hooked up to a nice Cobia. He came straight to the surface and was boated without a fuss (about 12kg). Fishing was dead slow with only a nice flathead and flounder taken, and only pickers taking the baits. 9:30am the fishing picked up, with all the other boats begining to leave.

Always happens, as soon as the coffee is brought out a fish hits the baits. All of a sudden the bait runner was screaming again. This time there was a bit more weight. 10 minutes later a nice 10kg Amberjack popped up and was successfully gaffed (unlike last week). Esky was looking a little full by this stage. A snice squire/snapper was then caught soon after which topped the day off nicely.

Had a nice run home with a nor-wester flattening the ocean. Bloody luck fathers day with the weather. All in all a great day on the water

P.S. nice to get a bit of rain ;) ;)

[blue_rogue]

The Cobia

[blue_rogue]

The A.J

[blue_rogue]

The Team Back at home

[sharkbait]

;D Nice work Dom - more quality fish off the goldy.

Send you an email tonight with the marks.

Cheers, Kris.

[blue_rogue]

Thanks Sharkbait,

When you fishing off the G.C next

[PAT01]

hey blue when are you going out again :)

mate by the look of things its time to start jigging for AJ's, seems like you've got a nice spot there

Ps. That squire looks like it lost a few pounds on the way home by the look of the photo :-[ :-[ :-[

[blue_rogue]

I wouldn't know PAT, you caught it.....

[sharkbait]

Not sure when I'll be down there next - there is talk of a mooloolaba trip fri night / sat morning if the weather is good.

cheers, kris.

[agnes_jack]

Well done fellas
Some nice quality fighters there.

Regards, Tony

[PAT01]

hey mate when are you going out next

[blue_rogue]

Shortly.... You take the trailer back to Greg's,

[PAT01]

no i have been flat out, was up in brisbane last night

[ducksguts]

top effort mate, was there any current running out their or is their usually. have not been out their for a couple of years but when we did their always seemed to be a huge current making it almost unfishable but might have to give it another try as our close marks off mooloolaba have been failing us recently.
cheers, luke

[blue_rogue]

On the day there was hardly any current out there..... We were hitting the bottem with 2 1/2 oz of lead, and drifting. We found the bait on the reefs and the fish were around them.

Give it a go... The fishing is pretty hot this time of year.

[cheno]

Hey Dominic,

Did you pull any bait off the 36s themselves?
Or did ya get em before running out?

Heading out for a bash Sat morning. You heading out tomorrow?

Cheno

[blue_rogue]

Yeah heading out Saturday morning, Not sure on the chop and it will dictate if we fish the 36's or not. Other wise going to fish the 24's... and 18's. You can get bait out there, but it is normally hard as it is so far down.

I normally get it on the way out, you will have plenty of time as the fishing has been hot till after 11am... Can never count on the bait been there all the time. And it is a must have if fishing out there.....

What boat will you be in Cheno

[cheno]

cheers Dominic,

I have a white polycraft centre console with a 60 yammy.
Looks like i'll be solo tomorrow. All crew options have fallen through at this stage.

If the weather holds I'll be starting on the 36s slightly north of the seaway then will run up as far as the pin (like as far as ricks or something).

The plan B is to go to the 24s or 18s to try and nail a cobe.
will get bait out the front of the seaway before heading out.

will you be in the Bluefin?

Cheers

cheno

[blue_rogue]

Yes, might see you out