first dolphin fish

[spike2]

headed out thru the pin early this morning it was my first time out thru the pin but conditions were pretty good , got surprised by how far you have to go before the depth gets over 3m just south of the pin there were truck loads of bait with birds working them , but l was unable to get an enquiry decided to put a couple of xmas decorations out the back and see if a beaky could be found , worked my way south along the 50 m line not much hapening but good to be out there , it wasnt till about 1 km north of the sea way l had my first hit now l have discovered watching the rods which are behind me and steering the boat isnt that easy by the time l new l was on the fish was leaping 100 m further back than l was trolling the lure , then there was the other rods to wind in and the photos and the gaff it was all happening some how managed to boat a nice dolphin fish my first ;D
trolling off shore can be a bit slow but when your on its a big buzz l will be getting into this when ever weather permits

cheers spike

[spike2]

one more pic

[vertico]

nice fish , iam yet to catch a dorada. Seems they are on the chew atm
would love to get out there and get me a few

[jeffo]

what you need spike is me to watch the rods while you drive.. or vice versa ;D how far a run out of the sea way would it have been? i am thinking bout making the trip down and taking the dory out next weekend if the weather permits

[vertico]

ill come :)

[spike2]

hey jeff l was in around 46 m of water not having a gps cant tell you how far l was off shore but im sure there are others on this site who will know , the water is a really nice blue when you get out to the 50 m mark there were a heap of game boats out there and l beleive they were into the marlin , most of the action was straight out from the sea way , bait everywhere out there looked like stocky white bait :-/ the dolphin fish was ful of them

cheers spike

[jeffo]

going offshore with out a GPS :o haha.
would it be closer than 10 miles?

[spike2]

at a guess jeff l was around six km out garmin gps / fishfinder is on my wish list

[jeffo]

ohh to have billfish grounds that close here! >:(

[mackmauler]

top work spike, pissing myself laughn over your camera work ;D

young fella was speared by a marlin at the gold coast and taken to hospital, they really are very dangerous fish when they get close to the boat.

[Local_Guy]

hehe. yeah. great comical pic.
bet that fish tasted better than it looks.

i wana come out ... (sob). but i won't be in b'bane again for another 6 weeks.

[adriancorrea]

Well done spike
dido on the camera work ;D :D ;)
Bet that would have been fun after the hook up.
Youve done well to boat it. [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]
If you ever need a deckie,
just give me a call if Im available Ill be there.

Tight Lines
Adrian

[SteveCan]

That Cyclone of yours is proving to be very versatile Spike,

Well done mate - great fish!

Cheers
Steve

[Smithy]

Outrageous dropped a Sail then circled back to the pod and got and landed a double on 6kg to win the Tournament 400m off the Seaway. We got a Black and there were some others seen on the 24 fathom (about 45m) reefs out from the Seaway - maybe 4 mile or so.

[jeffo]

heres hoping for good weather next weekend and ill take the 4.1 out with the big boys ;D unless any one has room on a bigger (not to mention safer) boat ;) ;D