Headed out yesterday with Madmackrel on board as my usual deckie couldn't get his missus to sign his permission slip.... Was good to have the ol' mentor on board as I was keen to land my first Marlin! Met Humdinger and Shy Guys at the servo. Hit the water about 4am for a rough trip across the bay. Had to back off the throttle a bit as Perrys old body couldn't handle the power of the Suzuki..... Limited success chasing livies as we could only find the little fellas on the beacons.
Listened to the weather reports around the Cape and decided to poke our nose round the point to be greeted by a huge swell and sloppy conditions. Humdinger and myself decided to wait it out and fish the Bulwer drop off while the Shy Guys charged on ahead. Thanks to the few small livies and the tunafillet kindly donated by Brett we managed an undersized Maori Cod before deciding to head back around the Cape. Bit rough between Comby and the Western Banks but outside things had smoothed out and we were greeted by big smooth rolling swells. Met Dick Tracey off the Cape and trolled for a few hours around some bait schools for 3-0-0..... Well done to Dick and his deckie Dean on their nice blacks!!! Pushed put to Hutchies for a quick troll where Shy Guys had picked up a big Wahoo. Pulled the pin and headed home where on the way we lost a 1.2 m kingy next to the boat (and also nearly lost a 1.8m Caucasian) but that is another story..... Thanks to Perry and the guys on the other boats for a nice day out albeit no fish..... 3 trips chasing and no blacks yet! Marlin 3 Hookworm nil. But we ain't licked yet.....
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Originally Posted by HookWorm
I have been trolling for 2 weeks now "3 trips" to land those fish 
