Only a quick report tonight, not many reports up this weekend? Either everyone's out fishing or it's a little quite out there?
Got out to Huchies on Saturday morning for our first serious shot at some marlin action. Arrived at the ramp a little late after the boat was parked in and some early morning car moving exercise with a trolley jack mean't we departed the just after dawn. Straight out to flinders in better than expected conditions, got the hard body lures in the water for an early morning hoo. After about an hour we had two quick hits with speed but lost both before we even got to the rods. Another smaller and not so fast hit and miss then a bonito.
Time to change tactics and a spread of four pakula's went out with the witch-doctor. As the WD was going out we had a good hit on the long corner which left us with only a good splash. Finally got a hit and we stayed connected. Saw a mahi mahi going aerial. Awesome stuff. He had grabbed the shortest lure on the lightest line class. After a great fight and two missed gaff shots we finally had my first mahi mahi.
Got another follow by a wahoo but no hit. Called it a day around 12pm and headed back across the bay. Not a single boil, Nothing! Never seen the bay soo quite? Whole day was fairly quite with the hits tentative at best, and we only got one fish from six strikes.
Going to Noosa tomorrow, not looking good for the offshore action with predicted winds but we'll see what's up there.
JOM
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