Saturday at Cape

[Grand_Marlin]

Well, the monkey is finally off the back!
After a shocker on Australia day (12hrs for absolutely nothing) we managed to redeem ourselves.

We noticed some bait between the leads and hutchies, so in went the skirts...
double hook up of 6kg Cobia.

after that....nothing else from the bait school.

We headed for hutchies and had to weave in and out of boats to get to the reef.... nothing there...no bait either
we looked east - nothing - looked northeat and southeast...nothing

then we looked south west in the shallower water near where the trawlers were parked... plenty of bait, boated another Cobia and a small Stripey.

We didnt see any marlin, dollies, wahoo or yellowfin.

Did anyone else manage much from around hutchies?

We are only new to the area and are trying hard, but still not sure if we are doing the right thing...

The best part of the day was my 8 yr old son Kieran, catching his first gamefish ever, a 6kg Cobia on 6kg line.
A friend made him a 6kg stick with a short butt and we coupled it with a shimano 2000 charter special with the levelwind. worked perfectly for him.

After a few Steve Starling videos and a few practice sessions at home with the dog, Kieran was "as keen as" to catch a fish.

He worked the rod like a champion for 15 minutes and came up with the goods Even in the excitement of seeing his fish at the side of the boat, he even remembered to point the rod down and back off the drag when the Cobia ran.

He couldnt lift it for the photo, but he is already talking about catching something bigger... hi snext target is a Marlin!

[Grand_Marlin]

Kierans Cobia

[roz]

Well done Kieran

Fantastic fish for a young boy, but what impresses me is that you've landed a 6kg cobia on 6kg line, that takes a bit of time and patience.

Very good sporting capture there.

Keep up the good work.

Roz

[bignick]

Good stuff, Pete. Hoping to do a Banks trip in a couple of weeks when work settles down a bit. Good to see the young fella is getting amongst it early.

Cheers,
NICK.

[Grand_Marlin]

Kieran says thanks Roz - he is still smiling

Howdy Nick, let me know about the banks trip - we could take either boat, or both boats.

Cheers,
Pete

[Sportfish_5]

Australia Day is still coming isn't it

Saturday saw a few cobes and small dollies around. Cobia from Trench area and dollies were hanging around the anchored trawlers Love it when they clean their nets out


Cheers

Greg

[Sportfish_5]

Lots of this for little

[jeffo]

i know one boat got 2 blacks at hutchies saturday, and i heard of at least 2 at the trench.

[goona]

Hey great fishing for the young fella. Keep up the good work. 6kg fish on 6kg line is an awsome feat for a young man of that age.

Tight lines for the future and may that marlin you are targeting be on your next trip.

[essky]

I fished the trench on Saturday. found some few small bait shows nicely balled up, but got nothing from them. Ended up with an 8 KG Dolphin fish so that was some consolation.

[roz]

Pete & Kieran,

Anybody can skull-drag in a 6kg cobe on 15kg+ line, but for an 8 year old to play and land cobia, equal in weight to the breaking strain of the line he is using, shows maturity and skill beyond his years.

roz

[Grand_Marlin]

Hey Jeffo
Were the marlin on lures or baits?