A quiet day for the Girls

[Frank_Oostenbroek]

For many years my dream has been to catch a Dolphin Fish. (Mahi Mahi). Finally this year we caught a small Dolphin Fish off Mooloolaba but as much as it was exciting, it wasn’t a REAL Dolphin Fish.

Yesterday, was the girls day, so it was just a quiet relax in the sun and troll a few skirts.

We had no sooner started when Ben’s rod went off. Our first Spaniard had graced the ice box. Another flew through the air as he savaged one of my skirts. We only needed one anyway.

An hour later, we had a triple hookup with three Dolphin Fish and I had finally achieved my goal. A real Dolphin Fish on my brand new Tiagra 50WRLS. WoooHooo!!!.

Not to be outdone Ben soon landed his First Dolphin Fish, even though I missed the first shot with the Gaff.

We just needed a couple of Cobia to finish off a perfect Day. No sooner said than done. We stopped on a bit of bait that we had seen whilst trolling and dropped the Jigs. Natalie and Ben both hit a cobia simultaneously.

Amazingly the cobia were just flying through the air.

Just another quiet day for the girls……..

[Frank_Oostenbroek]

Ben's Dollie

[Frank_Oostenbroek]

Ben's Dollie 2

[Frank_Oostenbroek]

Nat and Ben's Cobia

[Frank_Oostenbroek]

Flying Cobia

[Argle]

Nice dollies, some top chewing there And flying cobes

[mackmauler]

Good fish Frank, they put on a show those large dolfinfish, the tiagra would have made easy work of it and sure looks the part.

what cannon did you fire the cobe out of

[jeffo]

50WLRS for those fish skull drag
nice fish all the same.

[2iar]

I've worked out why I've never caught a Cobia.

It's a damn radar I need, not a depth sounder! What altitude are these beasts normally found at?

Well done mate.

Mike

[Mick]

Cobia flight 648 from Murphies to Flinders, you are all clear for landing on runway 5.

[daz35]

Some nice fish there frank hope to get my first dolphin this year

[rajawolf]

I did not know Dolphin Fish had wings...

Nice catch girls

[Frank_Oostenbroek]

Hi All,

I feel honoured to have received a comment from the famour Mackmauler. (He's my hero).

I have been after a Tiagra 50WRLS for approximately 10 years and last month, My dearset wife bought me the Reel and a new Tiagra rod as well. One of my goals this year is to catch a Marlin, hence the Reel.

Jeffo was right. I had no idea that this new combination would make it so easy. ( Skull Drag)

I wanted to show a photograph of the cobia going back into the water, so I took the picture in sports mode. It froze the cobia in mid air, but I didn't think it would look like a B52 Bomber..

Thank you all for the very humourous comments guys.

FrankOO

[jeffo]

frank- with the 50w you will have no dramas with any of the marlin ... unless you plan on chasing a blue over the edge? good luck with your goal for this summer. hopefully it provides plenty of chances at a bill!

[reeldreamer]

Hahahaha that cobe pic is a classic!