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[mackmauler]

reports are going missing so will keep it to a picture essay

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aj

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dolphin

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bucket mouth

[Big_Kev]

Looks like a Land Rover owners convention.
Who's the happy lad in the karki singlet no smile even with the nice fish?
Way to go guys the Mackmauler fish magnet works well again.
Can't beleive those conditions how calm can you get.
I had to stay home and do house work and you are making me jealous.
Cheers Kev

[michael_Brewer]

YO YO, internets been down so i haven't been on! HOLY CRAP!!! WHAT Photos, gotta be stoked with that ben... BEJEEVUS CHRIST! interesting colours on that dolphin fish. My god they are some bloody good fish!!!
well done boys.... ya've out done yaself again rob! congrats mate! good to finally get some good weather.... geese I MISS FISHING..... It's been a whole week
cheers, MIKEY (grinner)

[Dylan_Rylatt]

unberlievable effort guys,

Rob the fish god has done it again

[jaybee]

as i said in the last post, some of us have to work, jealous as, u bathtubs, good tho, hopefully my day will come
cheers
Joe

[Brissyguy]

Again you push the jealousy limits Rob.

Looks like a great day out there again, and as we expect you deliver the goods mate.

Well done the SS Mackmauler.

Cheers,
Rich

[northsboy]

Great work rob [smiley=2thumbsup.gif] [smiley=2thumbsup.gif] [smiley=2thumbsup.gif] [smiley=2thumbsup.gif] [smiley=2thumbsup.gif] How u get that weather rob is beyond me!!! its been like 20 knots up here for the past 2 weeks.....me and chico were scheduled for tonight but its blowing 25-30knots im getting sick of this.....may as well sell the bloody boat!! [smiley=end.gif]Good work though boys!! Thats a beautiful dolphin fish! very pretty colours!!!Top effort [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Cheers
Liam

[Maria]

Lol, that's me in the singlet with the A.J Kev. Never smile in photos....dunno why...just don't. Here's one to compensate. Cheers mate

Ben

[bugman]

Since the others can't be bothered to write up the trip - looks like it's left to me.

Ben, Rob and I left Cleveland at about 5:30 for a pretty calm but freezing cold run across the bay to the bar. Bit choppy in the shallows on the way out but not too bad. Couldn't find any livies so straight to the Wave Rider bouy in conditions of about 10 knots SW and .5m seas.

One other boat doing it tough at the boy but we got straight onto the fish with the Dolphins coming on board steadily. Of course I caught the most and the biggest - seriously - before we decided to head off. It was getting a bit crowded with 6 boats working the boy including Tom Cat charters with 14 anglers on board.

Headed wider for the pearlie grounds - bloody deep with a pretty rip roaring current. No fish on first run, so with 250 metres of line out the back I decide to pull in. Wind for 10 secs solid and stop to get a better position only to get hit by a 3kg pearlie. He must have been 20-30m of the bottom. Kept the runs going and pearlies and black spot piggies came in at regular intervals. Unusually bigger baits were working - which sutied me fine as Rob and Ben were using multi hook smaller rigs. Needless to say I caught the most and the biggest again.

By this time conditions we getting glassy so headed in for more dolphin fun. Landed a couple more before they wouldn't touch our old/ugly/mangled baits. Ben decided to bottom bash and pulled in a mixed bag before hitting the jackpot with the big AJ. Show them out it was hooked Rob.

Headed in for a long but unbelievably flat trip home.

Interestingly Tom Cat was back at the bouy on our return. I'm just wondering how many dolphins they took that day and how many days they hit the bouy. Oh well it's only fishing I guess.

Great day again Rob, thanks again. Nice to meet you Ben - but you'll quickly realise you shouldn't upstage me - especially on the last fish of the day >

Bugman

[Billo]

Consistent as always !

You lucky lucky bastards !!!

I was locked up indoors doing my shipd masters course ...finally !!

nice work fellas , and damn good piccies !

[Fisherman02]

geez rob they pretty much jump into your boat!
Anyways mate never did doubt your ability to catch fish!
cheers jack

[bugman]

It wasn't him Jack - it was me !!!!!

I dunno - how many times have I got to tell ya