The day started with a choppy sea but we pushed on to our nearest FAD, chasing mahi mahi. On the way we very lucky with a school of australian salmon. The team lost a few but brought in three, all good size. But the fish of the day was Rob’s 48 cm sixspine leather jacke …
We had one of these magic days on the water today, no wind and the sea like a lake, clear sky, sunny and warm. With big schools of mackerel mixed in with bonito and reef fish. And Sammy The Seal wasn’t there stealing the catch like yesterday. The team did really well wi …
So his name is Babib Baby! We had Jobin’s team onboard today, originally from Kerala, India. We don’t speak malayalam but enjoyed their positive attitude and laughter. As we were preparing to go back to our home port, Babin Baby hooked up an Australia Salmon! The …
We were lucky with the sea conditions today. A little choppy to start with but the sea improved as the day went by. Very nice team, great catch of tuna and dolpin fish under Fisheries FAD. Water temp about 24.5 at 140 metres. Current from the north at 2, perhaps 2.5 knots.
We were luck with very good sea conditions and a box full of fish. The best fish was a mac tuna but also interesting with some mahi mahi, unfortunately less than 60 cm, the minimum legal size. Mackerel Tuna are striking looking fish, easily recognized by the patch of wavy mac …
Matt’s team had a good day today. Starting a bit slow with pretty lumpy sea, up to two metres and short and sharp. So we decided to head out about 4 nm to our nearest float, ie FAD. Nothing there but pushing on further east with our light tuna trolling gear we suddenly …
It was a quite nice day with a slow rolling swell and clear sky. No rain or storm! We have had a very difficult and strange season with volatile and quickly changing sea conditions. Like today with a 30 + knot southerly change arriving unexpected very early. But well done Rob …
We are not sure what brought in this massive number of big mackerel. But it is a wonderful sight. And we like them in the smoker or pan fried. As always with tuna and fish with a high blood content we bleed them on capture and put them quickly on ice.
The day started with a bit choppy sea. Huge schools of mackerel at Middle Ground, they have been there for a couple of weeks now. And big ones, up to 40 cm. Unfortunetely no luck with tuna trolling but a striped marlin a few metres from the boat turned up the blood pressure. …
