Yes, it was a strong westerly wind with rough offshore conditions. But being close to the high cliffs and out of the wind, saved the day for us with a box of bonito. They were all caught while trolling with our five lines along the Royal National Park. Morwong have thick lips …
We had a great day today with a mix of pelagic and reef fish, i.e. red rock cod, wrasses, trevally, sweep, mackerel, mac tuna and more than a dozen bonito. And as you can see, Ross’s 1.2 metre gummy shark. This is a slender, white-spotted fish with pavement-like crushing te …
Terrible sea conditions, there is no other way to describe it from a seafarer’s point of view. We met our fishing friends from Nokia at 6.30 am. The forecast was reasonable with 15 knots from the south and sea about 1.5 metre. But reality was different at 8:00, about two na …
We had a very nice today. An inshore trolling run resulted in a few bonito just near the mouth of Port Hacking. Then off to the offshore grounds for reef fishing. It was a little slow but lots of mackerel under the boat. We kept about ten or so and then pulled up the anchor & …
Anzac day is a public holiday in Australia and we had an opportunity to go fishing. The forecast was within the range we were looking for. But unfortunately the westerly wind arrived early and we had to come in from the FAD and work closer to the coast line for calmer water a …
The weather forecast and ocean condition predictions are often hard to read. The various web sites present different scenarios and it’s a matter of picking the average and add our local knowledge. Yesterday was a tough day at the office with a 2 to 3 metre north easterly sw …
Yes, it was a very mixed day with reef fish and bonito. After very strong winds earlier in the week, rock fishing and surf warnings were issued. But offshore the conditions were fine with long rolling swell. We had a mixed team onboard with Ben from South Korea, a few locals …
We had a great day with exceptional sea conditions, no wind and clear sunny sky. And fishing was good with a batch of bonito and reef fish like snapper, red rock cod, wrasses, blue morwong, striped sea pike and some other bits and pieces. We also had the first humpback whale …
Adrian from UK has been in Australia for eight months and loving every minute of it. We had a good day today, Easter Monday with clear sky and not much wind. The swell was building a little but fishing was good with our average catch of three to four fish per person. As you c …
To me it was a tough day at the office; the forecast was good but reality different. We picked up a few mahi mahi at our inshore FAD and then proceeded to the Port Hacking FAD about 12 nautical miles offshore. We found a confused sea, short and sharp waves and wind increasing …
