#leglessbastards

Up again up again clip pity clop. Going 15 to 20 miles offshore today to the Continental Shelf. It was a lovely ride out, listening to Triple Jay radio station as we snacked on our decadent bread that I talked about in the last post.Then took a 15 minute shut eye before the fishing began. There was a tournament going on so there were quite a few boats out. As we slowed down to start  the hunt,we could see some nervous water ahead, well it was bait not just a little bit of bait but large areas of massive bait which is exactly why these marlins are here.

As we circled on of the bait balls. Rosco spotted 2 Stripey's Mike then dropped the slimey back to it and it gobbled it up.The weight was approximately 120 kilos / 264 lbs. It was Mikes first stripe marlin and it gave us a grand show it was beautiful. It is times like these that that get you hooked!

As we trolled for a while I saw something black in the water on the left long and then something showed up on the left short. When I said "something was back there" Captain Rosco said it a Tube Worm ??? A tube worm what the hell is a tube worm Rosco, he said I don't know its just something else that will eat you up in Australia mate. Love this guy he has a great personality. Well it wasn't a marlin but shortly after one swam right through our spread and had nothing to do with us.

Glad we had a great bite in the am, because for the rest of the day we had a shot at 3 or 4 but they were legless bastards and would not eat! By the end of the day we saw about a total of 8 they just weren't biting and boy did we have a great menu out there for them. Some times they are just cotton headed nini muggins. Hahahaha ....but cant complain the 3 days have been amazing! Mike caught his first black marlin with a total of 4 and his first stripe marlin, I caught my first black marlin giving us a total of 5 Blacks and 1 Stripe. Not to shabby. I think Mike has had an amazing 50th birthday he will never forget which was my game plan from the start.

Well sad to say but that is the end of our fishing in Australia :( :(  . I woke this am and was sad , I  knew we had to go. I wanted back on that boat for a chance at a grand slam.We almost had it yesterday if we would have been able to find a blue marlin. Well I guess we have to come back. I am sure we will but our next visit will be on the Barrier Reef with this group of guys again some time in the future during the Oct -Nov when the Black bites are hot! Port Stephens you were good to us. If any one out there wants Black Marlin and off the chain fishing come visit Port Stephens and fish on the Calypso you will have the time of your life.