Venomous1111
Well-Known Member
Just thought I'd share my weekend port stephens trip chasing marlin with the other keen fishos on APS.
After 4 trips up to port this year to chase beaky's and having little success finally on the weekend it payed off with my first successfully boated striped marlin.
Headed up to port at 3am Friday to start the weekend of getting the boat on the water and ready to head out by 6.30am after doing a whole day and only getting a few dolphin fish and small yellowfin and striped tuna hitting the skirts and the water inshore being not the best we decided the remaining two days we would be heading out a bit further to the continental shelf.
On the last day of the trip we got out their in near perfect conditions swell 1-1.5m and little to no wind the water was like glass, we dropped out the skirts on the outriggers and dropped the teaser and started to trawl, after about 20 minutes we had a little black marlin come up and swipe a skirt but no hook up (very frustrating as this had happened on the last trip as well as pulling the hook on another)
After another copule of hours with little interest from any beaky's we turned around and headed back in to chase tuna, on the way in my stella 20000 (only spin gear setup on the boat) started screaming off after about 5 minutes it showed it's self doing some crazy aerials trying to throw the hook about 100m from the back of boat and we then knew it was a marlin of some sort and it was game face time. After a 30 minute fight and backing the boat up on it we had it within 40 metres of the boat when it then decided to charge the boat and with some crazy winding to keep tension on the line.. After another 20minutes we had it tail rapped and in the boat it came. As it was my first marlin I mad the decision to keep it and get the head and beak taxidermied for the pool room and marlin steaks for friends and family.
After 4 trips up to port this year to chase beaky's and having little success finally on the weekend it payed off with my first successfully boated striped marlin.
Headed up to port at 3am Friday to start the weekend of getting the boat on the water and ready to head out by 6.30am after doing a whole day and only getting a few dolphin fish and small yellowfin and striped tuna hitting the skirts and the water inshore being not the best we decided the remaining two days we would be heading out a bit further to the continental shelf.
On the last day of the trip we got out their in near perfect conditions swell 1-1.5m and little to no wind the water was like glass, we dropped out the skirts on the outriggers and dropped the teaser and started to trawl, after about 20 minutes we had a little black marlin come up and swipe a skirt but no hook up (very frustrating as this had happened on the last trip as well as pulling the hook on another)
After another copule of hours with little interest from any beaky's we turned around and headed back in to chase tuna, on the way in my stella 20000 (only spin gear setup on the boat) started screaming off after about 5 minutes it showed it's self doing some crazy aerials trying to throw the hook about 100m from the back of boat and we then knew it was a marlin of some sort and it was game face time. After a 30 minute fight and backing the boat up on it we had it within 40 metres of the boat when it then decided to charge the boat and with some crazy winding to keep tension on the line.. After another 20minutes we had it tail rapped and in the boat it came. As it was my first marlin I mad the decision to keep it and get the head and beak taxidermied for the pool room and marlin steaks for friends and family.