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Joey with a chunky spring longtail tuna.
Mawson cracked a monster cobia. His father Joey helped him with his trophy.
PTatience required for pelagics
HIS month I found myself sitting around
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A well-deserved smile after Ange caught an awe- some snapper.
Tom with his personal best golden trevally, which was well over 1m.
The spring northerly wind has given me plenty of time to get my article written and in on time!
Tuna were seen near Rooney Point but mostly flighty and not easy to catch longtail and mack, with many sharks in tow.
The unthinkable hasn’t happened yet, though I believe it is only a matter of time.
whinging about the weather.
You would expect mack tuna by now or maybe even a few spot- ted mackerel.
ing in water deeper than 6m, which is con- cerning when leading a marlin boat side.
We’ve had plenty of storms, so I hope many areas are getting decent rain.
We have had marlin eaten before but not at the boat.
Ironically, I spend most of my year hating rain because my house turns into a swamp, but back to fishing.
The marlin we catch by the point have been getting a short tow into the shallows for release.
I feel sharks are less likely to eat marlin be- cause they spend much of the fight on the sur- face, similar to long- tail, but if you release a weak fish to swim deep, I’m almost certain of the outcome.
Fishing over the past month hasn’t been great and big numbers of fish marauding bait on the surface haven’t been a feature.
I don’t do the ‘angler- in-water’ photo because we aren’t fishing from the shore.
Near Rooney Point particularly, I bring marlin into the boat be- cause I can see sharks on the sounder.
Recently I found trevally roaming near the point and though they hooked up, not one fish was landed due to
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Jay landed this lovely spring snapper on a soft vibe.


































































































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