Coral Bay 4/2011
We set off for our annual trip to Coral Bay for the 2 weeks leading up to Easter to beat the crowd. Still a few people around but glad we left before easter.
Anyhow we had plans to meet up with Steve Goacher who we met on last years trip for a some tuition in Bll fishing or as Steve calls it trying to catch somthing with a stick attached to its head.
Steve competed at Gamex 2011 and was on the winning boat so he is as good as teacher as you are going to get. He came armed with 2 x 24 Kg and a 15Kg stand up out fits and a big roll of Skirts.
With the weather looking PERFECT we set off early and were in the water by 8 am. Gentlemans hours I would call that.
We had mixed expectations but Steve was very positive that we would catch our first bill fish.
30 mins into our trolling and we saw something aim in on the lure spread and smash the far skirted lure. Caos erupted as we cleared the back of the boat of teasers and other lures for the pending battle with a Nice 120cm dolphin fish on the 15kg outfit being boated and put into the ice box. What a start. Expectations are now high.
1.5 hours of more trolling south and Steve who was glued to the lure spread all day yelllllls we are on again and this time its a marlin.
Panic, Panic, Panic, clearing the back of the boat agian and we finnaly boated this nice little Black Marlin on the 24 Kg outfit. The fish was bought aboard for the photo and released after a nice boatside swim and we got back into it agan trolling south.
4 more strikes but no hook ups over the next 4 hours but how much fun was this.
LC and I want to thank our teacher Steve Goacher and Suenami for their company and we are indebted to you Steve for teaching us the ropes of what is the most exciting thing I have done standing up in a very long time.
Oohh yeh Just for fun we threw out some Robinson soft plastics on some ground we found and Steve riped up this funny coloured Rankin, verrrrryy niiicceeee
What a day out. Can't wait for Coral Bay next year. We will come armed with the gear to do it all again if we don't get itchy and want to go do it sooner.
KEN_DOG
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Cracke dolly mate
Cracker dolly mate
tolch10
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It went absolutley mental as
It went absolutley mental as well
Leemo
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thumper rankin there goatch!
thumper rankin there goatch!
bludgin' since 94'
Bones76
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Great fish - that dolly is a
Great fish - that dolly is a pearler
spanishmackeral
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well done on the first bill
well done on the first bill mate, the dolly and the rankin just top it off nicely too
soupster51
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Congrats
Congrats on the billy. Very nice. Cracka dollie I might add. They are a fish that taste great at any size.
The best reason for doing what's right today is tomorrow.
Faulkner Family
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well done guys. the dollie
well done guys. the dollie is a hooter. gotta be stoked with your first billie on the boat and a hooter of a rankin to finish off. Coral bay is a great place for fishing and those few fish just give an idea what the place is like. good to see Goatch showing you how its done
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
dirtball
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Love it, your grin says it
Love it, your grin says it all!!!
Boozehag
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Goatch the Legend
I have fished with Goatch and the boys on C Wirthy and yes you are correct these guys really know their shit Goatch is definately a master of finding a billie, well done on your first i know the feeling of being hooked line and biller.
Cheers Boozehag
Lucky Tim
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cracker dolly there, you
cracker dolly there, you don't seem to see many bigger than that. Congrats on the bill too, it is an addictive pursuit you've just found yourself in
PattyT
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Great report mate!! I think
Great report mate!! I think that dollie speaks for itself... CRACKER!!!
kane
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bloody hell
awesome dolly, looks like a great trip :)
Gooooone Fishin!
tolch10
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got the plastics brand wrong
Just a quick correction. The plastics we twitched were McCarthy's not Robinson's as previously mentioned