my rotto report
got to the cockburn boat ramp about 5ish in the morning and was glad to see there was no wind at all. as soon as we got the boat in the water we headed of to the club marine FAD lookin for some dolphin fish. after about an hour of trolling lures around the FAD with no luck we decided to bottom bounce and about 60meters away from the FAD 2 or 3 decent sized dollies swam past the boat straight to the FAD. after bottom bouncing for bit with out no luck like trolling we decided to go and look for a charter boat and find a spot. finally first drop i hooked up to something good then came off. then my dad hooked up to something this fish wasant much of fighter but once we got it to the top it was a 50cm grey banded cod. after with no luck again we decided we were gonna move untill fun size tuna started jumping around the boat but we got none eney way. so we moved again to about 20meters of water, about 10 minutes into fishing a 4ft hammer head swam around the boat then took off. after the hammer head left i got a fairly good bite it kept on biting and then suddenley i set the hook into this fish is wasant much of a fight on 50lb. once got to the boat it was black ass and was 30cm he was size but decided to send him back because of his size. a couple of minutes later i had an even better bite so i set the the hooks in this one and this one was fighting a bit but not much. once it broke the surface it was a big buff bream with my rig in its mouth and a snapper flasher in its mouth from a recent fight. so once i got the hooks out of him i chucked him back the drink. soon as i chucked him back my mate (thafishingkid) hooked the 4ft hammer head unforntently it wasant hooked very long and the line snapped he was a bit disapointed but he got over it after while. after a while the wind started to pick up and we were gonna move untill i hooked something that gave a good fight. after about of a couple of minutes of the fight a meter gummy shark came to the surface so we quickly got its head of and guts out and put it straight into the ice slurry. about a couple minutes later me mate got a 40cm black ass so we chuck him in the ice slurry aswell
by the end of the day we ended up with 50cm grey bannded cod
meter gummy shark
and a 40cm black ass
Names matt
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Sounds like you enjoyed your day.
Regarding spots, better off sounding around and finding your own, a good tip if your new to the game is to start sounding around where the pro's are dropping there cray pots (usually indicates good ground).
IF your going to rely on looking for other boats then its more than likely things will end in tears. You will not be a popular boat on the ocean.
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fishing94
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yer well we were goin over
yer well we were goin over the north barge but it wouldent show up on the sounder for some reason and there was so many cray boats out today, we have fished near cray pots at rotto before and pulled up snapper,harliquin,BB but just tryin to look for new ground mainly ;)
Names matt
Faulkner Family
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well done on the feed. gotta
well done on the feed. gotta be happy with the grey band and the shark. good feed in the end
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