Quality number of dollies
Submitted by Bodie on Mon, 2011-02-28 09:30
good to see so many dollies showing up this year.
Was out the back of rotto on saturday and eventho we did not get a dollie, the water temp showed 26.6 on the sounder!
Question i had is the number of dollies being caught AWAY from the FAD's? Seems be be quite a few free swimming at the moment? As far as im aware this isnt all that common downj this way is it?
till
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Sam C got one at West End a
Sam C got one at West End a few years back, Hlokk lost one while expecting a Salmon last year.
I guess that without the FADs, thats how all dollies used to be caught?
scottland
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they have to get to the fad somehow hahah
my mate caught one bottom bouncing in jurien last year.
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scotto
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us
we scooted out for another crack on my boat yesterday, and were trolling bibbed minows at west end, when we had a scorching run (which i'm 95% certain was a macky) in 35m water. we stopped the boat, and were retreiving the other lines when we dropped the fish, but look over the side, and there was a free swimming dolly of well over a metre. unfortunately, it wasnt interested in any of our offerings.
with the water temp right up there this year, nothing is out of the ordinary.
we did however pick up a good one of about 9-10kg, well past the fads, but unfortunately that was it for the day (trying to load photos, but work computer being a bitch this morning ** edit got it!!**)
Nozzas dolly from sunday.
alfred
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Not this year, but awhile
Not this year, but awhile back I got one 14 miles due west of OR, drift baiting, but that was a good year for the dollies as well. Looks like when they are around in big numbers, they are everywhere.
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Dollies
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Damien Bolton with a dolphinfish taken in 25m of water out the back of Rottnest (chicken run) on the 12th of April 2005 after we lost a solid mackie 5 mins before.
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snappermiles
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last year we caught a few dollies
at the fads then headed back into fourty metres to catch a duhie and caught an 8kg dollie on a paternoster rig on the bottom! you sometimes see them swimming around when we go out to the three hundred mark for puka and cod
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Seaquest
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Certainly been a good summer
Certainly been a good summer for dollies and macks in the metro and surrounds.
A few macks were caught around Bunker Bay, Dunsborough on the weekend.
One was also speared on the west coast.
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A guy caught one [ Dollie] on
A guy caught one [ Dollie] on Sunday in 40 m from Hillarys. Caught on a spare alvey with no drag as he was pulling in his line to check bait!! I saw the fish hit it 10 foot from the boat!Was 94cm and approx 6/7 kg. Ive got the photo on my facebook as I still don't know how to post a photo. Saltwater charters wa. Also a photo of a 15kg wahoo we got from the furuno fad last week. Millions of dollies but could only land a couple on a popper and a small jig.Very frustrating. Will give it another crack this week. 70 mtrs active for tuna and dollies too.
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