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Black Marlin Fishing, Cairns, Australia
This is a follow up with photos of my trip to AU. Please enjoy!
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Black Marlin Fishing, Cairns, Australia
In a nutshell, this is a trip of a lifetime for all fishermen as Australia is home to one of the best of Black Marlin fishing on the planet. Last October, I went with five guys for two weeks of fishing for the black marlin along the Great Barrier Reef between Cairns and Lizard Island. The GBR is about 1,300 miles long. We stayed on a live board ship, Beluga http://www.beluga-x.com.au/ and fished on one of the two charters boats with captains Corey Hard http://www.hardcoregamefishing.com.au/ & Sharky Miles http://www.marlin4miles.com.au/
In a period of two weeks, we have caught and released 28 black marlins which comes to an average of one marlin per day per boat! The biggest was about 900 lbs. I was lucky to fight a fish with 750 lbs of meat. The holy grail for marlin fisherman is landing a 1,000 lbs plus black marlin. The blokes called a one thousand lbs plus fish a "Grander". One of my buddies have caught six granders over 15 years of fishing among the group. These boys have fished the same waters for a very long time as I was very fortunate to join them.
They do everything different down there. Fishing for live baits in the morning and troll for the marlins after 12 pm. Unlike in our lake, the early morning bites does not apply to Australian at all. Trolling for the black marlins begin after 12 pm and ends at six pm. Some days, one boat did not catch fish while the other landed multiple bites.
Word to wise, if you are going to travel on a non stop trip for 14 hours from LAX to Sydney with connecting flight for 4 hours to Cairns, it is good idea to spend at least a week of chartering on a boat with your best friends.
I will post pictures in the fishing pictures section.
Please feel free to send me pm for tips in case you make the long journey to the land of the down under. I have added links for your convenience and I am not financially associated with these links.
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750 lbs Black Marlin off Lizard Island, Australia
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Excellent advice!! Thanks for sharing!!!
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Good luck. The Browns are out there if not kings
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Thank you for organizing this event. I am definitely in. I like to support American Cancer Society for so many people are suffering from cancer today.
Tight lines.
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What a great weather we ve had during the Fall LOC derby!
I was fortunate to go out fishing everyday the past two weeks.
It has been slow fishing during the last weekend of August. After three days of zero catches, we have finally dialed in with the kings and Browns around the water off Rochester.
The Kings were found in 40 to 85 fow. Browns are plenty everywhere easy and west of ibay. We have went as far as 450' however I can verify that there are not enough fish to be found. The fish were always right in front of us!!!
Fishing has picked up for the last part of the labor day weekend. Not as fast as furious however we worked very hard in the area where bait balls are crowded with hooks in 40 to 80 fow.
Most of the Kings are under 25# whole the biggest brown we took reached 12.11#. Dipsey and riggers with atomik flies took most hits from the kings. It was all spoon bites for browns with evil eyes and bright colored lures. A big 12# brown took the cut bait - go figure Even the dipsey 35' out took hit with 22# king. Slow troll was the key with landing the mature kings.
It is amazing out there.
I want to thank my fellow buddies for fishing with me: Chris Momot, Captain Larry Hammond and Barry Haywood.Tight lines!
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Way to go Chad! You have proven that fishing makes for a better father and daughter bonding! Congratulations on the awesome feat.
Anthony
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Way to go guys! Got to respect the lady for overcoming the king!
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Hey Chris, not to worry as I have always said to you that family comes first every time. Look forward to fishing with you next weekend!
Thanks to LOU, I am all set with finding a new fishing buddy to fish with during the week.
Tight lines everyone! Safe fishing!
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I'm looking for a reliable derby partner to fish with me off irondequoit bay.
I hope to fill in the slots everyday from now to end of Labor Day.
Please send me PM.
Good luck to all.
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Congratulations! You got to treasure this memory of the catch of a lifetime@
Tight lines.
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Pm sent thanks
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Back to your post with quick update. With stronger southwest wind than expected, we headed out to the East of Ibay - we did two fish this morning with 14 lbs king and a skipper. King took NK carmel dophin spoon with gold plated off rigger 90' down off 225 FOW.
We did not find any bait after marking fish in 120 to 130 FOW. Screen was mostly blank everywhere until we hit a pod of kings in 225 fow. It was a lucky find when we came across them once however they disappeared from the screen afterwards.
Tight lines.
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Will give it a shot tomorrow and update with the results. Thanks for the early lead with depth.
Tight lines.
Anthony
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Thanks for the nice report.
Tight lines.
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Thumbs up to YT and crew! Great photo!
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Great job out there, Brian. books like this beautiful rainbow has been on a south beach diet.
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Awesome King in your hands!!! Way to go!
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It's a good challenge whenever you re on a solo trip and I promise you it will not be easy when you re trying to net in a screamer with a rod on one arm and the net on the other!
Thank you for sharing! Tight lines.
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Beautiful silvers! Another excellent outing on your boat.
As always, thank you for sharing the report.
Tight lines.
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Hello fellow fisherman!
This is my first report for 2016. I had a late start due to my slow recovery from a torn Achilles from last winter. I can't fish on rough waters until I am fully recovered. With your good health, You need to feel blessed to be able to fish out on any given day.
My best fishing buddy Chris and I went out yesterday morning. Had a delayed start with the looming lightning storm which blew up in the sky by the time it passed us.
Warm waters are everywhere inside water from 80 to 220 fow. We managed to find just one nice king and as kipper east of I-Bay.
Two riggers down 80 and 100. Temp were 53 down 100. Wire divers and copper 450'. Along with Chris 's slide divert that took a king. Green spoon took hits.
Not much baits to be found on a general note. I feel the fishing have shut down right after the storm. I know fishing can be hot right before the storm. I want to thank Chris for running the fishing lines since I can only hold the wheels with my hands and nurse my foot.
Tight lines!
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Good luck today and thanks for sharing your previous trip.
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Good job on the steelies!
I am certain it's not the Godzilla monster sitting at the bottom of the lake!
The lake continues to amaze us each time we venture out.
Tight lines
Black Marlin Fishing, Cairns, Australia
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Gator: This must be amazing experience fishing for the big ones off the cliff. I read further into this topic about their version of "Land Based Game Fishing". Imagine catching a big marlin off the gorge by the genny river!!!