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mermaid and gravel patch may day

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got to the ramp at 5am this morning kept an eye out for wes and got a call from my other mates boat crew that his battery was flat so brad, my neighbor and i sat around at the ramp and waited for another mate to show up after he got up early enough for the other boat that wouldn't start at home. 6am we set off towards the seaway which was flat except for a foot of slop which we beezed through and turned south towards a bait ground near narrow neck. couldn't raise a yakka or slimie so we headed down to the mermaid and did a drift first when we got there, with floating pilchards out we started jigging again. couldn't get any livies like this so we were just about to wind in when a floating pillie got hit but after a short run he shook the hook. we anchored up after this and got a bucket of yakkas by 8am and hadn't had any more hits on the pillies so we set off for the gravel patch.

once on the patch we set our livies on the top and bottom along with some floating pillies and started to burley we were one of only 2 boats there. after a short while a livie got hit and after a short run he shook the hooks very likely a marlin with this starting to be familiar. the second hit on a livie stayed connected and brad got into the fish which at one stage swam at us then played up at the boat doing deep runs under us. i called it for a tuna but i was very wrong as brad brought a spanish mack boatside then it wrapped itsef around the burley pot. i hit it with the gaff but didn't get a good shot at him with all the mess and had a second shot with the smaller gaff and boated him. 2 more livies got hit with the last hit while i was reeling in the last bait before we up anchored but they both got away. we trolled around after this then headed back to the ramp calling it a day

well done brad on your 2nd spanaird mate

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hey nice spaniards man!! B) i wish we hooked something like that today, i was the only boat drifting when you rocked up at mermaid. was gonna come over but thought i would stay my distance. we had a ball with the micro mack tunas getting my mate and his dad their first ones!!

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sorry wes i didn't notice it was you but would have said hello and yes we were on a mission

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hey nice spaniards man!! B) i wish we hooked something like that today, i was the only boat drifting when you rocked up at mermaid. was gonna come over but thought i would stay my distance. we had a ball with the micro mack tunas getting my mate and his dad their first ones!!
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gday dom it started off at about 10 knots and ended up at 15knots but it didn't bother us current and wind was in the same direction all day with us getting back in around 130pm i think

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Good effort guys.

How late did you stay out? Weather readings on seabreeze looked pretty ordinary after 8am. What did the conditions end up being like?

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Thanks for the reply Mark.

Always been curious what it would be like relatively close inshore in a 15-20. Apart from once I have really been really been out in anything over 15 knots offshore but was trolling so it wasn't a big deal. Been in plenty worse in the bay though and that wasn't nice.

Would be nice to be able to start trying a few closer in options on less than perfect forecasts which is pretty much what I restrict myself to.

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the photo above was taken around 10am and it was 15knots of wind sea conditions were good enough to travel on the plain at around 22mph then it got up to 20 knots on the way home with the wind behind us we were still able to plain around 18mph.around the seaway is the worst it will get with the swell and slop but as you travel south following the beach the sea conditions get better. the 3 inshore reefs i fish on the gold coast the palm beach, mermaid and berleigh gravel patch are deep in the bay of the gold coast which sit deep behind the head land of coolagatta and any southerlie swell is reduced on these reefs with the palmie being the most protected. these reefs don't hold much in the way of reefies but mainly pelagics though through winter the tailor move onto them and you can catch huge numbers of them along with the resident cobia and the odd jew

hope this helps dom

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Thanks for the reply Mark.

Always been curious what it would be like relatively close inshore in a 15-20. Apart from once I have really been really been out in anything over 15 knots offshore but was trolling so it wasn't a big deal. Been in plenty worse in the bay though and that wasn't nice.

Would be nice to be able to start trying a few closer in options on less than perfect forecasts which is pretty much what I restrict myself to.

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thanks mate. do you weight up the jigs heavily to get them to the bottom? I was watching river to reef the other day and they were catching them for marlin and only using split shot sinkers on the jig. do yakkas and slimeys get scared off if theres much weight on the jig?

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