Ambition report 26th.May'19
Май 24, 2019 Sydney 4 фото & 1 видео
Dolphin (Mahi Mahi)
Корифена (махи-махи)
Marlin (Blue)
Синий марлин (атлантический)
Tuna (Yellowfin)
Тунец (желтоперый)
Marlin (Striped)
Полосатый марлин

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We went out last Wednesday to try and find those mysterious Yellowfin. Reports had been coming in of the Yellowfin ranging along the temperature break South-East of Browns. Along with the'fin were occasional encounters with Blue and Striped Marlin. One of which we caught last week. We took Joseph Liu out, he primarily wanted to deep drop on Browns and have a go at Kingfish on the way. Unfortunately the current was not favourable at all. The Peak were there had been some action over previous days was completely shut down. To top it off there was no way to fish Browns, in my opinion, with 3.5 knots of current. So, the last option was to go wide, find the temperature break and maybe those mysterious Yellowfin and Marlin. Well we did just that and we were working the break when Ben who was just ahead of us in his boat 'Markoo' called up to say the were hooked up to a Yellowfin which they ultimately landed, it weighed 62.5 kilo's. So we were in the right area but unfortunately to no avail. Of interest it was apparent the current was easing. I got another chance to chase those elusive Yellowfin on Friday. I took out Tim and Scott who had just arrived from Minnesota after an unexpected delay, so were a little fatigued. The aim again was to go to the temperature break, work it and hopefully find them a fish. We got to the break were it was immediately apparent the current had eased and moved further out. I know a lot of anglers believe in the change of tide but I am a sceptic having caught heaps of Marlin well away from the changes. In this case the change was at 12:38pm. We had a crashing strike at 12:20pm., I'm still a sceptic. When the fish struck I thought I'd seen a bill but the fish never showed itself, maybe it was a 'fin. Then after nearly half an hour it started to move up to the surface where I got a glimpse, it was a Marlin and when it jumped a big Stripy revealed itself. Either because this fish had conserved its energy by staying deep or because Tim and Scott were jetlagged and had had a VB or two it put up a tough fight and both of them fought it a couple of times. As you will see in the video it didn't want to give in and was incredibly aggressive even at the end . The current out there has eased further and the fact that there are Long liners working near that break is indicative of Yellowfin in the area. Hopefully when the weather stabilises again we'll find them, we'll certainly be looking. Tight lines Ivan
Ivan Bennett
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Ambition Report 28th.April’24
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