One of the best things about our downrigger is that your weight is held at the correct depth by a drag system. And we never had more proof that works than what happened this morning. 😊 Downrigging a small yellowtail just south of The Gap. Anyone who’s fished the area knows it’s a network of reefs and bombies with the depth going up and down like a yo-yo. Anyway, I was deep in conversation with my son-in-law (fishing in the little boat) and wasn’t paying attention to the gear. Ian said, ‘the lin

So this season has been a bit unpredictable and irregular, all the way from Cowan to the Shelf. Brown’s Mountain? Current running too fast for easy deep dropping - although we managed a few last Thursday. Tuna? Yellowfin pretty much finished, and blokes who know a lot about these things telling me bluefin won’t be travelling this far north, in 2017. Kingfish? The ones that are around are good size, but not in numbers. Salmon? Chad found them swarming last Friday, but keen readers found nothing o

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