Iona Game Fishing Blog

300lb & 150lb Black Marlin No.10

iona — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:04:15 +0000

Ribbon No.10 & 2 black marlin!

iona — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:00:43 +0000

We got Reg to brave the conditions & his green gills & we headed outside No 10 ribbon reef & Reg’s courage was rewarded with a 300lb black marlin. Brad Godden followed up his strike giving him a 150lb black marlin.
Great start to the season for Capt AJ!

First fish of season 550lb!!

iona — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:25:18 +0000

550lb for Daron Congrats!

Off to visit the Rock!

iona — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:16:44 +0000

Departed Cooktown this morning heading to Lizard Island with very important guests on board the infamous Reg Flannery & one of NSW police commission “grand poh bah” Jeff (Lowey) & Brad Godden. As poor Reg gets a bit green about the gills and the weather isn’t that favourable we hope to at least get some marlin fishing in! The next 6 days will more than likely involve a fair bit of bottom fishing & light tackle fishing behind the reef but Capt AJ is determined to get Reg out there hooked up to a nice girl to help him forget about gills!!!!

700lb Bite 3rd day of season!!!

iona — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:09:18 +0000

Yesterday we only had the baits in for 10 minutes & a very nice girl estimated at 700lb took a swipe at our bait got spooked took off and came back for another go, unfortunately we didn’t hook her but its got us excited about the season!!!

Our first fish for the season!!!!

iona — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:42:25 +0000

Capt AJ headed out from a very dismal looking Cairns on Sunday, we could hardly see the leads! On board the Iona II Daron Gheblikian & mates battled the rain & enjoyed their first day mucking around with some light tackle & we caught some tuna & reef fish the boys had fun!

But Monday was the day!!! Fishing our way up to Cooktown to meet our next clients we hooked a very nice 550lb black marlin. After a short fight lucky Daron brought her to the boat. What a great start to the season! 1 on the board on our 2nd day of charter. Congrats to Daron!

Heading North to Cairns!!!

iona — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:17:16 +0000

Capt AJ & crew along with Jason Younan & mates departed Hamilton Island on board the Iona II on Sunday and heading for Cairns. We are all keen to get the rods out & baits in the water.

We start our season on Sunday 29th August nice early start and hopefully we can get amoungst the little blacks straight off, will keep you tuned. We still have 7 days available the last week of September on board the Iona II with Capt Trent Visscher but they are the ony days we have available for the season on board the Iona & Iona II. We are looking forward to a cracker of a season both Capt AJ & Capt Trent chomping at the bit to get amoungst the big girls. We will keep you updated again this season with our daily successes, great pics by Rhino & great stories!!! Stay tuned……

Keeping the boys busy!!!

iona — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:23:04 +0000

Sorry for the lack of updates guys we have been working hard erecting scaffold along the East Coast (www.scafflinkaustralia.com.au The Erection Specialist for all your scaffolding needs) We’re counting the days till we can hit the ocean & start fishing which won’t be long. We will be heading north in late August & looking forward to the FNQ weather. We only have a couple of time slots available in late September and a prime slot at the end of October due to a cancellation so be quick to confirm your days on board the Iona . Check out our latest job, the clock tower in St George west of Brisbane, now thats watching the clock!!

Watching the clock!

We get our reef fix!

iona — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:11:13 +0000

Well we have been working hard in Airlie & Mackay in the aftermath of cyclone Uli, we have a load of work on so we haven’t had much time for fishing. We have been itching to throw the lines in so much so we caught the barramundi that has been hanging around the back of the boat in the marina! Dicko was most impressed with his catch. See the pic!
However we put down the tools and took the opportunity on the weekend as the weather was glamour and the Iona II needed a good run so we headed out to the Great Barrier Reef and had an awesome weekend. We did a bit of light tackle fishing and caught a nice Spanish mackerel and a lot of reef fishing for red emperor, coral trout & nannygai and caught a heap. On board was one of our big builders Dave and we’re assured his weekend on the Iona II was one to remember.
The Cairns Giant Black Marlin season is approaching fast and we are heavily booked but have some time still available so get in quick for our very competitive rates on board the Iona & Iona II.

Scafflink on tour Airlie/Mackay!

Finally we wet some lines again!!!

iona — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:04:30 +0000

Nice Barra at the back of Iona II

Dicko more than happy with his catch!

What more can we say! A good weekend had by all!

Nice bait for the Cairns Season!

Capt AJ gets time off from the helm

Calamari anyone!

Nice Coral Trout Dave!

Emperor Dave!

Get the bbq ready Rhino!

Fillet her up Mustard!