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Thursday Capt Adam had a bit of a frustrating day, raised 11 marlin had 3 bites and finally got the hook into a 200lb black marlin. Boys had a great day!
Yesterday Capt Trent ventured out with 6 eager anglers and they said that they would be just happy to see a marlin. But Capt Trent blew them away with a great days fishing releasing 3 striped marlin. The guys went away very happy!
Monday Capt Trent headed out to the Newcastle grounds and had a great day, he caught 2 striped marlin and lost a nice blue. Way to go Trent!
Capt AJ back out tomorrow stay tuned!
We did it! Capt Adam and the Iona II team took out the capture divisions of the Lake Macquarie Tournament with a 411lb blue marlin on 30lb tackle and a 98.5kg striped marlin on 30lb. We won by 9000 or so points, the official presentation is on Friday but we have taken out Champion Boat, Champion Angler, Champion Female Angler and maybe a couple of other awards will update after the presentation. Well done Capt Aj and the Iona team!!!
This weekend we are fishing in the Lake Macquarie Tournament, a 2 day tournament. We were going to fish tag & release but an opportunity arose yesterday that we couldn’t resist! We caught a 411lb blue marlin on 30lb tackle in 3 minutes and put her on the deck. We are in the lead in the capture division lets see what today brings.
Capt Adam is on fire, in the last 7 days he has raised 22 marlin, had 15 bites and tagged & released 10 and caught 1 blue marlin. What a week!
During the week we had Robbie Green & friends for a 2 day charter, the first day was slow but the second day saved us as Capt Adam raised 7 had 3 on and caught 1. It certainly made up for the slow first day.
Stay tuned for the Lake Macquarie Tournament results.