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First fish of season 550lb!!
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Off to visit the Rock!
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Departed 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!!!!
Heading North to Cairns!!!
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Capt 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……
Triple Header Sunday!
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Capt Adam ventured out to his usual haunt off Newcastle on Sunday with Darren Mehan and the boys from NCIG on board the Iona. The Iona II had a bit of a mishap so we brought the old girl down from Foster and it was good to see she still is a great fish raising machine. We had a bite on a lure from a striped marlin straight up and then an actioned packed triple header which saw us release a nice striped marlin. The boys were stoked and had a great day. We have some hot shots to follow.
We are taking the Iona II out to Lord Howe Island next week for Capt Trent Visscher’s wedding. Should be a great trip and looking forward to finding a few hot spots on the way and also around Lord Howe.
After Trent’s wedding we will be heading north with the Iona II to Airlie Beach as we have plenty of scaffolding work after Cyclone Ilui and will be based there for a few months before we head further north to Cairns for the Giant Black Marlin Season which we are heavily booked for already. Still have some time available so get in quick for our very competitive rates!
We wish Trent and his lovely lady Brooke all the best for their special day and best fishes to them both!!!!
Newcastle Bus Stop Fish Frenzy
Monday, March 15th, 2010On Saturday Capt AJ steered the Iona II to his regular haunt the Newcastle Bus Stop with business partner & ex Rugby League star Robbie McCormack ’s brother Greg McCormack and his colleagues from Bengalla Coal Mining. The boys started off a bit green, not sure why the seas weren’t that bad! Well we certainly kept their minds off the possibility of meeting Chuck & Ralph with an unbelievable day’s fishing.
We raised 13 fish and caught 6, 4 black marlin & 2 striped marlin. The day was one of the most promising of the season so far and after 5 1/2 hours fishing we were back in port & in front of the TV watching the Knights play with a few cold stubbies. We could have had double numbers if we stayed out but the boys did great holding themselves (or stomachs) together as long as they did and had a great day’s fishing! Good on ya guys & Capt AJ.
Iona II wins Lake Macquarie Tournament
Monday, February 8th, 2010We 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!!!
Lake Macquarie Tournament
Sunday, February 7th, 2010This 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.