Almark reef is 28 miles out of Port Stephens and is well known for holding good sized Kingfish as well as Snapper and the occasional Bar Cod. Almark is a Jigger’s paradise as anyone who has been there will tell you. I have fished the area many times over the years and at different times … Continue reading Almark → The post Almark appeared first on...

August Tuna August Tuna are when the Yellowfin are often found by both trolling and cubing. In fact a may be  caught right up and through to November. In fact some of the bigger fish are caught during summer when the ocean currents bring them and the bait inshore. After all the bad weather and … Continue reading Ambition Report 7th.August’22 → The...

Friday Due to the weather I’d been looking forward to getting out for a while now. What with the weather opportunities have been rare. But a last minute call on Thursday had us on our way. Although the weather forecast looked good on paper reality was a whole new ball game. We were met with … Continue reading Ambition report 23rd.May’22 → The post...

Mahi Mahi Yesterday in perfect conditions I took Brian his father and his two young sons out fishing. They were visiting from America and wanted to experience Game Fishing. Sadly they didn’t get the full experience though they did enjoy the day and succeeding in taking home a nice feed of Mahi Mahi. The aim … Continue reading Ambition report 18th....

Peter Goadby Rundown After much toing and froing about whether to hold the Peter Goadby Tournament over one or two days; the number of entries and the weather being the matters of contention the decision to go ahead was bravely made by President Karen at the last minute; it would be a two day tournament. … Continue reading Peter Goadby Rundown → T...

La Nina To say that this year’s ‘La Nina’ event has caused unmitigated disruption would be a monstrous understatement. Other than the floods and onshore destruction it has affected the fishery all the way down the coast. The flooding pushing water like mud out to the shelf and down the coast bringing down huge amounts … Continue reading Ambition r...

Autumn Sydney Blues… After all the bad weather and floods of the last few weeks Sydney Blues took new meaning last weekend. This time of year usually heralds the arrival of Sydney Blues that is Blue Marlin. If you look at the results of the Sydney Game Fishing Club’s annual ‘Peter Goadby Tournament’ which is … Continue reading Ambition report 15th...

Fishing Port Stephens… Fishing Port Stephens was really tough this season. The main problem being the lack of bait the big schools of Slimey Mackerel were not on their usual grounds either inshore or offshore. Also along with the lack of bait the juvenile Black Marlin had not shown up in their normal numbers. Offshore … Continue reading Ambition R...

Port Stephens February’22 I have just spent 3 days 3 very different days due to the varying weather conditions fishing out of Port Stephens. On the first day last Thursday because the usual bait gathering areas were virtually devoid of bait I decided to go wide. Levi and Matty were keen to get out there … Continue reading Ambition report 17th.Febr...

The weather looked too good to pass up yesterday. That together with reports of Marlin and good-sized Mahi Mahi was enough for me to do a social day. I generally do these when I’m desperate to get out to sea. We Warren Knight Elliot Wasserman and I headed out on a beautiful morning planning to … Continue reading Ambition Report 11th. January’22 →...

First of a Happy New Year to everyone and hopefully a Healthy one too. I went out finally after what seemed an eternity of bad weather. Reports came in of Striped Marlin around the shelf and good-sized Dollies appearing too. I decided to stay in close for the first couple of hours for a couple … Continue reading Ambition Report 1st.January’22 → Th...

A couple of weeks ago there were some very lucky skippers who managed to get out during a break in the weather and found numbers of Striped Marlin and heaps of bait. Though that run only lasted a couple of days the few boats that have been out since have raised Marlin but because they … Continue reading Ambition report 26th.November’21 → The post...

To get back out to sea was indeed good for the soul. Though the relief was great the results left a lot to be desired at least as far as the Game Fishing went. We left the harbour on Saturday in beautiful weather it being a surprise that the BOM were quite accurate. Reports from … Continue reading Ambition Report 24th.October’21 → The post Ambitio...

Mid-October opening start fishing start fishing start fishing… Well thankfully it seems as though we are  on track to open up  Mid-October. I am pretty sure there are lots of anglers out there just waiting to reconstitute the salt concentration in their blood.               It appears from those who … Continue reading Ambition report 22nd.Septembe...

EASTER The most amazing thing about Easter this year was the weather. It could not have been more conducive to good fishing. It was just a shame that the Easter fishing wasn’t as good as the weather. Not to say there were no fish around it was just difficult to keep up to the Yellowfin … Continue reading Ambition report 7th.April’21 → The post Amb...

Sydney’s Game Fishing is at its best from the middle of March through April and sometimes into the middle of May  Sydney’s Game Fishing is the best. It is also why the Sydney Game Fishing Club holds its annual Peter Goadby Memorial Tournament at this time of year actually on the 17th. and 18th. … Continue reading Ambition report 29th.March’21 → Th...

It constantly surprises me how the sea conditions can change from one day to the next. I went out last Friday in less than ideal sea conditions which were supposed to ease through the day. Anyway at the Heads the water temperature was nearly 24 degrees and blue. On Saturday in much calmer conditions the … Continue reading Ambition report 15th.Marc...

Marlin Port Stephens…this year was a far cry from previous years. Maybe it was the effect of La Nina maybe the moon but whatever it was it was tough going while I was there. The Marlin Port Stephens  fishery was seriously affected by the weather this year. Other than having to cancel and postpone several … Continue reading Ambition Report 6th.Marc...

At Port Stephens  Black Marlin are the name of the game at present. The Port Stephens Black Marlin of varying  sizes are chasing bait on the inner reefs. A lot of anglers expecting to find the usual inshore run of 20 to 30 kilo’s fish are being beaten on light tackle by Blacks  getting up … Continue reading Ambition report 17th. February’21 → The...

Monday 13th November 2017 How’s this for a magnificient snapper! One of the prettiest and best eating fish on the East Coast.

Last weekend coinciding with The Port Hacking 100 Tournament was an interesting if not frustrating couple of days to go fishing but it did have its highlights however the fishing was disappointing when compared to the last few weeks with Striped Marlin. Saturday The Saturday was very quiet a few Striped Marlin tagged and as … Continue reading Ambi...