Mahi Mahi are apart from being a great sportfish and incredible eating are often the saving grace of a fishing trip. After a frustratingly tedious trip up to Port Stephens in dirty green cold water completely devoid of live Sunday past was a joy. Finally there was a break in the weather and the charts were … Continue reading Ambition report 21st....

Maddening Marlin – of all the Marlin the Striped Marlin are the most maddening. They will follow lures for an eternity hitting and missing continually   testing each lure in your spread. You can tease them with lures and bait but even if you can get them to eat you’re never sure of how well they … Continue reading Ambition report 7th. January’19 →...

Summer and the Mighty Marlin go hand in hand. Reports and contacts are becoming more frequent each day. Black Marlin are showing up inshore around the bait schools though not many have been caught yet. Out wider Striped Marlin are coming down the coast with the warmer water and Mahi Mahi are turning up in … Continue reading Ambition report 28th.De...

Marlin madness is a strange condition. For those smitten it is usually after an encounter with one of these remarkable predators. I could go on about Marlin for hours but those smitten know without me saying anything further. All I will say is it is Marlin madness season. Whether you are a died in wool … Continue reading Ambition report 21st.Decem...

Sydney has been the place for Tuna Fishing with Bluefin the  occasional Yellowfin and even  Albacore taken last week but it is a day to day proposition. On Thursday we headed out to where the fish had been caught the previous Wednesday.  After my fruitless day on Tuesday I and the crew were keen to … Continue reading Ambition report 23rd. July’18...

Winter and Spring are the time for Sydney’s Tuna   Albacore Yellowfin and Bluefin.  Though it looks like the Bluefin have passed there are enough reports of Yellowfin both North and South to be optimistic. Sadly we are in post Bluefin season though I’m sure we all hope they’ll return. It amazes me how they just … Continue reading Ambition report 3...

It is Shark time off Sydney at present with Mako’s   Blues and Whalers on the bite. On the  week-end  a  rare Thresher Shark was also caught and a couple of Whites were encountered.       Now that the Bluefin have moved on and the Yellowfin haven’t turned up Sharks have become the mainstay of … Continue reading Ambition report 6th. August’18 → The...

I want to take this opportunity to say that I am taking bookings for the upcoming Port Stephens 2019 season. I will be available from mid-January until mid-March’19. As most would know this year’s Marlin season at Port Stephens was the best in many years. Best of all was the fabulous run of Blue Marlin. … Continue reading Ambition report 16th. Aug...

Spring is usually a great time for fishing off Sydney. Out wide Tuna usually show up with Albacore and Yellowfin in the mix. Also on the offshore reefs the Kingies should be in residence. Around Browns Gemmies are still around with the occasional Blue Eye as well as Mako and Blue sharks ready to steal … Continue reading Ambition report 10th.Septem...

Reports of Yellowfin tuna have been coming in over the last couple of weeks. Those ‘fin encountered have been in two basic classes biggish ones over forty kilo’s and others going fifteen to twenty five kilo’s. However as we all know any Yellowfin is a good one. The main problem other than locating the fish … Continue reading Ambition report 24th....

I am afraid I have to say it but the Pakula ‘Brad ‘J” bullet has done it again with the capture of a very early season Spearfish. I went out on ‘Shukudu’ owned by Gerard Searle on Monday to see if we could find those elusive Yellowfin. The damned things are out there but not … Continue reading Ambition report 22nd. October’18 → The post Ambition r...

November often sees an early run of the pelagics i.e.  Mahi Mahi and Marlin.  As the warmer water up North really starts pushing down the shelf it bring with it the first of these oceanic wanderers. However this October after what has seemed the longest run of bad weather and bad timing as far as … Continue reading Ambition report 29th. October’18...

It’s that time of year again –  Billfish time.         November is when the warm water currents from the North start to move inshore and push further South. Consequently with this warm water come the great pelagics Marlin  Spearfish Wahoo and Mahi Mahi. It is also when club fisher people get excited about … Continue reading Ambition report 5th. No...

It is summertime and the first Marlin of the season still hasn’t been caught or tagged by a SGFC member in Sydney waters. It was with this in mind that we went out last Saturday. The charts were showing good water wide and North of Browns so that … Continue reading Ambition report 3rd.December’18 → The post Ambition report 3rd.Decemb...

As the winter days subside and the water temp slowly rises for spring the inshore reefs are beginning to re populate with good numbers of quality fish. The last few trips have produced some crackers! Nice sized Snapper Morwong Flathead and bonus Pearl Perch Trag and Dory. So far certainly promising prospects for the [...] The post The rains have a...

Recently my client requested that I “re build” his Calstar 7455XXH 37kg Stroker and convert the Hyperlon fore grip to leather! Big Job though so worth it as this weapon has proven its worth over and over hauling huge Sharks to 800 lb. So the project began stripping down the guides and fore grip [...] The post Rebuilding Big Blue appeared first on...

I went out yesterday looking for the Tuna. I’d heard the long liners were working wide and South of Heatons so headed off in that direction. It was a bit lumpy going through the heads but eased up a few miles out away from the backwash. There were just a few mountains with which to … Continue reading Ambition report 11th. July’18 → The post Ambiti...

It is Tuna time off Sydney and the bite is in full swing. We headed out at 5:30 yesterday morning heading for where the bite had been on Wednesday. After my fruitless day on Tuesday I and the crew were keen to play. We set the lures out North-East of Browns and proceeded to listen … Continue reading Ambition report 13th. July’18 → The post Ambitio...

After over three weeks of nothing to say about the Game Fishing  off Sydney I needed to say something so….. Game fishing off Sydney has certainly taken a turn for the worse. Actually it has been pretty hopeless for the last month.  The weather hasn’t helped either. After what was amongst the best Smmer and … Continue reading Ambition report 4th’ J...

Yellowfin and Albacore are the prime target at this time of year with Kingies and dropping on Browns thrown in for good measure. The warm currents are slowing and cubing is also on the agenda. I took Brad his groomsmen and future father-in-law out on Saturday. The aim was to catch live bait which we … Continue reading Ambition report 11th.June’17...