In search of Magnificent Mahi Mahi… I took Tom and his parents visitors from England out for a fish last Saturday hoping for a Marlin or Tuna but instead finding those Magnificent Mahi Mahi. I had been told of several Marlin sightings the previous day so was somewhat hopeful; I’d also been told of a … Continue reading Ambition Report 9th.November’...

Mahi Mahi madness on a Spring day of Game fishing off Sydney. It’s not unusual at this time of year mid-spring to have an early run of the larger Mahi Mahi which are sometimes accompanied by Striped Marlin and other more tropical species off Sydney. Why I’m not sure. I always thought it was because … Continue reading Ambition Report 29th.October’2...

A  Mahi Mahi in winter is more than a surprise it’s a  sign of an early summer since that is when we catch our Mahi Mahi. Spring… After checking the weather on several different weather sites three of which were pretty well corresponding however one incidentally the BOM showed the worst case scenario   I decided … Continue reading Ambition Report...

Tuna  … It seems like forever since I last wrote a report. Being overseas and then experiencing a rather unfriendly virus causing me to miss a lot of fishing days not to mention probably the best run of Bluefin Tuna off Sydney in recent years as well as Yellowfin that didn’t help my reporting either. … Continue reading Ambition Report 19th.August’...

May hoping for Marlin Mahi Mahi and Yellowfin but conditions change and Mahi Mahi came to the party.   There are two types of day out at sea the good days and the not so good days. Well Friday was one of those not so good days. Though the weather was perfect and the sea … Continue reading Ambition Report 17th.May’24 → The post Ambition Report 17th...

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...

March Striped Marlin: These last few weeks have produced some of the best Marlin fishing off Sydney for a long time – bring on the March Striped Marlin… The Marlin bite here off Sydney continues as it has over the last few weeks with lots of reports coming in yesterday included. Most boats out … Continue reading Ambition Report 1st.April’24 → The...

I Took Sean and his brother Kevin from Ohio out last Monday with high hopes of finding the March Marlin and Yellowfin that we’d seen over the previous weeks. Recently we’ve had a really good run of March Marlin with both Blues and Stripes being found in good numbers. The Bait Station as well as … Continue reading Ambition Report 28th.March’24 → Th...

Autumn Fishing has always been the best time of year for Game Fishing out of Sydney. Generally speaking Autumn Fishing is when we encounter the larger fish of the species rather than numbers. Although having said that this Autumn has been exceptional so far. Over the last couple of weeks both Blue and Striped Marlin … Continue reading Ambition rep...

January Striped Marlin January Striped Marlin it is the beginning of the season and January Striped Marlin are on the menu. It was good to get out on Saturday since the predicted weather for Sunday didn’t look good. Sadly though the reports throughout the week were not encouraging. There was the occasional Marlin if you … Continue reading Ambition...

I was keen to get out today after being out last Monday when we raised a Striped Marlin but sadly missing the hook up. However I was surprised today to see how conditions had changed. On Monday the inshore water temperature was around the 23 C which is unusual enough for this time of year … Continue reading Ambition report 15th.December’23 → The p...

Joe’s Marlin I took Joe and his wife from Florida out last Friday on what turned out to be beautiful day at sea. The sea calm and the rain cleared as we headed out. So off we went out looking for Joe’s Marlin. Joe had experience having caught Sailfish and Mahi Mahi in his home … Continue reading Ambition report 26th.November’23 → The post Ambition...

Striped Marlin… At last something to write about – October Marlin. Though over the last couple of weeks a few Striped Marlin have shown up October Marlin start the run the last couple of times I’ve been out have been a misery of bad weather with cold and green water. Though there was plenty of … Continue reading Ambition Report 30th.October’23 → T...

Daniel’s Group… I went out yesterday with Daniel’s Group American soldiers here for the exercises again not really confident especially after looking at the SST charts. They were not showing any real feature. No temperature breaks in fact hardly any temperature variation between shore and a thousand fathoms. The only reasonable feature being the z...

September Yellowfin… Went out last Thursday with Chuck his wife and son on board from New York State chasing September Yellowfin. I was not very optimistic about the day. The weather wasn’t as good as expected in fact verging on horrible and recent fishing reports were hopeless. There were a few Yellowfin off Kiama and … Continue reading Ambition...

It is fair to say that this winter’s fishing has been unusual to say the least. Earlier on just a few weeks ago we had a run of big Yellowfin what I have heard called the Fijian Yellowfin. It would be interesting to know if these fish have actually come in on a current of … Continue reading Ambition report 17th.August’23 → The post Ambition report...

Sydney Yellowfin Tuna… Sydney Yellowfin tuna have been showing up in reasonable number. Everyone want to have a go at these Sydney Yellowfin tuna. After checking the weather reports and seeing three different scenarios I thought I’d give Mikko and his friends the option to postpone. However the lure of the fish ruled and the … Continue reading Amb...

Yellowfin Tuna…   The Sydney tuna run is coming. With a much-awaited moderation in the weather and reports of the Sydney Tuna with Yellowfin North of us and Bluefin to the South with both groups getting closer I had to get out there. The plan was to head East around to where there was some … Continue reading Ambition Report 26th.June’23 → The post...

This Peter Goadby Blue … The Peter Goadby Tournament was certainly held on an interesting week-end. Saturday… Saturday saw seventeen boats head out into what were ideal conditions. There had been reports of Yellowfin a little South of us Blue Marlin were evident Striped Marlin were apparent having pack attacked a couple of boats including … Contin...

Rob’s Blue Marlin… Rob’s Blue Marlin…After the last couple of day’s out and checking the SST charts it was apparent that little had changed. In fact the zero line was still pretty well encompassing Browns and the warmer current still running hard out wide with very little current inside. Maybe it is just me but … Continue reading Ambition report 2...