Bermagui game fishing report 

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January 2007 - Bluewater Classic Tournament

	Kerry Brown with her first ever gamefish a 28 kg (61 pound ) Yellowfin tuna caught on ladies day of Bermagui Bluewater tournament
Day1 - tag and release of a very small black marlin to Wayne Brown on day 1 of the Bermagui Bluewater classic tournament 2007.   Day 2 - cancelled due to bad weather.   Day 3 - captured 110 kg striped marlin which won heaviest marlin for the        tournament and the team also came second in tag and release (on a countback).

October 2006

capture of  180 kg mako as well as one baby mako and another estimated 150 kg lost boatside

May-June 2006  tuna fishing has been good for fish over 50 kg starting in mid may, a run of school fish showed in June with schools of 20 kg fish in the Bermagui area . best fish boated 50 kg lost two larger models one 70 kg boatside and a bust off after 1.5 hours on one that may have been a Bluefin estimated at  90 kg

February 2006 

marlin fishing has been patchy with some good days and some days were no fish are seen, some good dolphin fish mahi-mahi are floating around too..

December 2005 27 December  had a very good marlin fishing charter - tagging  four marlin for the one day game fishing charter on the twelve mile reef, had two other marlin follow the baits. lots of bait balls of redbait and dolphins rounding them up, the marlin were there too. The marlin seem to be here nice and early , which is always a good sign for the season tuna fishing has been consistent with small Yellowfin in the 5 kg to 15 kg size range being trolled up  yellowtail kingfish are at the island

September 2005 23 September The spring tuna season has started with the capture of our first Yellowfin, a 40 kg (90 lbs) fish as well as an albacore and some striped tuna , the Yellowfin struck a bibless minnow and our 71 year old first time game fishing angler did a great job in getting in.

May 2005 well the marlin game fishing season ended up being a ripper with the boat getting 106 marlin for the season, with some very happy charters going away with big smiles on their faces, and the striped marlin are still biting at Bermagui. At this time of year the fish are at their largest and some record size fish are there to be caught. Two Australian line class record fish have been caught in the last couple of weeks, one a junior record to Dean Ford 153 kg and the other a ladies record of 143 kg . Some big Yellowfin tuna have been captured, but as yet the school fish have not shown, good sized albacore are getting caught too.

February 2005 Large numbers of striped marlin are holding off the Ulladulla area as well as black marlin, most charter trips are producing multiple marlin captures double headers of striped marlin being common.  Best fishing day so far 8 marlin for the day.  The boat will be kept at Ulladulla while the marlin fishing remains good there and moved to Bermagui later in the year. The boat has won major prizes at Batemans Bay tollgates tournament, Jess Sams tournament Ulladulla and southern zone interclub.

October 2004

large quantities of tuna have shown off the Bermagui area , charter boats are trolling up fish over a large area ,

last trip captured 40kg Yellowfin tuna , 20 kg Yellowfin tuna and six small albacore 

may 2004

late run of marlin and some good tuna showing in bursts 

best day marlin fishing this month 4 tagged in one day all fish over 300 lbs 

best tuna day four tuna boated and others fought and two marlin hooked and lost while tuna fishing

February 26 2004

striped marlin have made a strong showing along the south coast in the last month with a couple great week-ends at the Jesse Sams tournament at Ulladulla and the southern zone interclub comp also at Ulladulla.

southern zone interclub tournament 

winning boat -tag and release division 80,000 points

this tournament was held on the week-end of 7th and 8th of February 

day 1 - tagged  three fish , one switch baiting and the other two on live baits , beautiful calm day , fish really came on the bite late in the afternoon and we got one fish 30 minutes before lines in and one 5 minutes before lines in , and saw two others  in that period.

day 2 - calm morning with a building nor'easter during the day , scored a double header on live bait in the morning , missed another , then as the wind picked up the fish started tailing on the waves and we watched a fish tail into our spread and eat a live bait . This fish was tagged after a tough fight . saw a patch of mutton birds working and we headed over , jigging up some fresh bait right were they were , putting the bait out it was eaten by a small Yellowfin about 15 kg's , stuck two new baits out immediately eaten by a pair of striped marlin , both tagged. days tally 5 marlin tagged and one Yellowfin for dinner.

Jesse Sams tournament Ulladulla 2004

winner capture division  - heaviest marlin 124 kg striped marlin 

runner up  tag and release division - tagged and released 6 marlin 

the Jess Sams tournament was held on the weekend of the 30,31 January and 1st of February 

day 1 - spent most of day searching for a blue marlin , came onto the edge of the shelf at 3 pm after hearing reports of a striped marlin bite at brush island and were immediately rewarded with a double header of striped marlin in the face of a nasty southerly squall which spoiled the rest of the afternoon's fishing 

day 2 - fished the brush island grounds all day scored two tagged marlin and last fish of the day put on a great jumping run and took us out well over the shelf to eventually land a 124 kg stripe marlin , which was heaviest fish weighed for the comp

day 3- tagged two more striped marlin and ended up with runner-up in the tag and release division as well as winner of heaviest marlin division 

January 14 2004 got our first Blue marlin for the year on the 10th a fish of approx. 400 lbs tagged and released , the marlin put a great display of acrobatics, greyhounding alongside the boat and jumping across the wake, before being released after  twenty minutes of mayhem.  the boat has also caught several striped marlin including three in one day and one black marlin as well . Reports of large quantities of striped marlin  to the north of this area as well as blacks , bodes well for the coming season .

Wednesday 3 December 2003

got our first striped marlin for the year on Wednesday little fish about 60 kg ( on a big t lure ) two other bites from marlin for no solid hook-ups , but the highlight of the day was 2.5 hour fight with a Yellowfin on 50 pound tackle that we lost, the fish gave us a caning !

Spirit of Eden wins Huskisson White sands tournament ( shark division ) with 10 foot mako shark

November has been mako month - mako sharks have made their presence felt along the south coast this month along with the odd tuna and marlin , the three large game fish that we have caught this month have all been makos  116 kg 145 kg and 220 kg , the 220 kg  fish winning the Huskisson white sands tournament heaviest shark division 

 June 10,11,12 - Latrobe Valley game fishing club tournament Bermagui

 day 1- no strikes, no fish sighted, 

 day 2 - capture of one striped marlin 114 kg on 24 kg line, tag and release of another striped marlin , capture of two 20 kg    Yellowfin tuna 

 day 3- double hook-up on striped marlin , pulled hooks on one straight away , fought the other marlin for 1.5 hours lost on     trace , no tag , early finish in at 1 .00 pm. final results for boat : heaviest marlin , champion charter boat and champion angler tag and release 

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