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LATEST NEWS Dec 6 2011 Wayne and the boys joined us from Melbourne for a few days away from work. With things a bit slow on the Bank, we headed out wide looking for the tuna aggregation, but alas they were not where they were supposed to be and had been swallowed up by a big edge of green water, that was to be the curse for the rest of the season on the edge. We headed back to Opal for the night, and missed a black and then had a big crash tackle on the big bait. After a bit of a fight we had a nice mako shark around 300 lbs at the back of the boat which we let go. The next day we had a good day in the last of the good water, having 3 bites and tagging 2 fish, which gave all the boys a fish on their trip this year. David and Chris joined us for their trip up to Cairns, David has fished with us almost every year, and brought his mate Chris for his first trip to the Great Barrier Reef. Fishing was a little slow, and the weather didnt allow us to get out to the seamount this week, so we perservered on the edge and had one really good day, seeing 5 fish, and tagging 3 fish up to 800 lbs, which was Chris's second for the day, and his biggest fish ever !!! Well done Chris, a great effort. We all had a great week, with a nice relaxing time for us all, and a few big nights anchored up at Opal Reef, with the last night spent at Michealmas Cay, anchored behind the sand cay!!!
Our last trip of the season saw my good friend Mark join us for 5 days from the US. With the green water set in on the edge, we spent the first couple of days swimming and light tackle fishing in the mornings, with the afternoons spent a little bit wide of the edge, with a few small yellowfin tunas and wahoo bites. We were able to get out wide to the seamount and Holmes, but missed out on our bites on the way out, but managed to jig a nice dogtooth tuna down at Flora Reef as well as plenty of sharks off the big school of skipjack tunas we found out there. We did have a real lazy bite late in the day from a black marlin just out of Flora Reef, but didnt come tight on the lure. On the last morning of the trip we left super early, and were underway at 2am, arriving at the seamount about 5.30 am to flat calm weather and birds everywhere. We caught a few yellowfin tunas and missed a small black before heading back towards the edge. About 20 miles out of Jenny Louise we caught Mark a real lively blue marlin, which was his first marlin, and to say he was happy was an understatement!!! A great way to finish our season on a high note!!! The season has wrapped up for us now, and a big season it was for us!!! With great clients, great crew in Steve and Carl, we ended up with some real nice big fish , and Lydies fish ended up being the biggest one of the season weighed for the whole fleet !!!! Well done Lydie, and looking forward to next year with the 50lb again !!! I am finishing the motor rebuilds now and then flying home for Christmas with my family. I have a couple of trips that you can join me for in January, first one starting Jan 10th leaving Cairns to Mackay, and then Mackay to the Gold Coast via Lady Musgrave, and wide off Fraser Island chasing the blue marlin back to the Gold Coast. I then have some days on the Gold Coast from around the 22nd into early February chasing some of the excellent blue marlin that have been around on the coast the last month or so, and into next year should continue to be excellent, and the little blacks should have shown up in some numbers by then too, lots of fun on light tackle. Let me know if you would like to join me for any of these trips, or day trips. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season with your families and loved ones and hope to see you on Tradition in 2012!!!
Capt Tim
www.TraditionCharters.com Nov 22 2011 Joining us from Florida for 6 days was Mike and Mike. We started this trip in Cairns and marked a bunch of fish on Linden Bank , but with most of the fleet there, I kept heading north up to Escape Reef, where we got off to the start of the trip with a small fish tagged and raised another one that didn't eat. We had a couple of days where we didn't see a fish, and others where we saw a bunch and tagged a few, so not too bad considering it had been a bit quiet for the fleet. The boys had a great time away from work, and we spent the mornings relaxing and snorkelling, spearing and baitfishing. Cant wait to find a big one for them next season!! My good friend John from Florida came out with his best friend Bob, who have fished about everywhere over the years. The last time John was here with us in 2009, his friend Dave Conkle got a monster fish with us up on #10, which was just a huge fish. Baitfishing had been tough, and lots of time put in to keep the freezers topped off this season, and this week was no exception. Long mornings bait fishing, but we managed to stock up and fish the afternoons, and lots of coral trout for dinner. We tagged a few smaller fish over the week, and capped it off with a nice fish for Bob that was around 900 lbs after a short fight , a great end to a fun trip for the guys. All the way from Italy for a week is Stefano and Jack, fishing on the reef for the first time, and just loving life!!! We stayed on the Bank for the trip, with most of the fleet here, and some real big fish being caught each day, and thats what the boys were here for!!! Stefano started off with a nice one about 600 lbs and then we watched a bunch of fish being caught around us for the next few days, very frustrating to be in the right place but not getting the bites. Carl and Steve as usual made the days go by fast for Stefano and Jack, and we were rewarded with a really nice fish for Jack. A really solid fish I called 950 lbs, really fat and healthy big fish that we tagged on the top of Linden Bank up in the shallows. Coming into Opal Reef that night after a big day, I had a loss of power on the stbd motor, after a quick diagnosis in the anchorage, it was off to Cairns in the dark. Unfortunately the engine had had a piston failure and was in need of some care. We missed the last day with Stefano and Jack sadly, but they are coming back next season for another shot at a big one for Stefano this time!!! I had planned on rebuilding both motors after the season, so luckily had all the parts we needed in a pallet ready to go. After 3 long days, with help from my mechanics in Cairns, we had 6 new pistons and heads on the motor, and seatrialed and ready to go for our next trip. The Billfish Foundation had a big membership drive in the South Pacific this year, and the main prize was a 2 day trip on the Tradition. I have been a long time supporter and ambassador for TBF, and this was another way for me to support them. We tag pretty much every fish we catch with TBF tags and support them as much as possible. Joining us for the trip is Elliot Stark from TBF, and Tim Simpson from Bluewater Magazine here in Australia. The winner of the trip was Angus and Chris from New Zealand, and who would believe, Chris and I went to high school together, talk about a small world!!!! We started off with a bang, jumping off a small fish just after putting the baits in. Second fish ate the big bait with the circle hook, and after a bit of a fight we lost the fish close to the boat. We had a great night at Opal Reef rafted up with Dan on Moana and lots of good food between us. The second day was slow but we had a great trip and enjoyed a great snorkel on the outer edge before fishing and heading back to Cairns.
Capt Tim
www.TraditionCharters.com Oct 26 2011 Joining us all the way from Germany this week is Stephan, who is with us for 14 days. Also with us for the trip is my good friend Scott Kerrigan, who is one of the best photographers out there. I have known Scott since St Thomas in the mid 90's. He is here to document Stephans trip to the GBR. Check out Scotts website http://www.ScottKerrigan.com/ Fishing has been good, but still a bit patchy, we started off the trip with a nice 600 lb fish on No: 10 Ribbon, where we had been fishing during the comp with Lydie. We spent the mornings bait fishing and throwing poppers , with some nice GTs, but nothing huge. Stephan has fished with Steve and Zac Conde in Cape Verde the last few years, and has both pacific and atlantic grander blue marlin, and is here to catch a big black. We picked away at the fish for the first week in unusually calm weather, with some days seeing 4-6 fish, and others not getting a bite. We worked hard for our big bite, and she came while fishing up on Day Reef, got the bite on the big bait in the turn and after coming tight, she just started trucking out to sea. No jumps at all, just a solid pull as she swam east. I knew it was a big one on the bite, the boys had the gaffs ready incase she was big enough, but after 30 minutes we pulled the hook with the fish fairly close. No the result we wanted, but not much we could do. Stephan did an awesome job in the chair. In the 2 weeks we saw 29 fish, had 12 bites and caught 10, so overall not too bad, but with a bit of luck could have been incredible!!! Stephan has already locked in his dates for 2012 to try again for the big one!
Capt Tim
www.TraditionCharters.com Sunday Oct 9 2011 Halfway between Lizard Island and Cooktown. I last left off at the end of day 3 in the Lizard Island Classic after a shocker!!!! What a difference a day makes, I went down and fished No: 7 Ribbon Reef for the day and we ended up with 3 from 3 fish, for a great day, with a 350, 450 and 800 lb fish for Lydie. Lydie did a wonderful job on all the fish as usual, and was nice to finish the day with a nice one!!! Next day we fished the same spot and were marking fish all day but only one bite. Meanwhile the rest of the fleet were catching pretty consistently, but some days you are watching others do all the catching.
Day 6 was so calm it was ridiculous!!! We left the Anchorage at #7 and trolled up the inside catching some baits and fished on No: 10 again for the day. The fish were marking real well and we stuck it out and were rewarded with a nice 400 lb fish for Lydie, and raised another 4 that didnt eat. 3 of these were all 500-600 lb fish that would come up on the big bait and then fade away time after time.
Next to us the Askari, which won this years Lizard Comp, hooked up a big one so I stood by and shot some great video from the tower. A real nice fish that Cory called 1100, and the photos never do them justice!!!
I trolled south for the anchorage and just after cease fishing we got piled on by a big one, 15 minutes too late to count in the comp!!! Lydie fought a really tough hard mean fish, we had the leader after about 6 minutes, but there was no way she was slowing down yet, at the 45 minute mark we had the leader and Lydie decided she wanted to take the fish.
This is Lydies biggest fish to the boat in 6 seasons fishing with us, and about 40 fish tagged, so a well deserved big fish for her.
We weighed the fish the next morning and she weighed in at a very impressive 1103 lbs !!! A magical grander for sure, and the first one of the season for one of the GBRs favourite anglers!!!
The whole fleet fished down No: 10 back to Lizard on the last day and with flat calm conditions was really nice, even though the fishing was slower for everyone. We did get a bite at second corner late in the day, but didnt come tight. We ended up 11th out of 24 boats, and with a bit of luck there for a couple of days could have been much higher. But even so we got Lydie runner up lady angler in this years comp. Today we are just trolling back to Cooktown to drop off Peter and Lydie and resupply for our next trip which starts in the morning. We have Stephan all the way from Germany , and also coming along for the trip is my good friend Scott Kerrigan who has been shooting photos for as long as I can remember. Going to be a great trip!!! With just incredible fishing this week for the fleet of 25 boats , with at least 30 fish over 70, plus 5 or 6 over a 1000 lbs . The current is incredibly good this year and looks like continuing for a while. Come and grab your spot on the TRADITION, I have Oct 30 to Nov 10 inclusive available as a block or split up, so let me know if you are interested in coming and fishing the greatest place on earth, the Great Barrier Reef , where the monsters live !!!!! Back in a few days!!!! Capt Tim
www.TraditionCharters.com Oct 5 2011 No: 9 Ribbon Reef The weather has been awesome since we started, and even a few days of flat calm. Our first trip was 11 days with the boys from the US, and was very cruisy, with lots of spearing and fishing in the afternoons. We stocked up on bait and dropped off a load of bait in Cooktown for later in the season as well.
The boys really enjoyed their time on the reef this year, and were totally relaxed by the time the trip was over. Fishing wise, we caught some small ones, and one afternoon after a really long spearing session we put the bait in at the top of No: 3 Ribbon and didnt even go 200 yards, and there she was a nice big one. The fish sat still for a moment, still swimming around, and we snuck up on her pretty close when she realised something wasnt right and took off out to the deep!!! With some great angling in the Scopinich Chair, we got the leader on a really nice fish and tagged our first big one of the season, a really big fish at 900++.
We are currently fishing the 25th Lizard Island Classic, and with our lady angler Lydie back with us for their 6th season with us !!!! Starting in Cooktown at lunchtime we just chugged out to the reef catching baits, and getting ready for the week. Our fabulous "chefs" prepared Tasmanian oysters and garlic/ginger Moreton Bay bugs with rice for dinner, a great way to start off the trip. Saturday morning was a glass out on the reef and we fished down No:10 for the first time this season, and were rewarded with great fishing. Early on we caught a feisty fish about 350 lbs, that just went nuts!!! Jumping all over the place in different directions. Kept going and we fought a nice fish around 700 for a while , only to pull the hook 6" from grabbing the leader !!!!
By now i was marking lots of fish and we managed to tag another one about 300 for Lydie, and then saw another couple on our way up to the top of No: 10, before we ran into Lizard Island for the tournament briefing. First day of the comp was totally different conditions, no current like the day before and much slower, we didnt even see one, and pretty slow for the fleet. Day 2 we saw a few , missed a 700 and tagged a 350 for Lydie to put us in 2nd for the ladies division. Yesterday was frustrating, started off watching the 2 boats next to me tag one each, and we had to listen to the good fishing for a couple of boats on the radio while most of the fleet watched the action too!!!
First day of the comp was totally different conditions, no current like the day before and much slower, we didnt even see one, and pretty slow for the fleet. Day 2 we saw a few, missed a 700 and tagged a 350 for Lydie to put us in 2nd for the ladies division. Late afternoon we raised a pod of fish , including a real big one and as she was going to eat, the males charged in and took her away to make baby marlins !!! Very frustrating, and then we had a double header, and jumped them both off. Just wasnt our day. There are definately some big fish around, with big ones being seen everyday. I have had one of my client pull out, so I have some exceptional time open beginning on Oct 24 and into November, which is always regarded as incredible time for fishing and weather on the GBR. Let me know if you can get away from work and get here to fish with us on TRADITION. Till next time, Tim
www.TraditionCharters.com Sep 19 2011 Back in Cairns: After a couple of really busy weeks at Gold Coast City Marina getting the TRADITION ready for the season, the boys arrived and got straight to work on the tackle and sorting through their stuff. We left the Gold Coast last Saturday and had a good, but windy trip up the coast to Cairns, but fortunately the wind was offshore or behind us, most of the way. We had a few nights that were really cold which didn't make it much fun up on the bridge. That enclosed bridge is a good idea every now and again!!
We chugged straight through from the coast to Cape Bowling Green, just south of Townsville before we even put a line in the water, and not even 5 minutes later we had a bite from a bigger fish, not your average 30- 60 lb black you normally get there, this was a real fat 120 lb fish that Carl fought for sooooo long!!!! We stopped in Port Hinchinbrook where the big cyclone went through earlier this year, what a mess, the marina is still just pilings after all this time, and lots of homes still being fixed. The reason we stopped was to catch up with my great friend and old captain, Greg Edwards, who is up there with his family running a tour setup to the beautiful Hinchinbrook Island. We had a great night at his place, Moreton Bay bugs, Scollops and lots of stories from the old days around his big BBQ. A really good night for us all. Got to Cairns on Friday evening, so an even 7 days up the coast for 845nm!!! and only burned half a tank of fuel. Heading out tomorrow to do some bait fishing and into heavy tackle.
Some really exciting news is that my good friend Merijo Attong along with Ozzie Gonzalez and Roddy Hays have put together a live fishing radio show once a week with reports and interviews from all over the world. These are some of the best of the best in the fishing world. log on to the link below for this weeks episode, and bookmark the page for episodes. http://www.worldtalkradio.com/worldtalkradio/vepisode.aspx?aid=56326 You can listen there, download or subscribe with your android, iphone, and Itunes should be up soon too. The few boats that have been fishing have been doing really well, with a few 800/900 lb fish caught this week, as well as the smaller fish, and seems to be about 2-5 bites a day up the reef. Can't wait to get out there.
Our season is pretty full, but due to a couple of cancellations I have some incredible mid season time available as a liveaboard or mothership trip. The open dates are Oct 24 to Nov 10, great tides and the weather is generally really good this tie of the year, and lots of big fish around. I only have 2 other openings, Nov 26 to 30 inclusive (5 days) and starting on Dec 8 onwards. These last 2 sets of dates are when we generally get out wide to the seamount and outer reefs, and when the tuna aggregation is happening, swimming with whale sharks, jigging big tunas from underneath them and also doggies and GT's and big trout out at Holmes, Flora and down to McDermott Bank. These are really great trips to places rarely fished. January I am doing a couple of trips out wide heading south, the first from Cairns down to Mackay via the outer reefs, and then from Mackay out thru the Swains, and down to the outer reefs and seamounts back to the Gold Coast. Just email me for more information.
Capt Tim Richardson 61 427 758768 Aug 15 2011 I have now finished up my contract on the Ambush, with a great 2 week trip mostly diving all thru the British Virgin Islands. The two families we had on the Olga and Ambush had a great time, and the kids all had a blast with us on the Ambush, with some excellent deep dropping trips, and just relaxing. We dove some nice ledges, and a cool old British mail ship that ran aground in a hurricane a long time ago. We trolled the North Drop for a couple of days, but the weed and green water made it tough, but thankfully now on the August moon, the water has cleaned up and the USVI Boy Scout Tournament is going gangbusters!!!! With lots of fish and up to 10 bites a day for some boats. Wish we could have stayed and fished!!!!. Im sure that my Lumo Sprocket would have been on!!! Well I am back in Florida this week, before heading home next week to get the TRADITION out of the water and ready for another big season. Only the normal bottom job and some paint touch ups this time, by my friends at Gold Coast City Marina, and Dean at Spraytime Marine, who both helped out so much last year with the big refit.
The boys come in early September to help load the boat, do their tackle and for the trip up the coast, which will be a quick one. Straight thru to Hinchinbrook Island to see Capt Greg "Muddy" Edwards for a night and then scad fish to Cairns before we start our first heavy tackle trip with Thomas on the 20th of September for 11 days. Will be a great trip, September is so underrated these days, and is always good for some good wind and plenty of numbers of fish seen each day. Lots of smaller ones, but also some nice ones mixed in with them. I remember the early days in my career when we would be fishing out of Lizard by the first of September, and now we have the cooler water patterns again, it should really help make our seasons longer again.
Then one of the Reefs favourite couples arrive, with Peter and his lovely wife Lydie joining us for their annual 8 days on the TRADITION, and with the Lizard island Comp back in their dates, Lydie wants to again give the guys a run for their money!!!!. So we are putting the 50lb away for the week and will do our best to bring home the big trophy!!! Then I have a new client, who has caught 3 grander blues, and is after his big black, so with 2 weeks booked, we should have a shot at a few nice big ones. A couple of my regular clients cant make it this year, which opens up some opportunites during prime late October and November dates. If you are interested in some of this time, please email me. The wonderful motherhsips, Bali Hai and the Atlantic Princess are both available during this time period, and of course we can also cater for liveaboard trips.
I am then busy for a few weeks untill December, where we are available from December 8 onwards for our well known trips out wide to the seamount, and outer reefs and atolls of Holmes, Flora, McDermott Bank region. And at this time of the season there are also blue marlin and tunas to be caught, as well as poppers and jigging for doggies and GTs.
I am looking at leaving the boat in Cairns over the Christmas period this year, and then head down the coast in January. So if you are interested in bringing the family up over the holidays, or exploring some really remote areas on the way back to the Gold coast, please let me know. Would like to check out some of the remote atolls off the bottom of the Swains and seamounts off Fraser Island that are about 100 miles offshore.
Please email me if you have any questions about any trips you would like to try, and
also about a special deal on 10 days Mothershipping with the Bali Hai - an EXCELLENT
deal is available due to a cancellation.
Capt Tim Richardson June 22 2011 We spent a week in the BVI's (British Virgin Islands) on the Ambush with the Olga and had some great fishing. After a couple of good days deep dropping, we followed these by a swordfish expedition to an area that looked good on the chart. I had only fished for an hour or so and we had our first bite, and the damn thing stayed on !!!! We caught a nice 225 lb swordfish in about 1550 feet of water on conventional tackle, a great effort by our guest. It is quite amazing how different the bite and fight are on mono with a normal reel, as opposed to 65 lb braid with an electric. The fish fight the stretch and diameter of the mono , as opposed to the minimal water drag of the thin braid. On braid the fish come up jumping and put on a show regularly, but on the mono they are done !!!!
Back at the big boat we weighed it, took some photos and cut the fish up for everyone to get a good feed from on the grill and plenty of nice fillets to take home for future meals. The next day we went back and had a drift again, but no solid hook ups on swords, but we did get a couple of bites, and ended up catching a couple of bottom fish on our sword baits. That afternoon we fished back down the egde towards Virgin Gorda and tagged a nice blue for the boss on the Pakula sprocket in express color.
After a couple of days swimming and relaxing, we ran back to Puerto Rico for a week off before heading back to St Thomas for a few days blue marlin fishing. Our June moon ended up being a bit shorter than we had planned, but we sure had enough bites. We tagged a nice fish around 400 lbs and missed a few on the pitch. Our luck was elsewhere as we jumped off a bunch of small blues in a row. It was great to catch up with some old friend son the radio, and looking forward to getting back down next week for a 3-4 week trip with the Olga. My Cairns season on TRADITION is coming up soon, and myself and the boys are all jacked up about a good long season coming up. I have a few openings in excellent times, including late September, an awesome period in Oct and early Nov as well as a week in late November that will be prefect for getting out wide to the seamount and the tuna aggregation that is always a blast if the fish are not on the edge!!!
Looking forward to getting out fishing again, but have been really enjoying my time in Puerto Rico as well, including a trip to the big Arecibo Observatory last weekend. If you haven't made plans for your trip to Cairns this season, send me an email and I can help you make the most of a wonderful trip. If you have not seen the good work being carried out by my friends at Pacific Marinelife Institute, please check them out and try to support the work to share the history of the Cairns fishery, as well as help explore the wonderful South Pacific.
Till the next report, Capt Tim
Capt Tim Richardson
New Club Supports Research Pacific Marinelife Institute has launched the Oceania Sportfishing Club, a private fishing club established by the Institute to help support fishery research and the preservation of fishing’s history; and Tradition is proud to be a Club Boat. Club membership entitles you to entry in the Oceania Sportfish Challenge, an annual yearlong fishing competition; subscription to the digital Oceania Sportfish Magazine, weekly e-newsletter, Club privileges card, special invitations and club rates for fishing adventures, stays and gear. When Club Members fish on affiliated Club Boats like Tradition, in an affiliated tournament, with an affiliated Professional Crew member on their own boat, or aboard a Club Syndication Boat they earn points towards the Oceania Sportfish Challenge for each estuary, reef or pelagic species they catch, with bonus points for tag and release. While their supplied catch records and trip information is used to support important long-term research. As a friend of Tradition, join the Oceania Sportfishing Club; quote the promotional code Tradition and you will receive a second year’s membership for free for only $55.00. A limited number (250) Founding Life Memberships are available for $150.00. Visit www.oceaniasportfishingclub.blogspot.com and click on the Join OSFC tab for all the details. Remember to quote the promotional code when joining and I look forward to you joining me aboard Tradition to fish the Challenge. May 29 2011 After a break from travelling and hanging at the dock in Puerto Rico, with a few weekend trips here and there, we start up our summer blue marlin season tomorrow in St Thomas and the British Virgin Islands. The fishing in the Dominican Republic has been very good the last few weeks, and hopefully a sign of some good water. I have been enjoying exploring Puerto Rico and making the most of being in a new place. If you did not hear, Scuba Steve who crews for me on TRADITION is fishing with Zac Conde in Cape Verde for the season, and having just incredible fishing, with over 150 blue marlin in the last 2 months, including a monster 1151 lb blue a couple of weeks ago. While excited about getting fishing again, I cant wait to get home and back on the TRADITION, and up to the Great Barrier Reef for our black marlin season. Our regular clients are all booked in and excited, especially Lydie, who is going to give the guys a run in this years Lizard Island Classic. Thats about all for now, some more updates once we get fishing on the AMBUSH. There are some great opportunities to fish on TRADITION this season so please let me know if you are interested in fishing for the big black marlin and enjoying time on the Great Barrier Reef.
Capt Tim Richardson March 15 2011 St Vincent, Windward Islands , Caribbean Yes, I am a long way from the GBR!!!
The boats have done almost 1000nm, and visited lots of countries, from our
base in Puerto Rico, and around most of the islands in the US and British
Virgin Islands.
We then started our trip south to St Marteen, where stayed for a few days,
then fished our way down to the island of Nevis , and the next day down
past Guadeloupe, to the anchorage of Prince Rupert Bay in the island of
Dominica.
Fishing our way down to Marigot Bay in St Lucia, a natural hurricane hole, we tagged our first blue of the trip, about 400lb on a tuna lure. Both boats spent a week here, resupplying and exploring the island, before heading south to the Pitons, two huge volcanic peaks that surround a nice anchorage with mooring buoys. Tanner and I fished our way south from Marigot Bay to the Pitons, but took the long way to check out some FADS. We were told there are about 8 FADS around St Lucia, but of the ones we checked out, there was only 2 of the 5 we checked left. Heavy currents and LOTS of shipping would have most probably accounted for these losses.
South of St Lucia, I marked some birds on the radar and off we chugged to
check it out. Not only were there packs of birds, but huge stands of bait,
and all around 3 home made FADS, that the locals fish out of their pangas.
As soon as we arrived we got piled on by a blue, tagged it, and then 2 big
mahi mahi. Saturday the 7th of March will be remembered for a long time!!!. We took, Clem, Sara and Claire from the “Olga” for the days fishing. We all left on the “Ambush” at 11am, and ran the 8 miles to where we put the lines in, as soon as we got to the area of the FADS, it was on!!! By 2.30pm we had fished for 2.5 hours and were 5 from 7 on blue marlin!!!
Going 7 7 5 , loosing 2 fish on the FAD when we got split on double
headers. Half an hour with no bite, I was getting worried, but not to worry, by 3.55 we were 8 from 12 and had another hour or so to fish before we had to get back to the anchorage. Our last fish was released at 4.36 pm, to finish the day with a double
header and 10 blue marlin for the day!!! 8 of the 10 fish were on the Lumo
on the left rigger!!! Everyone was down and tight!!! Unfortunately we had to leave the next day to get down to St Lucia, and Tanner and I fished the FAD for a couple of hours, but they were not biting properly yet, and we had 4 bites. But the Fads were sucked under by the current. Nevertheless, the fish and bait was stacked up, and I must have marked 20-25 marlin on the bait stands. I am sure that after the tide change they would have come on the chew properly. Hopefully we can get back there next month and fish the week up to the moon. Want to join us for that trip?
We are currently in St Vincent, and awaiting the boss and his family for some fishing and cruising around here and Grenada. Should be some more blues and big yellow fin around in April, so we are looking forward to getting fishing again.
The “Ambush” is available for charter from now, until mid August with me
running the boat, and we will be down here in the windward islands till
May, and then back up to the BVI's for the St Thomas moons for the
excellent blue marlin fishing.
My 2011 Cairns season is coming along well, with only a few openings left, including some great tides in mid to late September, which is the week before the Lizard Island Tournament, so the fishing should again be great in September, as it is almost every year. If this doesn't suit, I have a week in November into December. Till next update,
Capt Tim Feb 11 2011 Another month and a completely different hemisphere and ocean all together!!!
I was fortunate to have the Tradition back home at the Gold Coast City
Marina, where she spends the off season, a couple of days before
Christmas.
Whilst all this was going on I was making our 2010 Cairns dvd and
finalizing my off season plans. In the meantime I have flown to Florida for a quick 3 day visit and am now down in Puerto Rico running the 61 Garlington “Ambush” until it is time to head home for the Cairns season.
The “Ambush” and its mothership the 124' “Olga” are heading down to the
British Virgin Islands, St Martin, St Lucia and all the way down to
Grenada, before return to the BVI for the blue marlin season. Our trip
will consist of fishing , diving, exploring and having fun all through the
Carribean.
Our 2011 Cairns season is shaping up nicely with all our regular clients coming back in force this year, which has filled most of the season already. If you are thinking about coming this year, please email me and I can let you know about the possible dates to suit your schedule. We have lots of mothershipping this season as well as some of our favorite liveaboard clients back for some more great fishing this year. Off the the BVI's tomorrow for a week then further south.
Capt Tim Richardson
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