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The Gladiator

Locality: Darwin, Northern Territory

Address: CULLEN BAY MARINA 0801 Darwin, NT, Australia

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25.01.2022 Getting a refit of new motors. 2x250hp Yamahas

24.01.2022 Tiwis trip, perfect weather water was like glass.

23.01.2022 Team work from the lovers!

21.01.2022 First session of year.

19.01.2022 First trip of the year, 6 Jew and 2 big Goldies. Biggest reaching 84cm. Had a couple new crew, hope they enjoyed it as there never coming again. Throwing up all night, quite annoying actually...

17.01.2022 First time over to Bathurst Island in a while. The weather was looking like it would play the game so the text messages from a few keen blokes started coming thru.. The tides looked good for the first day but was slowing down dramatically for the night and next morning. I have never fished over there on such a Neap before. Was sceptical, but keen for a look all the same.... Headed over Saturday arvo with awesome wind conditions, we arrived in time for the bottom of the tide at a popular Jew Fish spot. Four other boats were there all hoping for a swag of Jew. From what we could see, they all got the same as us... nothing! Plenty of Red Fish, but none of what we were targeting. For the incoming we tried a few spots heading up the west cost. We’re lucky to snag a few Goldie’s early but as the tide slowed down to under 1m for the next two movements.. it became a desert. Nothing, not even a shark Goldie’s didn’t come on as usual in a small window, more stretched out but bigger fish. Did the usual trawl in the morning, with the change of conditions brought a different fish than we normally get. Mac Tuna. Not a Trev,Skinny or Spanish in sight Headed home in a slight SE wind which became more bearable as we got on the gas, the Kevlacat eating up the chop.

16.01.2022 Headed to the Peron Islands this weekend. Haven't been there in 15 years... Stay tuned

15.01.2022 Tiwis, mid year. Hence the beanie....

14.01.2022 DUNDEE MAY 2019 For the long weekend we decided to head out to Dundee and meet up with two other oats from the Pirates Rugby Club... First night was very rough with storms all around us. With speed as slow as 11kn it was a long way around.... Still managed a heap of Goldie’s and a Jew off Fish reef to break up the journey. Made it to Sail City off Dundee at 10:30pm With a mechanical failure of the winch we were F@cked in 35m+ of water with a massive anchor and 10m of chain. Massive swell and white caps all around, we were committed. Picked a spot and were done with it for the night... Picked a good one luckily with Saddle Tail snapper, SM Nanny’s, Red Emperor and the odd Golden and Tricky Snapper coming over the side. Couldn’t sleep as it was too rough. Morning was the same.Headed back to Darwin over some good ground and had a few drifts before meeting The Boonga Barge around the Witches Nose. Anchored up and got onto a heap more fish of the same with a good Cod and a Coral Trout thrown in. Lads jumped on for a couple of beers before we had a troll session witch resulted in a MAC Tuna on free troll with bird spotting not eventful as they were spooked easily. Weather cleared and the eskys were full. Found a spot to anchor and cleaned up,had a feed of the fish we caught. Weather still and water nice and flat made the executive decision to head home. Smashed it home to Cullen bay cruising at 30kn+ it was a pleasant ride home compared to the 24hrs before. For me anyway as I was the only one awake. At the Lock by 1am. Moored up and had a sleep before coming thru at 7am lock. Boat washed, crew feed and fish divided and bagged up by 9am. Hard going but a good result from the lads.

12.01.2022 After being sick all week and still feeling a bit dusty, the conditions were just too good to pass up on a sneaky arvo trip. Slow start but once the sun went down and the tide started moving it was on. Lost a few straight up to the wreck and the sharks have is the shits as well. Once they moved on we were in the clear.... 4 Rods, same bait, same boat and only one prick caught the lot... Bloody Shaun Ley...

12.01.2022 Typical quiet time on dusk waiting for the bite to start.

11.01.2022 Pushing the big girl along with ease

11.01.2022 Pulling in his third one for the night, you will have to forgive his little carry ons .

11.01.2022 Instead of hitting the usual haunts around the Tiwi's, I thought I'd try to the West around the Peron Islands to get some different species over the side. Leaving Friday morning 8am we headed around Charles point West towards the Peron's stopping along the way to break up the 3hr steam. First stop was Roach Reef where Stevo got on to a good Goldie and there were Cod and Flagies galore. Next stop was point Blaze for endless supply of Tricky Snapper and a mix of other reef fish.... Once behind the Peron's on Bateman shoal we anchored for the night. On the way home we had a bit of a trawl and managed Mac's and different types of Trevally. The Trevally were that thick on the sounder it was only a matter of dropping down a chromie with a fast retrieve for a hook up. Had 3 Tuna on but lost them.... Rusty hooks were the blame ;-) Over all we were after a range of species,and we pretty much got them. Golden Snapper,Tricky Snapper,Lg mouth Nanagi,Sm Mouth Nanagi,Coral Trout,Red Emperor,Parrot fish,Spanish Flag,Moonies(Bat Fish),Reef Shark,Lemon Shark,Golden,Brass,Spotted Trevally,Mackrell and even a Stargazer and Puffer fish :-) I'm sure I left some out also. Headed home lunch time Saturday arvo whilst Stephen Gazzola and Robbo Brens N Wayne Robinson had the massive task of filleting the fish. They did well. Good trip, will only get better once we know the ground a bit better. The lads did well, they make it look easy but it is hard work. Marty

06.01.2022 Nice fish as the sun coming up after a good sleep

04.01.2022 Battled the swell and headed out to Frenchy's Secret Spot. Landed 4,Biggest being 145cm. Dropped 3. Young fella will have the bug for sure now after out fishing his Dad Craig Mitchel. Also was one hell of a Deckie knocking someone off the list for sure ;-)

03.01.2022 Another amazing trip. Headed out as the sun was dropping into decent chop. Once on the spot Mathew Vitucci thought he had hooked the bottom only to be corrected via long time friend Stephen Gazzola shouting Fish!Fish!... We knew we were in for a big night.. All of us had a good workout retrieving these magnificent fish.

03.01.2022 So after a week of being undecided of weather to go for a trip over to North Arm, I succumb to per group pressure and assembled the crew. The plan was to head out in the AM to beat the breeze and hit some spots on the way. Conditions were superb to go with great company which led to story time and relaxation which in turn led to missing spots and turning 3hrs of steaming feel like 20min.... Once at the grounds a short sweep over and we dropped the pic. Half way thru our first beer 50lb braid was getting pealed off the reels by big Jew. Once the bite stopped we headed up stream to look for Gold. Since conditions were good we threw out some big deep divers resulting in 15kg+ Spanyids. These big boys screamed with the mono showing on the spool on both fish. Goldies weren't playing the game at first resulting in 2 moves to avoid the Sharknado storm.. After bagging out on Gold we headed a bit wider to land several other reef fish including Rock Cog, flag and Small Mouth Nanis. Night time now, decided to hit the Jew spot as was directly on way back. Not long there, bag limit reached it was time to clean the fish and head home. Was a awesome trip with everything lining up and working out perfect. Very proud of the boys, fished well and most importantly we made it home safe and sound.

03.01.2022 Went out the other night, couldn't stop the monsters of the deep... Did terrible Lost 6 landed one big one 130cm+... Will get them next time

01.01.2022 Nice day night out at the Bus Stop