Coral Bay Trolling/Squid advice

 Hi All.  Search function still not working for me sorry...headed up to C/Bay in a month for 3 weeks R & R...Bottom bashing, no issues always get a feed-however looking at doing a bit more trolling this year. Here is what i 'think' i know, however i am up for any simple advice offered- my knowledge is limited as we do not troll much on the sth coast, only when we head north. Some very sound advice on FW, always find feedback awesome.

Hard bodies- trolling approx 5-7 Knots. Mackeral mainly ? Have run a spread of 3 before, cpl deep divers, one shallow, kind off zig zag in 15-27 m headed sth of sth entrance. Caught a cpl, but never got more than 2 in a go. i might be too shallow/slow etc. 

For Tuna/Wahoo/Mahi Mahi/Billies- have some soft oscars to give a go but really have no ideas on troll spead- 12 knots?  Depth i have zero idea..?

Also gonna give the squid a shake this year-have always been around five fingers and got a few-not sure if there are better  general locations to try?

Been some good threads of recent adventures up there..jealous !!!

 

cheers in advance

 

 


Tom M's picture

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Date Joined: 22/09/15

 This time of year found our

Wed, 2018-05-09 17:48

 This time of year found our best catches have been turning right out the south passage, speed is good, depth 25/30 and head for any bird life. Watch for sharks as they are happy to jump out of the water chasing mackies. You can message me for squid info, if you are willing to share some bottom areas and tips.

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Tom M