Fast fish rule
Headed out to West End today in search of some of those metro macks with Grame (Uncle on here) and his mate. I haven't targetted them properly before so was keen to drag a few lures around chasing them.
Seabreeze was looking a little iffy changing to a less favourable forecast but the weather ended up being great out there, with a bit of breeze as we got back to the three mile.
Water was a whopping 27.2degC so we knew we were in with a chance. Trolled around for a bit to no touches but then one of the lures started screaming off and Mladin landed a very nice mackie that ended up going 18kg and 147cm. Not a bad way to start the day at all.
We dropped the pick and berleyed up for a bit but the damn mutton birds meant a floater was out of the questions so we trolled around a bit more after that and managed to pick up another one. It actually came to the boat with its neck cut, which was great as it came pre-bled (and we didnt have a knife, just managing to do with scissors on the last fish).
Trolled for a bit and got a nice strike on my lure, but unforunately didnt hook up. Tried for some tuna on the way back, but not much luck (saw a bit of bait though). Back at the ramp at 2pm, so not a bad day at all chasing the silvery vistors from the north.
Markie
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good stuff matt thats killer
good stuff matt thats killer :)
sea-kem
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Very nice. Were you in open
Very nice. Were you in open water or trolling near reef? Hoping to have a crack this weekend from Seabird.
Love the West!
allrounder
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Well done Greame showing them you still have it
Nice fish guys
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
grayzeee
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great fish. well done.
great fish. well done.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
alfred
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Great stuff Matt! Good to
Great stuff Matt! Good to see you get into some serious fish.
Heinz
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Nice fish guys, Good effort!
Nice fish guys, Good effort!
big john
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Tips
If you want to learn about trolling minnows for pelagics, uncle is your man. Fair to say he's probably forgotten more than most guru's will ever know. That top fish is an absolute cracker.
Hlokk, ask him about kalbarri yft's next time. ;)
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hlokk
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Yellowfin came into the
Yellowfin came into the conversation a few times. He was mentioning the one you got there when you were younger :p
danno
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great fish there mate. looks
great fish there mate. looks like alot of quality fish have been landed in the last for days. well done. any tips on how to troll for them???? ei speed, depth that sort of thing?
wazzbat
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Awesome Macks there. Well
Awesome Macks there. Well done. Pitty bout the hat though
. Just think how many more you would have caught if that hat wasn't on board
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GusG
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Great fish, pity about the
Great fish, pity about the Collingwood hat
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Perth
Can't believe I'm reading this about Perth and its all so frequent at the moment. Well done fellas.
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abeldog
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Great Fish
Matt,
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Pete D
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Mac Attack
Some great Macs there.
+3 hat
Cheers Pete
till
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Nice work on the macs, must
Nice work on the macs, must try and get myself one before they head back!
uncle
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tips
fish were out a bit in 30m.[tried the chicken run but they were not there this time] usually troll 4 rapalas, 2 in the prop. wash,8 knots,these 2 were on xraps,didn't see much else ,no tuna
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Rick
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Chicken Run ?
Uncle,what or where is the "Chicken Run", have read and heard about it but no-one can tell me exactly.
I guess it is around the reef that is on very south west corner of the island, the reef that always breaks..
We normally troll as close as we dare get to it as there are a few bommies close by, then once past it heading northerly then tuck in towards to island again before swinging out around cathedral rocks....
Great metro fish that top fish is a cracker...........
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uncle
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chicken run
yeah, it runs south west from the point of west end its good ground,need to be careful in close[swells] the inside in the reef is usually good, but not yesterday,we have got macks, tuna,sambos,ytks and allways good for salmon.
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dkonig82
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Lets hope the weather behaves
Lets hope the weather behaves so I can get back out there this weekend! Metro makkie has eluded me thus far
Great fish that first one
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uncle
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weather
keen to go back, but weather looks like crap for a while
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Rick
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thanks
cheers uncle, thought that must have been the area
Cheers
Rick
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PattyT
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That first one is an absolute
That first one is an absolute stonker, great work mate!
thesupervisor
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very very nice i would be
very very nice i would be happy to get one half that size
do you guys runa teaser as well?
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
uncle
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teasers
not for mackos, like to keep it simple
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cityboy
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nice one
nice one will have to give this a crack for sure ;-)
........enjoy the day lets go fishing........
thesupervisor
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ive been hitting the trolling
ive been hitting the trolling off the back of 3 mile at hillarys pretty hard over the weekend
did 6 hours for no result so far im thinking of getting a teaser it cant hurt can it?
will be out tomorrow avo if the wind stays nice
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
uncle
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weed
had much trouble with that ribbon weed,it always seems to be there
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dodgy
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Cant hurt. Some guys love the
Cant hurt. Some guys love the Witchdoctor teasers for macks. I know that I lose bits off any bird and skirt teasers regularly due to macks but I am a bit North.
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soupster51
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Congrats
Nice work Matt. That first one is a solid Mack. Great fillets off a 18kg Mack for sure.
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spanishmackeral
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great mackies, that top ones
great mackies, that top ones a monsta. were you using wire or mono leader?
uncle
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single strand
about 1 m of 70lb,no snap swivels , I was planning a close in session tomorrow but after today may revisit west end
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STEVE231
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Well done boys. Love the
Well done boys. Love the colours in that first pic. Great effort!!
Tony Halliday
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bloody nice fish
bloody nice fish mate.
Nothing like game fish to get the blood pumping and the fight is always a great challenge.
Well done
Tony
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Rosco
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well done Uncle
been a while since I've been on. Awesome fish in metro waters.
I still remember the day 20 years ago when I went out with Graham and caught my first metro macki off West End with a Rapala. You are the mack Guru Uncle!!!
Not bad on the dollies either just quietly
Rosco
uncle
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not much of a guru today
started at 9.30,trolled down to scabs,looked ok headed out to westend,it was magic out there trolled for 3 hours,headed back and trolled from the south cardinal marker but no mackies,Till and muldy and myself just went on a scenic cruise, theres always next time
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till
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Nice day on the water, looked
Nice day on the water, looked just like an exmouth gulf glassoff, but without the mud you guys have got there atm ;)
De-Crais
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Nice pair of mack's
D'day Graeme nice pair of mackies, Mladin's was a very nice fish