Landbased Metro Mack and Rigs
Submitted by bulkie on Thu, 2017-01-19 14:37
Still haven't ticked this off the list but I've got a good feeling about this year. Just after some tips on preferred times and tides I should be targeting these off the rocks (Freo/Coogee)
Going to have a go at this the next few mornings (Super long weekend!!)
luke george
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Need the water temps to
Need the water temps to increase a bit, rising to high tide would probably be best but anytime the wind allows you to balloon is a good time imo.
bulkie
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Date Joined: 08/01/13
Yeah definitely worth
Yeah definitely worth chucking a balloon out when I'm spinning up some lures.
mulloway_hunter
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Date Joined: 18/04/11
Macks are here man they just
Macks are here man they just need to have food source a lil bit closer
bulkie
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6k reel running pe3, 1.5m
6k reel running pe3, 1.5m 50lb fluro and 30cm 60lb wire trace. I'm assuming this would suffice?
Pob
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Date Joined: 13/10/10
I'm running 500 meters of
I'm running 500 meters of 50lb braid with a 200 meter top shot of mono, upgraded my leader and wire this year because we've been seeing a lot of big tigers and bulls (had a real big tiger take a skipping gar a few weeks ago) so if your ballooning on air metro be prepared for sharks.
bulkie
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Just chucking metals and
Just chucking metals and stickbaits for now.
Pob
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No worries, for spinning I'm
No worries, for spinning I'm running a 5k on pe2 and a 10k on pe4 on Assassin Amia heavy and Kob special 11fts for distance, also been having a livey out on a slide to cover all bases
Travis p
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Date Joined: 28/07/16
BALOONING WORKS BUT NEARLY
BALOONING WORKS BUT NEARLY ALL THE MACKS IVE SEEN CAUGHT METRO LANDBASED HAVE BEEN ON STICK BAITS ID JUST WAIT FOR THE TEMPS TO RISE GRAB A 8 TO 9 FOOT ROD RATED PE 2-4 GRAB A SPIN REEL THAT CAN HOLD 300M OF PE 3 BRAID GRAB A 100MM STICKBAIT AROUND 60GRAMS AND PUT IN SOME HOURS
wont catch em sitting at home!