Metro Mackie
Submitted by Noxious on Sat, 2016-02-20 21:17
G'day
Been dreaming of this fish for the last couple of years. Been doing pretty well on the small to mid sized Tuna this summer. Thought we would put in a solid effort specifically chasing a Metro Mackie this morning, and it paid off! My first Metro Mackie, and hopefully a few more to come in the coming weeks.
Meeuwissen
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Nice fish!
I knew I should of targeted them earlier today, went out this arvo and only had a sambo come and hit the lure
Down the Line
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yeah boi congrats, seems to
yeah boi congrats, seems to be a few around down your way
Noxious
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Thanks fellas.Yeah seems to
Thanks fellas.
Yeah seems to be a couple getting landed, just need to be smart about the areas you target, put in the time and have a bit of luck.
Wazza79
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Good stuff!
Gotta be stoked with ticking that one off!
tim-o
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Yewww
Good work dude
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Ben Derecki
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Nice fish. We had a troll
Nice fish. We had a troll around Parker Point / West End this morning for nil result. Hell nice on the water though.
soupster51
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Congrats
Congrats on what will hopefully be your first of many.
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uncle
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Nice fish
Well done what was it caught on.did it live up to expectations
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Noxious
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Uncle- lived up to all
Uncle- lived up to all expectations, was that pumped after I caught it that when I was making an ice slurry for it with the deck wash I accidentally sprayed my mate in the face with the deck wash not thinking!
Mackie fell for a Rapala X-Wrap deep diver.
uncle
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Im guessing
Mono trace
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Hutch
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Top fish and great photo,
Sam_Wood
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"Life is Hard, it is even harder if you are stupid,"
Noxious
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Yes mono.
Yes mono.
uncle
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few lessons there for those who
want a mack
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uncle
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ha ha one more
trolling or trawling
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axey45
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Noxious
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Always trolling. Just want
Always trolling. Just want to get back on the water and get another.
Boydy
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Nice
Nice metro Mack and good picture as well.
Interesting to hear crew that are getting them tend to not run wire, even single strand.
Obviously works, yet to score one myself metro, but always run single strand.
sailsup
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yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeow
sweet mate, i love that shit
Krusty
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I was trying to get one
I was trying to get one today and did a hell of a lot of miles .... a couple of bumps but no takers !!
I also run wire so maybe that has something to do with it.
Trolled along the 5 fathom for the length of Garden, then headed west to the 40s then out to the back of Rotto where I thought a fad would be but wasn't there. Came across a couple of "Wave monitoring buoys" and circled them a couple of times (figured they would be doing a similar job as a fad) and after 120km trolling .....Nothing !!
Will try again soon.
Well done on your catch and as you have proved .....patience pays off sooner or later
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
Tim
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FAD
Krusty
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I guess it would be classed
I guess it would be classed as a shallow one and the mark is probably a bit old now but thought they put them in the same areas each time.
Only just starting to get out to the FADs myself and this would make it only my second attempt....so still learning !!
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
Tim
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Shallow
terboz123
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mmmmm...no trend here. got 2
mmmmm...no trend here. got 2 on Monday and we run single strand. NOR
a hard days fishing still beats work
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Nice Terboz, good to hear.
Nice Terboz, good to hear. Maybe more so right spot and right time then.
uncle
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good doogs mate
local or imported lures may I ask
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terboz123
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local.... both didnt take
local.... both didnt take the deep diver either.
a hard days fishing still beats work
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If we are lucky it might be
Like 2010. Spanish macks everywhere
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