Need help finding the mackies
Good morning Guys,
new to this forum, new to boat fishing
my name is Andrew and i'm a fishaholic
i've just got myself a Barcrusher 560c and am on the hunt for a spanish mack.. i'm hearing that it may be getting too cold for them, i'm willing to drive a couple of hundred ks if i have to, and put in the hours
ive got a couple of trolling outfits (shimano tyrnos 20 on shimano backbone, 50lb mono, 140lb wind on leader, clip on wire trace, and a shimano TLD 25 on a shimano backbone, 30lb braid, 140lb wind on leader and clip on wire trace), also have a couple of heavy spin outfits that can be used on metro macks
dont have a teaser or the likes
went for a troll last sunday, 2.5m swell calm breeze off the back of hillaries along the 20m contour at the back of the three mile.. 3 hours from first light till around 9am using halco laser 190s 2m divers (3 of) as Nathan at Cambells pro tackle recommended shallower divers as there is a alot of weed around at the moment, then did some bottom bouncing off the back of the reef as my deckies were getting bored (deckies going overboard next time as i want a mack)
thinking of heading up to jurien bay on easter monday, or going out to the west end of rotto.. cant really find any reports of macks around the last couple of weeks
would appreciate any help, spare hands, anyone with experience is welcome aboard my boat or i can be a deckie on someone elses boat, need to learn the ropes and hope the stars align
any other techniques that could be used to raise a mackie from the depths, lures/baits, drifting, berley..
i'm a man on a mission
thanks in advance!
Andrew
Brucesta
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Jurien would be your best
Jurien would be your best best but the cold snap as such down there could have killed it right off and sent them back north.
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SHizz
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Date Joined: 07/08/05
We got them last year right
We got them last year right up in mid april so your still in with a chance. Try running smaller lures i.e Laser Pro 120's and 160's instead. We did well on the smaller profiles later in the season last year.
JohnSorrell
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Date Joined: 28/07/09
We got one on sunday.. back
We got one on sunday.. back of the 5 fathom... in 30m... the weekend before, we got them in 15m...
Noticed purple/black color lures been doing the most damage on the overcast days.
Gone Fishing...
delcarlo
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Date Joined: 07/02/12
Great to hear they're still
Great to hear they're still around that far south. I think I'll try sat, sun down here and jurien on Monday
delcarlo
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Date Joined: 07/02/12
Where abouts in jurien do I
Where abouts in jurien do I start? I know the waters and general places around Perth but jurien seems to just be "off the back of the islands" which seems like a large space
terboz123
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Date Joined: 13/04/11
Teasers are essential for
Teasers are essential for the southern season of macks.....time on the water trolling...And fish the tides!! Always leading up to a high tide and lure patterns...
Im no guru when it comes to macks, as I only boated out first metro mack a cpl weeks back, but ive
Now boated over 10! so pretty happy with that for my first season...
Tell ya deckies it's your boat you call the shot, I put a cpl friends through some serious pain earlier this summer, to only know being rewarded, spend time doing it!
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