Two Rocks Trolling
With all this talk around about Metro Mackies we decided to head up to Two Rocks on Sunday and see if we could manage to troll up a couple.
We got the boat ready and were in the water by 7:00am, a quick run through the minefield of cray pots that were out there and we had the lures out the back in 30 metres of water.
Within 20 minutes of plodding along at 5 knots, both my mates TLD and my Saltist ratchets screamed which definately shook the sleep from my eyes! After the intial run we knew we had hooked a couple of SBT. The fight wasn't much to write home about until these little guys see the boat, then BANG! they get a second lease on life. The big one ended up weighing in at 4.5 kgs and the smaller one at just over 3 kgs.
Those fish gave us a bit more of a morale boost so we continued to drag the lures around for awhile longer. Within another 30mins we had hooked up again with another SBT. This guy actually put up a bit more of a fight than the previous two with a couple of good runs, again near the boat before we tailed him and poped him in the esky. So out go the lures for one final go and hopefully try and tease a mackie into having a crack, and Bads reel screams off with a decent run. I was definately thinking this is what we have come here for, but we will never know as the fish swam towards him and the hooks fell out! Spewin'!!!!! After having another go for a couple of hours with no hits just lots of weed we decided to have a crack at some greenbacks on the outer reefs that were breaking.
First cast with a 30g twisty and BANG!......... a nice litle chopper is on board. With the Tailor smashing the baitfish around the reef we were taking turns at flicking twistys and poppers at them, hooking up every cast! On one of Bads' turns, he cast right in the wash and hooked up to a decent tailor that was damn fat! Estimate it around 1.5kgs.
After an hour of hookups every cast, the tailor went quiet so we headed in to the shore side of the break to see if they had moved and we were plagued with herring. I have never seen herring this thick before they were going crazy right next to the boat, there were hundreds of them going nuts! after mucking around with them for a minute or two the SW came in and we decided to call it a day.
So we didn't get any of these Metro Mackies but still a great day out on the water in anyones book with a nice feed of fresh tuna steaks to follow.
dkonig82
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Great session on the
Great session on the tailor!
Good feed of tuna there too. Think I have to start taking some soy and wasabi out on the boat for sashimi straight from the water.
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Ewan
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I preserved some tuna a
I preserved some tuna a couple of months ago...it was incredible! the recipe was something like this one:
http://ericademane.com/2008/11/11/preserved-tuna-will-keep-you-safe/
- you just need some big jars and a big saucepan...
Seriously good food!
Heinz
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Thanks mate, will give that a
Thanks mate, will give that a try. It certainly looks the goods!
PattyT
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Sounds like a pretty good
Sounds like a pretty good days fishing there mate, nice to come home with a decent feed as well.
Tony Halliday
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YUM tuna sashimi....Well done
YUM tuna sashimi....
Well done boys
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