west end
Submitted by adamsmith84 on Thu, 2010-01-28 13:22
might be heading out to west end/sea containers tomorrow if the weather reasonable, has anyone been out there lately if so what did you catch and are the tuna still around out there?
lurcha
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havent made it out to west
havent made it out to west end for a few weeks due to weather but there were tuna busting up between stragglers and mewstones on sunday. was a few schools scattered around the place.
till
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The tuna at west end were
The tuna at west end were feeding on fry and not interested in metals or any other lures. If you want to hit tuna the ones out in the 200s are much easier to convince, they must be feeding on bigger fish.
hlokk
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Then use something like a
Then use something like a fry. I wonder if 5g twisties would tempt them?
Last trip out we had some skirts out in the shallower areas but no hookups. Seemed to be feeding on little things too. I had one strike on a small skirted lure but no hookup though. I wonder if the smaller silstar christmas trees would work well (maybe in blue to blend in to be a little smaller?)
till
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We went down to 10g
We went down to 10g twisties, tiny leadheads and even 2" SPs and still no takes. Much easier to get the fish in deeper water on.
hlokk
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The 5g twisties are that
The 5g twisties are that step thinner, which may have changed things a little bit? Perhaps not, but then maybe it makes a different? Though, not that many people have 5g twisties in their tacklebox when out wide. If the 2" SP's didnt work, I guess its unlikely the 5g twisties would have (just wondering if a really thin lure was needed).
Go deeper for sure, but just pondering how to tempt tuna when they're fussy when they're all thats around.
adamsmith84
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thanks for
the info guys
Feral
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ive used the 3g twisty with
ive used the 3g twisty with a small assist hook to great affect when the tuna are busting up fry .. only problem is the casting range even on 6lb is pretty low
SIMARA 1
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west end
went to west end week ago, plenty of yellow tail kingies feeding on mullies. then same day late afternoon saw some birds working around horseshoe reef, set the spread up and nail a 4kg blue fin tuna on a 2m minnow.
look for the birds try not to spook them and if you know how to muster, troll, if not stop the boat and cast lures.
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wombat78
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octa jigs are the go on the
octa jigs are the go on the long tails ive chucked nearly every lure ive got at them followed them for hours with no luck had an octa jig on bottom bouncing rig thought id give it a go gets smashed every time i chuck at them dont know why but if there around i get them on it hasnt failed yet