queensland They are back......

[jimjim]

They are back in the bay guys caught on spoons,total of 13 for the day but alot of under sized ones took home 3 and about 50 grinners. Sorry about the pick was taken on the phone and before you ask southern end of the bay.

Cheers jamie

[Hfisho77]

nice doggies mate what u get them on?

[eg_vtec]

nice work on the early season macks!!

[jimjim]

mate yamashita trolling board and 3inch barra spoon

[woody1]

wooohoooo!!!!! almost worth heading out in 30knot conditions for. I plan to put a lot of time into the mackerel this year. good to see there already around

[Eug]

great to hear!

[Guest]

Nice work Jamie, sounded like a bit of fun was had

Enjoyed the report

Cheers

Darren

[Ricko69]

Yee Haa bring on the mac's

[waldo]

I heard a whisper this morning they had snuck in in numbers. Always a welcome addition shame the grinners were out in force however, they were rising for your spoons?

[cy1301]

Wow, fantastic news mate. The bay is getting to be a favorite place now ... it can be tempremental though ... :S :S Caught against the wind going back to the ramp yesterday and I was drenched.

[ONTHECHEW]

Saw a half cabin trolling around peel about lunch time yesterday, but did not look any thing like the boat in your profile pick.

Andrew

[Trippa]

Mate well done on the doggies.

How fast do you troll your spoons and how deep?

Thinking of trying to troll spoons this summer, usually just bash the beacons in the northern bay for doggies.

Cheers

Trippa

[sprintcardude]

well done on the doggies mate looks like a good fishing trip;)

[jimjim]

mate troll spoons at about 8klm to 10klm and the board swims down to 6 meters usually schoolies in about 10 meters of water with about 7 meters of 40lb leader from board to spoon. The arafura board is good but will go deeper than the yamashita i always have a couple of each on board. Try around dunich and myora beacon and banks around amity no shortage at the moment. Will be doing bulwer sunday morn and maybe curtin dependant on boat traffic will be in a yellow centre console, or a blue bluefin centre console.

[Guest]

wish i had as much luck out at the bay!

also had the problem with the pesty grinners!

nice macks mate! would love to get into afew of them over summer.

[sehrguht]

Got the day off tomorrow and im keen to get into some mackeral.

Got a paravane and a board and a couple spoons.

Do you see them working or is it just troll for distances?

[jimjim]

Hey im interested in the trolling board and how you set yours up.

I got one yesterday and lost it today to something solid.

Do you keep trolling until the board surfaces with the fish in tow?

I have no experience prior to reading your post yesterday but im pretty keen to get into some spotties.

Cheers, Sehrguht.

Sehrguht mate i run 50lb braid to 80lb about two meters worth jinkai leader via an allbright knot, then 80lb leader to a snap swivel then the ring on the front of the board. mate there is no need for the leader just if want to make quick changes from board to hard body saves stuffin around. You will notice that there is three holes in your board then i have about 6inches of 80 lb from the centre hole with a shogun size 4 swivel. Then run about 6meters of 40lb mono back to your spoon, i have a split ring and a swivel on the spoon to prevent any line twists and this doesnt put them off. keep in mind that your yamashita board will swim down to 6meters and arafura to 7meters plus so keep in mind what depth of water you are in or you will loose your board from digging in. Mate will post pic in they are back.

Cheers jamie

[Guest]

Sweet Bro :dry:

Cheers

Darren

[ZORRO]

i got onto a few of these 6 off in the norhern bay myself about a week ago too

[Carter]

Sweet , thanks for the info, that means they will be in Laguana Bay Noosa soon :woohoo: