BroadBill Swordfish

[mattza13]

Gday fella's,

I was wondering if anyone on this site has had any experience with a swordy at all. I am Heading out this weekend to do some deep drop around some pinicles off the shelf overnight on the weekend. We have the deep drop down to a fine art but am looking to expand the fishing out there. I have been struggling to find much info on catching them in SEQ but im sure there has been some (other than the long lined ones). Am chasing ideas and info on rigs etc. I will be fishing my tyrnos 50II with 1500m of 80lb braid so capacity isnt the problem, finding and hooking them is. My current idea is rigging one of my deep drop 15/0 circles onto 300lb leader material, glow stick, whole squid etc, but am up for ideas.

Any experiences, stories or theories would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers matt

[mattza13]

Note will be fishing from 440m > where ever the drift may take us, we are actually searching new bottom ground so anything is possible. One deep drop outfit is loaded with 3500m of line so depth isnt an issue

[aussie123]

Large whole squid is the perfect bait for broadies.

They also come up near the surface during the night and setting baits from around 70 to 100m deep will catch them.

You will also get yellowfin,marlin and Bigeye at those depths.

During the day they generally go deeper and the deepest I have caught them on lines is 320fm.

[mattza13]

cheers mate, our idea at the moment was to drop squid around that deep, providing we can keep it clear from teh other two lines, we where only planning on rigging for them through the night. Was that local you got them?

[aussie123]

I caught all mine down along the NSW Mid North Coast,not up here in QLD

Use bricks for weights tied on to your swivels with 2-3kg line so they can break away when you get a run or hookup.

If there is bugger wind and tide you can send the baits down and then break off the brick so you have an unweighted bait.

Don't forget to have surface baits out too cos they will come right to the top at night.

[madmullet]

Gday fella's,

I will be fishing my tyrnos 50II with 1500m of 80lb braid so capacity isnt the problem, finding and hooking them is.

Cheers matt

:ohmy: um, if you can fit that sort of meterage on your tyrnos 50II, can you please tell me what brand of braid/dacron u use

[Shimanobwoie]

Good luck mate hope you get to tangle with one.

A friend actually caught a broadbill during the day on a paternoster east of hutchies in the shallows.

[rosstralia46]

Gday fella's,

I will be fishing my tyrnos 50II with 1500m of 80lb braid so capacity isnt the problem, finding and hooking them is.

Cheers matt

:ohmy: um, if you can fit that sort of meterage on your tyrnos 50II, can you please tell me what brand of braid/dacron u use

I was thinking the exact same thing kurt

[tiotony]

Squid and a glowstick sounds the go. Several times at work in the underwater video I have seen big yellowfin and billfish feeding on squid at around 300m depth.

[dhess]

Gday fella's,

I will be fishing my tyrnos 50II with 1500m of 80lb braid so capacity isnt the problem, finding and hooking them is.

Cheers matt

:ohmy: um, if you can fit that sort of meterage on your tyrnos 50II, can you please tell me what brand of braid/dacron u use

It doesn't sound that far from the mark as I fit 300m plus backing of 50lb bionic braid (reasonably thick) on a tyrnos 12.

[mattza13]

ive got a touch over 1400 acording to the line counter, i am using the first 500ish is 80lb super braid, and the next 900odd is a cheaper braid, but has proven itself for me and another few blokes, we got it from Andy at the Downrigger Shop, a very helpful bloke.

[dhess]

What connection did you use to join the two braided lines together?

[mattza13]

haha back to back uni, both in bimini twist doubles, if ive lost 900odd metres of line im starting to get into strife anyway, i always carry a spare thousand metre spool to be sure

At the time i wasnt sure what would be the best effort so had a stab, if i loose line i loose it lesson learnt

[dhess]

Word if you loose 900m you are in a world of sh!t.

So you did a bimini in both braids and then double unied them together?

I would be concerned about the braid cutting into the other braid or slipping. I reckon a better way to go would be to do biminis in both braided lines and and attach them via an albright to a heavy (150lb) piece of mon leader.

So braid-bimini-albright-mono-albright-bimini-braid.

In about 4 or 5 years of offfshore fishing am yet to have an albrigt bimini fail. Its always one of the other knots or straightened hooks.

[mick fillet]

ive only ever got em in shallow waters. the only pic i can find that shows moreton in the back ground

[madmullet]

ive got a touch over 1400 acording to the line counter, i am using the first 500ish is 80lb super braid, and the next 900odd is a cheaper braid, but has proven itself for me and another few blokes, we got it from Andy at the Downrigger Shop, a very helpful bloke.

did you spool it your self or did a tackle shop do it... my tld50 ii lsra, i spooled it with 80lb fins braid and got about 750-800m with a 100m 80lb stren toper on it.

[mattza13]

That's a awesome little fish.approx how shallow are we talking? We are chasing blue eye but one of those would be an amazing experience

[mattza13]

I did it all with a sign counter. the super braid was actually counted when it came off the old reel as well as when it went onto this and the other came off a fresh 1000m spool and got all but 100odd m on which became a top shot on a mayest spinfisher

[nook]

Gday fella's,

I will be fishing my tyrnos 50II with 1500m of 80lb braid so capacity isnt the problem, finding and hooking them is.

Cheers matt

:ohmy: um, if you can fit that sort of meterage on your tyrnos 50II, can you please tell me what brand of braid/dacron u use

I was thinking the exact same thing kurt