Jigholio Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) Hi Raiders, Big schools of small Frigate Macks are on the chew in our beloved harbour. Autopsy revealed that eyes to 1.5"are the primary diet, sandy sprats 2-3"the secondary diet, terns and seagulls are the clue. Kombi & I had to work very hard this arvo in trying conditions to get a hook in, but it was well worth the effort with the UL spin stik in crazy angles, the poor little eggbeater howling in protest with me dipping the rod up to the foregrip to prevent hull/prop bustoff from the jet propelled craziness. Surely these unguided missiles are God's gift to swoffers I'll be better prepared for round 2! Jig Edited January 18, 2008 by Jigholio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Gdayyyyyyyyyy Jig ,did this fish have the classic spots just behind the gills ??? as this fish looks like a frigate mackeral and not a mack tuna. Cheers Stewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigholio Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 Good thing you're here to keep me in line Stewy, I'll correct the post, d'oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Hooker Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 sweet tunas in our harbour thanks for the info jig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Good thing you're here to keep me in line Stewy, I'll correct the post, d'oh! Thats quite alright mate and I am happier if they are frigates as the big boys like to eat them Cheers Stewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g.t. Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Great news... They look like a hell of a lot of fun!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 These things are great fun on the light spin gear & make an awesome bait alive or in strips bait's, good to see they have shown up too! We used to catch them off the rock's down at JB for live baits,by using small barrell sinker's baited white with a small treble running at the back,sound's simple but was very,very efective,really cheap & you can cast them a mile on the light gear. cheers mate steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scon Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Great to hear that the Frigate's have turned up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Woohoo Watch out all you Kingy addicts, here come the big ones! Bugger the squid, tow them buggers on 80! G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Woohoo Watch out all you Kingy addicts, here come the big ones! Bugger the squid, tow them buggers on 80! G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southerly Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I would not be so quick to laugh, used to love putting down a really big bait offshore while fishing for jew, did not land much but the hits were spectacular, and 80lb was seriously under gunned especially around SWR. I used to cast white barrel sinkers to the frigates on 6lb at Jervis Bay too, one day a YFT appeared and snaffled the lure, it was a spectacular 30 seconds, I had about a kilo drag and I got an over-run on the egg beater. Southerly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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