fisherman1994 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Hi guys, Myself and YoungGun headed out from Tunks Park at about 6am on Sunday morning in search of kings or the salmon that have been schooling round the heads of late. We got to balmoral at about twenty past six and started burlying, although after a solid 30mins of burlying and fishing we could not raise the school of yakkas, so now without fresh bait we decided to press on. Trolled some hardbodys and threw a few plastics at the channel markers for donuts and then decided to fish out of the wind, in the shelter of North Head. There were dozens of boats in there nestled out of the wind although nobody seemed to be catching much. We managed to raise a school of yakkas there although they were absolute giants. The biggest we got measured 37cm, (if only i had taken a photo i would have had the fishraider record for yakka on bait!) so wayy to big for livies size. Those yakkas were the only real action we had all day, the salmon were being very finicky and wouldnt take any of the lures we threw at them, oh well thats fishing The kings were just non-existent. Anyway im not too worried it was great spending the day out on the water and having a laugh with your mates, that's what fishing's really all about Did anybody else get anything on sunday? Cheers, JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southerly Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Nope, had live slimies, herring and yakkas in the boat. Trolled south head for zip, in desperation driffed for many undersized lizzards, water cold and green and yuk. Gave up, went home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Gun Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Yeah james, was a great day. We'll get them next time. YG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongy Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Nope, had live slimies, herring and yakkas in the boat. Trolled south head for zip, in desperation driffed for many undersized lizzards, water cold and green and yuk. Gave up, went home. Southerly, Can you let me know where you got those slimies? A month or so ago I found them around CG. But havent seen them since. Cheers, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmon_Hunter Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 The big Yakkas are not yakkas, they are Jack Mackerals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Fossil Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 We managed to raise a school of yakkas there although they were absolute giants. The biggest we got measured 37cm, (if only i had taken a photo i would have had the fishraider record for yakka on bait!) so wayy to big for livies size. I'd disagree about the yakkas at that size being too big. Throw one out next time, you might be pleasantly suprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Gun Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Yeah we will have a go at that next time. But still 37cm is a big live bait for the harbour.. YG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Spanner Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 If you didn't have any other livebaits to use and you had the gear to put him on, it wouldn't have hurt to send out a big bopper. There is always the outside chance of a big fella cruising around. You may even be in with a shot at a big squid or cuttly sitting under that school that might take a fancy to the big bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Gun Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) Good point, we had 2 nice kingie size ones down, but if we didnt have any other livies he would have gone down. Thanks for the reply. YG Edited September 16, 2009 by Young Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishermangreg Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 The big Yakkas are not yakkas, they are Jack Mackerals. The yellowtail scad (the small yakka's which grow to a max 30cm) is the only member of the monotypic genus Atule, one of THIRTY genera in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae. which include fish like dart, trevally's, queenfish, and amberjacks. 2 common horse mackerel that frequent our shores are the yellowtail horse mackerel (grows up to 50cm) and the greenback horse mackerel. (which can grow to 80cm). I think you would find jack mackerel more on the eastern side of the pacific along the coast from california to alaska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherman1994 Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 yeah mate as young gun said, we did have two nice sized livies out and got nothing on them, the dozens of boats around us all had livies out as well and nobody was turning a reel, not the boats trolling, drifting or anchoring. we'll have to give it another go next time. Cheers, JB thanks for clarifying that mate, so reading your post id assume that they were yellowtail horse mackeral? cheers, JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King slayer Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 May I suggest going for squid instead? We went out on Sunday too, for kings. Got heaps of squid in a half hour, then nothing at all for the next four hours. I've heard about and seen some good kings off the headlands lately, so they can't be too far off coming inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Gun Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Yeah mate, we should have gone for a few squid but got carried away with the yakkas. Would you mind sharing your location of where you got the squid? Did you get any kingies? Cheers YG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishermangreg Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 G'day JB The yellowtail horse mackerel is very similar to the greenback horse mackerel but has 68 to 73 lateral line scutes, compared with 76 to 82 for the greenback horse mackerel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielsan Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I'd disagree about the yakkas at that size being too big. Throw one out next time, you might be pleasantly suprised. no such thing as a live bait that's too big. I had a 35cm yakka taken by a 60cm king. landed the king too. big bait - big fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Gun Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Thanks mate, YG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Fossil Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 no such thing as a live bait that's too big. I had a 35cm yakka taken by a 60cm king. landed the king too. big bait - big fish! Too right. I would have tried turning the rat into a hood as well You have to love the food chain...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherman1994 Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 ok guys thanks again, will take all the great advice on board JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david88 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 wow fisherman1994, just saw your pb flathead.. 113cm!!! congratulations thats massive! was there a report you can link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherman1994 Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 wow fisherman1994, just saw your pb flathead.. 113cm!!! congratulations thats massive! was there a report you can link? thanks for that mate, but im sorry no there isnt a report as i only caught the fish when i was 13, about a year before i actually created a fishraider profile. but i caught it up at lake macquarie in swansea, not too far from swansea thanks again for all the replies everybody, am looking forward to my next trip out, hopefully ill meet a few of you guys out on the water sometime cheers, JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauljm Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 The big Yakkas are not yakkas, they are Jack Mackerals. Jack mackeral? is that a qld term? Cowanyoung i was catching last week....probably the same fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherman1994 Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 yeah cowanyoung i have heard of before, i thought they might hav been those, but jack mackeral is completely new to me. JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanker Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 wow fisherman1994, just saw your pb flathead.. 113cm!!! congratulations thats massive! was there a report you can link? Hey where is the picture of this croc? Love to see it Spanker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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