MrGenius Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 As the title says, slimy mackeral are in absolute plague proportions down the south coast from Greenwell point into JB. We had trouble getting baits to the bottom without slimys knocking it off or getting hooked. I even hooked a few on 5" jerk shads At one stage there was a heap of surface action that we assumed would be salmon or tailor but no just a heap of slimys hitting the smaller white bait etc. They were mostly in the 30cm range and made great fresh slab baits + a heap for the freezer. Got a few snapper at one of our GPS marks around the 48cm mark, plenty of reef species and a couple of little samsons. Still cant seem to get a snapper on plastics tho, i know they are there cause we can get em on bait but just cant make it happen on a plastic. No probs getting red rock cod though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles78 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Big Schools of Slimys mean Marlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGenius Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 Big Schools of Slimys mean Marlin Can only hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickb Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Hey Mr Genius, We are getting the samething at Grassy up on the mid north coast. Stacks of bait the rest munched up for burley bombs. cheers Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodch0p Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Went on a charter on the weekend down greenwell point hoping to chase some marlin, went to the bait grounds and ended up with a tank full off slimeys in about 10mins. Unfortunately the seas were pretty unfriendly and we turned around after about 1hr of the charter... rescheduled for 2weeks time so hopefully they are still around. There are also tonnes of bonnies off greenwell point taking small skirts and feathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendo B Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Went on a charter on the weekend down greenwell point hoping to chase some marlin, went to the bait grounds and ended up with a tank full off slimeys in about 10mins. Unfortunately the seas were pretty unfriendly and we turned around after about 1hr of the charter... rescheduled for 2weeks time so hopefully they are still around. There are also tonnes of bonnies off greenwell point taking small skirts and feathers. we are going on a charter on the 28th out of jb hoping to get some sport fishing done .It sounds promising dwon there have you heard anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 As the title says, slimy mackeral are in absolute plague proportions down the south coast from Greenwell point into JB. We had trouble getting baits to the bottom without slimys knocking it off or getting hooked. I even hooked a few on 5" jerk shads At one stage there was a heap of surface action that we assumed would be salmon or tailor but no just a heap of slimys hitting the smaller white bait etc. They were mostly in the 30cm range and made great fresh slab baits + a heap for the freezer. Got a few snapper at one of our GPS marks around the 48cm mark, plenty of reef species and a couple of little samsons. Still cant seem to get a snapper on plastics tho, i know they are there cause we can get em on bait but just cant make it happen on a plastic. No probs getting red rock cod though I dont mind those red rock cod, the poor mans lobster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGenius Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 I dont mind those red rock cod, the poor mans lobster Yeh ive had plenty of people tell me they are the poor mans lobster, i dont eat fish anyway so they all go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croydon Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Hi folks, Have the same thing here out of Batemans Bay. Slimies everywhere in close...... Went out wide the other day trolling skip baits for marlin, only to find two free jumping in 30 fathoms between the Toll Gates and South Durras, still couldn't hook one though! Hopefully tomorow will be the day......... Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegroves68 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Still cant seem to get a snapper on plastics tho, i know they are there cause we can get em on bait but just cant make it happen on a plastic. No probs getting red rock cod though Hi there, Why bother with plastics , I'd be happy getting some snapper on bait at the moment As for the Rock cod, i hate them... i have been spiked by them twice now .. very painful. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGenius Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 Hi there, Why bother with plastics , I'd be happy getting some snapper on bait at the moment As for the Rock cod, i hate them... i have been spiked by them twice now .. very painful. Dave Hi Dave, Im not complaining Although all the ones ive seen caught on plastics in the same area have been huge compared to our 45-50cm ones. Cheers, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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