fook Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 went fishing with a few friends on monday.started with a few yakkas and a tiny squid. saw birds in front of north heads and the water was exploding , seems like bonitos.drove on over speed and started casting, once the metal slice hit the water , the rod bend like hell and u can hear the reel scream in excitement.friend cast and it was a triple hook up. to cut things short .... caught 9 of them, r they good eating?went looking for kings and caught 2 with plastic. was abit lazy to send the riggers as the wind picks up... went to the harbour and found a massive school of king which won't take any of our offerings. police was on patrol checking all boats, good to see that they are working to keep ppl from keeping undersize fish.was a good day , too bad i have not catch any legal kings this year yet. fook, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Sounds like you had an enjoyable day on the water fook Too bad about the school of fussy Kings though Im not sure if you have a Mack Tuna or a Frigate Mackeral in that pic, I dont see any belly spots on it. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Hi Fook, Mate that wouldve been good fun. We caught one trolling at LR on the weekend. I called it for a mack tuna but could be wrong. My mate kept it for the smoker. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Nice fish there mate. Mack Tuna have teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elite Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Top catch. Looks like a Frigate Mackerel to me (could be wrong)....and a big fat one u caught there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Mate thats a big frigate, Welldone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Well done mate good catch Yeah im going with Frigate Mackerel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 went fishing with a few friends on monday.started with a few yakkas and a tiny squid. saw birds in front of north heads and the water was exploding , seems like bonitos.drove on over speed and started casting, once the metal slice hit the water , the rod bend like hell and u can hear the reel scream in excitement.friend cast and it was a triple hook up. to cut things short .... caught 9 of them, r they good eating?went looking for kings and caught 2 with plastic. was abit lazy to send the riggers as the wind picks up... went to the harbour and found a massive school of king which won't take any of our offerings. police was on patrol checking all boats, good to see that they are working to keep ppl from keeping undersize fish.was a good day , too bad i have not catch any legal kings this year yet. fook, Frigate mack,very strong flavour if you eat it. Otherwise they are a supreme bait,Nice size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) Nice Mack Tuna mate, There seems to be a few around the harbour at the moment. I bumped into a mate yesterday who had also got one. We might see some bluefin soon? I don't have personal experience but apparently they are not so great on the chew. Edited February 8, 2011 by fishmaniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiG_G Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 well done fook, looks nice man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAfisho Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 It's a frigate (big too). Mack tuna have spots underneath their pectoral fins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Definately a big frigate mackeral it,s easy to seperate the two by looking at the dorsal fins. The Frigate has a big gap between the front & rear dorsal fin & the mack has a front dorsal that almost connects with the rear dorsal fin. great fun on light gear fook well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarod420 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Was that you on the Hornet trophy out there, saw you boys hooked up looked like fun, i managed a king on fly amongst the schools. Have heard there are plenty of macks around atm but that photo definitly looks like a frigate (gap in the dorsal fin). Got a bit rough out there for me in my 3.8m tinny headed into the harbour and found heaps of bonnies and kings, no legals though but fun on the long wand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fook Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 Was that you on the Hornet trophy out there, saw you boys hooked up looked like fun, i managed a king on fly amongst the schools. Have heard there are plenty of macks around atm but that photo definitly looks like a frigate (gap in the dorsal fin). Got a bit rough out there for me in my 3.8m tinny headed into the harbour and found heaps of bonnies and kings, no legals though but fun on the long wand! Yeap, thats us!!!!!! we had a triple hook up at once. come say hi if u see me next time.... fook, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fook Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 More Pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LungFai Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 That last guy looks familiar, does he live over Rhodes way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarod420 Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Yeap, thats us!!!!!! we had a triple hook up at once. come say hi if u see me next time.... fook, Will do mate, sure looked like you were having fun saw the triple hook up. I hooked one but the hooks pulled, that first run is bloody fast. See you out there sometime! Cheers Saro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy72 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 sooooooooooooo.. i see peoples say.. have read on the forum the diif between macks and figatos is the dorsal fin gap ( big = frigates ) and the spots ( 5 - macks) .. what do we figure with the last photo. ? its goty 5 spot and had a big gap?? i say live bait either !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Frigates can also have spots its not just limited to the macks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer666 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 went fishing with a few friends on monday.started with a few yakkas and a tiny squid. saw birds in front of north heads and the water was exploding , seems like bonitos.drove on over speed and started casting, once the metal slice hit the water , the rod bend like hell and u can hear the reel scream in excitement.friend cast and it was a triple hook up. to cut things short .... caught 9 of them, r they good eating?went looking for kings and caught 2 with plastic. was abit lazy to send the riggers as the wind picks up... went to the harbour and found a massive school of king which won't take any of our offerings. police was on patrol checking all boats, good to see that they are working to keep ppl from keeping undersize fish.was a good day , too bad i have not catch any legal kings this year yet. fook, That's a top catch there. If you want to eat them look in the recipe section and try out the recipe I put up on how to cook bonnies very simple to follow yet very tasty. Cheers Joe Sent from Joe's iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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