kurtisjohnthomas Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Went out today in pursuit of Salmon. Found some fish just before the Harbour Bridge, but you can't stop there so we motored on. Saw some splashes at Clifton Gardens and managed two nice salmon. But the plan was to head to manly to target the apparent big schools of salmon. As we motored out of the heads we saw thousands of birds, and under them were thousands of Striped Tuna. We tried for nearly two hours, with all different lures, techniques. We couldn't manage a single hit. We motored to manly same again school of tuna. Couldn't get a hit. Sooo frustrating.. One of the Salmon we got Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamal Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Did you try a popper? The red and white rapala with the feathers on the back treble work a treat usually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtisjohnthomas Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 Yep, tried every lure. Not the rapala on specifically. We couldn't find any bait in the water either. Makes me think they were eating something small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtisjohnthomas Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 Forgot to add, I saw heaps of Game Fishing boats just off sydney. Got me thinking that the Yellowfin might be close. I thought they might be looking at Whales initially, but the whale watching boats were elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austral Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 hey buddy, if there on the surface you need to use 20g raiders and spin as fast as possible toget the lure up and just under the surface and when you see the fish chase it and is really close STOP the lure and thats when theyll hit it.. good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pure spirit Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I saw them yesterday coming back in from longy were hitting the surface but not feeding (no birds on them) throw a few things at them, metals, divers and ran a couple of loops around them with bullet and pusher skirts but got nothing was getting late so gave up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtisjohnthomas Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 hey buddy, if there on the surface you need to use 20g raiders and spin as fast as possible toget the lure up and just under the surface and when you see the fish chase it and is really close STOP the lure and thats when theyll hit it.. good luck tried this. They wouldn't even follow it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issue Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Hi yeah I tried them yesterday off north head and cast among the splashes with small slugs and plastics but they were not interested. Have caught them plenty of times before but when they are behaving badly like that there is nothing but frustration. Found a school of salmon but they were only smallish ones and again didnt really want to know lures. Caught one on a live yakka but they passed that up plenty of times too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barreduo Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Maybe a huge school of mullet heading put to sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheap charlie Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Hi yeah I tried them yesterday off north head and cast among the splashes with small slugs and plastics but they were not interested. Have caught them plenty of times before but when they are behaving badly like that there is nothing but frustration. Found a school of salmon but they were only smallish ones and again didnt really want to know lures. Caught one on a live yakka but they passed that up plenty of times too. Tie the biggest treble you have onto the end of your line and cast over the school and try and jag one. A old bloke told me that he uses this method to catch big sea mullet. only use this method if you intend to keep what ever it is you jag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbmozo Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Tie the biggest treble you have onto the end of your line and cast over the school and try and jag one. A old bloke told me that he uses this method to catch big sea mullet. only use this method if you intend to keep what ever it is you jag I thought jagging fish was illegal regardless???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtisjohnthomas Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 They are striped tuna not mullet. I saw them, we also found a school of frigate macks, again feeding on micro baits. I think they are called glass minnows. I think a trick which I didnt use, is to put a bit of maccas straw on your line and a hook. The straw runs over the shank of the hook and causes a bubble trail. This sometimes works. I've seen it used by the Ifish crew on salmon in tassie and it worked well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I have little white bait plastics and found they work when nothing else does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pure spirit Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) They are striped tuna not mullet. I saw them, we also found a school of frigate macks, again feeding on micro baits. I think they are called glass minnows. I think a trick which I didnt use, is to put a bit of maccas straw on your line and a hook. The straw runs over the shank of the hook and causes a bubble trail. This sometimes works. I've seen it used by the Ifish crew on salmon in tassie and it worked well i agree tuna for sure saw a number break the surface if i'd had more time (and no kids on board) i would have had a crack at them on fly gear with tiny little siliver flies, when i've had salmon feeding on micro bait it's worked well even with my lack of skill on the fly gear Edited June 28, 2011 by pure spirit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtisjohnthomas Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 yeah we had the fly, but it was way too windy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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