Central Coast Fisherman Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 For the last three summers I have been spinning for bonito off the rocks. However I cant remember when they start turning up. Does anyone know when they should start turning up? I went for a spin yesterday off the rocks and caught tailor, salmon, silver trevally and a huge yakka which went out as live bait but didnt get touched. The bloke next to me managed to spin up a small king around 50cm so this gives me hope that the larger kings and bonito shouldn't be too far away. Any thoughts? Cheers, Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighSpeedSpin Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 From what I have heard mate, there are some here already and i know of a few guys that have been getting them through the winter as well. Most reliable should be december onwards but it all depends on the currents. Early january we were getting some BIG bonito 50-60+cm then after a few weeks smaller ones showed up Good luck mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Coast Fisherman Posted October 17, 2011 Author Share Posted October 17, 2011 Thanks for the reply high speed spin. Another question, does anyone put small bonnies out as live bait? I've never really thought about it until I watched a DVD where they were catching massive kings at Norfolk Island using bonnies as live bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighSpeedSpin Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Yeah quite a few people do for kings, marlin and cobia. I reckon the 30-40cm models would be perfect for kings but from what i have seen and heard they do not shy away from bigger bonito either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Coast Fisherman Posted October 17, 2011 Author Share Posted October 17, 2011 Should you just use a single hook in the jaw of the bonito for live baiting or should i use a two hook rig with one hook in the jaw and the other in the back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtisjohnthomas Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 You know there are kings when the Bonito jump out of the water. Its funny that the bonito will sometimes eat in the same schools of the Kings and the Kings wont touch them. But other times it's the bonnies getting chased. I caught a few bonito off sydney last week and a few during the winter too. Not sure if they really ever left. But they haven't been schoooling up like they were last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighSpeedSpin Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Should you just use a single hook in the jaw of the bonito for live baiting or should i use a two hook rig with one hook in the jaw and the other in the back? Single in the back or jaw should to the trick, just make sure that if you do hook it in the back that the offset of the hook is pointing up, otherwise it'll digg into the bait on hookup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boy53 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Dec for sure but I remember I started catching from Nov last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBG. Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) They never left the coast..... just thinned out. We were catching them all through the year. The plague schools should be back this week due to the water temp. A few early beakies behind them too. Edited October 24, 2011 by LBG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aussie007 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 bonnies ive heard make great live bait but they die quick if not handled correctly and the bonnies will be showing up in sydney anytime now with the water reaching 21c in port hacking already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecura Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I've been trolling around my usuany bonny spots in Sydney for a few weeks now with only one caught..... Having said that last weekend I managed a couple of kingies and then this week to my suprise managed three striped tuna. To me that was a shock but the water temp at the surface was around 20c, I would imagine by the end of November we wont be able to troll 500 metres without hooking a bonny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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