Perth Metro Mackerel Action
Nothing gets me more excited than a metro mackerel.
Caught one this time last year when hunting for salmon about 100m from West End at Rotto!
Recent reports are talking it up like there is a plague of them out there - reports of catching them off Woodman Point Jetty, Spaniards and Sharkies LEAPING out at the end of the Freo Moles. Seems to be more speculation than fact but there is talk of schools around the Mewstones and Three Mile... BUT...
No one on here or any other forum seems to be reporting anything - especially from boats.
How are fellow fishwrecked fishers fairing? Do I venture forth or wait it out? If any success, is my trusty red head Halco Laser my go to?
Love to hear any reports - particularly from anyone heading our from my local boat ramp - Hillarys, or around Rotto.
z00m
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Eyes painted on?
Have you been watching this forum the last week or so?
www.fishwrecked.com/forum/metro-mackie-0
www.fishwrecked.com/forum/metro-mackie-first
Sorry to be sarcastic but you left yourself open for it.
Try the search function over to the left.
iamad
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:)
:)
rob90
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There is soo many around,
There is soo many around, you aint gonna catch em from your computer tho! Get amongst it, good luck
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Mattyb84
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Mate been getting a few off
Mate been getting a few off two rocks
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sea-kem
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We'll be having a crack next
We'll be having a crack next weekend for them weather permitting
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Da pirate
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Trolled !!
Trolled from mindaire to yanchep towing a
mix of xraps and lasers !! No joy !! Zig zag
26m to 30m !!! No bust ups !! Loads of flying
fish though !! Cheers fellas pirate !!!
big john
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Weed
What was the surface weed like when trolling?
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terboz123
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try shallower.........we got
try shallower.........we got two in the general area you would of been...didnt go deeper then 25 m.......
a hard days fishing still beats work
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trolled north of rotto after
trolled north of rotto after doing rotto swim today for a bit, lost a good fish (unknown) and 1 very big stripie tuna of about 5-6kg.
Bait galore
iamad
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Hope
There's hope in that story. At least you got some sort of return for the effort!
sea-kem
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I know someone on here who
I know someone on here who raised a Marlin today, I'll let him tell the story
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You no the deal Andy. Pics
You no the deal Andy. Pics or it didn't happen
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Ha ha fair call.
Ha ha fair call.
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Da pirate
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Ribbon weed !!
Apart from that it was pretty good
big john !!!
Krusty
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I tried trolling for a mac
I tried trolling for a mac for several hours today and the conditions were excellent....but unfortunately no luck on the mackerel. So headed out to a FAD and the fish were boiling here and there.
So I trolled around for a while....no takers.
I then drifted past the FAD throwing out a little metal ....nothing after several passes.
I then started cubing up some pillies and threw one cube on a hook and sent that floating behind the boat in the trail ....Bang ... Hooked up a Mahi-Mahi....great fight and got it to the boat.
I was solo so tried to net it but it just wouldn't go in and darted off several times...manged to get it back to the boat and decided to just grab the leader and haul it into the boat.. It came out of the water kicking and thats where it all went pear shaped.
It landed on my bait board where it flipped out and then threw the hook so I dropped the rod and got my hands on it but it went berserk and slipped out of my hands and landed on the gunwale where it sat for approx one second ....long enough for me to get one hand on it before it flipped a few times rapidly and slipped back into the water. I guess it was about 700 - 800mm.
I then sat down and had a little cry !!
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
iamad
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Catch n release
Mate that is tragic, but i couldn't help have a laugh. I think we've all been there though
Krusty
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Tragic indeed...still
Tragic indeed...still haven't been able to crack a smile yet though
Can't believe I made such a stupid decision.....I think the excitement got to me when I saw what it was.
Oh well.....next time
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
uncle
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Need a net for them suckers
Ha ha was it a bit green
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Krusty
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Yea still green when it was
Yea still green when it was boat side ..... hindsight is a wonderful thing....should have stayed calm and tired it out a bit more !!
Tried to net it but just way to lively !!
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
Swompa
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In buso today. Towed lures
In buso today. Towed lures from the beach out to 34m and back again, water temp 25 degrees. One small bait ball nut no takers.
uncle
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Where the macks aren't
Spent 6 hours yesterday at ammo jetty parkers point west end then by alcoa nara most exciting thing we saw was a group of penguins near g island.spent 6 hours today cleaning weed off lures from Scarborough tjo hale rd to mindarie.no birds bait fish nothing arrrh thats boating (fishing)
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420casts
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Found a mass flock of
Found a mass flock of Muttonbirds smashing the water on Wednesday out from Freo, had the binoculars there and saw fish planing around on the surface, we got within 100m of the school actively feeding and then it broke away into 2 parts, we pursued one with no luck, we were trolling Halco Laser pro 190's pretty sure. That's fishing !
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duncan61
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free jumping
I personally saw a spanish mackerel free jumping through a bait school off south mole last saturday night.
just do it.
iamad
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Hard work
Let's hope this weekend is better. Doesn't sound like too many were were up to their eyeballs in Macks.
Great to get some real reports through.
uncle
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one caught of scabs
on sunday.will have another crack today,after the weekend I'm 12 hours closer to getting one
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terboz123
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Gents...try fishing the
Gents...
try fishing the incomming high tide. i know their pelgaics but i have also done so much better with my metro catch rates on a in comming high.
run teasers
run different spreads , a shallow , a deep, and a medium range.
fish strucutre.
I have tried for 3 hours so far this season and nailed it. both were on the shallow 2 m diver. three mile.
that was ony my last break and im pretty confident ill get another this break.
, mind you it took me a hole summer to figure it all out.
a hard days fishing still beats work
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Ha ha what a crack up
Lucky I've done 16 hours no macks yet and I've caught a few in my time
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Septimus
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THANKS
I appreciate the tips terboz - thanks for posting!
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MOON PHASES
Any thoughts on affects of moon phases - if any?
Krusty
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Thanks for those pointers
Thanks for those pointers and I have never really thought about tides when trolling so will pay a bit more attention to them.
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
Bodie
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also put in a bit of tima
also put in a bit of tima Saturday for no result, back of 3 mile off mindarie water temps were 22.2 which is still cold. out wider was colder down to 21.6 :(
iamad
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Ocean Surface Temps
Was just looking at the SST on BOM and it looks like the Perths waters are slowly warming up.
If the trend continues it could be up by as much as 2 degrees by the weekend... 21.6 to 23.6 is a promising change.
I think I'll have a crack if the weather holds up.
uncle
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Another 3 hours today trolling northern reefs
no bait birds FISH. Managed a nice feed of skippy for tea
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Dale
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Big school of bonito smashing bait on the surface a 100m out from Challenger Beach this morning.
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iamad
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Back of Rotto
Had a sniff around the North West side of Rottnest - sounder was saying only 21 degrees on Saturday. Needless to say no macks but we didn't try long.
Hope the water temp comes back up. Have caught macks behind Rotto in previous years in May so there is always hope!
GGs
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Preston Beach Macks
I was down at Preston Beach last weekend and could see macks free jumping about 150-200m offshore and they looked to be of decent size. Always the case when you havent got any gear with you!
iamad
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Mackies still a chance
Saw a report on FB of at least two Spanish Mackerel being caught in Perth metro waters. Great to know there are a few around. So the decision is to chase Mackies or Salmon? Great to have both options. .
katbi
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I got one this morning. Very
I got one this morning. Very metro, almost in the river!!!
iamad
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Well done
Well done!
Sounds like i may have to put a trace on my Salmon lures tomorrow
iamad
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Well done
Well done!
Sounds like i may have to put a trace on my Salmon lures tomorrow. You know. .. just in case.