Seaway Trevally Bonanza

[Mullet Musketeer]

This refers to last Thursday March 1st - sorry its late but better late than never. Those of you who follow my posts will realise now that I have forsaken the Passage in search of some new spots (at least until the beloved flathead return). I have also been a bit disappointed in my usual trusty GULPS and switched to the whole new (and expensive) world of hard bodies.

Last Thursday I was down at the seaway right on dawn. I found a spot where I felt I had a reasonable chance of landing a fish on the light gear (if I got one) and chucked a popper out . Wallop - second cast and I am on to a nice big Trevally but he heads for the deep and the cover of the rocks and there goes Popper no 1. I tie on some 14 lb leader to the 8lb Fireline and another Popper. This time its a Storm Yellow Blue Green one. This goes out and I decide I will count down from fifty casts - we get down to 46 to go and I'm hit again - this time he spits it, almost within reach. At least I did not lose another lure. Next time we only get to 47 to go when I am on again. I am not prepared to let this one go so the rod is well bent, the reel is wobbling like its going to come out of the seat and the drag is tight but still letting out the odd scream. I get it up to the rocks but with one final lunge it breaks the rod tip (2-4 kg) still I grab the line and pull it up anyway - an expensive but beatiful 2 KG Big Eye Trevally.

Well the fun continued for an hour or so and I ended up with four in total all over 1kg - beautiful fish and great fun. ;D

[Synful]

Great work there MM.

Have caught the odd Trevor up here and they are great sport; bet you're arms know they've nailed a few quality size fish ;)

[White_Steenbras]

Getting those trevors sussed out well now, gotta love the poppers.

[Mattg68]

nice work there MM. pity about the gear casualties but hey, at least you put a few in the boat.

Matt

[geoff72]

great looking trevs mate,would have been a ball.

[T-roy]

great couple of trevs, how do you retrieve the popers

T-roy

[kingtin]

Nice read mate. Shame about the gear.

kev

[gregdeeth]

nice trevally mate

[Mullet Musketeer]

To retrieve the ones that get snagged I have tried climbing down at low tide gashing my knees and ankles and cursing a lot as I try and remember exactly where they got snagged - generally I put the lost ones down to experience.

[Murph77]

Nice trevs mate, sounded like a good little session. Sometimes the seaway is packed with trevs, has anyone seen that podcast of seaway trevally on Nugget's website?

[imnotoriginal]

Fantastic fun. Poppers are great, nothing like seeing the lure disappear in a big swirl of water. Sounds like a great session, pity about the rod.
Joel

[84mick]

Well done MM, I was there on sunday but didnt arrive ther till about 7:30am and didnt get a touch.

Mick.

[T1]

Great work MM! You need to buy yourself a Redington...

Take Care T

[Nelster]

Funny breaking a tip on a 2-4kg .. should be fine with the trev's thats all i use .. and have caught hundreds.. i think the biggest i've got on my 2-4 is a 5kg mac tuna .. took about 15+ mins but i got it.. u sure your not high sticking your rod? very odd for it to break? no? my bad .. biggest on my 2-4 would be a big stingray lol .. if that counts.

[Sean]

I think when he asked how you retrieve your lures, I beleive he might possibly have meant how do you work the lure...pop...pop...pop....or fast. I am interesyed too. Thanks mate Sean

[greenie.77]

the best method i have found sean is the flick, pop slow retrieve pop pop method. But this does vary depending on the conditions

[Mullet Musketeer]

I have been most successful with a pop pop pop style in answer to earlier question on the retrieve