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seastrength
16-04-2020, 01:28 PM
I think it is a Mac Tuna based on the grey line pattern behind the first dorsal fin. Caught trolling a spoon lure this morning in Moreton Bay. Just want to be sure before I add it to my fishing log. Thanks in advance. SS121080

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Jeremy
16-04-2020, 02:04 PM
mack tuna - frigate mackerel look very similar but yours has the 3 dots below the pectoral fins
Watto79
16-04-2020, 02:13 PM
Better known as "crab bait" or "flesh bait" ;D
4x4frog
16-04-2020, 02:31 PM
Better known as "crab bait" or "flesh bait" ;D Good berley too I'm betting
gazza2006au
16-04-2020, 03:36 PM
Could also be a Leeping Bonito or what we call in Sydney a Leeping Watson Bonito

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Watto79
16-04-2020, 04:12 PM
Mac tuna..

Not a Watsons leaping bonito..
shortthenlong
16-04-2020, 04:14 PM
Could also be a Leeping Bonito or what we call in Sydney a Leeping Watson Bonito

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Do Bonito get that big?

I'd say mack tuna or flesh bait as above

Matt
gazza2006au
16-04-2020, 04:57 PM
Here are the two121081121082

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gazza2006au
16-04-2020, 04:58 PM
Yeah has a tail like a Mack Tuna after comparing pics

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shortthenlong
16-04-2020, 07:22 PM
And if you look at the brag mat it goes about 75cm which would make it a massive bonito

Matt
seastrength
16-04-2020, 07:51 PM
Thanks everyone for your comments. I cut the Mac Tuna into strip baits for the upcoming snapper season. Let's hope the snapper like them, otherwise will mince into burley. Cherrs SS


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gazza2006au
17-04-2020, 09:19 AM
Sea we have used them before for bait cant remember what we have caught but for snapper fresh squid is best but hard to catch

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Watto79
17-04-2020, 04:06 PM
Snapper and most reef fish love it mate, good luck!
disorderly
17-04-2020, 05:29 PM
Yep Mac Tuna..

My missus hates them..during the winter we catch them when jigging and trolling for Spotties and Spanish Macs...once my bait freezer is full of them I start stashing them in her chest freezer...brilliant red bloody reef bait...
JEWIENEWIE
20-04-2020, 12:47 PM
Great strip bait for Tailor also...
seastrength
22-04-2020, 02:20 PM
Thanks for that bait info guys. My only previous tuna experience has been with southern blue fin tuna out of Portland, so working through the QLD tuna species is a new experience for me. Cheers SS
gazza2006au
22-04-2020, 02:34 PM
Some of those bait fish go mushy after they have been frozen and thawed think it may be the Bonnito but cant remember too much as i never liked using it

Best to keep the skin on for the hook to go thru stays on longer

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