dolphin fish moreton bay

[baitable]

just a quick Q.. am new to the whole dolphin fish thing, but am very interested to pursue them. I have heard of them getting taken on fly's and lures. Where might be the prominent spots in moreton or off moreton to find these critters???

Any general pointers would be much appreciated...

Oh if SANDMAN is reading this g'day and nice meeting you in the bottlo - best of luck with those blacks!!

[Billo]

Without doubt the Wave Rider buoy off straddie !

can't remember the last time i went out without finding them there ...

basics - sit up current from the wave rider , feed a pilchard out on a hook and then hit them
Too bloody easy ....livies take the best results though .

And yes , we have caught them on flies , soft plastics , slugs , minnows the whole shebang!

[baitable]

thanks Billo... will have to give that a try.....

from memory, there are no FAD around moreton are there???

ALso food for thought, the HMAS Brisbane should be good fishing grounds very soon, anyone know if there is a restriction for fishing close on it???

I dive there so if anyone needs a species report, i.e. depth and where - I can help hehehehehehe

[matt_w]

mmm that is interresting does anyone knoe what the restrictions are with fishing around the hmas and what species have you been seeing when diving out there

cheers matt woods

[gropeher]

Sorry mate but there is no FAD of Straddie and the HMAS is a no fishing zone.

Cheers Ryan..

[Fishin_Dan]

I have heard that you can get Dolphin Fish around the Compass Adjustment Beacon in the bay when they are on...

Trolling the small skirted lures will work for them very well. Also using a jig like the Jig Em Rigs (Or whatever they're called - The squid ones!) can work as well...

[Always_offshore]

have to agree the brisbane is a no fishing zone,thrres better spots around any way!!

[Always_offshore]

ps forgot to mention the Mahi-Mahi just do what every-one else does go to w/rocks or hutchies.

[baitable]

hutchies for mahi mahi???? thought they congregated around surface structure

[the_group]

Try using livies out off straddie your success rate will improve 100%, the dolphins have been out there latley but have been pretty quiet and not takeing pillies as much as the livies.

PS - get there early as a fair few charter boats hit the wave ridder and clean up all the fish in the first few hours...