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Re: Techniques for Morton Bay Pelagics ??
Have to agree with Damon about the IQ of longtails, Quite often fishing for Bay snapper around Tangalooma you see a few cutting through the burley trail early in the morning.One time, I was at Anchor and I didnt want to move to chase a tuna half way round the bay. 5 0r 6 10kg fish were feeding behind the boat in the berley trail. I diced a pillie and began to feed them. The next lot of pillie cubes had a 4/0 on 40lb line in one of the pieces. Well up they came, and nothing on the 40lb.
So I dropped to 20lb line, Same again the tuna belted the cubes of pillies 6ft from the boat not touching the piece with the hook hidden in it. I had a 6" Alvey there with 10lb torture on it. So I said "why not" the morning had been quiete. Even with the 10lb line and a 2/0 hook well hidden in the pillie the fish still shyed away until one of the fish couldnt help himself.
Well I released the anchor rope and threw over the float. Chased the bloody thing to the shipping channel for about an hour 20 minutes.
Got lucky with a corner of the mouth hook up, Netted and released the exhasted fish.
Long tails, smart fish
my story on tuna IQ
Aaron
Have to agree with Damon about the IQ of longtails, Quite often fishing for Bay snapper around Tangalooma you see a few cutting through the burley trail early in the morning.One time, I was at Anchor and I didnt want to move to chase a tuna half way round the bay. 5 0r 6 10kg fish were feeding behind the boat in the berley trail. I diced a pillie and began to feed them. The next lot of pillie cubes had a 4/0 on 40lb line in one of the pieces. Well up they came, and nothing on the 40lb.
So I dropped to 20lb line, Same again the tuna belted the cubes of pillies 6ft from the boat not touching the piece with the hook hidden in it. I had a 6" Alvey there with 10lb torture on it. So I said "why not" the morning had been quiete. Even with the 10lb line and a 2/0 hook well hidden in the pillie the fish still shyed away until one of the fish couldnt help himself.
Well I released the anchor rope and threw over the float. Chased the bloody thing to the shipping channel for about an hour 20 minutes.
Got lucky with a corner of the mouth hook up, Netted and released the exhasted fish.
Long tails, smart fish
my story on tuna IQ
Aaron
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