3 mile maccie on the cheap stuff
Submitted by JohnF on Sun, 2012-02-19 14:41
Early start this morning with deckie Chrisp, only to be greeted by very average conditoons and lots of weed.
We put a good spead of lures out, nice range of quality lures on quality outfits, and what did the fish hit.....the cheapest lure in my bag (Williamson el cheapo) on the cheapest rod ($40 Shakespere Navigator special) and reel ($80 Okuma Titus T10) I have. On 10 kg mono, it put up a good fight with the normal fizzing first run but goes to show you dont need fancy gear to knock over macs.
We gave up early due to the strong easterly and very sharp chop, happy with a mac on ice for dinner tonite.
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Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
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sammy85
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Good work mate nice metro
Good work mate nice metro mack
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Faulkner Family
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way to do it. out and back
way to do it. out and back before you know it with a nice feed to go. decent size too.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Paul_86
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Great mackie john and chris!
Great mackie john and chris! Did you see any bait fish on the sounder out there?
JohnF
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No bait, no bird action,
No bait, no bird action, nada.........saw maybe one or two possible macs on the sounder midwater (could have been norwest blowies for all I know....haha) but no bait at all which makes things much harder.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Righteo
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had my first macky hit today
had my first macky hit today west end, spotted about 5 em on the sounder just before one of the reels started to buzz, big teeth marks but no hook up, few minutes later spotted another on the sounder but alas no go. given me a much needed pick me up on the macky reading/trolling stakes, cant wait to have another crack when i get back from holidays.
Here we go again.
grayzeee
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good work guysthis is killing
good work guys
this is killing me. I can't get a leave pass yet
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Paul_86
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Yeah ive been out for a few
Yeah ive been out for a few trolls on the 3mile lately and have only seen one tiny bait school midwater but didnt get anything off of it, nothing like this time last year with a fair bit of bait right in close. Ill keep trying and hopefully be able to show one off myself soon
Reefmonkey
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Nice fat mac!
Nice fat mac!
Dave J.
uncle
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good to see them
on the chew, hard work with all the weed,hope to get out a few times this week
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
alfred
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Good to see them getting
Good to see them getting caught in numbers again. Time to dust the cobwebs off the gear!
till
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Nice Mack there, came a
Nice Mack there, came a little easier than last year too!
aalfred
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Nice mack well done !!!
Nice mack well done !!!