We ate that raw while we cooked cobia steaks on the grill. That evening, I sliced up a bunch of bluefish and mackerel and dressed them with a simple mixture of soy, ginger, and lemon juice. We try not to take more mackerel and bluefish than we plan on eating fresh, unless we have plans to smoke or pressure can some because neither of those oily fish freeze well raw. After a little bit of probing, we had more than enough for all of us to eat fresh fish for a couple of days, as well as put dozens of pounds of cobia steaks in the freezer. On a recent trip out for cobia, we put two large cobia on ice within 2 hours of launching the boat, then we switched the rods out to troll for spanish mackerel and bluefish. It’s all about knowing when and where, and Rachel and I are lucky to know some people that have a pulse on the Bay. We have so much water to fish, and there is a vast variety of species to pursue. Or just complete the form below and we will get back to you ASAP.My friends and I are spoiled when it comes to fishing. If you are interested in finding out more about our boat charters you can contact Greg on Mobile: 0413 821 736 Fishing doesn’t get any better!! Now this is Really Living!! Try 7 days on our Reefari Hardline charters with an 80 Foot Mothership "Centurion". Trolling Lures For Spanish Mackerel No Fish Is Too Big.Ĭheck out our Steber 41 and Overnight Mackay Boat Charters for more unbeatable trips with up to 6 guests for unbeatable reef and game fishing locations and adventure. There’s nothing worse then being in a hot bite, total Kaos and wasting time having to rig baits. Wolf Herring are another great bait and well worth drifting out, Spanish Mackerel love them, and eat them like lollies, the only downside is they are not cheap, at $5 a wolf herring or more, but check out your local tackle shop and they should have a good supply for you.īe also on the look out for good quality gar (Ballyhoo), There’s Gar and there’s Gar, Fresh is Best and you can even source top quality Gar from your local fish market, Extra large models in tip top condition.īuy a few and individual freeze in Gladwrap, or even on a quiet windy day, prerig your baits and swimming rigs so when you go fishing, you’ve got half a dozen baits ready. Just adjust the size of the balloon to the wind condition, large balloon if light winds and not so big when windy. Use a balloon if need be, and if no current as the floating bait can drift down among your other fishing lines whilst bottom Bashing. Other techniques may include a skirt, plastic octopus over the bait, adding a bit more Colour and action. Works all the time and amazing how many Spanish and Shark Mackerel fall to this easy method, even quite large fish up to 20kg at times. Tough bonus I know, and these are the things which make fishing the reef special. The other bonus is when your bait slowly drifts to the bottom, quality reef fish such as Red throat emperor and coral Trout are quick to rise for an easy feed. Nice and quick, and usually the mackerel hooks itself as it screams off at a hundred miles and hour. One of the easiest and very productive way of catching a nice Spanish Mackerel. Make sure your bait, lies nice and flat, no weight and simply cast out behind the boat. Especially when a good size shark jumps on, does happen and gives ém a good workout. I like to have one rod rigged, usually a spinning reel with 30lb mono for a bit of sport, and gives the guests a good work out. Line class may vary for 12 lb to 50lb for most situations and depends on personal preference, sport and how badly you want a feed. Then have a couple of metres of 100lb mono for a leader tied to a double on the main line. When fishing the islands or the Great Barrier Reef, Have a wire trace, single strand 100lb with a gang of 6/0 hooks, usually three for pilchards, four for Gar (ballyhoo) up to a metre long. The amount of fish this accounts for is amazing and is just so easy. It doesn’t get any easier than flicking out a floating Pilchard or Gar (Ballyhoo), or even a Wolf herring. We all love to go fishing especailly when we talk about the great fighting fish "Spanish Mackerel" and we all love to do things the easy way.
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