long tails

[supertinny]

Caught a couple of nice long tail tuna on marabou jigs this morning off Mackay.
Man they are great to catch. Didnt even have to wind, just cast into the school and let the jig sink for a few seconds and was on. One even nipped me on the foot. Also got a nice cod and trout on livies.

[madmackrel]

:D Good catch mate any chance of putting up some pics of those jigs

Cheers MM8-)

[Fish_gutz]

nice catch lucky the bite wasn`t from a spanish !

[supertinny]

Heres those jigs , a little worse for wear. They are cheap and work well. They also work well trolled quickly.
Cheers

[chop duster]

supertinny,
do you actually eat maccy's or do you just keep them for bait?
I see alot of people on this site keeping them, just wondering

[Az]

chop duster - they are longtails not mack tuna... much better eating than macks...

[Sidewayz]

Some nice longtails there mate...

[youknowlenny]

some good eating in that lot. well done

[plaztix]

Nice LT's mate!

What size gear are you using re. rod, reel, main line, leader?

[BLOOEY]

Nice longys there mate. Why are you sticking your foot in it's gob?::) Haven't tried the maribou jigs on the longys, but tied up a few flies on jigheads and scored good fish on them. You get the best of both worlds, something you can cast on conventional spin tackle , and the pulsing, flowing body of a fly. Ben

[supertinny]

Hey plaztics, I use a shimano 6500 baitrunner with 30 pound braid and a 6.8" ugly stik and 55lb leader. I mainly use it to live bait spanish but it comes in handy when chasing tuna with lures as you can cast a light weight a mile.

[plaztix]

Hey plaztics, I use a shimano 6500 baitrunner with 30 pound braid and a 6.8" ugly stik and 55lb leader. I mainly use it to live bait spanish but it comes in handy when chasing tuna with lures as you can cast a light weight a mile.

Cheers mate, yeah that sounds heaps more like a bait fishing set up. Oh well, it obviously worked hugh!

Do you use mono or fluoro leader?

[supertinny]

Cheers mate, yeah that sounds heaps more like a bait fishing set up. Oh well, it obviously worked hugh!

Do you use mono or fluoro leader?


I use mono only because i have a hand line full of it, i go through a lot of it and its cheaper. I would prefer to use fluoro though.

[pursuit001]

well done top effort

[tinniemad]

hmmmm a new lure! shaped like a foot! nice ctch by the way.