Mackeral mayhem

[Jumee]

Hi all,

just a few quick lines to let you all know that the mackeral have arrived off of Mackay. Fished about 17nm off mackay and the mackeral were jumping out of the water in a feeding frenzy, totally awesome to see:o .
After a couple of double hookups and abosulute mayhem, I was happy with 3 keepers and released another 3 to catch next time.;D

Cheers for now.
Jamie

[reelchippy]

Hope they head south this year thanks for the up cheers

[Jumee]

All,

I'm still trying to attach photos, I failed to mention that these were all Spanish Makeral around the 15 to 20kg range.
Alot of fun on 8kg gear.

Should have photos posted by the end of today.

Cheers
Jamie

[Local_Guy]

we are still waiting for them to turn up off Yeppoon, been a very ordinary year so far.

nice catch btw.

[Benno1]

when you're done with them Local Guy...send them down to me...i wants one :D


(Mrs Benno1)

[skipalong]

nice work mate

[Local_Guy]

none down there this season eaither Benno1????

how ordinary has it been.. i heard they were up around stanage, and down around the g'coast, SEQ, but they have avoided us like the plaigue this year... maybe it's because i bought a boat.

[jtpython]

Awesome catch mate
Good sign hopefully they are moving down , have run out of mackeral in the freezer always good to have the freezer fillers in
JT

[Horse]

Great fish there. Don't catch them all before they get a chance to migrate south

[scoota]

Just curious Jamie whether they were in a feeding frenzy as in chasing bait fish out of the water or like just showing off?

I once encountered Spanish Macs free jumping out of the water one morning off Island Head Creek and it appeared they were just showing off on some sort of mating ritual in a bay we were sheltering from a stong southerly. We got a few hook ups but eyeballing a Spanish on the helm some twelve feet above sea level is one experience I won't forget. There was virtually a hundred plus in that small bay with up to ten or more out of the water at any one time.

Scoota...

[Gazza.Boyne]

Some nice spaniards there Jamie.

Hopefully they are moving our way soon.

Gazza

[abbot_86]

nice spaniards. they will keep the freezer stocked for a while

[fishyfishy]

How can you possibly say freezer fillers - mackeral is so so so nice filleted fresh and eaten fresh. Fresh is best! I so hope that they make it down to the Sunny coast area this year, been missn um for a while now..........