it was much the same in the bay on the weekend johnno - LOTS of bait a fair few birds but very little longtail activity. Also why do the macs hang around and not the longtails...ie there are heaps and heaps of macs up at m'bah at the moment but very very few longtails - whats the go there? maybe we should all start taking note of water temp, maybe that has something to do with it. i do believe that they migrate, north to south in my opinion but once they reach the gold coast, where do they go? we all know is the really big ones turn up in southern NSW but why doest the fishery south of the goldy fish like moreton bay/bribie/m'bah/sandy straights/hearvy bay?
hopefully the study that the CSIRO is doing on inshore tunas will give us all a better idea but its going to be a long time till we all see the results from that.
food for thought anyway..........
cheers, Justin