Hey guys just a quick report of this mornings trip, with the wind being gentle but going the other way to the waves made it a rough ride to our spot. My parents and I started the morning off with some spinning to see if we could get some mackerel, within our first drops we all hooked up landing school mackerel roughly all 60-65. After mucking around getting the hooks out we went back for the drift but could not find the bait ball again so we took off to the spot i wanted to try. Once arrived my step dad put out a dead bottom bait which shortly was taken by a lovely golden travelly. I had already put out a livie on a balloon to have something on the surface while mum was still spinning away. Mum got a bonito then gave up and decided to get live bait instead. I rigged up my spare rod to see if i could get a goldy on the bottom since my dad just pulled the hooks on another one! I noticed my balloon whipped to one size for a second then wow saw 3-4 fish darting at my live bait. With my line peeling off my reel for 10 or so minutes i landed my very first tuna(Mack Tuna) which i know it isnt a special tuna but i was still happy i landed my tuna. Took some photos then released. Put another livie on and fish the bottom as i waited. Step dad was getting small squire/moses perch and i was getting some tailor. Maybe another 10-15 later of fishing the bottom i hooked up to a decent fish which i guessed was a golden trevally by the way it was swimming. Landed it and took some photos and released to fight another day. A few birds where attacking my live baits which we're really annoying but didnt take long for one of them to go off again. I was really wishing for a spanish mackerel and this might of been it, the run when it first took the bait was unreal! First time i've ever heard my reel click so fast. I was fighting the fish to hard but saw it was a spanish in the depths. One last wind and it was the very land i was bitten off on 70lb. I was shocked as i could of landed another nice fish for a photo but wasnt that bad since i got a few good ones before. The bite started to go slow so we headed back home and got home at 10. Another good feed of mackerel for dinner
Thanks for reading, J![]()