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Small boat GT fishing in Mackay

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Mark Harris:

--- Quote from: Guy Durham on July 26, 2012, 09:45:09 PM ---I've got the same experience. One day they were on and the next weekend they weren't, and we've struggled to find GT action since.

I'm waiting for it to warm up a bit.

Having said that we've had some sweet sessions on Mack's with big poppers and stickbaits lately.

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Being tropical in nature, I suspect Mackay is not unlike most Indonesian waters.......... when the water temperature is down we don't even bother trying for top-water GTs.

Graham Scott:
Hi Mark,

We have no trouble getting GT's in "cold" water. Current water temp is 18.5deg C and thats OK. A couple of years ago I caught a couple on what must have been the coldest day of the year( or it felt like it to me). Air temp was probably 12deg.
Even the photo looks cold

Mark Harris:
That's great Graham!  You guys are very lucky that the cold water does not shut the fish down. It does up here in Indonesia.  A move from the "normal" 26-28 down to the 22-24 that we get in July and August, means GTs are either shut down completely or extremely hard to catch on the top water.

Local factors are different I guess.

Andrew Susani:
Yeah I think they have slowed down a bit over winter but today they were keen for the topwater stuff.  I hardly bothered with my stickbaits because if they are keen on the old pop-pop, well there is nothing better.

We did donate my special spanish mackerel pattern stickbait to a rampaging GT we sight cast to in about 2m of water over a shallow reef.  Hooked 3, lost 3!  :(



The main objective was to get a big one for Lewis, and after he lost 5 in a row, he finally lucked out...



Fairly stoked!



All photos with the Olympus TG-1 (being discussed in another thread), not a bad compact camera.  I got some really good video with it too, I will post the funniest wipeouts to youtube this weekend and share them here  8)

Angus Hulme:
Awesome work Andrew....we'll be up that way in a few months for our annual trip, so any local reports definitely help fire me up! They are some excellent fish! Any pics of the spaniards? I would rate any spaniard while targeting GTs as very welcome bycatch. Same goes for trout.

Loving your work with the home made lures too. That fusey coloured stickbait you've fashioned looks great. I have had some success on home spun lures in previous years, and as you seem to suggest, there's enormous satisfaction to be had in landing GTs on homemade lures!

Also, still marveling at the slick job you've done on the boat. Kudos mate.

Cheers
Angus

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