lassl Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 hey guys just wondering has any body seen any frigate mackerel in sydney harbour. Really keen to catch these fish, thought i saw some chasing whitebait yesterday.has any body else seen these fish around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LungFai Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Looks like fook caught a few http://www.fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=54159 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgs84 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Was a lot in the hacking last year but none this year that ive caught. Others may be getting them ? Maybe another month or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilba Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 My mate & I caught a couple trolling about two Km's off Kilcare beach heading towards Lion Island yesterday not sure if they wre frigate mackerel or Mackerel tuna. We chased them for about an hour it was an amazing sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefin Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 (edited) Could actually be a mac, it seems to have a spot behind it's gill , above the bottom fin. It should have 5 , but they are not always obvious! Edited February 9, 2011 by bluefin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgj Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 (edited) Could actually be a mac, it seems to have a spot behind it's gill , above the bottom fin. It should have 5 , but they are not always obvious! This is a Mac I caught in the Harbour yesterday on fly.The Mac compared to the Frigate doesn't have a space between dorsal fins. Mark Edited February 9, 2011 by mgj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommy Matt Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 My mate & I caught a couple trolling about two Km's off Kilcare beach heading towards Lion Island yesterday not sure if they wre frigate mackerel or Mackerel tuna. We chased them for about an hour it was an amazing sight. Hard to say for sure from your pic - the spots are not conclusive as the frigates can have them too, although it might be a bit early for them. The definitive test is the gap between the two dorsal fins - yours actually looks like a frigate with the large gap between the two, but the photo could be misleading - compare with Mark's pic with the long low rear part of the front dorsal that extends almost to the second dorsal fin. That is definitely a mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I've noticed that they seem to turn up at South West Rocks at around the same time the Triathlon is on there .......... next weekend!!! I'll be up there for the next 3 weekends, so hope to find some somewhere!!! Little pocket rockets - always fun on light gear! Saw something zooming around the Marina here in Forster today & wondered if it was a Frigate!! Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I tend to notice more frigates around sydney harbour around april,may,june Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lassl Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 I've noticed that they seem to turn up at South West Rocks at around the same time the Triathlon is on there .......... next weekend!!! I'll be up there for the next 3 weekends, so hope to find some somewhere!!! Little pocket rockets - always fun on light gear! Saw something zooming around the Marina here in Forster today & wondered if it was a Frigate!! Roberta good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzlar Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Mate try Nth harbour around Middle heads to cliffton gdns, was out there yesterday & a couple of schools are breaking the surface they are pretty shy of the boat & dont stay in the one place too long hope that helps good luck champ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lassl Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Mate try Nth harbour around Middle heads to cliffton gdns, was out there yesterday & a couple of schools are breaking the surface they are pretty shy of the boat & dont stay in the one place too long hope that helps good luck champ thanks mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lassl Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 I tend to notice more frigates around sydney harbour around april,may,june yeh maybe another month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingky Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 There was a small school of them cruisin around down at Coal Terminal yeasterday but could not tempt them. They were chasing the bait fish i was catching but didn't seem to wanna eat them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lassl Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 There was a small school of them cruisin around down at Coal Terminal yeasterday but could not tempt them. They were chasing the bait fish i was catching but didn't seem to wanna eat them yeh there fussy fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 If there really fussy try going down to a 7 gram sea rock in blue or sometimes they are fixed on pink only and remove the standard silver treble and replace with a black one this reduces the profile of the lure making it appear smaller,And drop leader down to 10 LB flurocarbon as they are very visual.One very big mistake alot of people make is using a snap swivel in front of there lure which means the differance between fish or no fish especially with frigates and bonito etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lassl Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 If there really fussy try going down to a 7 gram sea rock in blue or sometimes they are fixed on pink only and remove the standard silver treble and replace with a black one this reduces the profile of the lure making it appear smaller,And drop leader down to 10 LB flurocarbon as they are very visual.One very big mistake alot of people make is using a snap swivel in front of there lure which means the differance between fish or no fish especially with frigates and bonito etc. thanks for the advive. have caught bonito on the sea rock lure but could only find them in the pearl white colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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