Mackie/Tuna advice
Hey guys! As I'm come into my first summer fishing in WA, I'm keen to have a crack at catching my first mackie or tuna.
Not asking for anyone to give away secret spots or anything, but if you want to share some places to hunt NOR, then by all means PM me! 
No....what I want is your advice on tactics! Gimme whatever you are willing to share...
What kinda tackle do I need? Line weight? Lure favorites?
Trolling advice?
Best approaches for working bait schools?
FAD tactics?
Time of day/depth/structures?
Any and all tips welcome....and the more specific the better! I figure I'm not the only newbie on here, so maybe this thread can help alot of people for the summer session.
Thanks in advance to the most helpful fishos on the internet!
till
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Bah, the best mackie/tuna
Bah, the best mackie/tuna advice right now is book a ticket north.
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wrassinator
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None @ West End Rotto?
None @ West End Rotto?
Colin Hay
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My only advice is that when you see birds working
don't go charging through the school of fish. Work around the edges by either stopping and casting into the school, or trolling around the edges of the school.
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Mick.C
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I havent fished for them
I havent fished for them down south but up here give them a choice. Three or four lures at different depths. Follow some structure. Look for clean water. 5knots unless your pulling skirts.
eddie
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THanks for the advice so
THanks for the advice so far!
Colin, what would you chuck at them? metal slices?
catchalittle
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Chief Williamson have a set
Chief Williamson have a set of six small skirts that come in a wrap sost about $50 I have had great success with them we did get a few small tuna the other weekend while trolling around at the back of the five fathom doing a speed of 6-8 knots my favourite colur is the pink/purple,and there wernt even birds working the area.
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Craig Pearse
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I being having great success
I being having great success using Yo Zuri deep divers here in Karratha with the mackies
Adam Gallash
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Tuna
Really depends how you want to get them. If they are schooling up and busting the surface, then sight casting to them with small metal lures is the best fun. If you know they are in the area and gone deep, then diving lures at 4-5 knots works well. If your just going for a general hopeful troll then small skirted lures in a variety of colours at 6-8 knots is best.
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eddie
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What about teasers? are
What about teasers? are they worth using? if so, how do you use them! Thanks for the advice so far.
hlokk
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Teasers are kinda like
Teasers are kinda like lures without hooks. Their aim is to draw the fish up to the surface. The most common ones are the flashy block ones like the witchdoctor that flash lots of light around, 'birds' which are moulded plastic things which create a lot of splashing and teasers which basically have strips of holographic ribbon with fish on them (meant to imitate a bait school). You can run some lures without hooks, or stickbaits or plastic garfish or stringed cds or baked bean tins :p. Basically all different methods to draw the fish up (particularly used on big spreads for marlin or biggg tuna)
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barneyboy
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When you come up to a school
When you come up to a school of busting up tuna turn your sounder off. The pings scare them off. Stand off them for a bit and watch what they are doing. You will notice that 9 times out of ten they will feed in a pattern in an area. Go upwind of the school and let them feed to the boat. They always feed upwind. This is based on longtails, mac tuna and yellowfin tuna spinning out of a boat. Hope this is some help
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kane
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Rottnest?
How far west of rotto do you generally need to go get find them? Dont like pushing my boat too much further than rotto... would be nice to get onto a few tuna though.
Might be time to get a bigger boat.....
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