tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post3220855753581992810..comments2024-01-29T03:04:24.219+11:00Comments on Flinders Family Freer: Surfing dolphins, albacore...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-14201583045484861782013-03-27T09:15:54.013+11:002013-03-27T09:15:54.013+11:00Juvenile albacore and skipjack will come closer in...Juvenile albacore and skipjack will come closer inshore here - just as well, the shelf is even further out here. Beyond my means and beyond our boats, although there are a few boats on the island that can get out there (we get bluefin and marlin out there, but trolling is a fuel expensive, time consuming process. Fine if you're rich and have a skipper who knows where to go, what speed to troll. Not so good if you're fairly broke and need to balance the cost of the trip against meals in the freezer, and don't have the experience) These I judged to be in the 4-5 kg range - so quite small. We didn't have any fish bait at all, just squid, so we were trolling spoons - I think perhaps too big. I've caught bonito on feathers before, I must make up some with the fly-tying stuff. Sadly we don't get Dorado/mahi mahi/dolphin fish here. They're rather like the fish that appears on my family coat of arms (which is odd in itself, I guess).<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-943770224671336472013-03-27T02:50:10.452+11:002013-03-27T02:50:10.452+11:00I've been fishing a few times for them. I neve...I've been fishing a few times for them. I never had much luck chumming and bait casting. What I did have success with was trolling feather rigs and squid skirt type rigs. Never had much luck trolling live bait either. <br /><br />It's nice you can get to them so easily, in North Carolina we'd have to go out ten or fifteen miles for the edge of the Gulf Stream which is where they seemed to prefer. Of course, once out there you could also go for King Mackerel, Dolphin (not the mammal)and Blue Tail Tuna. Quilly_Mammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233071648647457818noreply@blogger.com