Giant Trevally Tracking – The Detail is in the Data

This page will be used for tracking surface feeding behaviour of Giant Trevally in the Seaway and Broadwater.  It is my hope that by the end of this year the data will show a pattern we can use to more accurately predict Giant Trevally feeding behaviour. The more details you guys share the more accurate the info.

Giant Trevally & Kingfish Tracking

Date	Time Sighted	Tide	Level of Activity	Conditions	Area	Angler
20/3/13	1.00pm-2.30pm Halfway through run in tide GT's only	0909 0.55 1448 0.91	Medium, bustups every 20 minutes or so	Heavy overcast, 20kt ESE winds	100m north of the dredge first, then along wavebreak rock wall.	Craig
22/3/13	1.45pm once only 3.00pm-4pm Bulk of the action in the top half of the tide. GT's only	1114 0.43 1712 1.04	High, Bustups every 10 minutes	Overcast, 15kt NNE	Point of wavebreak rock wall, next to the yellow X	Gretsch
24/3/13	4.20pm-5.40pm GT's and Kingfish	1231 0.26 1838 1.24	High, Bustups between 5 and 10 minutes apart	Overcast, stormy, NNW 15kts	Nth Wavebreak Yellow x to Pipeline	Kane
28/3/13	7.00am-8.30am Kingfish Mainly	0231 0.11 0842 1.52	Medium/High, bustups between 10 and 15 minutes apart	Sunny, light 5kt SW	Nth Wavebreak yellow X to northern corner green.	Craig
31/3/13	7.30am-10.00am GT's and Kingfish	0459 0.22 1052 1.26	Medium / High, 10-15min	moderate cloud cover, mainly sunny. Light winds 10knots SE.	Nth Wavebreak yellow X to northern corner green.	Brett
2/4/13	10.15am -10-35am GT's	0711 0.36 1255 1.05	High, every 5 minutes	Sunny, 10kts SSE	Nth Wavebreak Yellow x - 100m south	Craig
4/4/13	1.35pm - 2.45pm GT	1047 0.29 1652 1.16	Medium, 10-15 minutes	Overcast, occasional sunny patches 20-30kts SSE	Nth Wavebreak Yellow x - Strabroke green	Craig
5/4/13	2.30 - 6.00pm GT & Kingfish	1047 0.29 1652 1.16	Medium 10-15 minutes	Overcast/sunny 20-30kts ESE	Nth Wavebreak Yellow x - Strabroke green	Craig
6/4/13	3.40 - 6.00pm GT & Kingfish	1138 0.22 1749 1.27	Medium 10-15 minutes	Overcast/ light rain 20-30kts ESE	Nth Wavebreak Yellow x - Strabroke green	Kane
7/4/13	4.00 - 5.30pm GT & Kingfish	1221 0.17 1837 1.38	High 5-10 minutes	Overcast/rain 15-20kts ESE	Nth Wavebreak Yellow x - Strabroke green	Wade
8/4/13	4.20 - 6.00pm Kingfish Mainly, GT's only at dusk	1259 0.13 1919 1.47	Medium - 10-15 minutes	Sunny, some clouds	Nth Wavebreak Yellow x - Strabroke green	Craig
8/4/13	6.30 - 7.00am GT's and Kingfish	0029 0.24 0651 1.51	High - every 5-10 minutes	Sunny, some clouds	Nth Wavebreak Yellow x - Strabroke green	Craig
9/4/13	5.30 - 5.40pm Kingfish	1334 0.11 1958 1.53	Low- tide turned too late	Heavy Overcast	Nth Wavebreak Yellow x - Strabroke green	Wade & Jonno
11/4/13	6.30 - 6.45 Kingfish	0241 0.22 0843 1.35	Low - twice only	sunny	canyon	Craig
12/4/13	6.30 - 6.45 kingfish only 9.30 GT's for 30 seconds once only	0321 0.25 0917 1.28	Low - twice only	Heavy overcast/Rain. 25-35kts SE	Canyon Wavebreak flats	Craig
13/4/13	7.45 - 11.00 GT's only	0400 0.30 0952 1.21	Very High 5-15 minutes	Heavy Overcast/Rain 25-35kts SE	Canyon - pipeline	Wade
17/4/13	10.45 - 12.30 GT's only	0709 0.49 1253 0.96	Very High 5-10 minutes	Sunny 5 kts SE	Canyon to pipeline	Craig
18/4/13	11.40 - 1.00 Gt's first then kingfish	0817 0.50 1409 0.95	Medium - every 10 minutes, Gt's only 4 times, Kingfish 6 times	Sunny, 10-15kts NNW	Canyon south for GT's Next to Nth Wavebreak Yellow X and 150m West of Dredge for Kingfish	Craig
21/4/13	3.30pm-5.30pm GT's and Kingfish	1101 0.33 1721 1.21	Medium - every 10-15 minutes	Sunny - 20-25kts SSE	Canyon	Andy
22/4/13	3.30pm - 5.30pm Gt's and Kingfish	1141 0.24 1805 1.34	Medium - every 10-15 minutes	Sunny - 10-15kts NE	Wavebreak Cardinal - Canyon	Craig
23/4/13	3.30 - 5.30pm GT's and Kingfish	1218 0.16 1847 1.47	Medium every 10-15 minutes	Sunny - 5-10kts SE	Canyon	Craig
25/4/13	5.00 - 5.30pm GT's only	1332 0.05 2010 1.70	Medium - every 10-15 minutes	Sunny - 10-15kts NE	Canyon	Craig
26/4/13	7.00 - 7.30 GTs and Kingfish	0218 0.14 0817 1.42	Low - Twice only	Sunny - 10kts SW	Canyon	Craig
29/4/13	7.30 - 11.00 GT's	0458 0.19 1046 1.21	Very High - multiple schools feeding at once	Sunny - 10kts SW	Canyon	Craig
30/4/13	9.00 - 10.30 GT's	0559 0.24 1147 1.13	Medium- 10-15 minutes	Sunny - 10kts SE	Canyon	Craig
1/5/13	10.30 - 12.00	0706 0.29 1258 1.08	Medium - 10-15 minutes	Sunny - 10kts SE	Canyon	Craig
2/5/13	no show	0813 0.30 1414 1.08	no show	10-20kts SE cloudy	Sitting on the bottom on the edge of the Canyon	Craig
3/5/13	no show	0917 0.30 1528 1.14	no show	10-15kts sw	Sitting on the bottom on the edge of the Canyon	Craig
4/5/13	3.00pm til 5.30pm Kings only, GT's sulking in the Canyon	1013 0.27 1633 1.24	Low	10.15kts SE	Sandflats north Wavebreak, near channel markers in northern channel, near Wavebreak Anchorage	Jayde
9/5/13	5.00-5.30pm GT's came up a few times but some taken on poppers blindcasting	1330 0.17 2010 1.63	Low	10-15kts SE, overcast	Canyon Edge, Nth Wavebreak eddy, strays taken on wavebreak flats.	Craig
12/5/13	6.30-8.30 Only came up once properly.	0343 0.31 0927 1.16	Low	10-15kts SW Sunny, most fish blind cast.	Canyon Edge, just south wavebreak X	Craig
13/5/13	5.30-7.30	0227 0.30 0815 1.23	High	15-20kts SE, heavy overcast, Rain	Canyon Edge, Wavebreak Flats	Howard
15/5/13	no show	0545 0.40 1129 1.03	no show	5-10kts SW	Sitting on the bottom on the edge of the Canyon	Craig
17/5/13	no show on the GT's Kingfish 10.30-11.00	0726 0.43 1330 1.01	Low, only a few bustups	5-10kts SW	no sign of GT's anywhere Kingfish First Set of beacons in northern channel	Craig
18/5/13	4.30-5.00pm	1439 1.05 2006 0.56	Low, twice only near dusk	10-15kts SW	Canyon near green marker	Luke
21/5/13	3.00-5.30pm	1050 0.22 1731 1.42	Medium. Bustups every 10-15 minutes	10-15kts SW	Canyon to first north green marker	Craig
22/5/13	3.30-5.30pm	1134 0.15 1818 1.56	Medium. Bustups every 10-15 minutes	15-20kts SE Rain	East Wavebreak Cardinal to Canyon to first north green marker	Craig
24/5/13	3.3-5.30pm	1217 0.09 1904 1.70	Medium. Bustups every 10-15 minutes	5-10kts SW	Canyon	Craig
27/5/13	6.00 -7.30am	0354 0.11 0943 1.25	High, Bustups Every 5 minutes	5-10kts SW	Mouth of the Seaway	Craig
28/5/13	6.30-7.30am Deep Hole Nth Wall No surface feeding but school on the bottom was feeding 9.00 - 11.00am Canyon	0449 0.13 1039 1.21	High, bustups 5-10 minutes	15-20kts S Rain	Mouth of the Seaway Canyon	Craig
29/5/13	9.00 - 10.00am	0547 0.17 1140 1.17	Low bustups every 10-20 minutes	5-10kts SW, Sunny	Canyon to 1st north green marker	Craig
4/6/13	3.00 - 5.00am GT's	1105 0.24 1752 1.46	Low bustups every 10-20 minutes	5-10kts W, sunny	1st green marker north in northern channel to second green marker north	Craig
7/6/13	6.30-7.00am GT's shortlived	0135 0.36 0714 1.16	High, Bustups every couple minutes	no wind, overcast	Canyon	Craig
24/6/13	5.30-7.00am GT's only during dawn period	0340 0.05 0931 1.26	High, scattered bustups but active fish	low wind	Northern Channel	Howard, Jayde
25/6/13	6.00-6.30 Gt's only	0432 0.06 1026 1.25	Low, three bustups only	10kts SW	Triangle	Craig
26/6/13	No feeding	0522 0.10 1121 1.23	no feeding	low wind	none	Craig
3/7/13	5.00-5.30pm Gt's first then kingfish just on dark	1025 0.28 1724 1.42	High, 6 bustups plus bottom feeding	Low wind	Northern Y first, then Canyon onto the Northern Channel Flats	Craig
8/7/13	6.00-6.30am GT's only	0229 0.27 0810 1.12	High, Almost constant feeding for 30 minutes	Low wind	Canyon	Craig
9/7/13	6.30, GTs only.	0302 0.25 0846 1.13	Low, Once only	10--15kts SSW	Canyon	Craig

Tackle Talk – Mylar Minnow, Split Tail Flash J, LuckyStrike Minnows

Tackle talk is a new section covering fishing tackle of all sorts but with an emphasis on new lures with seaway and broadwater potential.   Today we will be covering OSP mylar minnows, FishArrow split tail Flash J's and a selection of Lucky Strike Minnows and sinking Stick Baits.

OSP Mylar Minnows

These have been around for a while and are pretty pricey at around US$15.00 a pack.  They have a realistic body shape and flash belly, they are a bit more supple that the Flash J's and as a result have an excellent action in the water.  Ideal for dropshotting or for use on the split shot rig with fussy fish but also can be used with a standard jighead with care.  They come in 2 sizes, 2.5" and 3.5" with the 2.5" the perfect size for the bait that enters the seaway most commonly.  Excellent colour range but nothing that would be a perfect imitation of a white pilchard, some colours come close though.   Overall they look like an excellent addition to the tackle box but due to the cost they will probably only be brought out when the fish are fussy.

Only available through Samurai tackle at the moment.

FishArrow Split Tail Flash J

These are new this year, basically they have taken the original Flash J, reduced the height and width(awesome) added a split tail(awesome) and as a result a much better action in the water. Colour range is quite limited at the moment, the closes thing to a white pilchard is probably the Wakasagi or Kosan Ayu silver.    Only available in 3" at the moment.  They should be ideal for very fussy fish such as kingfish rigged on a split shot rig. Would also work well on a dropshot rig, though it looks too thin to be put on a standard jighead with the possible exception of squidgy jigheads with the wire keeper.  They cost around US$13.00 a pack.

Only available through Samurai Tackle and numbers are extremely limited.

LuckyStrike Lanky 120mm shallow running minnow

The Lanky is a 120mm shallow running minnow, supplied by LuckyStrike Fishing tackle.  The finish is good with some nice detail on the eyes and fairly hard wearing paintjob.  The lure swims well and casts well and has a seductive wiggle that lures in the fish.  In this category its up against the heavyweights of the megabass vision 110 and the Rapala XR10, both proven shallow running lures but I think it has the goods to be a longterm player in the field.  Colour range is limited to Green, Blue, Clear/Black.  Cost would be around the AU$15.00 mark so considerably cheaper than its competitors, so something you wouldn't mind chucking onto a shallow rock ledge or that risky cast.  Pretty much restricted in use to edge fishing the seaway, working a shallow flat or casting into a bustup. Hooks and rings look good quality but restricted to light gear, nothing over about 15lb.  I'll be giving this one more of a go over the next few months so we will see how it fares.

Available through LuckyStrike Fishing tackle: email luckystrikeft@gmail.com or visit http://www.facebook.com/LuckyStrikeft

LuckyStrike Thunder 110mm Sinking Bait

The LuckyStrike Thunder Sinking Bait is a 110mm sinking Stickbait supplied by LuckyStrike Fishing tackle.   Finish is good with some nice detail, seems hardwearing so far.  Stock trebles are weak and need to be replaced, I recommend Owner ST56 #6 or Decoy Y-s81 #6.  The rings look good though and should be strong enough.  This stickbait casts well but as with most stickbaits it depends on the angler to give it most of the action, though it does sink horizontally and have a wobble on the way down.  I prefer the 3 jerk pause for most minnows and stick baits and this works fine with this stickbait.  Colour range is limited to Yellow(pictured), Pink and Blue.  Cost would be around the AU$15.00 mark.  You could use this lure over the flats, edge fishing with care, sinking down through current lines  or casting at surface feeding fish.

Available through LuckyStrike Fishing tackle: email luckystrikeft@gmail.com or visit http://www.facebook.com/LuckyStrikeft

LuckyStrike Thunder 80mm Sinking Bait

The LuckyStrike Thunder Sinking Bait is a 80mm sinking Stickbait supplied by LuckyStrike Fishing tackle. Colour finish is good, and seems to be fairly hard wearing so far.  Once again stock trebles are weak and needs to be replaced with Decoy Y-s81 #8, though the rings are fine.  The lure casts well, and wobbles horizontally on the way down. This one rises to just below the surface quite quickly once you begin the retrive and travels about half a metre under the water though if you added longer pauses it would stay deeper.  Standard stickbait retrive works fine with it.  Cost is around the AU$15.00 mark, colour range is limited to Pink(pictured) or Yellow. You could use this lure over the flats, edge fishing with care, sinking down through current lines  or casting at surface feeding fish.

Available through LuckyStrike Fishing tackle: email luckystrikeft@gmail.com or visit http://www.facebook.com/LuckyStrikeft