Light Tackle Blog : Marlin & Sailfish

deepblack · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:48 pm Post subject: Light Tackle Blog

Hi All,
For anyone who is interested the latest in my blog series Light Tackle Billfish Part 4 - Finding fish is finally published
http://fishingterritory.com/blogs/tragic/

Hope it helps someone out there.
Cheers, :cheers:

John.

deano · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:19 am Post subject: Re: Light Tackle Blog

i just found your other 3 parts the other day.... awesome stuff and when this wind p..sses off i will be trying it out to the best of my ability....

Lats · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:38 am Post subject: Re: Light Tackle Blog

Thanks John, that was really helpful. To be honest, I havent been all that interested in catching billfish until late last year I was off Dundee. I was trolling a halco lazer on my barra stick for some light tackle macs, when all of a sudden my reel was screaming with a sail jumping through the air very quickly in the opposite direction. Spat the hooks but got the blood pumping. :cheers:

Matt Flynn · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: Light Tackle Blog

Best billfish blog ever! Good to see the blog pages put to best possible use :mrgreen:

deano · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:20 pm Post subject: Re: Light Tackle Blog

it is easily the best info i have come across. i have been looking around for a while too.

balou · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:31 pm Post subject: Re: Light Tackle Blog

Great blog John, it was very informative. Will have to put of some this info into play on my next trip to dundee.

deepblack · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:51 am Post subject: Re: Light Tackle Blog

Thanks Guys,
The next installment is going to highlight tactics & techniques for once you raise or sight a fish. This will probably be the last large installment for the written series but I was planning to perhaps do a video series after this starting with some bait rigging. I'm no expert at this by any means but I will probably start with a couple of different garfish rigs, a swimming mullet and a large Mackerel or Queenie skip bait. I've looked at alot of rigging videos over the years and one of the things that always irritated me was the fact that most of the time small but important steps were glossed over or that it wasn't clear what the presenter was actually doing. Anyway I hope to avoid this and give everyone a clear understanding on how to go about rigging bait. Is there anything in particular anyone would like to see done in the future?
Cheers, :drinking1:

John.

deano · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:44 pm Post subject: Re: Light Tackle Blog

apart from dragging me into the boat and handing me a rod with a fish on the end, i think you've done just about all you can.

jeffish · Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Light Tackle Blog

Hi deepblack
Just read your blog fantastic stuff. I hooked up my first marlin last year at nth gutter by accident. We were bottom bashing and not much actin so I put a floating pillie out , when I was winding in to check the pillie this very large (about 2mt) marlin was following it up but about 5mt under the boat it spooked and swam off ,I had no trolling gear on board so i just re rigged the pillie with small sinker and dropped it again and again and again.After about 30 minutes of this BANG out of no where just in sight under the boat he hit,awsome sight I,ve never seen a fish light up before.
I managed to stay connected for about 5 minutes he gave one head toss out of the water and was gone.
Anyway I,ve just bought a new rig (610c b/crusher) and have been keen to get out and give it a serious go , your blog has been a great guide for me so thanks for sharing your knowledge

Hope to post my first catch soon.

Cheers
Jeffish

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