How to catch bonito

 On a boat.

Do you troll? and where abouts, roughly what depth and how far out?

Im a massive trolling noob, any lures you reccommend?

Cheers

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north mole

Sat, 2013-03-02 18:50

Try trolling of North Mole. 

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 i'm heading out tomorro

Sun, 2013-03-03 14:56

 i'm heading out tomorro behind three mile i usualy use little christmas tree skirts or pakula micro uzis. also had succsess on lively lures mack baits and the little x rap slash baits 6-8nots look for the birds  

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  Saw a bunch of bonito and

Sun, 2013-03-03 17:26

  Saw a bunch of bonito and tuna out today from Hillary's.  massive bait schools breaking the surface.  Put out the Raphael's x raps, tried Christmas trees, and jelly babes.  No luck at all.  Devastating. 

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 Raphael's = rapala.  Bloody

Sun, 2013-03-03 17:26

 Raphael's = rapala.  Bloody auto correct.  

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 i'm heading out early

Sun, 2013-03-03 21:06

 i'm heading out early tommorow i'll let u know how i go

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Bonito

Tue, 2013-03-05 11:11

I've caught lots of them on Laser Pro 150mm lures. They tend to be in the 20-30 meter depth. We normally troll at 6 knots but have still caught them down to 4 knots. I find the lures that sit close to the boat in the propellor white wash get the most hits.

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I had the same fate as you on

Tue, 2013-03-05 11:41

I had the same fate as you on sunday justo, extremely frustrating.

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Hey mate,I've been trolling

Tue, 2013-03-05 17:59

Hey mate,

I've been trolling off Dunsborough recently and having a lot of success on Halco Laser Pro's in the 2-3m diver range, trolling the lure about 40m behind the boat and travelling at about 7ish knots. I've had by-catches of tailor, snook and a sambo as a result of this and it's pretty much one of the easiest ways of fishing! I was in about 15-30m of water and catching them quite regularly.

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 Thanks for all the great

Sat, 2013-03-09 19:59

 Thanks for all the great responses,

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