Deep fishing Spaniards

WRT jigs, generally knife style but I usually use cheapo ones - always pink.
Another deep option is to troll River2Sea Downsider 200s. They get down over 10m and spanos, doggies, hoo and fin just love em...

S

Now you mention that Steve about the River 2 Sea minnows, I have used the Manns Stretch 20's for reasonable results at Double Island Point near Fraser Island.

I'm usually trolling a section of the point where there is a bommie just out from the headland and the depth is only in the 35ft range depending on the tide.

So I guess that puts the lure in the bottom half of the water column and well within site of the Macks.

I might invest in a few jigs for xmas as there is some good water to the north of Coffs where I usually fish, that holds good numbers of Sambo's, AJ's and Kings when the Macks aren't running.
Got into a few of these a couple of weeks ago on my plastics outfit which gave the little 4000 sized reel I have a rather toasty warm drag! :D

10m water is pretty shallow... we normally troll the 20m contour about reef pressure points and bait schools. Along the 20m contour I wouldnt bother with a real deep diver, XRap 30 would be the deepest I would run.

But out at the ribbons working the drop (80-2000m) is a different story.
Its in these deeper waters that the R2S downsiders excel.

In 10m water I would run a pair of Halco Laserpros, or a laserpro and XRap 20.

S

My other thought was jigging the likes of the Halco Tremblers. They work well in the top half of the water column accounting for quite a few fish, so I figure dropping them to the bottom then cranking flat out back to the surface should achieve reasonable results.

Rather than starting a new thread, I thought I'd continue on with this one...

I'm curious to know if people have been chasing Macks with most attention being paid to the water temp rather than bait balls and reef areas?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I guess it'd probably take out people living north of maybe Bundaberg, where the water temp is consistently higher?

Here in Coffs, the water temp will fluctuate quite a bit depending on the predominant wind at the time which will either push the EAC against the coast or off it.

I'm struggling to get consistent results on these fish since moving here and I'm attempting to find an alternative that may improve my catch rate. I'm thinking that they may be riding the warmer currents and hopefully feed a bit more readily... :confused:

Would love to hear some thoughts.

Cheers.