Tuna Spinning Moreton Bay

Wednesday morning brought good weather and fantastic boating conditions- ideal for a day in the bay. With rumours of early season Tuna arriving in the South East the boys ventured out for a spin.

In recent weeks large bait schools have moved into the Southern Bay bringing various types of Tuna with them. Bonito, Watson's Leaping Bonito and Mac Tuna are making up most of the numbers with both resident and migratory Long Tails working large bait fish on current lines and channel ledges.

Both Mucho Lucir and Smith Metal Forecast chrome lures accounted for the smaller Tuna species; the larger fish of the day fell to Snapback soft plastics and an amazing surface strike on a Yozuri Hydro Pencil.




For any information regarding Tuna Spinning and tackle requirements come in and see us at Jones's Tackle.


Posted by Steve Kelly.

Customer Jigging Trip

September 13th saw the Jones's Tackle crew and customers heading off Cape Moreton on another jigging foray. The game plan was to fish the shallow reefs chasing Amberjack & Kingfish on the lighter jig tackle. This type of light jigging is mostly using 100-200 gram jigs and some of the best fun you’ll ever have with a jig outfit. Schooling fish and light gear can make for fast and furious action. After this we headed out to deep marks in 100-150m to rustle up some Pearlies and Kings. Boat skills are really important out here; pinpoint positioning using sounder and GPS is a must to get your jig amongst the fish. The Kingfish at this depth are often only slightly bigger than the shallow water schooling fish but the Pearlies can be XOS with 3-4kg specimens not uncommon.

A range of jig styles were practised and refined on the day; the less experienced jiggers on board took home new techniques that will do wonders for their confidence and catch rate in the future.

Jones’s Tackle offers jigging trips for customers who have purchased their gear through the store. Anglers with any level of experience are welcome; a typical group on board will range from first timers to seasoned jiggers.
Experienced staff members are always on hand to help with rigging and jigging techniques.
For more information contact the team at Jones’s Tackle- (07) 3857 5857.

Sale Preview Night

Last Wednesday 26^th August was the preview night for The Super September Sale for VIP customers. With prices reduced on many key products as well as special VIP discounts, everyone got to take home a great bargain. Gary Howard joined us for nibbles, beer and wine; and chatted with customers, sharing his knowledge of surf fishing skills and techniques. If you didn’t make it along to the preview night, you can still pick up on these specials for the rest of September. Thanks to all who came along and made it a great evening. See you in store soon.