Bwana's Summer Dorado Tips and Tricks

[Shaun17]

Mark, quick one for you bud... on the downrigged baits when slow trolling or drifting, how do you pin the livie with the treble? Any reason for not using a circle here?

[cyclone 123]

Good one Mark!

[John F]

@Shau: I think the treble is to cater for the toothy gang... so one should pin the bait way back like you would when targeting couta. One can use a circle but will probably get plenty of bite offs

[MZeee]

BWANA- You're a machine!!! Thanks for the informative post. I will definitely try this out as soon as I get a gap from work this season. Hopefully I will post my catch up here as well.

As Promised, Check out the success we have had on drifting livebaits.  to Bwana for the insightful post. finally got my first dorado + amberjacks +garfish

[dugong]

How did I miss this thread - Excellent tut!!! 

[L Hooker]

Awesome post thanks for sharing Mark!

[Prego]

Mark thanks for sharing your knowledge we pretty much use the same technique but for the down rigged bait.

How do you keep the bait at a certain depth without it dropping all the way down, as the reel would be pretty much on freespool or do you keep that one in hand ?  in advance

[Bwana]

The summer gamefish are starting to arrive and the dorries are making an appearance off Durban and a few even here down south. Time to dust off the summer lures and gear and get rigging. I'd recommend those of you who haven't fished the small plastics with squid strips technique for dorado to give it a bash this season - you may be pleasantly surprised 

[Hammer]

Thanks again Mark, I'm going to do it again this year