Ep: 19 Trailer Boat Tuna, Marlin & the North Australia Missions with Mike Bonnicci
The Fishing PodcastShow Notes
East Coast trailer boat legend Mike Benicci sits down with the boys. Spearfishing roots, Coral Sea dogtooth, marlin lessons learned the hard way, cracking stickbait yellowfin, kingfish gear, and the six-day trailer boat missions chasing dogtooth up north. Plus the fish he still can't let go of.
Chapters
00:00 – Intro: why Mike's an East Coast legend
02:13 – How it started: family trips, spearfishing in Malta
04:09 – Coral Sea era: chasing 50kg+ dogtooth tuna
07:29 – Hayley's rise: seasick deckhand to elite angler
11:08 – Learning marlin fishing the hard way
16:39 – Stickbait yellowfin: lures, size, reading the workup
26:20 – Releasing tuna properly — what actually works
32:45 – Kingfish: popper vs stickbait
41:51 – Six-day trailer boat missions chasing dogtooth up north
53:34 – Blue marlin, Exmouth, and the one that got away Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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