5 Fatham Fun
Went out yesterday afternoon in search of some pinkys out deep.
Went out 20 or so mile, and spent a couple of hours before dark and a couple after out there for not even 1 single bite.
Decided at about 9.30pm to head in, and take a look at a place i marked on the way out on the back of the 5 fatham bank.
Found the ground and worked out our drift line and dropped the pick.
Had 3 blocks of mulies so cut a heap up and got the burely trail working.
Had 4 lines int he water, with the other guys opting for boottom rigs and i tried my first attempt at drift baiting.
Sent down my first mulie into the trail and within about 2 minutes the first fish came up, being about a 35cm skippy.
after this the other guys started to get some bites, and then 2 of them loaded up on good fish, unforuntely both busted off to whatever it was.
Next frop i got a small 30ish cm pinky, things were looking up.
I dropped my drift bait back over the side, and handed my rod to my mate while i started to set him up a new rig. Within 30 seconds he was on, and on to a good fish.
After about a 3 minute fight, a nice 65cm pinky graced the side of the boat. First fish in the esky!!!! And his bigges fish he'd caught.
After this the water lit up, with Sambos between 5-8kgs coming up, more pinkys, and plenty of pinkys between 35-45cms which is great to see.
Managed to get a nice 50cm Tailor on the drift bait aswell. Quite a few pike were also landed, and many many many Skippy.
Plenty of sharks about too, often circling the boat. Lost a lot of tackle to them. Makes fishing from the marlin deck a little more interesting. Most big fish that came up had a shark right on its hammer. Reminded me of fishing the north west.
All in all ended up being a great night, besides getting to be at 4am!!
First for me getting pinkys on 5 fatham, and on drift baiting!!
Bodie
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Well done mate, a top end to a frustrating start by the sounds.
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excellent well done
excellent well done
jeff
just when you think you have gone deep enough go deeper
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glad the sharks didn't get anything, did you hook any sharks
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Bodie
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we hooked a few, and got
we hooked a few, and got bitten off ALOT!! especially drifting down scalies and mulies.
But if we used trace, the pinkys wouldnt touch it.
Bodie
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oh and did manage the
oh and did manage the biggest cuttle fish i have ever seen.
He would have been 3-4kgs easily i think!!! thought it was a ocky until i turned the lights on and saw this huge thing.
Barely fit in the bucket!!!!
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Seen you heading out Bodie (
Seen you heading out Bodie ( towards the SW bank by the looks ) boat looked good in the water :)
Bodie
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yeah we headed about 20 mile
yeah we headed about 20 mile out to start with, but didnt find much out there.
Were you the one stopped on the bank where we slowed down???
We had a look over a wreck just over the bank.
chezza
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I was fishing for sand
I was fishing for sand whiting with me son just out from point peron ( black ali )
look like a good night for it, but saying that the couple of times ive been out wide night fishing ive caught f all
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The Five!
Well done Bodie & crew, the 5 with anchor & berley is productive and plenty of good lumps too. Good to see the driftbait workin mate, the Skips & Snaps on SP's and little jigs are fun too!
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didnt think they would be
didnt think they would be too active on SP's at night tho??
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Yeh!
Yeh i use SP for pinks & skips at nighttime....they find em through vibrations no probs. I still use the driftbait also but the jigs & SP's helps mix it up also!
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Snapbacks come with the
Snapbacks come with the pocket for the glass rattles, so I wonder if that would help them home in a bit more? Gulp surely cant hurt as well.
Though, just because its night doesnt mean the fish cant see. Some species in particular have very good eyesight at night (much better than us) and squid are even better.
Do you find you need to use different style jigs at night, with a bit slower action? I've got a few lures with lumo on them that should work well at night, and several more with lumo bellies (like the searocks and the smith CB's). Sounds like it may be worth giving it a go next night fish.
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Addicted to jiggingRyan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Night SP
My first effective night softplastic was a straight brown squid (new moon/dark so no light) but i like to use something with a bit of bling now.Gulp & Snapbacks work well, lumo & clear squids also work a treat but the Berkley 4 inch Power minnow in glow scales also in pearl watermelon and in the clear-gold flec scales are very very effective. The slower SP action being better at night for me!
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Well done Bodie,am going to
Well done Bodie,am going to do a couple of nights over the next few weeks wether permiting.
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Thanks Paul, Will be good
Thanks Paul,
Will be good to hear how you go.
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snaps
yea we shot out for about an hour and a half sunday avo picked up a few nice pinks 45 to 48cm and a hammerhead bit lumpy then the batteries were on the fritz so we came in but not bad for a quickie