anyone catching pinkies on downriggers
Submitted by uncle on Wed, 2014-10-08 20:31
Lee Raynor usi ng rapala 10 deep divers slow troll and rapala clackawraps just sitting g near the bottom
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trymyluck
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Sounds fun , as long as not
Sounds fun , as long as not too many bycatch like Sambos, mackies etc are about and stuffing up your flash lures, Sometimes after a big fish, deep diving lures dont want to swim properly again to matter how hard to try to tune them
uncle
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he was using 3 rigs on the pick
octo jig, sinker with 2 single 6.0s and bit of tinsel with half a mulie and the clackawrap lure near the bottom, they were all pulling pinkies, Ive never known a big plastic bib on the rapalas to go out of wack
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Uluabuster
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Hi Uncle,Check this out.
Hi Uncle,
Check this out. Rapala Xrap magnum with a broken bib after a mack attack.
http://www.fishwrecked.com/image/xrap
Lee was fishing out of Port Philip Bay ....very shallow water with bugger all current. They use pea size ball sinker to get their bait to the bottom so it is possible to cast a Clackingrap and retrieve back slowly to entice a strike. For Perth waters, I am not sure if the Clacking Rap will drift away. Still possible to use vibe I reckon just have to be alot heavier.
Yeah, trolling can definitely be done for pinkies. I've caught snappers trolling in the estuaries in Brissy. Just make sure your lure dive close to the bottom and scrapping it occassionally.
uncle
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yep I'll pay that one Uluabuster
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randall df223
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Where do you find your bombs
Where do you find your bombs for the downrigger uncle? I have thought about trolling soft plastics on unweighted jig heads on a downrigger around shark bay to find fish. I have the downrigger but struggle to find the bombs here!
Fish! HARD!
uncle
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I have no idea Randall
just something I saw last night,I think over here you could just troll the 10/15 meter line near the reefs, I did get 1 last year in 12m on a deep diver
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Brock O
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I remember
an article a few seasons back, kayakers trolling and catching pinkies in the sound.
Hutch
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I've caught a heap of small
I've caught a heap of small 30-40cm pinks trolling 50mm deep divers off the kayak in Augusta. Also get some decent bycatch like BA and similar. The slow speed of the kayak just seems to work well for them. From memory the water was 5 - 8m deep and the lure was only diving to about 4m
Uluabuster
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gotta go real slow when
gotta go real slow when trolling deep diver, 2 -3 knots from memory and constantly pulling your rod now and then to inpart more action.
Hutch
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Yep, slower the better, even
Yep, slower the better, even pausing for a bit occasionally
uncle
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mummmm
got one last year at 8 knots, going thru the passage at Mindarie, was trolling for macks!!
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