Anyone else struggle out there today?
Submitted by sstevee on Tue, 2015-12-22 17:09
Hey fellas
My brother and I finally managed to get out today (been probly 6+ months due to having shoulder surgery), we launched from ocean reef and headed about 17k's west. There was plenty showing on the sounder but couldn't tempt anything for the esky!
We persisted for a while using almost everything, placcies, metals, and bait until trying a scout for spots in closer for the same result.
So to conclude, we brought home the usual.... naught! It will be a year on the 27th since we've brought a demersal home. Are we doing it wrong or did anyone else have the same issue?
Steve
tim-o
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Sheart
Unlucky. What bait were u using? If it was fresh caught, I too would be throwin my hands up in the air
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
sstevee
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Bait was squid that I caught
Bait was squid that I caught and has been sitting in the freezer waiting to be used.
Has me stuffed. Everyone else seems to be posting p.b dhu bangers, haha
sea-kem
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Yeah a fairly slow day for us
Yeah a fairly slow day for us Stevee too. Still managed a nice Pinky on a Mulie and son caught a Baldy on jig. Few undersize Dhuies and that was it, certainly not the action we had yesterday.
Love the West!
englandg
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What Struggle??
You have those days don't you? We headed out wide south of Rotto behind Garden Island but had no joy in 40 or 36 metres. Came in behind FFB and tried around some pots and bam, got 2 dhu 60 cms and 82 cms. What a day?? Thats fishing.
Cheers
Twiggy
Gray
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Was a bit slow but we had
Was a bit slow but we had our bag by lunch off hillarys.
Dhu, baldys, black ass and a kg. No monsters though
Bodie
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Plenty of fish about, we got
Plenty of fish about, we got our bag easily woh dhus, baldies, BB's. Bi catches of KG's, flatly and tuna.
keep moving about, we were a little further offshore than you today but not much further.
Trailcraft570
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Nothing worth keeping today....
stayed in close looking for KG but nothing ...even around 30m the old reliable sand whiting were not on the bite... Only normal reef stuff, wrasse etc but nothing worth keeping.
sstevee
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Don't get me wrong, very
Don't get me wrong, very happy just to be out there. But it's good to get some feedback from others.
Sounds like you had a good day out Bodie and Andy we were very similar, two baby dhu's and a skippy.
Perhaps we need to move around more if nothing is happening, but as we don't have many spots it's always a toss up as to keep fishing or try sound around for another spot.
Steve
Ashen
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Yes, I struggled badly
Yes, I struggled badly today.. delivering 3 pallets of drinks to various customers down south in 39 degree heat while you blokes are enjoying yourselves!
Same thing again tomorrow..
Oh well, I'll have 10 days off after tomorrow, to fish!
A fish in the hand is worth 10 in the water!
JohnF
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Good day again today, 2 good
Good day again today, 2 good dhuies 700 and 870, 3 KGs and a BFT on the way home.
I learnt something today from Bodie, fish very small shows, some have big fish.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Bodie
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Thought there was a baldy
Thought there was a baldy too???
small lumps hold fish too... Most people drive right over them, but plenty of fish boated between the 2 boats:
now for that yellow fin!
sstevee
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John I am constantly in awe
John I am constantly in awe when I read your reports. I recon you could catch fish in a bucket of water, haha.
Deleted
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who's heading out tomorrow?
who's heading out tomorrow? ^^^^^^
JohnF
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Bring on the fins Bodie. But
Bring on the fins Bodie. But first, we gotta get that water temp up....
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
out wide
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Dunno what electronics you
Dunno what electronics you use Steve but most of them bullshit you [ show fish when in fact there is nothing more than a clump of seaweed or whatever ] there is a sure fire way to get them onya boat..buy a Furuno with a 600watt tranny then you are going to catch good fish.
sstevee
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I run a fcv620 with p66
I run a fcv620 with p66 transducer. I also bought and keep rereading john Adams 'how to use an echo sounder/fish finder' book and study sounder shots posted on here.
Meeuwissen
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Bad day for spearing
but we walked away with a 7kg blue groper, a 700mm dhuie 11kg sambo big snook a baldie
Down the Line
Catch the Experience
Tom M
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They are out there just need
They are out there just need to find them, easier said than done. Today boated 4 dhuies, released 3, big Baldy, Pinky, King George and shark. Fresh occy today, bonus as it came from our cray pots.
Tom M
Chinbald
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Fresh Bait,
Anything fresh, wrasse, cuttly or Occy if you can get it. Fish small strong snells, best chance for local Baldys,
sea-kem
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Yeah mate, got my Pinky
Yeah mate, got my Pinky yesterday on a whole live Wrasse.
Love the West!
bowlsie51
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we had good daya few big
we had good day
a few big sambos
90cm snapper, heaps of black ass
dhuies baldy and assorted cackas
quiet at time
boat ramp at 2 rocks a fricken joke!
sstevee
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Cheers for the advice guys.I
Cheers for the advice guys.
I was actually using a paternoster with twisted droppers and a sliding snell before i lost it to the bottom. I was devastated as it took bloody hours to figure out how to tie them! haha.
Seems fresh wrasse gets the nod from the majority, I actually released the only one we caught. It would appear that was a rookie mistake!
Thanks for the tips, happy to listen.
Steve