dawsville cut herring

 hi guys, today i went to dawsville cut for some herring, within an hour i caught 13 herring, lossing some and i got about a 33cm bull herring right near the surface and it snaped my 6lb. i heard of big skippy bieng there. what rig and bait do i use for the big skippy. thankyou.

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 should of thrown one out for

Sun, 2014-04-27 21:04

 should of thrown one out for salmon live bait mate, plenty of salmon hanging round the cut at the mo

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 Good work young fella. We

Sun, 2014-04-27 21:38

 Good work young fella. We had a go on Anzac Day heaps of small skippy about and only a few Herring amongst them.  The old Herring didn't stand a chance. Kids loved watching them coming up and devouring the burley right behind the boat. 

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thanks, i went up to the

Sun, 2014-04-27 22:10

thanks, i went up to the rocks livebaiting herring for 4 hours with no luck then i went to the calm water to catch some herring

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were u spinning lures for the

Mon, 2014-04-28 07:06

were u spinning lures for the herring or usin bait mate?

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 i was using a burly cage

Mon, 2014-04-28 09:10

 i was using a burly cage attached to my main line then 30cm of 10lb leader and i was using mullie fillets cut in pices. do you know were i can by some maggots from.

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Heaps of herring in the Cut

Mon, 2014-04-28 09:34

I was there friday they are there in plague proportions at the moment I use lures targeting them.

Keep in mind I have land a couple herring around the 35cm mark recently and your drag must be set appropriatly for these models will take drag and will snap leader if not set correctly.

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 Btw lowza without giving

Mon, 2014-04-28 09:49

 Btw lowza without giving away any secret spots, where would u suggest that i start looking for schools of herring to catch on poppers in the cut, never been down there before.

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 U can get maggots from most

Mon, 2014-04-28 09:47

 U can get maggots from most tackle stores, by far my favourite bait for herring. Also with the maggots ur in for a chance in catching some nice garfish, which make great tailor bait. I agree with lowza, play around with the drag a bit until u feel comfortable with it, sometimes if its too tight even much smaller herring can snap the line. Went saturday after work to woodies, had some chasing after my popper but unfortunately a dolphin turned up and scared them away. 

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Cut

Mon, 2014-04-28 12:57

I was at the cut on friday, head right at the carpark go out to the jetty, give you extra distance and they were everywhere would have 30+ hits kept 1/2 a dozen for mulloway bait, they were also liking the placcies.

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 thanks. can you get whiting

Mon, 2014-04-28 15:16

 thanks. can you get whiting there

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Whiting,Skippy

Mon, 2014-04-28 16:55

For skippy I run a sardine on a triple of size 4 kirbys with a light bean sinker trawled at pace.

For Whiting run a blood worm on a size 6 long shank. 

 

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herring bait

Mon, 2014-04-28 19:31

 went down there last  week and caught heaps of herring used some as live bait for salmon ans caught about 3. Use some as live bait for best result.

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 thanks guys

Mon, 2014-04-28 19:36

 thanks guys

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 Good catch been plenty

Tue, 2014-04-29 00:47

 Good catch been plenty around lately. I've been smashing a few on the way back in from FFB in the mornings, they go nuts over the gulp 2" nuclear chicken SP's.

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Maggots

Tue, 2014-04-29 05:14

I havent seen maggots in any tackle shops for about 9 years, unless you're talking about the dead ones.

Where can you buy live maggots from ?

Or have the tackle shops started selling the live maggots once again ?

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 if ur keen on a stenchleav a

Tue, 2014-04-29 06:41

 if ur keen on a stench

leav a chicken outside for 2-3 days and ul get lives maggots aha

it works. but its rank, iv seen maggots everywhere in tackle shops, theyr called 'wogs'. (dead obviously)

wat time did u catch the herring 

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 i caught them at 12.

Tue, 2014-04-29 07:46

 i caught them at 12.

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Wogs

Tue, 2014-04-29 07:57

Another option that I have used for gardies and herring is the gulp (I think) placcy maggots. They look like wogs and have the stimulate built in. Also they last ages. Initially it looks expensive, but last ages.

Maggots dont realy have a smell that attract fish, its the appearance because they breed in weed beds, then get washed in by the surf. So the placcy models work very well IMO.

Try that.

Neels

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sounds like you had some fun.

Tue, 2014-04-29 08:18

sounds like you had some fun. have heard from my old man that the hezzas are running . good luck with the skippy , there are some good size ones around as well

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