Deep drop advice - questions
What's up Fishwrecked......
Got a few deep dropping questions; no it's not what kind of ground etc etc....
Picking up the new leccies from complete tonight or tomoz! Can't wait!
1) currents, is their a website or any way to see the speed of current out there ? Or is the only way to actively head out?
2) rigs, 2 or 3 hook paternoster ?? Hook sizes ? Leader size ?
3) type of bait and size? What's everyone's choices of bait? Fresh or frozen? Size of bait, for example at the Kings when the bait boys fished for bass , they were using half or whole skip jacks tunas?
4) I assume most people ish the rotto trench? But I can only guess there deep dropping south and north all up the coast? Rather explore where less boats go, as I have been having serious trouble with being pinged even mid week of two rocks these days! Plus rotto is only for myself a drinking piss day!
5) finally the weather, I assume it can't pretty fly pretty quickly out there .... Preferred winds? Any kind of wind I really need to keep mins of? I assume any borthwrlies?
any other info would be great gents!!
terbo
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Sorry about the typos , yes
Sorry about the typos , yes I have used the search function
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No deep drop experience here..
...but can tell you from my crayfishing days that the only way we could tell if the currents were ripping out there was by going out (2.5 hours) and seeing, or rather NOT seeing, the floats!
My old boss used to say how good would it be if he had a mate in the RAAF who could check for us, probably take all of five minutes (and a grand or two in taxpayer dollars) in a Super Hornet!
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Rigs
I use a 2 hook paternoster rig with 13/0 circle hooks, 300lb main line 250lb droppers and 3-way swivels all the way down to an 80lb leader for the sinker. That way if the sinker get snagged you can bust it off with out losing any line (100lb braid with a 200lb wind-on). I have found that a good size wind-on helps cause it gives you somthing to hold onto when the fish is next to the boat. Bait - any big baits work from mullet to small blue mackerel or squid. You can even butterfly the fish by cutting the back bone out from the tail end before you hook them.
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Give me a bell Brett.
Give me a bell Brett.
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will do John, Tomorrow night
will do John, Tomorrow night when im sitting in me garage with my new leccies!
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