Finding new ground
Submitted by dakka on Tue, 2016-02-09 07:40
Howdy all
I have sold my tinnie and have now bought a Frazer western craft 525.
As I only went out to the five fathom bank in warnbro sound in my old boat. I now want to go further out to the 30s and 40m area.
My question is is there structure around those depths I should be looking for and where is a good place to start in finding new ground as I have never been out in those depths fishing before. Any help would be most appreciated.
Cheers Darryl
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pelagicyachts
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you will need a reasonable
you will need a reasonable sounder to find, the area has been well fished and I have found some of the best success is to drift. Get yourself a sea anchor to slow the drift - after fruitless morning trolling for tuna last winter we had a 2-3 hour drift and picked up 2 solid pinkies - we have a pretty good sounder and there was nothing on the bottom that indicated a dip or lump. Sometimes you get lucky I guess!
Bucko
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Wow, don't try 2-3 hour
Wow, don't try 2-3 hour drifts.
Theres plenty of ground in the 30-50m area, but its a big area. All the way from the back of the 5 to 15-20nm out. Theres plenty of nothing out there too, so if the bottom looks flat just keep looking.
Look for pots, that's always a good start.
There are some areas shown on the charts too, though these would get flogged.
I tend to look for small areas, might just be coral patches, don't have to be big lumps.
Good luck.
pelagicyachts
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yeah well we had nothing
yeah well we had nothing better to do!,
I know a few old guys at our club that go out on an converted crayboat and spend the whole day drifting, quite surprising what they pick up...
Bodie
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Pros have started moving
Pros have started moving pots in shallower so ground can be easily found looking around cray pots.
You will need a half decent sounder and GPS, from my experience out of rockingham, once off the back of the 5 its a fair way out to more noticable structure, probably starting at about 15-17 mile out.
barracuda
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Exactly
Too easy to find ground, pro pots = fishing spot
carnarvonite
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Travelling
When travelling to and from a spot don't go straight down the dotted line, each time you travel step your course over 100 metres each time and keep an eye on the sounder
Hutch
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And also when blazing out
D_d_001
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I generally don't seem to
I generally don't seem to take much notice of much when blazing out !
Bryce Day
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+1
+1
joycey
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Is there anything in the
Is there anything in the 30's in this area ? I only seem to find structure in this area when hit 40's.
Scotte
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Shit loads of ground in the
Shit loads of ground in the 30s.99%of it is 1m or less!gotta sound nice and slow