First Jurien Trip
Submitted by CD on Sun, 2017-02-26 06:40
Took the boat up to Jurien for the first time over the last few days. Managed to get out Friday and Saturday. Both solo trips as the wife can't handle any swell.
Trolled around a bit bit Friday morning looking for some ground, and didn't make it too far before a heap of fish started showing. Packed the trolling gear away and dropped some baits. About 5 minutes later got a nice baldie, and 20 minutes later a 7.5 kg dhuie. Trolled around a bit more but nothing happening.
Same plan for Saturday but it was pretty windy early on so the drift was too fast. When the wind died and the drift slowed I managed another couple of baldies.
Overall, nothing massive, but pretty impressed with Jurien. Hardly used any fuel or bait compared to metro.
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timmy k (not verified)
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well done
jurien is a great place, i haven't fished there in a while. the colour of that dhu is nice. top solo effort mate
Bing
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Nice fish mate
managed a nice baddie the other day too
z00m
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Baldies
Well done - did the Dhu cough up that occy in the pic or was that the bait?
Baldies seem to be everywhere at the moment, Last Sunday and yesterday got them in various places metro.
CD
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Yep, coughed the occy up
Yep, coughed the occy up along with a couple of small prawn type things.
timmy k (not verified)
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Did you keep it as bait?
Fresh....sort of
CD
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Yep, caught the baldie on
Yep, caught the baldie on it!
timmy k (not verified)
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Efficient fishing
Nice
Fisheagle
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Great catch
Great catch - feed fit for a king.
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tcarroll
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Awesome!
Awesome stuff mate!
I am heading up there this long weekend for the first time with the boat in tow. What sort of depths were you fishing?
CD
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Was in the low 30s to the
Was in the low 30s to the north of the bay. I didn't go far. Just troll around and you'll find some ground and fish. I was on gravelly bottom, but there are some good pinnacles around. The bloke at the tackle store reckoned that if you find a good pinnacle and burley up the snapper will find you. I didn't try it, but could be an option if the weather is no good. Also, get yourself some fresh squid or occy. It's all they would eat. The tackle store sells shorecatch baits which worked a treat.
good luck.
tcarroll
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Legend!! Cheers for the info
Legend!! Cheers for the info mate will let you know how I go :)