Fishing questions
Submitted by dakka on Sat, 2015-09-26 10:47
Good morning all
I have a couple of questions I would like some info on please.
1 how much rope do most people put on there sea anchor when they set it out for drifting, close too boat or a out a bit.
2 I now have a mincer to make some burley, what do most people use in it to burley up, and is there species select burley or do you just make it up and use it for every thing.
Cheers dakka
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beeroclock
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Date Joined: 22/08/12
I like to set the drift anchor about 10 metres off the back
of the boat cant really help ya with burlying all i know is if i use plain pollard mixed till its thick with water i catch herring non-stop
carnarvonite
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Date Joined: 24/07/07
Sea anchor
Usually hang the sea anchor off the side or the bow of the boat. If its from the bow , I tie an extra line to the tail of the sea anchor down to the back of the boat so it deflates easily and avoids climbing to the front to pull it in. Hanging it off the stern of the boat leaves you open to being swamped if a wave breaks behind the boat.
Hutch
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Date Joined: 21/04/13
With the sea anchor I usually
With the sea anchor I usually put it about 1 swell period away, sometimes longer, sometimes shorter.
If anchored I generally use pollard mixed with water and a bit of fish oil, gets the skippy, herring and garfish around no problem, and I also keep my frames, freeze them, and then next time hang them over the side, first mashing them up a bit with a knife
Madmerv
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Date Joined: 24/01/15
Anchor/Burley
Generally set the anchor 6-10m away from the boat so it gets a good bite in the water and so there is no interferance if a fish is going off when you have it boatside.
As for the burley, well that is personal. Everybody has their secret mix that is better than everybody elses.
My own mix for Snapper and dermersals consists of the oiliest fish i have on hand, minced or done in the food processor, mixed with soaked chook pellets and bran and Tuna oil (when i can get it). It can have larger chunks in it (1cm) as it's hard to over feed the bigger fish.
For herring and whiting i will only use old mulies that have been frozen a few times and really mince them fine. I will use the cheaper mixed fish oil in this mix.
As i dont really like the stronger flavoured fish to eat, and this will disgust some of the forum members, i tend to use the sambo's, skippy and bonito in my burleys.
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !