Fishing tomorrow

Well, whether or not to go fishing tomorrow is an easy question, but where isnt quite as easy.

 

Wind isnt brilliant, so full ocean tinny day might be out, but perhaps duck out for some squid. Otherwise thinking breaming on the swan, go to golden ponds, or perhaps drive down to Harvey and try for some trout.

Hmmmm.

 

Anyways, If anyone has some ideas and wants to tag along let me know (in boat or in car depending where we go). Will have to be back by 5-6ish at the latest though.


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hey mate, i would be happy

Fri, 2010-09-17 16:57

hey mate, i would be happy to go for a fish for some trout, or even chase some squid. Basically, I am happy to do anything, just wanna get out for a fish. Let me know mate! either leave message here or call me on 0438 082 377.

 

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im in two minds to head out

Fri, 2010-09-17 17:18

im in two minds to head out too, but il be in the arvo as im helping out with laying some fake turf in my yard. Wind is weird, picks up then dies down...hope you get into a few guys

 

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Yeh lots of different

Fri, 2010-09-17 18:04

Yeh lots of different forecasts for tomorrows wind strength, should be pretty nice during the middle of the day tho! Get out there!

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Got the all clear from the

Fri, 2010-09-17 19:14

Got the all clear from the mrs going to watch stepdaughters netball grandfinal in the morning boat in the water by 1230-1 should be sw of rotto by 2 to twitch a few plastics around any plastic addicts want to join me

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Well Matt, good, bad or

Fri, 2010-09-17 19:28

Well Matt, good, bad or ugly, we are heading out wide on the way down to Mandurah...hoping wind wll die down out the back of Rotto by lunch and make it fishable on the barges......

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Aww woulda loved to if I

Fri, 2010-09-17 20:05

Aww woulda loved to if I wasn't goin out sunday already. Would love to twitch some plastics out that way. What sort of depths will you fish?

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Im heading out from mindarie

Fri, 2010-09-17 20:04

Im heading out from mindarie about 10am in the tinny if your keen to launch from there

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Prob fish 40-45m got a few

Fri, 2010-09-17 20:16

Prob fish 40-45m got a few duhies out there last weekend on bait so going to have a crack with plastics gunna be a bit strange leaving the ramp with no bait but at least I won't have a smelly boat when I get home picked up a few more packs of mcarthy plastics today those baby elf look the goods

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definately nice not to stink

Fri, 2010-09-17 20:46

definately nice not to stink from bait! Also love that the mcarthys aren't slimey and smelly either, the baby elf definately goes goodz Wink

Will be headin out to the 40m on sunday from warnbro too so let us know how you go tomorrow

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Heading out sunday for a

Fri, 2010-09-17 20:52

Heading out sunday for a double dive out from two rocks .conditions look good

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Bit of a high

Fri, 2010-09-17 21:51

Bit of a high jack

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But will squiding be alright tommorow?

cheers, and what colours?

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where, when, depth???? its

Fri, 2010-09-17 22:01

where, when, depth???? its probly a bit to murky coz of the winds

 

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Hillarys marina,

Fri, 2010-09-17 22:08

Hillarys marina, morning/dusk. about 3m.

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probly not going to get one,

Fri, 2010-09-17 22:21

probly not going to get one, but if theres is no wind use a small jig and if it windy use a bigger one. becasue the squid are only small there small jigs are a good idea. which jigs do u have? because theres only a few around the better the jig the better the chance.

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Yo Zuri 2.5 Aurie-Q ace in

Fri, 2010-09-17 22:24

Yo Zuri 2.5 Aurie-Q ace in brown gold with pink stripes

Yo zurie 3.0  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ in pink and pruple.

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start with the 2.5 then go

Fri, 2010-09-17 22:25

start with the 2.5 then go bigger if it windy. from what ive read brown and naturals through the day and pinks at night, but i use them all when ever till one works.

 

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Cheers danno, ive just

Fri, 2010-09-17 22:27

Cheers danno, ive just started to egi and have no clue what so ever :)

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my best tip for u is to

Fri, 2010-09-17 22:30

my best tip for u is to youtube it watch the videos altho most are in japanesse you can make out what their saying but there movments.

 

but google squidding, egi, egiing, squid/egi, squidding austraila and all that sort of thing and u'll find heaps and heaps of info.

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ive gotten a couple of hefty

Fri, 2010-09-17 22:29

ive gotten a couple of hefty buggers from the marina danno. there not all small! for me, the wind dosnt matter in which jig i use, as i can always pop it out to were i need it. try the 2.5s, but also dont hesitate with the larger jigs. also get some spike jigs for whole fish and what not, and chuck it out on a medium rod. cover all bases,

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Good to see a few people

Fri, 2010-09-17 22:15

Good to see a few people heading out on the weekend. Hopefully the weather will play ball and some nice stuff will be caught.

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if only it wasn't a falling

Fri, 2010-09-17 22:41

if only it wasn't a falling tide all day... do you find the tides play much of a part in getting more fish?

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going to head out from ocean reef

Fri, 2010-09-17 22:46

around 10ish see if I can't get a handle on evrything new...

 

Find new ground

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And give the platics and jigging a go...

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Get all my fish on on jigs

Fri, 2010-09-17 23:28

Get all my fish on on jigs or plastics when the tides don't suit.

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Well thats perfect then! 

Fri, 2010-09-17 23:31

Well thats perfect then! Laughing

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Winds lookin pretty crap

Sat, 2010-09-18 09:14

Winds lookin pretty crap down at rocko hope it dies out by twelve smooth ride out bumpy ride in is my prediction

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How'd you guys go today?!?!

Sat, 2010-09-18 19:20

How'd you guys go today?!?! What were the conditions like out there?

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very very average. went out

Sat, 2010-09-18 19:32

very very average. went out from hillarys, was blowin a bit, stayed inside the reef. picked up 4 squid, but bloody hard work. never got a chance to get out behind the reef as wind would die off for 5 min, then blow up again. very frustrating, but was good to meet another forumite and get out on the water anyway. Thanks Matt for the trip out and also for the helpful hints on the photography. Look forward to doin it again some time.

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Headed out at 1 when the

Sat, 2010-09-18 19:48

Headed out at 1 when the easterlies died down just under 10 knots pretty good run out a little bumpy headin back into it but still wasn't too bad in the genesis

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I headed out about 3ish,

Sat, 2010-09-18 20:00

I headed out about 3ish, pretty sure i saw hlokk come in as we were heading out. Burleyed the 3 mile my partner got a nice 10kg sambo and we got into a few skippy. unfortunately no snapper and a tad bumpy but was better than being at home.

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went out about 11

Sun, 2010-09-19 11:26

from Ocean reef.  alright trip out to the 30 odd meter mark.  coming in around three was a slower trip in a nit lumpy and bumpy.   But how cold was the wing out there....

Only reason we came in ws we ran out of hot coffee and warm clothes....

 

Oh and the fact we couldn't catch a fish...

 

First drop of the Dawai 100 g jig resulted in a 150 g flatty..  then nothing..

That flatty was not even twice the leanght of the jig...

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Well, what a

Sun, 2010-09-19 20:49

Well, what a shocker!!!

 

We left Mindarie at 6.45 am en-route to Mandurah.....dropping the old mans 34 ft Kevlacat back after having it for the past 3 months while he was in Broome.

 

Plan was to hit a heap of marks north west of Rotto on the way to the barges and if the weather permitted the Derwent to jig some Samberjacks, then on to Mandurah late in the arvo..........well.......it did not quite go to plan thanks to the wind!

 

Pretty rough on the way out, around 15 knot easterly, but did not slow us in the big tug. Got  to some marks about 10 km north of West End rotto and did a few drifts with 4 out of the 5 on board using demersal jigs or soft plastics.......pretty fast drift and had to set the boat sideways to the wind to slow the drift to smething less than planing speed!! 150 g jigs were just holding the bottom in 40 m and 4 oz jig heads with McCarthys the same.

 

Daz was the star of the day, and demonstrated real angling talent, it was a pleasure to watch him....some nice shows on the sounder resulted in a few pike, followed by a nice dhu by Daz. Despite Daz bringing it up very slowly there were signs of barotrauma so he went on ice, Rosco being the happy recpient at te end of the day.

 

Tim VB followed with some nice BB's on bait and Matt a small one on soft plastic that was released, followed by an undersized dhu by me on soft plastic and Daz on jig, both released well.

 

We were all waiting for the wind to die, but it just got worse with the peak around 11 am.....must have been over 25 knots at times by the look of the tps of waved being blown off and we could not hold ground and it was getting dicey even in a 34 fter.....we turned to start a new drift and a big, very sharp set of waves breached the boat and everyone and everything went arse up, the boat feeling like it was about to turn turtle....probably felt worse than it was, but there were some anxious looking faces, with a few murmers of how hard it would be to hold onto the bottom of an upturned 34 ft cat in 25 knot wind.....we decided to bail and anchored up in Rocky Bay at Rotto for lunch.......

 

Seabreeze update at 1 m showed a bit of promise so we head out and things were definately better but still not good,  so we hit a few more spots about 5 km off the west end of Rotto, Daz scoring his first red bight fish (actually a very large swallowtail) on jig....nice work!

 

Things were still grim on the wind front but at least not dangerous as it was in the morning. All thoughts of the barges were well off the cards, and the choices were to head  home or cntinue to Mandurah...we chose the latter and sounded some nice ground on the way to mandurah outside the 5 fathom bank, but only resulted n a few small pinkies and seargent bakers, almost all on jig, and mostly to Daz the machine. 

 

Finally got to Mandurah on dark, cleaned the boat, packed 5 guys and related fishig gear in the wating Landy and drove back to Mindarie to the waiting cars in the car park.....epic trip but for all the wrong reasons..........I am sure if any of us thought the wnd was going to be half the strength it turned out to be at the back of Rotto we wold not have gone out.....god help up if we were in my 17 ft Traily....I di not realise just how bad an easterly could be out wide....it seems the waves are much sharper than with a south westerly, probably because it is pushing the waves into the swell??

 

 

Anhow, thanks guys for an interesting day and for the company on a really long boat ride....and nice to meet you Daz.

 

John

 

 

 

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You can't keep either those

Sun, 2010-09-19 20:57

You can't keep either those swallowtail or the bakers off the jig, glad you got some fish in an otherwise hairy day!

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Good to meet you too John.

Mon, 2010-09-20 10:18

Good to meet you too John. Top bunch of blokes on Saturday. Look forward to catching up on the water again soon.

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You definately picked the

Mon, 2010-09-20 06:48

You definately picked the wrong day JohnF! Sunday was perfect out there by about 11am, the cat would have loved it out there!

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