herring boiling but not biting

 

any one got answer

seen it  afew times, herring frothing in the water

wont take a bait nor a lure

down at gracetown and they are schooling and boiling just behind the weed but no one can catch a thing

 

thx


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Me & a mate ran into the same

Tue, 2016-01-05 19:23

Me & a mate ran into the same situation a couple of weeks ago down that way. We still managed a few but it did take some effort. We found that changing lure & type of bait every couple of casts seemed to renew their interest & would usually get us another couple of fish each. They seem to get wise pretty quick after the first couple get plucked from the school & then become very gun shy.

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Herring

Tue, 2016-01-05 19:26

If they are boiling near a bank of decaying weed, they could be feeding on maggots washed out of the weed. Have a dig in the weed and see if you can locate maggots. There's your bait!

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^ This

Tue, 2016-01-05 19:57

 There pigging out on the weed guests.

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 correct match the hatch 

Tue, 2016-01-05 19:58

 correct match the hatch 

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 Berkley powerbaits.  3"

Tue, 2016-01-05 21:56

 Berkley powerbaits.  3" hezzas never say no :p

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Artificial maggots

Tue, 2016-01-05 23:46

I have used them of the old Mandurah bridge and whilst they won't out fish the real thing they do catch herring when all else has failed.

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just use some lumo tube and a

Wed, 2016-01-06 00:38

just use some lumo tube and a single hook on a metre + trace

when there feeding on maggots that will work every time

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 I've noticed when there's a

Wed, 2016-01-06 03:46

 I've noticed when there's a the huge fly blow in November and easterlies they won't touch anything as they are chocked on bush flies etc. 

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Thrownet

Wed, 2016-01-06 07:49

 should do the trick

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