herring boiling but not biting
Submitted by bowlsie51 on Tue, 2016-01-05 19:09
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
Shimka
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Me & a mate ran into the same
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.
makai
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Herring
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!
Paully
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^ This
There pigging out on the weed guests.
Willlo
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correct match the hatch
correct match the hatch
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Markie
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Berkley powerbaits. 3"
Berkley powerbaits. 3" hezzas never say no :p
meglodon
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Artificial maggots
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.
hezzy
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just use some lumo tube and a
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
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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Meeuwissen
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should do the trick
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