New guy with no luck
Submitted by Denz on Sat, 2012-12-29 15:35
Hi all!
Great site and very helpfull comments. I'm new to fishing and have just picked up a 6mtr Haines hunter. I have fished d9, parmelia bank and around garden island and cannot catch a decent fish if I tried. I am berlying up hard and all I get is butterfish, trumpeters and the odd whiting herring. I want a bag of herring or whiting maybe even some skippy!
Can anyone help me out please? Any comments appreciated?
snappermiles
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Date Joined: 05/11/10
tips
for herring and tailor try anchoring near one of the reefs around the north end of garden island or carnac or the stragglers! through there you should do well if you anchor and burley up!
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Denz
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Date Joined: 28/12/12
Thanks mate will give it a
Thanks mate will give it a go and let you know
Redemperor000
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Date Joined: 14/01/12
FFB
Go to the five fathom bank behind garden island. Anchor and burley up and youll pick up some skippy. Fun on light gear.
Dreamweaver
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Date Joined: 01/12/07
Denz...
Learn to use your sounder, look what the birds are doing, study the tides, use fresh bait and do LOTS of exploring :)
On the way out (if the prevailing conditions make progress slow) - troll out a few HBs or Skirts (use mono and "straight" hooks with no offset to avoid line twist).
As Rd000 said, go the FFB - try trolling behind that - picked up LOTS of tuna etc on the right day.
The central West Coast Bioregion (WCB) around Perth is very heavily fished.
Perhaps do some travelling north or south within the WCB.
Soon to be de "dreamweaver" ed!
carnarvonite
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Date Joined: 24/07/07
Finding new ground
When you find and mark a few spots do not travel directly to them each time , set your new course 50 or more metres to one side of your GPS heading and the same for each move and on the next trip make it a hundred metres and so on.
That way you get to cover more ground as you travel and more chances at finding small lumps etc. Always keep an eye on the sounder and mark anything that may look interesting, so that you can check it out later , save it or delete it if it turns out to be nothing.
Never be afraid to hop over the side when you have clear water and look at the sea bed so you can see for yourself what picture the sounder is giving for what type of bottom you are on. Once you have this in mid recognising it again is easy.