Peel inlet - Stonking Herring
Hi Guys
First report for ages, Friday morning took my tinny - Qunitrex F390 - DF20 Suzuki - out for a scout around the peel inlet. First time in the little tinny. Marine life everywhere - crabs, dolphins, big schools of what appeared to be sand whighting, big schools of herring. Good to see a healthy marine ecosystem.
Went out throught the cut to the ocean - well lets just say, I didnt feel entirely comfortable in a 20hp 4m tinny in the swell and sea surge through the cut entrance - heaps of water moves through there!
Negotiating the the cut was like playing frogga with the bigger boats and the wake the make, fair to say the 8 knots limit was "optional" by some skippers. Picked my mate up from Bovard boat ramp and went tho " Z's " channel markers and flicked some softies around.
The next 45mins was awsome - in knee deep water just out of the tide surging water we got smashed by the biggest herring i have seen for decades. We where using 1-4kg out fits with Diawa BG 2500's with 8lb braid and 7ft grahite sticks - the power some of these herring where astonishing - we took 6 each in 45mins - that 12 fillets each - my kids kill for fresh herring and home made chips - all on about $4.50 worth of fuel. The tinny is pefect for this type of fishing/exploring - does 18knot WOT with 2 x 115kg boys and enough fishing gear to start another BCF ! - I carry 22ltr fuel tank so I have plenty of range. The new Fighter hull is ultra stable - so both can cast and drift with out issues.
Needless to say we will be back there for a quick session this Thursday. PS Next time I will get some photo's
Tight Lines - Tinny Fighter
D_d_001
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great little report....of
great little report....of course next time it might "actually" happen (with pics).....haha just joke
Always great fun with light gear and perfect fun during the ban.
can you tell me where the Z's markers are ?
guess these are from cut into inlet where the channel is Z shaped? just never heard the term before.
Cheers
Auslobster
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Pretty sure...
....he's referring to Z-bend, just NE of the estuary end of the Dawesville Cut.
crasny1
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Yip
And good for a tailor troll through there to
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JorgoF390
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Hi - yeh its the channel
Hi - yeh its the channel markers just north of the estury side of the cut - and yes there will b e photos from the next outing - I will be experimenting with my own herring lures, in effort to reduce the carnage from the little bitters on the soft plastics
NORUN NOFUN
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Great report, you write
Great report, you write really well and glad you had so much fun
Da pirate
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Lures ???
Easy fix !! Use metal slices !! Losing
a few fish change out trebles to singles !!
Auslobster
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Or surface lures...
...the 40 to 70mm clear stickbaits normally used for YFW in the area are also dynamite on herring, with the extra rush of watching your lure get belted...as pirate said, change over to in-line singles...not only improves the hookup to landing ratio, also less damage to you and any fish you might want to release.
Dale
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I might go down and have a squizz tomorrow, was going to go out into the sound, but the wind weather has changed from almost fantastic to hang on to your hat.
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Da pirate
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Herring !!!
Photos ??? Yeah I'll be keen on Tha pics of the herring ?? Great
smoked in a smoker ! Knabb the limit ! It's like 15 ?? That gives
you 30 fillets !!
mjohns
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12 Per person i think for
12 Per person i think for herring ?
Used to troll through there at dusk, get nice tailor and the occationally skippy trolling smiling jacks