queenies Broome Jetty
Was at the Jetty last night and saw heaps of big fish in schools come in around 6.30pm.
Would they be Queenies? If so what would be the best way to target them? Poppers or feather jigs?
Have heaps of poppers but realy are confused which ones to use.
The feathers ones are white with a touch of pink.
Any help?
So far have cought a big trevelly and an emperor on 100lb hand line. Nice.
Was bitten of on the dropper using half mulies suspect shark but dont think so as this was well hooked.
On inspection the last 60mm of dropper was serverly serated cutta?
Oh the big trevelly was caught on the top dropper on the tail of a mulie no long than 40mm lol.
Any help on the Queenies would be great hitting jetty again tonight.
Michael
Pezdog
Posts: 204
Date Joined: 09/11/10
Queenies
Hey Michael
I was in Broome a couple of weeks ago and although didn't fish the Jetty I got a heap of Queenies south of Broome on metals. Halco Twisties did the damage and if you can cast to the schools from the shore that could be your best bet. Ensure you work them really fast as that worked the best for me.
Not sure how you would go casting from the jetty as the height will restrict working the metal fast enough under the water.
Cheers
Pezdog
Ryan C
Posts: 1575
Date Joined: 08/07/10
broome jetty
hi mate my brother lived there for a couple of years and tells me you need to get some baitchaser rigs and jig them near the patches of light for the little baitfish(small northern herring then cast them with a small ball sinker down to the hook or unweighted (if theres no current) for the queenies/trevally , you can also use the livies on your pateroster on the bottom for big golden snapper/barramundi ,also collect some small crabs along the shoreline and fish them on the bottom for some big tuskfish/bluebone. cheers
Neo2_000
Posts: 18
Date Joined: 17/09/08
Queenies?
Bit hard to say though Queenies would be a fair bet.
A lot of weekend anglers get very excited when they see large schools of milkfish schooling in the jetty shallows. They wear themselves out chucking all manner of plastic and metal at them to no avail.
You better hope they are queenies and not Trevs unless you enjoy losing tackle. Provided you are energetic, feather jigs are still probably the best bet for queenies. The more whipping action you can put into the jig, the more strikes you will get. Fast metal baitfish profiles ar worth a try and if you are really lucky will land you a mack.
Birds will usually give away their presence if queenies are working the surface in which case large poppers are the go.