Rotto fishing rigs/advice
Hi Everyone,
Going fishing out on my mates boat early Friday morning, around rotto most likely. Wanted to find out what sort of rig would be a good all rounder to use out there, I have always just used those pre-made snapper rigs from BCF.
Got a short boat rod/good reel with 50lb braid so should be no problems there, I just wanted to find out whether I should be fishing bottom/mid/top? What species am I chasing? Anything I just would like to catch something haha!
Also for berley I’m using pigs feed (full of meat meal/fish meal/wheat etc), scraps and chopped up pig’s feet. Does the mix sound like a winner??!
Any advice on rigs/locations around rotto would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Langerz
"Fish come and go, but it is the memory of afternoons on the stream that endure." - E. Donnall Thomas
milsey
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Would all depend on what
Would all depend on what fish your after. Easy to get a feed of whiting and skippy in close and that burly sounds like it might bring in more than just fish
langerz
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Date Joined: 15/04/11
Checked out the Five Fathom
Checked out the Five Fathom and didn’t have much success so made the journey over to Rotto (The weather was perfect btw). Caught a Skippy and a bunch of wrasse, was quite disappointing. The excitement of the day was when the sounder showed up a fish measuring 441cm in only 12 metres of water off rotto, great white? Could have been the berley I was using EEEK! My cousin went to the Perth Canyon on the Saturday and bagged a few bonito tuna, also hooked up a dolphin fish but lost it before getting it on the boat.
I have been out about 3 times around the five fathom and I never seem to have much luck, I use a snapper rig and just fish the bottom. Should I be doing some trawling or using poppers around the reef’s off rotto?
Cheers,
Matt
"Fish come and go, but it is the memory of afternoons on the stream that endure." - E. Donnall Thomas