Rule No. 1 - Never fish in a dirty northerly
Submitted by JohnF on Sun, 2017-06-04 08:02
Well, I broke that rule yesterday and paid the price. 110 km and dropped on over 30 spots for naff all except a case of sea sickness and a big fuel bill
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Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
hezzy
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lol , you should have stayed
lol , you should have stayed in the shallows inside 20 metres and hunted pinkies on the pick just on dark john
reckon you may have had a ''better result ''
OFW 11
evil flourishes when good men do nothing
z00m
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Date Joined: 10/05/14
Bugger
Don't you hate that! Come out with me a few times John, you still get no fish but at least the diesel bill is much smaller than your v-rod!
Superfish
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Date Joined: 27/05/12
Avoid the North
When i was a kid going out with my dad i always remember hin saying . Son never go out on NWester. Trouble is NE becomes North and if your real unlucky NW. Went out to direction bank a while back with a mate and thats what happened to us. took us nearly to hours and a hell trip back to Hillarys. Never again
Jewskip
scano
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No good John
nothing bites in a northerly! That's my theory anyway.
I had the privilege of moving dens house yesterday, the ocean looked awesome from where we were.
you didn't even have anything that you could live bait? Might have switched the fish on a bit.
bigboypw
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Date Joined: 26/10/10
I know how you feel 30km out
I know how you feel 30km out for 1 just size pinky and a couple of undersized dhuis .better than working though lol
Sam57
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Date Joined: 17/08/14
Went out yesterday stayed in
Went out yesterday stayed in close boated 4 pinks 2 undersized 1 kg 2 big skippy and dozen or so whittlingalmanac said poor day for fishing.. I fish when I can if water is half reasonable.
Vinesh87
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Date Joined: 02/04/11
Haha same. Got a nice bag of
Haha same. Got a nice bag of whiting and squid tho!
tot
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Date Joined: 31/01/10
Same
Bait hunting for N/W - 2 days in a row , 2 drifts 24 hezzas and a gardie.
Had to ask old mate to stop so my son could get the last 2. Hezza Bubble Trouble!!
On the water for less than a hour.
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luke george
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Date Joined: 13/04/07
Yep I avoid heading out
Yep I avoid heading out bottom bashing in the northerlys, on the other hand the squid have been firing in them
black gen
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Date Joined: 13/04/11
I fish when I have time and
I fish when I have time and the wind is low
if it's got north in it I don't particularly care however the north has to be light as it's up against the sea and makes it rougher quicker
Have caught plenty of fish in Perth and up north in conditions with north in it
I know I can't be picky with wind direction too much as it's not often I have a day to get out on the water
Ericl
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Date Joined: 02/05/11
Last Thursday
I dont remember exactly what the (very little ) wind was doing last Thursday, but we struggled about 40Kms offshore getting almost nothing from 7:00AM till about 3:30PM when we decided to come back in and try the 3 mile for dusk snapper. Got back in before sunset and anchored and started to burley> just as the sun set, we got a size dhu, then a big bite and hookup but lost that one - called it for a snapper. Then about 15 minutes later got another size dhu. All this in 15M and about 2Kms from Ocean Reef marina after a day of very little 40Kms out !
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Coastrunner
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I fished hard on Saturday
Same trip distance, 110kms and same result, fished everthing from 20M to 40M for a few whiting, thats fishing, new moon coming
uncle
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John, do you put any thought
Into the co efficiency charts as on tide for fishing ?
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
JohnF
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Tides4fishing gave it a very
Tides4fishing gave it a very low rating on Saturday, so seemed about right.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
Yeah Iv'e been taking note lately
It dosen't seem to effect bread and butter types
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
dowders
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Date Joined: 23/01/11
Yep we did shite on
Yep we did shite on Saturday, came home with 2 blackass but was very quiet, and we did get caught in this front
twicther
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Date Joined: 31/12/11
Check the maori tide charts
When it says it is a bad day, don't bother going out. Monday was coming good. We picked up 14 barra just flicking lures on Monday, biggest was 85 cm, plenty of rats though. Spoke to other people using baits all weekend for very little.
Colt_Striker
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Date Joined: 26/07/09
Same on Friday
Last Friday was pretty much the same, took us most of the day to get our 2 Dhuies, water was ordinary until late then the morning decision to go out Nor west paid off coming back in with it.
PJim
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Date Joined: 26/04/11
Last 2 trips in tinny had
Last 2 trips in tinny had norht easters blowing, got snapper and dhus in shallow on bioth trips
Jackalchub
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yeah good call, everyone
yeah good call, everyone should stay at home on those days ;-)