Sharks
Submitted by metroLBfisher on Wed, 2013-02-20 22:50
For all the land based shark fisho's out there i have a question for you! Just wanting to know do people get more hook ups on balloon or bottom baits?
Reason i ask is im heading to a spot this saturday and it is possible to balloon there, although it isn't extremely deep. Would it be worth going somewhere off the beach with some chop and a little deeper having bottom baits out? (obviously means we wont get the bait out as far and wont be able to use such big baits and heavy long rigs as the balloons)
Can't make up my mind which option would be best
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carnarvonite
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Balloons
Using a balloon will keep your bait out of reach of stingrays other than that no difference but you will need an easterly to get it out and that cannot always be guaranteed.
outdoinit
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+1
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I've spent half my life fishing.. The other half I have wasted..
metroLBfisher
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Yeah I guess that is the
Yeah I guess that is the benefit of balloons, just thought there might be more percentage of sharks which feed in the top or the water column or bottom? Depends where you are I can balloon pretty well on easterly, southerly, South West, North just not west
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snapper
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sharks on a balloon
I got my last big ray on a balloon and I also caught a ray on my first ballooning attempt and that balloon was about 600mtrs of the beach.Hungry big bastards wont stay on the bottom.
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br3nno
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I like to go surface,
I like to go surface, reduces the chances of a ray taking the bait
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Gaffatron
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wen i was at shark bay for
wen i was at shark bay for new years we threw bottom baits out (land based) and caught lemon shark 1 after the other put a baloon out and had a lemon shark circle it for 5 mins then swam off... other people may have other experiences but that was mine...
Gaffatron
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i have had a ray take a
i have had a ray take a balooned bait, and my mate had it happen to him the weekend just gone it does help reduce ray hook up though, just gets ya so much more excited when you get a hook up only to be let down when you get it to the beach haha
spanishmackeral
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sorry to pirate ya thread,
sorry to pirate ya thread, but what if you didnt have an easterly wind so paddled a bottom rig out, one with a long dropper to the sinker.
Anyone tried this?
Jorie
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we kayak our baits out and
we kayak our baits out and always use balloons for sharks!
metroLBfisher
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yeah i have done this before
yeah i have done this before spanishmackeral! ill be testing it out this weekend anyways see what gets more hits balloons or bottom baits. I know rays are a pain in the ass, taking good baits. I find if you have a live bait like a herring or tailor on bottom less chance of rays also..
Wont be getting spooled no more 80 pound brad on fin nor offshore 9500 27 kg full drag :)
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metroLBfisher
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no luck over the weekend,
no luck over the weekend, only got two gummy's, few stingrays, some decent size whiting and herring. But still no sharks!
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sherbert
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Burley is the key
When there is no swimmers around, I used about 10kg of burley, and about 4 hours later bang big tigers
But find a beach miles from nowere
Last monday night i got five sharks and drop two On beach rod and balloon as well
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poser
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yea we got a hammer head few
yea we got a hammer head few tigers and 1 spanish mackral last week all on ballons wasn't a bad week we are gunna ballon the hole spanish mackie head sat night
Paul T
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are these getting caught on
are these getting caught on north metro beaches
poser
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mine were caught just south
mine were caught just south off pertg
Paul T
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oh well there is hope for me
oh well there is hope for me yet to get a shark from the beach - I am south also
cheers for the info