take a fisherman fishing, you get fish
well finally my mate (dicko) and I have aligned the planets to get a fish in together. dicko tends to favour the week days due to family and the availabilty of free dive buddies/FIFO.
we made the decision to take my boat so the master (dicko) could look over me and my sounder 
great decision (later regret 
bloody wind)
the morning started on a ordinary showing on sounder with no results (basicly a practice run as we never fished my boat before)
as planned we headed out towards a spot we had fished many years before on a previous boat, battled the wind thinking it would only improve 
.
approaching the area we had fished all those years ago i decided to move slightly south to find the honey hole of all holes, i had set the drift thinking it will be just a single slide by, oh wow did that change.
of the drifts we did (not many), we managed 5 sized dhu's smallest of 580mm including double hook up. 2 were kept 820mm and 850mm 8kg and 10kg (dicko released one bigger). 3 baldies 2 sized but decided only one would be kept.
all of this happened in 1.5 hours on jigs and plastics (more so jigs).
it was worth the 3.50am wake up, what wasn't worth the wake up was the early sea breeze and the smash home.
all i can say is take a fisherman (bloke who knows whats going on) fishing and you'll find it not only easy but a winner
cheers dicko your a champ.....
.thumbnail.JPG "My 6th barra for the trip 82.5 cm released (our 9th)")
scotto
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love it
When a plan comes together!
uncle
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Sounds like it was
Worth it
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sea-kem
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Nice work Gilly
Nice work Gilly
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randall df223
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wish I could find fish like
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crasny1
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Me too
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Dicko
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I used to miss Karratha
I used to miss Karratha mate...but I'm having just as much fun in Perth nowdays.
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Dicko
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I used to miss Karratha
I used to miss Karratha mate...but I'm having just as much fun in Perth nowdays.
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Now that I have a better
Now that I have a better idea of what to look for there will hopefully be more to come
kirky79
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Nice work fellas.
Nice work fellas.
randall df223
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The Daiwa pirates are
The Daiwa pirates are working for you! When you say "now that you know what to look for", does that mean you're now putting more emphasis on fishing structure, rather than looking for fish arches?
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spewing i didnt
spewing i didnt take a photo of sounder. not bothering with lumps as much, more so looking for caves on hard ground. when i found these fish dicko showed me the caves and the rest is history.
dicko was using a diawa pirate i was using a cheaper version called a berkley slow mow or something like that
randall df223
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randall df223
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Here's a general question of
Here's a general question of anyone really, does a cave show up on a "bottom lock" view? has anyone got a picture if they do?
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pretty sure paulG has put up
pretty sure paulG has put up a pic of caves i sure ive seen one, check out the search
Rosie
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Smashing the jigs!
Good report gilly.
Yeh windy, Sam and I smashed our way back in from the barges behind rotto... Really lumpy swell. Boat dropped into a few holes on the way back! Good to see you had a cracker.
Seek & Deploy
tim-o
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Top stuff
Yep, when you know what to look for and how it looks on your sounder (provided its set right) then the consistant success will follow. Iv never had to go beyond 40m to catch demersals. Some spots I have caught dhus have been deserted when I have sounded over months later, must get covered in sand. Find the flat coral patches, all the 'lumps' in close have likely been hammered, most boats will be drivin over good fish all the time! Plenty of patches even in the 20s in some areas, my last dhu came from one as did some recent pinkies, just gota fish the 'shallow' water a bit different to deeper spots. Nice work boys given the conditions too, few good meals comin up!
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sea-kem
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Bloke who has a place behind
Bloke who has a place behind me up the coast tim-o landed a 10kg model just behind his pots in 5m of water on Sat. And you are right flat coral is the place to look with growth flare ups. My biggest came from hard desert, hoping to hit it again on Friday. And as you say they do move around, no doubt. In answer to randall's question no you can't see caves on a sounder even in bottom lock it's not how they work. Anyone who says they can is full of shit.
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sarcasm0
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I wouldnt think it would show on bottom lock
But on normal sounder yes.
http://fishwrecked.com/image/sounder-pic-cave
Bryan
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I would love to see that
I would love to see that same pic with a split screen and bottom lock on. :)
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sarcasm0
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I think that is the point
With Bottom lock and it focusing on that portion of the bottom would not show what is just under, but I could be wrong...
I honestly dont know, can anyone else shed some light?
Bryan
sea-kem
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You wouldn't see much
You wouldn't see much randall as bottom lock averages out the signal recieved from the sonar and flattens out the bottom so you can discriminate fish from the the sea bed. That's the point of bottom lock. You need a really good flat sea to get good fish arches and you need to be over the top of them as well. The manufacturers love putting those pics on their demos.
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happy to be the guy full of
happy to be the guy full of shit holding dhu's
sea-kem
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Ha ha fair call.
Ha ha fair call.
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randall df223
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touché! ha!
touché! ha!
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Dicko
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I can guarentee I've seen
I can guarentee I've seen caves, below ground structure on my FCV587. Maybe people need to learn to read their sounder correctly.
oops: you guys were talking about bottom lock. My bad :/
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Dicko
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Lol I remember correctly I
Lol I remember correctly I only used jigs cos I forgot my plastics!!! Haha
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McNults
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Awesome catch
Been waiting a long time to bust my cherry on here and was waiting for a worthwhile few snaps and report! Really good to see those dhuies on the jigs, I'm in the process of trying to work some of that magic metrowise at the moment. Lovely looking baldie too!
Cheers,
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cheers bud, glad it did it
cheers bud, glad it did it for you
. welcome aboard and hope you get a few and chuck a post up soon enough.