Tuesday @ 2 Rocks
After a top day Sunday I thought after checking out Seabreeze I would do another trip to two rocks.
My 5 year old on Sunday managed to pull in the 10kg Dhuy on his 3 kg ugly stick(10kg line) with a little help from his 8 year old brother. Picture attached. Igot video too should see the bend & hear the exitement, haha!
Was out there again today, put in at 10am just as the wind was picking up decided to go south west into the wind, as to have an easy ride back in the forcast 23 knots.
with the strong wind I was drifting at 2-3 knots. Finding fish ok on the Furuno 585 sounder, but no takers exept for a couple Sgt Bakers.
Went as far as gemini Wreck (nothing taking my Jigz) , then out west to 40meters (dropped baits in front of some solid fish on the sounder) then north till WNW of 2 rocks(same again, No takers)
Big swell and fast drift I recon were my down fall.
Used Preium Occy & SGT Baker fillets, the Almanac looked ok, Oh well better luck next time.
Any tips fellas?
What is the ideal drift speed, I maybe should of put the sea anchor out?
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Justin
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eddie
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dude, your 5yo caught a
dude, your 5yo caught a 10kg dhuie???? i suck...
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yep....
I think you have the secrets.......
awsome effort especially for the billies
now they are hooked...(excuse the pun)
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Top report
Top report Justin, young fella must be stoked!
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Woooo omg so good boys love
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Well done kids,Two rocks is
Well done kids,Two rocks is a little like that ,one day fish next zip.sometime the north end is on fire and other south just pot luck.ive fished there all my life and still some days its hard to find fish.
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nice fish for the young
nice fish for the young lads,i always use the sea anchor while drift fishing,the faster u drift the more sinkers an line u will need to get to the bottom
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Top work by the young bloke
It is great to be able to get out with the kids for a fish.
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Sea Anchor
Nice fish Justin, great to see the young fellas pulling in a decent fish; a day to remember for sure.
Whenever I'm out on the water we nearly always have the sea anchor out. A drift between 0.6 and 1 knot is pretty much the zone you need to be in. Otherwise the bait is moving to quickly and as granta said you will need more line/weight to stay in the strike zone.
Three days without it and I get a little jumpy
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What a champ!
I haven't ever caught a Dhuie that big and your son is catching them at 5!!!! Mate I would be proud of that boy!
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info!
Nice 10kg Dhu PB for young Poole and good to see ya out there Justin & into it!
Sea anchor a must unless it "cant open up". If the current is pumping up there/quite often its also a factor. Drift speen between 0.2 - 0.7 knots "max" for quality fish and 1 knot its all over!
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I agree with Ryan
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good job u have the boys 2
good job u have the boys 2 get you a feed...
. i hear they out fished u again !!!!
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They are very cunning,
they keep me busy tying rigs, baiting hooks, feeding them, making sure they have enough sun screen on, refereeing the odd blue and sounding around skippering the boat trying to find fish for the buggers etc etc..
they better had feed me, they work me hard, haha!
Its all good though..
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top effort by the youngster
top effort by the youngster ,even if his big bro had to help
most of us can only dream of one that size
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Thanks for the advice
Thanks guys for the advice, and I told the boys they are famous now, & showed them there pix and read the coments they are well chuffed!
I have got a huge sea anchor, it will be definatly getting used abit more now you have you have identified my error,
I notice some boats use it off the back of the boat is there any other reason for that other than easy of access? it seems no drama out the front of the center console, though these half cabbin boats that you cant even walk around i can see the advatage there.
thanks again
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we always set the drift
we always set the drift anchor off the port side as we find it easier to fish a few lines (and my wife fishes that side) only 1 of 4 lines goes under the boat as we usually fish 4
used to have it at the back and found we took the odd wave over the back (in an 18 footer) so we changed for the better, you will find most set them out the side
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