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... on like donkey kong in a sarong playing ping pong?
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After a brief but unforfilling attempt to catch yakka in the bay again. (I have only fished in the bay twice and cannot find any).
Yakkas are pretty consistent at the breakwall. SE corner. Keep motoring around til you see them on the sounder, then drop bait jigs.
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"The strip of squid is the only bait that can make it to all of these types of gutters. Whats the point in a salmon slab or live tailor if you can't make it reach the gutter that's only 50 meters away? "
One lesson that continues to bode true is the old adage, "Big Bait, Big Fish". This has been proven again and again, particularly on big beach jewie haunts such as the far west coast SA.
A good way to rig large, softer baits is by using 2-3 half hitches around the top part of the bait with the trace. That with a two-hook rig should keep the bait on for a big cast.
Another casting tip is to use a sliding swivel and 30-40cm dropper to the weight, and a 60-100cm trace. This way the weight and bait are closer together and if weighted correctly will allow for bigger baits to be cast a mile (without the lead sliding up the main line).
To help, I have sketched the rig, see here:
The looped dropper also allows for easy weight changing as conditions require (remember, a bait that just rests on the bottom, and is allowed to move around a bit will 10:1 outfish a bait anchored to the bottom with 5lb of lead).
Using a 30cm slab, or kg + dead / livebaits (inc big squid) will increase your chances of that 30kg Jew. Just remember to fish your smaller rigs in parallel as many hours pass waiting for big jew hits.
Good luck!
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Mate do you have any photos?
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Mate, have you tried Mustad Penetrators? They are a fine guage hook and have significantly improved our hook-up rate on schoolies...
Another method that may help is a fine guage owner treble as a stinger.
Of course, the hook size depends on the size of the bait you are using...
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Mate, most consistent place for livies is at the breakwall. Head there on any tide, but fish on the upcurrent side. So fish the eastern corner on the run in, and the western corner on the run out. With live bait jig ready, crawl around until you find patches of bait on the sounder, then simply drop the jig in the school and twitch it around. You should get enough for a session in quick time.
Funnily enough, good spots for kingies are where the bait is, so quickly get a livie out near the bait schools and you will be in with a chance.
Other spots to try for kings are the third runway wide, channel markers between the runway and the breakwall, henry head, the drums in the middle, and the oil wharf. I hear the hot water outlet is also holding kingies.
Good luck
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boys we caught a squillion of those fluteys jigging for kingies last season...
love knife jigs, fight like a wet sock
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Been off the site for a while, thought I would add my 2 cents
Whats the story with swap and sell? I have used that forum several times, and always check, er, checked it for anything interesting every time I visit. I have sold and bought goods many times without issue, even interstate. To say I am disappointed is a severe understatement
Damn shame it came to this...
Have the mods looked at options? Some other sites use a centralised selling area, where sellers are forced to fill in fields to ensure all info is standardised, and people forced to utilise the function properly?
Bring it back
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Cheers guys
Good guesses, close but no cigar
Jewy caught in the Bay, on bait - 30cm fresh squid.
To be honest, I was a tad disappointed, thought with a bait that size a 20kg big mama would be on the cards!
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Ye ol Mulloway
10-11kg
New PB for me !
You dig?
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Nice fish boys.
[insert lame comment here]
ha!
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Sea Urchin are good also, hooked my first marlin a few years ago with those guys...
Can anyone recommend a charter boat up their, there are quite a few to choose from? I will probably need to join another group as I will be on my own.
hi mate.
i fished with brian from SWR fishing charters a few times now and always come up with the goods.
you can find his number through google.
another good one is splash down charters and laurie will look after you.
they're the two best boats i've found up there.
febuary to macrh is the best fishing at south west rocks.
HAVE FUN.
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Big lure
Big fish
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Nice capture, she is a bid girl
Shame you didnt release her - that one fish could equal 10,000...
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any internet link/
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Video???????????
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"Awesome, got the coordinates... now all I need is a GPS... oh yeah... and a boat... and some petrol... cant forget the fishing gear - might need that.... and maybe some bait or lures... and... and..."
Try getting a boat license first, then think about a boat
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Not offshore, in close
The usual haunts are holding fish, just got be persistent in finding them
Good luck
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Boys
In fact it was in Sydney. Was a cracking day on Sunday - enjoyed some rays...
There are bigger fish down there!!!
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Managed a nice session on kings this Sunday. SP's and Jigs fished deep worked well, but live yakka far outfished artificials. Ended up with 6 or so kings, and a lone small Sambo.
Biggest king for the session
Almost learnt a valuable lesson the hard way...
I was fishing a Shimano Trinidad 12 / Daiwa Saltiga Coastal combo, with a half-full spool of PE4 braid. This fish hit hard and I was almost spooled within seconds. Luckily we were quick enough to fire up the engine and follow the fish and after a tough few minutes, I managed to turn its head just enough to get the fish up into the safer water and eventually into the boat.
Will definitely take more care in the future to make certain tackle is always up to the task.
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Dandas, so how did you go, apart from the slimies?
We kept bringing in good livey sized slimeys at Osbourne shoals off cronulla on Saturday if you get around there at all.
Dan
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Well done mate. Nice EP you caught there.
For future reference, the biggest difference between the two species is the scooped head and larger eyes of the EP when compared to Bass
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When the salmon are finacky, we usually turn lookers into biters using the following techniques:
The delivery needs to be in-line with the direction the fish are feeding. By watching the school carfefully you can usually predict what where they are going, and drive the boat in front of the leading edge of the school ready for the cast.If the fish are only surfacing for very short periods, carefully watch the sounder and be prepared to fish lures deeper, as the sambos are commonly rounding up the bait mid-water or deeper.Match the hatch, by identifying what they are feeding on, and using similar sized lures and colours. If thats not possible, downsizing is a good option. Note when they are feeding on "eyes" a 2" or 3" bass minnow has proved successful countless times.IMO, soft plastics always outfish metals. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 inch stickbaits in clear/white/smelt are excellent.Plastics fished light or on the surface are great, but if you need a bit of casting distance don't be afraid to use heavier jig heads and fish them faster (in similar fashion to a metal)The more erratic your retrieve, the more takes you will get.I hope this helps.
Tight lines
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Mate this is a Giant Herring
They are meant to fight like crazy, zig zagging all over the place. I have read reports of anglers thinking that the one fish was two or three, disillusioned by how fast they are!
ps Why are you screaming?
Just Outside Botany Friday 23rd
in Fishing Reports
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Gents, have been fishing the Bay all my life and I have to say a small lightly weighted SP stick bait (squidgy, gulp or similar) will out fish any metal 10 to 1.
The problem with metals is that they need to be retrieved fast. Most times they will only get hit if cast in the same line as the feeding school, and retrieved back in the same line as the fleeing baitfish. This takes a lot more thought in the approach with the boat...
With a lightly weighted SP, the degree of leniency is increased, and successful approaches can be made from different angles. This is due to the SP not really needing a retrieve to get hit - I have lost count the number of times the lure gets smashed almost immediately after the cast, without even a turn of the handle!
Other deadly lures for this style of fishing are the slider topwater lures. There are a few around designed for american bass by Japan houses such as megabass, but some australian lures are starting to show up (squidgy / bushy for eg). These lures again dont need a fast retrieve so can be cast in to the school from most angles and twitched on the surface, imitating a dying baitfish.
We have also noticed that when using these lures the precise "match the hatch" theory applies, but to a lesser degree. I recall times when I was left only with a 6" Sluggo, rigged on a wormhook, as I ran out of all other ~5cm options and still caught fish...
Guess its a matter of getting out there and trying different techniques
Tight lines!