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    How deep is The Humps?

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    I Hope this info helps.

    The humps which are located just north of Stanwell Park have a depth on the gravel inside at say 50 metres.

    If you chose to fish outside the humps you will find the depth at about 55 metres.

    If you sound over the humps north south they will rise up to i think if my memory is correct 24 metres.

    I prefer to fish inside on the gravel, fishing on the humps or the hard reef is not the best option, unless you want rubbish species.

    So explore with your sounder and locate the edge of the hard reef.

    Cheers Taitors.

    I agree with Taitors - great information. We actually have had success fishing wide of the hump - big gravel bed were the reds graze moving around. On the hump you will get plauged with the rubbish. Look for a depth of around 50 metres to start.

    Good luck

    Reds South Of Sydney

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    Hi Pongrass

    thank you , the jigs are similiar to the diawa ones, howevwer these are made by Shimano. They make two types the engetsu which look like little squid and the bottom ship which have a skirt attached. THey are different sizes however we are using the 90gram ones. These work great. I have ben purchasing them from a store called Plat in Japan, though I think Shimano are starting to import them into Australia so I think you will hear alot more about them in the next few months. Shimano New Zealand have been using them with great success.

    Reds South Of Sydney

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    Went for snapper session after all the wild weather we have been having. Eary start as wanted to catch the seven change of tide. As soon as we arrived plenty of bait, and bird action so looked fishy. Water temp only 18 and water very green indeed.

    As soon as we arrived the bite was happening and we quickly caught a couple of solid reds. The only problem being the barracoutta. They were everywhere and if you could get a bait down you had a very good chance of catching a quality red.We lost a lot of gear, however we managed fifteen reds and assorted reef species. The weather was fantastic and we had a great day. Nice bit of current on running down hill and we have found we need the current to do well.

    We stopped to see if any flat head were around and tried south of the wreck in fifty metres of water and found plenty of good size fish.

    So it looks good for the next few days and I hope everyone does well.

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    A day down at the Humps

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    I find september and october the best months for the bigger fish down that way. Season is only starting and I am sure you will catch bigger fish over the next three months.

    Good luck with it. We are down their in a 6 metre seafarer victory, let me know when your goin down.

    A day down at the Humps

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    Morning. We were down Hump area and a little wider Saturday. We found way to much current. We have found that the fishing for reds is difficult with so much current.

    We dropped the anchor but could not get a bait down - using floaters that is. So we had to drift.

    We managed 7 reds and some mowong on the drift with the assistance of a sea anchor to slow us up a bit. No real size in the reds.

    It can only improve.

    Hacking Wide Marlin Trip

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    Hi Mate

    sounds like you had an exciting afternoon. We fished out of Botany on Saturday and trolled the peak, plonk hole, twelve mile and then on to Browns. We caught a striped marlin just on the other side of the shelf. Estimated weight 105kg. On Saturday we saw little bait and temp was 23.7 on the shelf. The only bait we saw had the fish in amongst it.

    Big Day Out In Search Of Snapper

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    I'm not quite sure how far it is from the mouth of the Hacking to the Hump, maybe 18kms? Anyone know the correct measurement?

    It usually takes about 35-50 minutes to get down there depending on the conditions.

    Thanks for kind words Tony. It was a good day despite Syd's cursing and swearing at mutton birds, leatherjackets, the reef, the choppy conditions on the way back, his broken rod ... and me! :074:

    Cheers

    Peter

    It is about 12 mile down. Easy on a nice morning. Just watch the nor easter when heading back up.

    Reds Down South Of Sydney

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    What baits were you using for those reds?

    Cheers

    Merro

    On the floaters using fresh pilchards from the markets and freshly caught squid. And also using jigs as well. Catching fish on both methods. Fish the change of the tides, thats when you could expect them to be most aggressive. Also current moving to the south helps, no current seems to shut them down a bit.

    Also we look for bait on the sounder they tend to be around the bait.

    Hope this helps, this is just our experience, no doubt others have more techquies that work.

    Reds Down South Of Sydney

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    early start at 5.00am as tide change was 7.30am and we had an hour's run down the coast. water temp was 18 degrees which was a little up from last week. we did not anchor as we like to have a drift and see what bait is around and current etc. we fish floaters on the drift and also fish jigs for reds. first bait down was nailed and we had a hot bite for an hour. We managed ten reds today some nice solid fish included. Fish were caught on bait and jigs. Bait is on 6kg mono and jigs and 20lb braid with 20lb leader.

    As soon as the nor easter kicked in combined with the current we were drifting at 2.7 knots. Way to quick. This also included the deployment of a sea anchor - all to no avail. So we run up the coast to waterfall and managed fourteen flat head in 35m of water before heading in. No sign of the dreaded leatherjacket!

    A great day on the water catching some quality reds again. The last eight weeks has been some of the best fishing down south I have experienced for a few seasons.

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    Lucanis Jigs

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    Hi slink - have not used them myself, but am sure someone on here will have given them a shot and can make some recommendations - might be worth thinking about taking the rod out of the holder and imparting a bit more movement to them (other than what is achieved by the movement of the boat). As with most jigs, gets them moving through the water column a bit. Just my opinion good luck with them.

    Cheers Blood Knot

    Lucanis Jigs

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    Hi slink - have not used them myself, but am sure someone on here will have given them a shot and can make some recommendations - might be worth thinking about taking the rod out of the holder and imparting a bit more movement to them (other than what is achieved by the movement of the boat). As with most jigs, gets them moving through the water column a bit. Just my opinion good luck with them.

    Cheers Blood Knot

    These jigs do work, I do agree with blood knot, keep them moving only slowly, just move them twenty metres off the bottom and drop them back down. Sometimes reds will belt them on the way down. I dont find colour matters that much,

    also I use 20lb fins braid with a 20lb fluro carbon leader. That what seems to work for me.

    Good luck

    More Southern Sydney Reds - Yesterday!

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    Posted · Edited by piratin

    Update on last weeks report, went again yesyerday as forcast 5 - 10 Nor East all day.We do fish down south it is around the hump area. Down that way out the back of the hump are gravel beds it is a large area where the reds move around on.

    Left the ramp at five as change of tide at seven and thought we might get a early bite. This did not happen yesterday although we did chip away at them. We got a bite around twelve - midday. Ended up with seventeen reds. Biggest were 4kg. Do feel the afternoon would fish better but after an early start we decided to head for home.

    We used a combination of jigs as discussed last post and today floating out pilchards on the drift with a ball sinker attached. Water looked a little greener then last week. temp was 17.7, plenty of bait around.Still a fair bit of current on although we felt it slowed during the day. The jigs can be left in a rod holder and let the rocking motion of the boat do the rest. Just another option tp try. It is exciting when they attack these jigs. Very aggressive.

    Took a good mate of mine today.post-7298-080634800 1286400619_thumb.jpgpost-7298-061561800 1286400679_thumb.jpg

    Hope fellow raiders manage to catcha few over the weekend.

    Southern Sydney Reds

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    Posted · Edited by piratin

    Hi mate. no just slow with a fluttering action. But on the drop they belt them as well. so in free spool they are dropping fairy quickly. Once you hit the bottom just bring it up thirty metres and start again. Dont bring it all the way up.

    Shimano engetsu 90 grams. They are expensive and you can lose a few if you drop them in the wrong spot eg jackets etc And you need to re rig them constantly as the skirts etc tear however it is exciting fishing.

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