southerly Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 (edited) After the lack of big pigs two weeks ago I headed down to Nth Curl Curl this morning for another go. Stated fishing on day break, it was very quiet for the first half hour with not even a cocky on the bite. Just before sunrise a big school of black fish moved in and started chopping the bread on the surface. Caught 2 very healthly and fat blackfish going 39cm and 41cm, seemed to be heaps around. A while later I caught a small silver drummer then a few undersized drummer. Had a few casts in another wash that often has big drummer (though the landing to hook-up ratio is low due to the cave you have to get your bait into to get a hook up)for zip. So it was a repeat of two weeks ago, water was a bit clear due to the dead flat conditions all week, but thats just winging, it was a beautiful morning to be fishing. Not sure where the big drummer are though, this is the poorest season I can remember. Though I usually start to get them in May and this year I was using my fishing time to chase kings in the yak. Southerly Edited August 11, 2007 by southerly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 well done on the pair of blackies there mate. shame the drummer arnt around for you at the moment but im sure they will appear, everything seems to be running behind at the moment just look at the lack of YFT caught also compared to other years. its the bloody weather patterns we are seeing at the moment that are to blame i believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDiko Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Well done on the Blackies. 41cm is a nice fish so at least there's some dinner. IFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southerly Posted August 11, 2007 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 Hi IFS, Yep they are big black fish, would be great fun on a 2kg or 3kg outfit. Afraid they are not much competition on the pig gear, though they fight better than cockies. Southerly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark84 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 went for a look at the ledges at south curly this arvo could see 8-10 fisherman at north curly there seems to be a few around nice catch. like you said but not much effort to bring em in on pig outfit.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rode Cary Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 hey well done on the blackies me too i find this winter a bit slow on drummer last week i at my usual ledge, couldn't catch any drummer water was too clear and no washes also, sweeps invasion!!!! that's unusual never seen sweeps there before u guys know why sweeps invade some spots and not others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockHoppin Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 hey well done on the blackies me too i find this winter a bit slow on drummer last week i at my usual ledge, couldn't catch any drummer water was too clear and no washes also, sweeps invasion!!!! that's unusual never seen sweeps there before u guys know why sweeps invade some spots and not others? No idea about the movement of sweep mate but I do know that once they get onto your burley trail its time to move! Taste like crap and they steal all your bait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightmanager Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Taste like crap and they steal all your bait... The smaller ones maybe , but the larger ones are quite good to eat. Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 The neighbours cat agree's with you Ross Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastspinna Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 The smaller ones maybe , but the larger ones are quite good to eat. Ross i'm with ross on this... kilo plus sweep produce big thick fillets that are tasty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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