piratin Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 fished down south of port hacking thursday as the weather forcast looked ok. Got an early start as we wanted to start fishing at six and had a twelve mile run down coast. water looked really good as we were running down, as we noticed blue bottles, plenty of bait and birds.Our last couple of trips the water has been green etc. We wanted to fish he change of tide at seven and as soon as we arrived we were catching reds. we intended to have a drift which would allow us to have a look on sounder for bait etc and then we would drop the anchor and berley, however we just kept hitting fish so we did not get around to dropping the pick. We have been using japanese jigs over the last two years with great success. I think you can see the jigs in one of the photo's attached. They have been very aggressive, belting them on the way down as well on the way up. The jigs also allow you to cover alot og ground in a days fishing so they are worth thinking about. We have caught all reef fish including kingies on them. We had our bag limit by eight thirty which was twenty reds. One of those days that makes it all worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gje Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Good report Piratin, glad to see the reds have turned up, nice catch. Bluebotles seem to be a good indicator, warmer water & nth easters. Seasons looking promising. Cheers, Scoop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebehy Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Nice catch guys. What was your water depth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratin Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 mate fifty five to seventy metres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 awsome catch, just awsome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rode Cary Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 good reds mate. do you jig them slowly with these jap jigs or rapid like with thye common metal jigs? cheers bert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Hooker Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Nice catch mate. Can i ask what jap jigs are you using? hard to tell from that pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratin Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 (edited) 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. Edited October 3, 2010 by piratin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Nice looking Reds piartin Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czy0058 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 awesome. nice catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVZ350 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 lovely snapper mate got me self some lucanus jigs wanna give them a go real soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james77 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 They are great snapper Ive never seen those jigs but they sure worked ok for you was there much current? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 lovely snapper mate got me self some lucanus jigs wanna give them a go real soon ivz350,Good stuff mate lucanus jigs work excellant.Buy some spare hooks and tenticles though as the bloody jackets give em a hard time.What i found works a treat is the pink?white in 60gms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 fished down south of port hacking thursday as the weather forcast looked ok. Got an early start as we wanted to start fishing at six and had a twelve mile run down coast. water looked really good as we were running down, as we noticed blue bottles, plenty of bait and birds.Our last couple of trips the water has been green etc. We wanted to fish he change of tide at seven and as soon as we arrived we were catching reds. we intended to have a drift which would allow us to have a look on sounder for bait etc and then we would drop the anchor and berley, however we just kept hitting fish so we did not get around to dropping the pick. We have been using japanese jigs over the last two years with great success. I think you can see the jigs in one of the photo's attached. They have been very aggressive, belting them on the way down as well on the way up. The jigs also allow you to cover alot og ground in a days fishing so they are worth thinking about. We have caught all reef fish including kingies on them. We had our bag limit by eight thirty which was twenty reds. One of those days that makes it all worthwhile. Superb catch piratin,would love to put a few like that in the boat next trip down there.Do you bait the jigs or send down and use as is,they definately have the snapper fooled thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Great report! What a top catch! That's one thing I've never said, "I bagged out on snapper!" Were there any jackets around? Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemu Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 a superb effort on the reds young fella we'll be down that way soon to give it a run we got a heap of them jigs from Dunph's with some other odds and ends look'n forward to a fun day on the snapper I'll personal mssg you with more info when we get a date organised.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Nice reds there mate good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartman123 Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Excellent catches... well done! Cheers, Cartman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnv Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 awsome feed there boys,good to see there back on again cheers john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVZ350 Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 ivz350,Good stuff mate lucanus jigs work excellant.Buy some spare hooks and tenticles though as the bloody jackets give em a hard time.What i found works a treat is the pink?white in 60gms awesome i bought the pink/white and the green/gold thanks for the heads up mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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