piratin Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 (edited) 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. Good luck to fish raiders if they manage to fish on the weekend. Edited October 21, 2010 by piratin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta hbar Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 No pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratin Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 No pics? delta a couple of photo's added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim77 Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Mate you're killing the Reds atm - great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangus Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 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. Good luck to fish raiders if they manage to fish on the weekend. well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh191 Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 You done it again, thats 3 hot sessions on th reds in a row. Well done. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimyo Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Awesome catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 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. Good luck to fish raiders if they manage to fish on the weekend. Good work piratin. Great feed of snapper there. Look forward to getting down there soon. pongrass18ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtooth Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Quality Sydney reds once again , You are certainly doing the right thing in regards to snapper fishing . cheers Dogtooth..... John..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratin Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 Quality Sydney reds once again , You are certainly doing the right thing in regards to snapper fishing . cheers Dogtooth..... John..... thanks guys, good luck fishing over the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merro Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 What baits were you using for those reds? Cheers Merro thanks guys, good luck fishing over the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratin Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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