Botany Bay Monday, Wheres The Fish?

[mattyv86]

headed out monday with 2 mates some how scored an awsome day with not a drop of rain and plenty of sunshine.Started out trolling some rapalas around the head lands with no sucess, so we decided to drift for flatties using fresh squi(not a bite). Strange thing is i tried the same thing 3 weeks ago and picked up 4 bonito and 3 tailor trolling lures and 24 flatties drifting with squid, exact ame techniques,bait,spots but not a bite, Thats Fishing For Ya!

[SidFisher]

Hi mate on days like that it might pay to stop around mol pt or the oil wharf and try burley some fish up and get them into the feeding mode.

[james1990]

unlucky buddy - keep at it!

[Captain Spanner]

headed out monday with 2 mates some how scored an awsome day with not a drop of rain and plenty of sunshine.Started out trolling some rapalas around the head lands with no sucess, so we decided to drift for flatties using fresh squi(not a bite). Strange thing is i tried the same thing 3 weeks ago and picked up 4 bonito and 3 tailor trolling lures and 24 flatties drifting with squid, exact ame techniques,bait,spots but not a bite, Thats Fishing For Ya!

I usually troll divers first up if i'm fishing for bonito but sometimes if you think they are there but not biting you might need to try trolling different size christmas tree lures or metal lures and travel a bit quicker. If you're fishing for the flathead in the ocean and not getting any try different baits, different sized baits and then move further in or further out and try different depths. When i used to fish for flathead outside i used to drive out through the heads until it got to 30m deep and then pull up at the first current line i crossed and try one or 2 drifts in it. If we didn't get fish or get fish of the size we were after we would head wider and deeper to the next current line. The current lines are often easy to spot as a change in the water surface. It might look like a smooth path or slick through ripply or slightly rougher water or the other way around. You may also notice one where different coloured waters meet (eg green & blue or brown and green etc), This is often but not always also associated with a temperature change which you may be able to detect with your sounder.

[hornets]

The bonito were there on saturday morning as we finally got yakkas fast which enabled trolling to kick off early . We got 12 very quickly & were then able to try for kings which were found to be very picky. They busted right next to us at north Cape Banks but nothing would tempt them . Makes it easy to pull stumps when you get something early . I never usually get home & washed up before lunch . Just lucky some days .

[Penguin]

Bad luck mate, but as you stated, Thats fishing.

cheers

[hnsgeq]

Sounds like a tough day. Hopefully your luck will be better next time you're out wetting a line.....

[splithead]

Hi Guys,

Went out yesterday Thursday afternoon 9/12 to Molinex just before max low tide and Bare island for zero. Some small surface fish came and went, never to be seen again.

BB has not really happend for me lately. Water temp 18 deg, flat as a billard table and humid. Nice time for a quiet beer!!