Scienceman Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Caught on Vanamei prawns while fishing the wash from my boat up here on the Central Coast the weekend before last. Both were ~3kg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austral Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 nice fish there mate, do you anchor and burley or drift past and cast in?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user1829 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Caught on Vanamei prawns while fishing the wash from my boat up here on the Central Coast the weekend before last. Both were ~3kg. they look like EPIC fish! i was gonna head up to Norah Head off the rocks for pigs the weekend gone, but 5m swells stopped that! hopefully this weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scienceman Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 I like to pick a day with <0.5m swell and W - NW winds so I am gently blown away from the rocks. I then keep the motor running and back as close as I dare while keeping the bow pointing to seaward and often fish from the controls in case I need to clear out quickly. So far I havent had even an anxious moment but it only takes one rogue wave to put you up on the rocks so I stay vigilent. On the day I also caught a couple of good bream and a smaller pig. Lost a couple of big ones as well but thats par for the course. Usually get busted by more than you catch. A month ago no pigs but a 43cm and 41cm bream which felt like a pig when hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigbutcher Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 They are enormous Pigs legend! Well done. What pound leader were you using? Must have been at least 20lb to turn their heads! Well done Butch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scienceman Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 15lb braid + 20lb fluorocarbon leader down to a running pea-sized ball and 1/0 suicide. I use a 9ft Starlo Surf Spin rod + 4000 TwinPower. Its a lot easier to pull a big pig back into deeper water than it is up onto the rocks. Even then, you can get them near the boat and they do a powerdive that you cannot stop until the line goes "ping" on the bottom. Fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Those are fish that very few do land, thank you for the advice as i also want to fish the wash from a boat for bream, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Wow, those are monsters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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