duckegg Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Gidday Boys time for an update. Been down to the Hump 3 times since my previous post and my findings have been as follows. After the jackets taking the place over a couple of weeks ago I have not lost a rig in the last 3 outings. Water quality seems to have improved and is now a deep dark blue. Water temp has increased and is now sitting 16.5c+ Yet to get a nice northerly so fingers crossed over the next couple of days. Tuesday (25 September) Left Burraneer at 1pm trolled for stripes on the way down no good. Pulled up at one of my marks within 10 mins boated a solid fish of 2.5kg on a bottom rig. Wind from the south and drifting east/west so not perfect. Got 2 more fish leading up to the tide change then all quiet. Nothing fantastic but I was happy and learning every trip. Sunday (30 September) Left at 6.30am pushed into a bit of wind and was late getting down there so missed the best part of the tide. Should have got out of bed earlier. Got a couple of nice mowies on flasher rigs. Trolled on the way back at midday stripies all over the place. Kept 2 for bait. Biggest went bang on 5kg. Caught another couple but let them go. Tuesday (2 October) Left at 12pm birds thick on the way down. Trolled for about 20 mins nothing doing. Got down to the spot and set up. 2 bottom flasher rigs, 1 lucanus and one floater out the back. As we got closer to the tide change the flaoter went off and we boated a nice little pinkie of about 1.5kg. 15 mins later the floater went off again. It was going that hard that I struggled to pull it out of the rod holder. Big fish of probably 5kg+. Was getting the old head shakes so pretty sure it WAS a snapper. For some reason pulled the hooks after about 2 mins into the fight. What is it with me and losing big reds at the moment??? After the initial run it took, would not have thought it would pull out. I think from now on I will use only circles on the floaters. Any of you guys got a view on this. Got 2 more mowies and then it shut down. My last mowie came in minus its tail as I hud a tug of war with a seal. Observations so far Fish either side of the tide change. Leading up to the change has provided the greatest LIMITED succes so far. Dont waste your time more than 2 hours after the change unless you are setting up camp. Fish everything. If I didnt fish floaters yesterday I would have been an unhappy camper. Piratin/Frank P you got any pearls to add?? Johno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumb Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Sounds like your giving it a red hot go! I'm hopefully heading down sat. You putting much burly out ? Cheers Luke Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratin Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Mate your goin hard!! Congratulations on your success. Still think that water is to cool at 16.5. Would be looking at 18. With the floaters are you anchored? As we fish the floaters on the drift - work them hard - at times use a big sea anchor to slow us down if we are movin. Tide changes are the go as are using a variety of ways to catch em is the way. I am on holidays but have not fished due to this cold water. Enjoyed reading your update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharris Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Any pics live to see a 5 kg strippie Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairy Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Hi mate, there are quite a few locations inside the Hump in 20 to 35 metres of water, both gravel and solid reef. I suggest you scout around of Garie and Stanwell in those depths as there are Snapper holding in closer at them moment. Blairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 It was going that hard that I struggled to pull it out of the rod holder. Big fish of probably 5kg+. Was getting the old head shakes so pretty sure it WAS a snapper. For some reason pulled the hooks after about 2 mins into the fight. What is it with me and losing big reds at the moment??? After the initial run it took, would not have thought it would pull out. I think from now on I will use only circles on the floaters. Any of you guys got a view on this. Johno Have found a few times fishing inside and catching smaller but legal reddies, the fish will take a fast run and the hooks pull out because the reddie is just hooked in the lip. Had some of the fish near the boat to see the hook pull out as it was only just sitting in a thin part of the lip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckegg Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Sounds like your giving it a red hot go! I'm hopefully heading down sat. You putting much burly out ? Cheers Luke Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Luke I have been drifting only as i want to cover ground and the wind/current havent been conducive. In relation to burley no i havent at all. Jury is out for me burleying and drifting...thoughts comments? Do you guys do it? Johno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckegg Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Mate your goin hard!! Congratulations on your success. Still think that water is to cool at 16.5. Would be looking at 18. With the floaters are you anchored? As we fish the floaters on the drift - work them hard - at times use a big sea anchor to slow us down if we are movin. Tide changes are the go as are using a variety of ways to catch em is the way. I am on holidays but have not fished due to this cold water. Enjoyed reading your update Piratin Floaters were fished on the drift. We werent drifting too fast around a knot. Thinking about anchoring tomorrow if the wind/current permit it and burleying the crap out of it. What do you reckon? I know i can cover more ground drifting but I only have the one mark and I keep getting fish from it albeit no cricket scores yet. Johno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckegg Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Any pics live to see a 5 kg strippie Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk 2 Mate will try and catch some more and put em up. I have tried to post photos before and no good. Please note that I am slightly retarded... Johno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckegg Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Hi mate, there are quite a few locations inside the Hump in 20 to 35 metres of water, both gravel and solid reef. I suggest you scout around of Garie and Stanwell in those depths as there are Snapper holding in closer at them moment. Blairy Blairy Have you been getting any in the last week or so? Am i looking for bait again and concentrating on the edges? What rigs you mainly get them on. What i will probably do is fish 007 (which is the number allocated on my GPS and yes it does give me a license to kill) until the tide changes then go looking as you suggest. Just conscious of going looking and potentially wasting my time. As always any advice is greatly appreciated. Johno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumb Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Only recently set the anchor up with enough length to anchor up out there. Last time I tryed a dam seal turned up, and the time before it just sent the jackets into a frenzie... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckegg Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Have found a few times fishing inside and catching smaller but legal reddies, the fish will take a fast run and the hooks pull out because the reddie is just hooked in the lip. Had some of the fish near the boat to see the hook pull out as it was only just sitting in a thin part of the lip. Yowie Not making me feel any better. Wouldnt be so gutted if it had have been only a smaller model. Johno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Nice going Johno, I guess it is all about persistence. The only thing I can suggest in adding to the post is the moon phase, we fished on Monday with what I'm sure was the full moon and compared to other days it was really slow. I have never done real well with a full moon. Also along with your floater I would fish a soft plastic either sitting in the berley trail or floating that back also, this has caught a couple of good fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Hooked Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Great report. I've been meaning to get down that way myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairy Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Blairy Have you been getting any in the last week or so? Am i looking for bait again and concentrating on the edges? What rigs you mainly get them on. What i will probably do is fish 007 (which is the number allocated on my GPS and yes it does give me a license to kill) until the tide changes then go looking as you suggest. Just conscious of going looking and potentially wasting my time. As always any advice is greatly appreciated. Johno Hi Duckegg, most fish have been between 1kg and 6kg and typically the first fish caught is indicative of the size of he school, I have found that in close and anchored up the berley seems to have greater affect and I get fish quicker. last week a mate fished the area an picked up 10 fish all about 2.5 kg. We traditionally run a multitude of rigs, flasher rigs,Plastics,floaters with either livies or good old WA pilchards and have had some success on the OCT JIGS (Shimano). The bigger fish certainly prefer the floater/unwaited baits. I scouted the area and used a couple of fishing books with GPS marks in close and then concentrated the area from Stanwell tops down to the Seacliff Bridge and was astounded at the array of fishable locations, I think I now have over 30 spots on GPS where we have caught good Snapper Anchored up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckegg Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 Blairy Thanks for the advice. Was down there again on Thursday and very slow. No current at all so pretty tough. Water is still pretty chilly at 16c. Got 2 fish all day one smaller fish on a floater and a nice fish of 3.5kg on a plastic. Had a look inside as suggested and scouted around but very quiet. Drifted thru the closer in reef south of the hump and then zigzagged my way north. Was tempted to anchor and burley but with little to no current thought it would be a waste of time. Frank P thanks for the advice on the plastics. If not for your advice and the SP would have been a very quiet day. Cracker of a day though. Bring on summer. Johno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigbutcher Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Blairy Thanks for the advice. Was down there again on Thursday and very slow. No current at all so pretty tough. Water is still pretty chilly at 16c. Got 2 fish all day one smaller fish on a floater and a nice fish of 3.5kg on a plastic. Had a look inside as suggested and scouted around but very quiet. Drifted thru the closer in reef south of the hump and then zigzagged my way north. Was tempted to anchor and burley but with little to no current thought it would be a waste of time. Frank P thanks for the advice on the plastics. If not for your advice and the SP would have been a very quiet day. Cracker of a day though. Bring on summer. Johno HI Johno, I agree with Blair that anchoring and berleying is a great way to get a good run of snapper behind the boat. Every snapper session I attempt now (around the northern beaches offshore scene) is coupled with at least 2kg of cubes (mostly being pillchards). This method can often turn a slow start to a session into a strong finish, as the fish will often come from miles away to get into the cube trail. 8 out 10 fish are full of our berley which indicates they made their way up the cubes and onto the floaters or plastics. Cheers Butch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 A good read and nice rewards for consistent effort buddy. Well done indeed. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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