chewie Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Dredog and I braved the weather reports and headed out to fish the washes in close. Drummer were the target species and using the Ipilot on dredogs sweet boat we were able to catch a few in trying conditions. After a big bustoff, we managed to pull a few over the side including a new PB for me at 53cm which was a solid football of a Pig! Man they go hard on the light snapper combos! We managed a few more keeper Snapper and trevally as by catch which was fun for a few short hours fishing. Great to give the Ipilot a solid workout and putting some more time into these black beasts! Look forward to cooking some up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 53cm is a good fish, but it would be nice be able to pull them away from the rocks in a boat rather than into the rough stuff, which is the case fishing from the rocks. I imagine it must be a bit hairy that close to the rocks in a boat when the swell is is still a bit angry! What bait were you using ? Did you berley ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matblack Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Nice feed in that fish ,you would have to watch ya back close to the shore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 53cm is a good fish, but it would be nice be able to pull them away from the rocks in a boat rather than into the rough stuff, which is the case fishing from the rocks. I imagine it must be a bit hairy that close to the rocks in a boat when the swell is is still a bit angry! What bait were you using ? Did you berley ? yeah its fun off the boat but the dustups happen when the fish goes for the shore. Its good to get up and down on them in the deeper water but if you give them an inch they'll get that big paddle tail surging for the bottom and the nearest crevass. much like big snapper. the fish were caught on prawns with bread burley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 A good sized drummer. Many years ago, I took a whiting road to Lord Howe Island, with 6lb mono. I took a bag of bread crusts with me and threw some onto the water as far as I could throw from the rocks. The drummer swam to the surface to grab the bread, so I hooked up the crusts, no sinker and lobbed them out. When the drummer grabbed the crust, I set the hook and let them run, and they all swam away from the rocks near the surface. I let them swim way out from the rocks, then when they tired, wound them in and washed them onto the rocks. Managed a couple around the 2 or 3 pound mark, and one I guessed was around the 5 pound mark. Could be worth trying around here, as when you hook them near the bottom, they don't have far to swim under a rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toboggi Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 nice drummer - im hoping to land a 50cm model one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 nice drummer - im hoping to land a 50cm model one day! Its funny, my last 2 sessions a year apart produced a 50 and a 53 cm football! great fun in Sydney. one was from 120ft deep! A good sized drummer. Many years ago, I took a whiting road to Lord Howe Island, with 6lb mono. I took a bag of bread crusts with me and threw some onto the water as far as I could throw from the rocks. The drummer swam to the surface to grab the bread, so I hooked up the crusts, no sinker and lobbed them out. When the drummer grabbed the crust, I set the hook and let them run, and they all swam away from the rocks near the surface. I let them swim way out from the rocks, then when they tired, wound them in and washed them onto the rocks. Managed a couple around the 2 or 3 pound mark, and one I guessed was around the 5 pound mark. Could be worth trying around here, as when you hook them near the bottom, they don't have far to swim under a rock. Sounds fun, although i like to put the hurt on early so im not left wondering what if! I hate loosing big fish without seeing them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsalty Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 A good sized drummer. Many years ago, I took a whiting road to Lord Howe Island, with 6lb mono. I took a bag of bread crusts with me and threw some onto the water as far as I could throw from the rocks. The drummer swam to the surface to grab the bread, so I hooked up the crusts, no sinker and lobbed them out. When the drummer grabbed the crust, I set the hook and let them run, and they all swam away from the rocks near the surface. I let them swim way out from the rocks, then when they tired, wound them in and washed them onto the rocks. Managed a couple around the 2 or 3 pound mark, and one I guessed was around the 5 pound mark. Could be worth trying around here, as when you hook them near the bottom, they don't have far to swim under a rock. hey mate, the drummer you are talking about in Lord Howe are silver drummer, a very different fish to the black drummer, which they don't get on Lord Howe, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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