ebenos Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Fellow Raiders, Headed out this morning to Double Bay and gathered an abundance of yellow tail within 20min. Feeling hopeful, I headed for clarke island to try my new Magnum 10SX Downrigger which was finally installed over the weekend. Rigged up the first yakka sent her down to the depths and began trolling around the island... and nothing. Headed to Shark island...and nothing. Headed to Nelson, Wedding Cakes, Watsons with not even a hit! Just wanted to know if anyone else has been fishing the harbour lately with no success.. or maybe I have a lot to learn about downrigging! Regards Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tf211 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Ben, we had the same experience yesterday. See my post. I don't think it's anything we are doing wrong. Just uncooperative fish. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebenos Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Now I don't feel so bad! Has anyone tried with a different live bait for better results? Maybe squid/cuttlefish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevvyy Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Hi Ben , saw you out there today as we were fishing in the same area . Not much to celebrate on my boat other than half a dozen squid that weren't touched and are now dinner !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slawman Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Anything on the sounder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebenos Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 @chevvyy and you had squid! i was contemplating yakka for dinner but wasn't that desperate. Its off to the fishmarket for me. @Slawman i sounded 3 small bait schools the entire trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towlersbay boy Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Been finding the Kings in weird places this year & live bait has been mainly useless. Been getting most of the fish over 65cm on Maria Shore trickers 30Gg jigs. There have been no solid kings out wide yet either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebenos Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Tomorrow is another day. Actually maybe not considering the forecast.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Hi Boys, I was also around that area today with only a few rat kings on live squid. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebenos Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 At least you had some action mate... may be time to brush the dust off those squid jigs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now