GoingFishing Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Gday Raiders Headed out today with the hope to bag a few reds and pearl perch off coogee. Arrived at the ramp 530 and we were on location at first light. Tried a few spots between 40m and 70m with no luck. Not even any marks on the sounder which was odd as we usually drift over a few fish every while. Made the call to change locations and headed to dee why wide. On the way there i passed over some new reef structure which was holding fish so i doubled back, deployed the sea anchor and dropped the rigs. 30 minutes later on the 4th drift about to lose hope the rod buckles over for a screaming run. A nice fight ensues and up comes a nice 65cm snapper. I dont usually do photos with the fish but today i couldnt help myself haha... (ps yes im a panzie i wear a neck scarf all through winter). Marked the spot to come back and give it a try at first light. A couple of minutes later dad was onto a fish going 36cm. Hung around for another hour and then finished the journey to dee why where we picked up a few flathead. I tried something new today with success. When fishing for snapper in deep water i like to fish with whole pillies but the usual rig with a ball sinker is not ideal for deep water and i like to be able to change lead weights easily. So i improvised and had a single paternoster style snapper rig with two hooks off one 30cm dropper about 1.5m up from the sinker. Loop the line over the tail to keep the pillie in place for longer. The 65cm snapper fell to this rig as well as 6 of the flathead. All in all a good day ! Thanks for reading Sam 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Mate theres some top fish there well done great photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaxland Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Good job hope I can find that reef and get me a red; I will use the same rig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 A good feed of fish, and a nice reddie for Sydney. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micktempe Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 That’s awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Haha, good work Sam! Now there’s a string puller! Well done on a feed and great scarf! 😝 cheers scratchie!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 Thanks fellas. It was a lovely day on the water. Wind blowing south west around 10-15 knots which occasionally made the drift a little too fast but apart from that perfect conditions. @blaxland there is endless number of reefs between north head and long reef all the way out to the 80m mark. Some produce more than others. Ive trialled a fair few over the years and some produce consistently whilst others are hit and miss. @Scratchie yep that string puller got the heart pumping so cant imagine how hard those 80-90cm port stephens beasties would pull. Ive heard some big reds come out from long reef but i havent quite worked out that part of the northern beaches yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 (edited) Great report, photos & feed, my PB snapper (also 65cm) was hooked in 60m off whale beach being lowered in bait runner mode with similar paternoster to yours on pillie Edited April 29, 2019 by 61 crusher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 30 minutes ago, 61 crusher said: Great report, photos & feed, my PB snapper (also 65cm) was hooked in 60m off whale beach being lowered in bait runner mode with similar paternoster to yours on pillie thanks mate. That would have been awesome, see the rod loading up before the bait even hits the bottom ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Impressive use of the sonar - well done. How many knots were you travelling at when you found the reef? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, flatheadluke said: Impressive use of the sonar - well done. How many knots were you travelling at when you found the reef? Thanks mate. Depends on the conditions but I would have been doing at least 10 -12 knots at the time. I'm usually travelling alot faster but passed some reef a minute or so earlier and had slowed down. Edited April 29, 2019 by GoingFishing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Nice fishing GF, I hope you put a mark on that spot 👌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 10 hours ago, kingie chaser said: Nice fishing GF, I hope you put a mark on that spot 👌 I certainly did mate. Nice ledge which falls away relatively steeply then plateus for about 200m then steps up again onto some more reef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 1 hour ago, GoingFishing said: I certainly did mate. Nice ledge which falls away relatively steeply then plateus for about 200m then steps up again onto some more reef That sounds like a good fishy spot for reds, there’s a similar spot just south of longy that a mate used to regularly get 6 to 8kg reds in summer, the boys at ottos used to call him the snapper whisperer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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