dipster
11-04-2006, 10:05 AM
Hello all,
after sneaking in a mornings fishing on the 27th of March, I didnt have enough time to post my report before heading of to Tassie for early hols. So here we go..better late than never.
Managed to launch from Victoria point by 5.00am in the hope of getting a solid 3 hour crack at the run up tide which was due to top out at around 9.00. A very quick run across to Peel in glassy conditions saw me wet lines by 5.30 at my favourite spot X. I noticed that the drift was just the right speed and would allow me to drag my paternoster rigs right over the reefy/rubbly areas. Its a very popular spot that is crowded most weekends with people anchoring up and berleying..but not catching many fish as far as I can tell. Drifting on the run up tide is definately the ticket.
I have spent the last 6 months studying this particular part of Peel and have gotten to the stage where I am confident of getting a nice feed every time and the occasional surprise.
Not a great deal of action on the first couple of drifts as the sun struggled over the top of North Straddie, but when it did thats when things changed. The squire started really getting stuck in to whatever I offered. I used squid and ganged pillies, but also tried Berkely gulp 2" peeler crabs. Now I am by no means a fan of SP's but after continually finding small crab shells and claws whilst gutting fish caught in this area before, I just had to give it a go, and to my surprise, they performed just as well as the dead bait (altough my keepers were caught on squid mostly).
The result for the run up to high tide was 3 keeper squire with the best goin 43cm ( of course it was caught on my sons $10 Kmart rod!!) and probably 20 just under legal (bloody still pull like hell though!). Once my drift stopped, not surprisingly, so did the bites, so it was off to the NE side of Coochie for some fun with the baby Noah's.
With just a very,very slow drift I let out a berley trail of chopped pillies and it wasnt long before they arrived and I had two nice 65cm bronze whalers ( im pretty sure thats what they are) onboard...great boneless fillets in beer batter!! By that time it was around 12.00 and time to call it a day.
It was a great day on the water with heaps of action and a nice feed for us and the neighbours.
Cheers to all!
Dipster
after sneaking in a mornings fishing on the 27th of March, I didnt have enough time to post my report before heading of to Tassie for early hols. So here we go..better late than never.
Managed to launch from Victoria point by 5.00am in the hope of getting a solid 3 hour crack at the run up tide which was due to top out at around 9.00. A very quick run across to Peel in glassy conditions saw me wet lines by 5.30 at my favourite spot X. I noticed that the drift was just the right speed and would allow me to drag my paternoster rigs right over the reefy/rubbly areas. Its a very popular spot that is crowded most weekends with people anchoring up and berleying..but not catching many fish as far as I can tell. Drifting on the run up tide is definately the ticket.
I have spent the last 6 months studying this particular part of Peel and have gotten to the stage where I am confident of getting a nice feed every time and the occasional surprise.
Not a great deal of action on the first couple of drifts as the sun struggled over the top of North Straddie, but when it did thats when things changed. The squire started really getting stuck in to whatever I offered. I used squid and ganged pillies, but also tried Berkely gulp 2" peeler crabs. Now I am by no means a fan of SP's but after continually finding small crab shells and claws whilst gutting fish caught in this area before, I just had to give it a go, and to my surprise, they performed just as well as the dead bait (altough my keepers were caught on squid mostly).
The result for the run up to high tide was 3 keeper squire with the best goin 43cm ( of course it was caught on my sons $10 Kmart rod!!) and probably 20 just under legal (bloody still pull like hell though!). Once my drift stopped, not surprisingly, so did the bites, so it was off to the NE side of Coochie for some fun with the baby Noah's.
With just a very,very slow drift I let out a berley trail of chopped pillies and it wasnt long before they arrived and I had two nice 65cm bronze whalers ( im pretty sure thats what they are) onboard...great boneless fillets in beer batter!! By that time it was around 12.00 and time to call it a day.
It was a great day on the water with heaps of action and a nice feed for us and the neighbours.
Cheers to all!
Dipster