gold coast outside again(fri)

[reefraider_II]

hello guys well for those that have been following my last couple of posts i thought i would try the coast again to see if i had any luck.Hunted for livies every where yesterday and couldnt find any ,i tried the beacons in the seaway and even the rock walls trying to jig some livies but :-[.Today i took a diffrent approach got the gps co-ords for Scottish Prince but it was not there :-/.I have in the past come accross it when the swell was small so i didnt gps it in.But with the biger swell and dirtier water i couldnt find it and the mark i had was useless ,dont know why someone would post a bum steer for the scottish prince.Any way went to the artificial reef off narow neck and....more livies than i have ever seen before,every drop i had a livie on most hooks,at one time i just dropped the jig and felt the tap of the livies then smack the rod was bent and the drag screaming after fighting it for a couple of minutes on one of my lighter rods i pulled in a bloody mac tuna that hit the livie on the line and at the same time entangled himself in the other hooks so more bait once again.Went out wind died down sea was perfect ,went out about 12km found a nice bit of bottom and water was bubbling all around me floated out 2 live baits and dropped 2 live baits .......nothing action all around them but nothing.Moved in closer and droped a 5 gang with one side of the mac tuna on it then showed my mate a new knot i learnt next thing my rod was screaming but i was too late and missed whatever it was.Through the course of the day found that livie fillets did a hell of a lot better than pilchards and squid we had. Most fish caught from other anglers were being caught on closer reefs rather than out wider.
regards Marty

[sidewayz]

wish i was out on the water today rather than working. so did you finish up with a feed at the end of the day?? thinking about heading down the coast on the weekend for a fish weather permitting.

[reefraider_II]

nope no feed ,tried to make the most of the conditions and sounded out heaps of bottom so i got some new spots to try that look good on sounder but wernt holding anything.If conditions stay like this i recommend going down one of the best days i have had down there also heaps of whales around stacks so theres always some action.Oh yeah heaps of bait around too!!good luck

[XLR8]

Hey reefraider.
Sorry I missed your post last night.
I got a heap of livies of the Scotish Prince this morning. This included some good slimy mac's

The Scotish prince is directly of the life guard tower on the beach about 40m in from the shark net bouy. It's a little sanded over at the moment but still holds good bait and tailor.

Missed your call on 73 as I did leave at a sparrows fart. Way to excited.

Looking forward to catching up. I have 7 weeks holidays Yahoo!!!!!

[reefraider_II]

sounds good maybe a fishing trips in order! I have just finished my holidays so i will be depressed as its back to work monday but fishing on the weekend.