all those that fish mud with plastic??

[DR]

just curious..do you fellas anchor or drift or drift while using an electric motor???....
actually it doesn't apply to just mud, but other locations as well..

[bayfisher]

drift.... use a sea anchor is necessary

Cheers Chris

[bayfisher]

I probably should eloborate... I use fairly long drifts at mud because the tide pushes along reef and not across it. The reefs north to south on both side of the island and tide pushes north to south (or vice versa) In fact it can be pretty frustrating if there is little run and the wind is pushing you east or west. I would usually use a sea anchor is this case or even when doing long drifts just to slow the drift down a bit to try and keep the fairly light jig heads near the bottom. Mind you their are plenty of bass style boats out their on good days using their electrics to stay on top of the fish.

Cheers Chris

[juju]

I have a sea anchor....used it for drifing for whiting...didnt click with me to use it when drifting mud with sp's......being new to the dark side im still learning...

[Blackened]

G'day

As above, set up your drift patterns through your marks and use the sea anchor to position the boat

Dave

[BilgeBoy]

Drift and cast into the drfit would appear to be the technique that the SP gurus are using to most success. I must admit that I get the best results this way myself...but I am far from a guru at platsics...more a frustrated placcie flicker!!!!

Best of luck with it!!

Regards

BilgeBoy

[marty+jojo]

Hey Dr,
i have a 14 foot tinnie fitted with an electric motor, but i mostly drift. I think a sea anchor is only needed in a larger boat or on the larger tides or windy days.
Marty

[richieboy]

Drift with the leccy down to speed up the drift if it's a bit slow. Cast ahead of my drift hopping the placcy back toward me while I'm drifting.
Also use the electric to stay on a ledge if I see fish holding. Comes in very handy I must admit.

Richie

PS: Not to mention I won't spook any shy fish.

[Horse]

I watched Richie out there the other day. I was quite envious of the control he had in a difficult tide against wind situation. I normally drift with or without sea anchor

Neil

[Didley]

Drift with the leccy down to speed up the drift if it's a bit slow. Cast ahead of my drift hopping the placcy back toward me while I'm drifting.
Also use the electric to stay on a ledge if I see fish holding. Comes in very handy I must admit.

Richie

PS: Not to mention I won't spook any shy fish.

Hi richie Why don't u just drift & lift the rod tip occasionaly

[Leeann]

Once we find bait/fish we use the electric motor to hold the bow of the boat into the current and cast upcurrent and let the plastic sink. I caught about 30 squire the other day (no size in them unfortunately) using this method on our run home from Amity. Both the Squidgy Flick Baits and Berkley Gulp 2" minnows produced fish.
At other times we will drift and cast just upcurrent and to the side of the boat which again produces fish. Each day is different with current/wind/bait/fish all altering our approach.
Fishing where there is bait is probably the most important factor.

[Scalem]

Usually I have a sea anchor out if there is any doubt that I am getting my 1/8th oz jig head down to the bottom. But that is not to say that I get fish only on the bottom, I like to be able to work in whatever depth of water I like, starting to "flick" the plastic immediately it hits the water, but then letting it sink a couple of meters, and repeat the "flicking" action that would most resemble an injured bait fish. I never throw an anchor out these days - that is, the old variety that lodges itself on the seabed. I prefer to drift 100% of the time using plastics.

One major advantage I found is to attach a second rope to the apex of the sea anchor which helps with retreival. Without this, pulling against a full sea anchor is both tiring and slow - too slow if someone is locked onto a fish circling the boat, and you need to pull the sea anchor in to avoid tangling lines.

Scalem