help with scarborough

[shifty nifty]

hello to everyone i am new to the area and ausfish. got a 4.55 quintrex escape.
I have read alot about the success people have had at the scarborough reefs,wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction as to where to fish in the area to try and bag my first ever snapper/squire? Any help would be greatly appreciated

[jayvee]

hey shifty nifty welcome aboard,
go out through scarb spit and head out towards the reef stick well to the left tho as there is a shallow crushed shell spit that travels out parrallel to the reef. as you near the point of th reef you'll see an old wooden poll sticking up bout 3m high. go right around that (pretty much a u-turn)
and back in towrds land once past the wooden poll its pretty much up to you, we've never worried about lookin for good shows or anything on the sounder
just pick a spot make sure its on some rocky/reef and start fishing. i will however stress that burley is a must!! my mates and i have been having grreat success in the middle of the day out ther by that i mean snapper's to 78cm!
maybe try for a high tide to just to give you that extra bit of depth and for ya first few runs take it easy and watch ya sounder as there are the odd nasty that like to feed on engine props out there!!
cheers mate good luck JAYVEE
p.s. if ya have google earth have a scout about with that cus it shows up some really nice holes in the reef to !

[tunaticer]

I agree with Jayvee, the southern side of scarby reef is the better side to fish and it has reef in fairly deep waters SE of the "bay" in the reef that is visible at low tide. I fished it this morning for one squire about 50cm with soft plastics caught about an hour before dawn.

Fish unweighted baits only there as it is very snaggy and nil current to worry about. This time of the year you will have to contend with quite a lot of weed you will be removing form your baits regularly but thats how it goes there in winter.

You will not need any more than 15lb line there as the likely hood of scoring a 15lb fish are fairly remote these days. I use 6lb braid almost exclusively now on Scarby reef.

A good drag and a sensitive rod are a must. Control your slack line as best you can fishing unweighted baits as the snapper are quite quick at running the little sand channels between the reefs as soon as they scoff a bait.

Jack.

[shifty nifty]

Thanks fellas

cheers
nev