Giving away secret spots......????

[tunaticer]

To me there are no secret spots, undiscovered spots by me yes, but I am certain many a fisherman has visited them before me.

I tend to fish regularly fished spots a lot with good results by putting in the effort that is not the norm by the majority and therefore less learned by the fish i target.

I also fish areas suspected of not worthy of fishing f0or a variety of reasons and produce very good results.

Just because a location is not a known "hot spot" means very little to the fish that happily and safely inhabit these locations.

Go back 25 to 30 years ago, the Brisbane CBD reaches of the river were the hotspot for jew fishermen in the know and they recorded some amazingly large fish in waters that presumably would no longer hold those monsters. I believe there is still some of those monsters residing there as well as newcomers into the area. They probably feel fairly safe in their environment because of the lack of fishing pressure.

Fishing "inside the square" is very narrow minded and will soon deplete reasonable amounts of fish stocks in those areas. Broaden your horizons and look for new areas and you will not need other peoples hot spots.

If people ask me for a good fishing location I will happily give out some good advice as someday I will be a newbie to a new location and out of my usual habitat.

Jack.

[blaze]

I tend to get a bit bored going back to the same spot all the time anyway, dont have any secret spots and think its all a bit of gee up. Its all a bit of smoke and mirrors,, think its more about time on the water and i dont do enough of that to know.

Id rather have a sweet spot,, a beer , good company and a line in the water.

I very rarely fished the same spot twice, may be only 10m away, might be on the other side of an island. Just enjoyed being on the water with a couple of mates. Even been know to hang a line over the side with a sinker to make it look right, kick back, have a snooze. I wonder how many peaple pinged me for those gps marks
cheers
blaze
ps
I used to give my marks up to any one needing a spot to fish

[choppa]

Secret spots are just an illusion from someone delusional

Does anyone really seriously believe that they have a spot that has never ever been fished ?

there isn't any and if there was then it would be in the millions to one

how and when to fish each particular spot
what gear to use
live bait or lures
these are the real secrets

cheers

SL

i tend to agree with SL,,,,, how many times have we been fishing in close proxsimity to another fisho,,, whether land based or boat,,,, and there pulling in fish but we're getting didley squat,,,, or vice versa

then you've got your avid fisho's who are wetting a line at every opportune moment,,, they don't bombard the one spot continously,,,and fish different methods,,,,, nuggstar comes to mind here

as stated above,,, theres heaps of info,,,,including a site thats similar to ausfish that you can go on and actually log your spots ,,,,its knowing what to do once your at a spot that puts a fish on the end of line

choppa

[MeePee_99]

I have a few spots in the passage which are rarely fished which i catch alot of fish at. I have told people about these spots but they dont fish there because they dont know how to.

Even if you give people the spots, the angler must know how to fish them correctly to obtain the same results as another angler

[4x4frog]

The one thing is, if the tide was turned around and they had a spot, would they give up the info?
If you have a spot that produces for you when you are there and you've concluded it's not well known due to it being relatively uninhabited then I think you have every right to keep it quiet.
By all means, if you want it public knowledge post it on one of the websites for gun fishing spots, if not , don't.

[theoldlegend]

i've got a good spot for you, Mike.

The shed in my backyard, anytime after high noon on a Friday and/or Saturday.

Lots of fish have been caught there, especially late afternoon.


TOL

[Fish'n Junky]

I have been fortunate enough to have had a few "Top" spots given to me from time to time, but when I've fished there i've either come away empty handed, or with nowhere near the success of the person who told me about it.
I put this down to not having the knowledge needed to fish there successfully. There are so many variables... Wind, tide, current, water temp, time of day, has it rained in the past week or so... etc etc.....
When I'm on home ground, I prefer to move about searching for structure and fish..
A few months, on a really windy day I decided to drop into a creek I have fished before with no luck. I gave up thoughs of catching anything, firmly believing the place was "fished out" and instead decided to just enjoy a day on the water, and have a good muck around with the sounder in between practising casting.
I had read alot on this forum and others about targeting bream with SP's and when i found some nice looking structure, despite no fish shows on the sounder, put into practise all I could remember. I ended up having the most productive days fishing I've ever had, and boated a good two dozen or so of the silver beasts. All on SP's from an (at the time) SP virgin.
I moved around alot, watching the sounder, and trying to "think like a bream".
from that day I have not been on one trip without landing at least one fish.
in my opinion, it comes down to knowledge and application of knowledge, not a particular spot.

[the gecko]

The problem with trying to help a newbie on ausfish, is that it ranks so highly on google. You help one bloke who is gonna come up the ranks and be a contributor to ausfish one day, and then youve got a hundred blokes at the spot who arent even ausfish members. Thats why the only way to help with locations is by pm, and to guys who have shown that they are going to keep the info quiet. We are not elitist, just cautious.

Just run a search on 'gold coast reefs' , 'gold coast gps' or 'moreton bay snapper' and youll see what I mean. Ausfish is always in the top 3. Then the info stays there for years. We are a victim of our own popularity.

Andrew

[Ozie_3]

i dont know that its a secret.... but this spot guarantees a feed every time....
great for landbased or tralerboats...at victoria point area
27.35.156S 153.17.117E

all types of fish.....

i call the spot....'Naked Seafood'

[Flyfanatic]

General Marks (Offshore) are freely given, hey my boat is faily obvios anyway. But I do a lot of Fresh water, Bass work in tiny little creeks. A bloke once begged me for months to share a spot, 3/4hr walk from a really rough track. I agrred to take him ONLY if he agreed not to share it with any one. Next day he took 6 bloody yobbos down who left rubbish and mess everywhere. A week later he took another crowd, slipped off agreasy log and broke his leg. The others had to carry him out. (that's Karma
No I don't give away those spots freely anymore.

[Little grey men]

I've passed on info about NorthPine dam to certain members who I know are really interested, but usually via PM. Just like the same info was passed onto me by long time bass addicted ausfish members.
My special starting spots are quite hard to get to in the first place so I'm fairly sure that not too many crowds will show up....you have to be tough of foot and thick of head
It's usually only keen fisho's that I meet out there and they are always a pleasure to hang out with.

[rockfisho]

With beach and rock fishing. Most people know the spots or hear about them pretty quickly. But its everything else that determines whether or not you bring home the bacon. Like, bait, tides, time, weather and moon all have an effect.

Owen

[reddybayfisher]

Look - you can buy secret spots for $10....

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....tab%3DWatching

[fish-n-dive]

Look - you can buy secret spots for $10....

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....tab%3DWatching

Whats really sad is that people actually buy them.................

[theoldlegend]

I give out spots without saying or typing a word. My boat with the Ausfish stickers out on the water is a bit of a give away.

Poodroo

Is that why nobody ever goes near you?


TOL