Quick question

[Crunchy]

How do I go from being one of the 90% who catch 10% of the fish to being in the 10% who catch 90% of the fish?

Thanks
Crunchy

[finga]

Lie....

[BaitThrower]

Easy, use smelly bait

[Jeremy]

attempt at a serious reply......target a single species for however long they are in season ie 3-4 months until you become proficient at catching them, then do same for another species. Spend some money on a good charter and you will learn heaps.

Jeremy

[TimiBoy]

Crunchy,

Persistence is the key. I'm certainly doing better than I did 2 years ago, but still am awestruck by the catches some folks make, and scratch my head when I come back with 3 fish and others return with a bagout.

Charters are a good idea (I only did one, but it was good) and asking a lot of questions here is another. Find other fishos in your local area who are willing to shoot the breeze, or have you fish with them. Again, this forum will help with that.

How far do you go? What boat do you have? Do you have a sounder and do you really know how to read it? A GPS? What fish do you want to catch?

Bill Corten runs a fantastic Offshore Fishing Course - that was the "Charter" I did, and I learned heaps. Worth every penny.

Answers to these questions will help us help you!

Cheers,

Tim

[Mac1952]

What should I do to become one of those who actually get 10%..........................

[ockoman]

this is a reply to the main question well i think ur goin 2 need money to get the right lures for the right times and the right fish liike im doin at this moment im lookn for a hb lure that will work great for trevally im on a search and hopefully ill find a lure tht suits me and the fish then i need information like there habitats and what they eat that will help alot so u can get live bait or even frozen and yes patience is the key

[tunaticer]

Pay very close attention to all captures you hear about and look for patterns in times tides moon phases baits rigs etc. That is step one, step two is work out how you intend to target them with what baits or lures, then put the effort into being there for the peak bite period and the peak seasonal time.
Fish with light lines is the way to got for maybe 75% of species. I now target snapper to 20lb on no more than 8lb mainlines and seldom ever have a trouble outside of my breaking strains.
Explore colours you do not think look eyecatching.......fishes vision underwater is quite radically different to our above water eyesight. (yesterday i was getting excellent results in 9m of murky water with clear plastics but not a look at on the flouros)

[Marlin_Mike]

that wasnt a quick question crunchy...............

Mike

[myangle]

I am still in the 90% group although I am beeter than a year ago when I caught bugger all most of the time.

[Crunchy]

attempt at a serious reply......target a single species for however long they are in season ie 3-4 months until you become proficient at catching them, then do same for another species. Spend some money on a good charter and you will learn heaps.

Jeremy

Yeh mate good points, at the moment I am targeting snapper only

Crunchy,

Persistence is the key. I'm certainly doing better than I did 2 years ago, but still am awestruck by the catches some folks make, and scratch my head when I come back with 3 fish and others return with a bagout.

Charters are a good idea (I only did one, but it was good) and asking a lot of questions here is another. Find other fishos in your local area who are willing to shoot the breeze, or have you fish with them. Again, this forum will help with that.

How far do you go? What boat do you have? Do you have a sounder and do you really know how to read it? A GPS? What fish do you want to catch?

Bill Corten runs a fantastic Offshore Fishing Course - that was the "Charter" I did, and I learned heaps. Worth every penny.

Answers to these questions will help us help you!

Cheers,

Tim

Cheers Tim, don't worry I'm being bloody persistent, out two times a week trying to improve each time I head out....

Yep been thinking about a charter to fast track some learnings..., been talking to some experienced fisho's and they have been very generous with tips, and of course that goes for many on Ausfish too...

Inshore reefs mainly, heading out a bit wider each time....the boats not really an issue, its a fishing machine (Unlike myself) but CC 5.8 metre so no overnight trips at the banks or hards for example. FCV620, pretty much set on auto, I'm seeing the fish but not cathing them! The GPS is a piece of crap (Navman ) and it actully crapped out on me today and bashing it didn't seem to help. which is a real pisser as I was building a good lot of marks and I can't recover them, back to the drawing board.

Pay very close attention to all captures you hear about and look for patterns in times tides moon phases baits rigs etc. That is step one, step two is work out how you intend to target them with what baits or lures, then put the effort into being there for the peak bite period and the peak seasonal time.

Fish with light lines is the way to got for maybe 75% of species. I now target snapper to 20lb on no more than 8lb mainlines and seldom ever have a trouble outside of my breaking strains.
Explore colours you do not think look eyecatching.......fishes vision underwater is quite radically different to our above water eyesight. (yesterday i was getting excellent results in 9m of murky water with clear plastics but not a look at on the flouros)

Yeh for sure I am starting to pay a lot more attention to lunar phases and particulary bite times, but some people pay no attention to this and still do well?

I use SP's & bait from time to time. I fish reasonably light (10lb braid with 16 lb fluro) and yeah I wouldn't mind a 20lber or two. Thanks, good points...


Well the question was a little tongue in cheek but at the same time I'm pretty serious about it all to...at this stage those few snapper have cost me about $10K each but hey that's not what its all about I guess.


Cheers
crunchy

[STUIE63]

use the search button on here and read and try and sort the wheat from the chaff
Stuie

[castlemaine]

Mate, I'm a bit like you but some here have touched on what I believe maybe the answer ... ask an expert, pick a species and spend as much time on the water chasing them. Cheers

[Noelm]

OK, heres my go at it, first off someone mentioned money, that is way off target, then someone said read fishing reports, most reports are old and the truth has been streched so much that it is not worth reading, the advice about targeting a species and concentrating on it is right on the money, but remember to target something that is reasonably common in your area, anyone who buys a "general purpose" outfit, buys a bag of frozen prawns and sets out at midday trying for anything that comes along, is usually disappointed most outings! try for things like, Flathead, Bream, Snapper, Whiting, things that are fairly common and require simple gear, learn as much as you can about them, what they eat, where they "live" what conditions they like, all sorts of things, the fisherman that gets 90% of the fish is a "thinking fisherman" he uses presentation and skill to hunt something he knows about.

[FNQCairns]

Solidly in the 10% ATM but have in varying regions and species been in the 90% over years gone. The trick is lots of time, money (often dependent on species) and lastly local knowledge crossed with basic piscatorial knowledge.

These days being the 10% is fine by me, the effort/time/money required to go up the scale is not as appealing as it once was.

OOps almost forgot the most important part of finding yourself in the 90%...lots of gun GPS coordinates, enough to span the whole year so you can find 'them' again cause even a 5 year old can pull a bag limit in short time if the fish are where he chose to drop a line.

cheers fnq