Harry Atkinson Artificial Reef

[Parrot_King]

Hi just wondering if anyone has fished Harry Atkinson Artificial Reef Lately? Whats the fishing like as i havent been out there for over a year and was thinking about heading out there again soon.

Any info or input would be great

cheers mike

[Parrot_King]

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[Tangles]

People are doing well there mid week and nights, weekend it is an absolute carpark and there will easily be 30-40 boats on it

[Parrot_King]

thanks Tangles, Definitely sounds like its worth a try, what are they catching there these days?

[74fpv01]

Was out there today, ( not fishing ) bout 1 pm and there was 4 boats in total. Was there to show my uncle the Tiwi on structure scan. Some good shows on the sounder around the Tiwi Cheers.


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[Damned67]

3-6 months ago, I was doing great out there.

In that time I would have caught plenty of snapper in the 50-60cm range, 3 or 4 in the 70+ cm range, and my PB of 82cm.
In March, one trip landed 2 Jew, one 87cm, one 97cm.

Three trips in three weeks have resulted in one 45ish squire and 37ish grassie. One of those trips was 11 hours long, another was 7 hours.
Either I've really lost my mojo, or it's not fishing well at the moment. Maybe a bit of both.
That said, I hooked an unstoppable snapper (I'm calling it for a snapper anyway) there on Saturday morning. That thing was a freakin' monster. MUCH bigger than either my 82cm Snap or 97cm Jew.

Long story short, Harry's hasn't been fishing well for me of late, but there's certainly fish there.

[milo__]

Hi guys,

Bit of advice on the type of anchor to use at Harry's.

I only have a sand anchor in the boat and I cant stop it from dragging when at anchor at Harry's.......should I be using a reef anchor or some other? I do not have a problem with the anchor at any other spot in the bay so not sure why it drags at Harry's?

Cheers

[Damned67]

There's plenty of structure down there, good chance of losing your anchor. Make sure you've got lot's of chain.
I prefer to drift.

[Parrot_King]

I had the same problem sunday night and i was using a reef anchor with 5 metres of chain, the anchor just wouldnt grab and we dragged for a while plus the current was running really hard, i couldnt even get my bait to the bottom with a big sinker.

Just curious to how people fish out there and what location they fish as i tried to fish near the tiwi pearl but couldnt due to anchor not grabbing so result is 0 fish