Reply With QuoteWillo has a top photo of Palmy that shows just how many boats get out there sometimes
Yeah GuysOriginally Posted by Heath
Fishin for spots at Palmy Reef can be a real turn off at times.
Besides all the yellin and screamin at guys anhoring too close (they just don't realise how hard and fast Mackeral can run when hooked up,or just plain dickheads) can be costly as well.I had a guy anchor in front of me and was fishing over my anchor.He eventually hooked a spot which took off over and under my anchor rope and the heat of the fishin line running over my anchor rope gut it off like a hot knife through butter.Did a anchor a couple of meters of chain and half a anchor rope about $70 to replace it.
Willo has a top photo of Palmy that shows just how many boats get out there sometimes
I think it is important to consider the spot. In an estuary situation, the distance has to be less than off shore.
I fished in a hole at mud less than a cast from the next boat, who was less than a cast from the next boat. Before I set up, I asked the other boat if the distance was ok. It was, but if it was not then I would have moved further.
But if offshore, yes a much bigger distance would be needed.
incident Daintree Boy is referring to was a cracker - we were sounding some deep snags in the Daintree to fish the bottom of the tide - we'd just sounded across the main snag and were about to turn back to anchor on it. A well known charter operator up this way cruised in basically in our prop wash as we were turning and dropped anchor.
talk about unimpressed. >
made up for it by frustrating the hell out of him by anchoring at next snag upstream and pulling a host of fish whilst his clients managed to blow everything they hooked. a bit (probably more than warranted) of noise on our part (rattling anchor chain and bashing the mud off the anchor against the bow of the tinnie) as we left had us feeling better too.
also common once on a spot out the reef to get mobbed even up here. Daintree Boy and I were fishing a spot a few miles inside the reef proper one morning. one boat came past on his way to the reef and came over for a look as most do - saw us into fish and so dropped the pick way too close. half an hour later and we had 9 boats within a sinkers throw. (nothing like what it sounds like you guys further south experience - but a pain in the ar*e all the same.)
left them too it (bite was over anyway - probably from all that chain rattling down). still had a good day in the end though
i won't even go into the time a guy anchored between me and a horse spanish mackeral on its first run - just so he could watch the fight - ended up catching it and they gave a standing ovation so couldn't stay mad at them.
Here tisWillo has a top photo of Palmy that shows just how many boats get out there sometimes
i had a boat load anchor up with in a meter of me you could reach into their boat and use their bait without upsetting your boat. and four other boat at the four beacons. then send drift baits down between the four of us . one of the other boats got jack of it as the baits where coming down both sides of the boat!! .so they got some gear of these morons then moved over to our other side . one of them went over the side he surfaced near the beacons and tied all their lins round the beacon and gave a tug . the guy then appeared at our boat and gave us the tackle .he asked he could use our anchor line as a guide to find the boat that was being a pain .he came back up with an anchor and bungs gave us the bungs and said we should move on with him .
he told later that the anchor and bungs was from the boat being a pain and these guys had been annoyimg the crap out of everyone for hours
it seemed cruel but someone had a gutfull of them be fore me don't know if they got back but hope they laern not to get so close
anzac
When the mackeral run up here in Bowen there can be as many as 50 boats on tha patch all trolling in the same circle all catching fish and we never seem to have any problems. I think common sense has to prevail and if they got there earleir than you than to bad.
I agree with the general sentiment in the previous posts;
If someone got to your spot earlier - too bad -
Mickk
When the mack patch is working we should get a copper out there to direct traffic devo.
Or a "chopper" and just hover above everyone (ala GoldLotto ad), they'll soon get enough of the 100knot downdraft and leave.
Mickk
...but he doesn't get air sick!
anyone know the range of a slingshot & a No3 ball sinker
Try Moreton Bay when the Banana prawns are on.It looks like an extra island in the bay.They would cast on top of you if they thought they could get the prawns out of your bucket!
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