New boat-WPB gummy/red advice appreciated !
- STriplett1997
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New boat-WPB gummy/red advice appreciated !
G'day,
Just bought a 5m half cabin, that im mooring at yaringa harbour, stoked! Ready for the upcomming season :thumbsup:
im fairly new to westernport boating & fishing, only fishing it twice on boat with one time getting lucky on some gummies and pinkies around tortoise head bank but that was awhile ago. i've done some research finding some known spots for gummies & snapper but just want some direct advice etc. Was thinking about giving the channel along tyabb bank towards Lysaghts and Lysaghts itself a go on sunday. What oz sinker is usually the go here? will be using fresh salmon for bait in strips from the fillet, not sure whether to do snelled hooks or single gama circle for a hang bait? chunks will be too big imo, will also have pillies & frozen squid onboard. any advice around that area or anywhere else at this time of year is appreciated, cheers!
not asking for secrets just some direction :water:
Just bought a 5m half cabin, that im mooring at yaringa harbour, stoked! Ready for the upcomming season :thumbsup:
im fairly new to westernport boating & fishing, only fishing it twice on boat with one time getting lucky on some gummies and pinkies around tortoise head bank but that was awhile ago. i've done some research finding some known spots for gummies & snapper but just want some direct advice etc. Was thinking about giving the channel along tyabb bank towards Lysaghts and Lysaghts itself a go on sunday. What oz sinker is usually the go here? will be using fresh salmon for bait in strips from the fillet, not sure whether to do snelled hooks or single gama circle for a hang bait? chunks will be too big imo, will also have pillies & frozen squid onboard. any advice around that area or anywhere else at this time of year is appreciated, cheers!
not asking for secrets just some direction :water:
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Re: New boat-WPB gummy/red advice appreciated !
Sinkers range from 2oz when theres no tide running and 10oz + when big tide running
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Re: New boat-WPB gummy/red advice appreciated !
I use snelled hooks when fishing fillet baits like salmon couta and yakkas. single hook for chunks. smaller chunks catch more desirable fish. bigger chunks attract rays and banjos in my experiences.
im usually getten itchy feet to start on the snapper this time of year.. but I haven't landed a decent snapper until October. I have more success on gummies down the western entrance
im usually getten itchy feet to start on the snapper this time of year.. but I haven't landed a decent snapper until October. I have more success on gummies down the western entrance
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Cheers for that. Heard western entrance tide rips through quite hard, maybe not the best place for a beginner in WPB or ?crumpet_avenger wrote:I use snelled hooks when fishing fillet baits like salmon couta and yakkas. single hook for chunks. smaller chunks catch more desirable fish. bigger chunks attract rays and banjos in my experiences.
im usually getten itchy feet to start on the snapper this time of year.. but I haven't landed a decent snapper until October. I have more success on gummies down the western entrance
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Re: New boat-WPB gummy/red advice appreciated !
ive never fished the area on my own before, but from ive seen and heard. the place is very tidal and you need to know where you are going otherwise you can be stuck in mud until the next tide comes through.
make sure you have a working gps system since you are new to the area. theres quite a lot of mud flats that can be dangerous if your not paying attention.
you will need heavy sinkers, and rods to match both for casting/lobbing the sinkers and also to handle the bycatch, same with the lines and leaders.
make sure you have a working gps system since you are new to the area. theres quite a lot of mud flats that can be dangerous if your not paying attention.
you will need heavy sinkers, and rods to match both for casting/lobbing the sinkers and also to handle the bycatch, same with the lines and leaders.
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Are you talking about the north arm from yaringa and lysaghts or the western entrance mentioned above ^^? Cheers matepurple5ive wrote:ive never fished the area on my own before, but from ive seen and heard. the place is very tidal and you need to know where you are going otherwise you can be stuck in mud until the next tide comes through.
make sure you have a working gps system since you are new to the area. theres quite a lot of mud flats that can be dangerous if your not paying attention.
you will need heavy sinkers, and rods to match both for casting/lobbing the sinkers and also to handle the bycatch, same with the lines and leaders.
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all over WPB mate, i would go with someone who has prior knowledge of the area first.
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I'm heading out at low tide for that reason with my old man, pretty sure I'll be fine with locating those types of areas. I know it's a mudpit, I have a gps and sounder too. Only way to learn is through own experiencepurple5ive wrote:all over WPB mate, i would go with someone who has prior knowledge of the area first.
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Very easy to get in and out of yaringa except for low low tides. Once out of the channel it's wide open from eagle rock to lysaughts with only the middle spit to really worry about.
Sinkers? Get some sort of divided container that fits in your side pockets and load up with every size from 1oz up to 24oz and use what suits on the day.
Rigs? Snelled twin hook rig for things like pilchards or other things like that, larger single (8/0) for strip baits.
Don't get to hung up on what the reports say. You're in arguably the best water straight out of the Marina
Sinkers? Get some sort of divided container that fits in your side pockets and load up with every size from 1oz up to 24oz and use what suits on the day.
Rigs? Snelled twin hook rig for things like pilchards or other things like that, larger single (8/0) for strip baits.
Don't get to hung up on what the reports say. You're in arguably the best water straight out of the Marina
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Re: New boat-WPB gummy/red advice appreciated !
Bingo going out low tide is the way to go ,STriplett1997 wrote:I'm heading out at low tide for that reason with my old man, pretty sure I'll be fine with locating those types of areas. I know it's a mudpit, I have a gps and sounder too. Only way to learn is through own experiencepurple5ive wrote:all over WPB mate, i would go with someone who has prior knowledge of the area first.
Also how big of a tide will determine how hard she rips