5 Fathom bank

 does anyone know of any good fishing spots on 5 fathom bank or if possible GPS coordinates of some good ground 


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 18 mtr mark, ancor up,

Wed, 2013-03-27 20:25

 18 mtr mark, ancor up, burley up and wait for the dhuis and scnapper to come to you.

Also we used to fins a few around cray pots and one mile north of coventries

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Wed, 2013-03-27 20:41

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 what will i get here and

Thu, 2013-03-28 17:24

 what will i get here and will a normal paternoster rig work here and what bait should i use 

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 It's a wreck site.  Snapper,

Fri, 2013-03-29 00:29

 It's a wreck site.  Snapper, sambos etc.  I like squid and mulies.  Paternoster should be fine.  Personally I like a drift bait rig.  2x snelled 5/0 hooks and a bean sinker above that with a crimp so the line doesn't tangle. 

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 Those coordinates are a

Wed, 2013-03-27 20:47

 Those coordinates are a great dive well it was several years ago when I did it

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Go to the back edge...

Thu, 2013-03-28 07:06

...and sound around for drop-offs and broken ground...snapper, sambos, skippy and large KGs are the primary inhabitants but you do get the occasional dhuey/harly/blackass in the mix. A mulie or squid on a double-snell and little or no weight is the go whether you're anchored or drifting, or if you're like me, jigs and soft plastics!

 

Try to avoid fishing right on top of the bank...this will result in wrasse and snagged gear. Even the inside edge would be a better option...

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 Spot on with the advice.

Thu, 2013-03-28 12:51

 Spot on with the advice. Fish the inside or outside edges avoid fishing over solid weed banks because you'll catch a lot of wrasse and pesky eels. Anchor and berley but have caught some good fish drifting as well. Find broken ground mixed with weed and sand patches :)

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 thanks for the advice i

Sat, 2013-03-30 21:52

 thanks for the advice i caught 3 pink snapper undersized though a 2kg sweep and sadly a lot of wrasse

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should keep a few wrasse for

Sat, 2013-03-30 21:56

should keep a few wrasse for next time as they are awesome bait for dhuies scale and cut a large fillet dhuie candy

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 we did try that with a 35cm

Tue, 2013-04-02 11:32

 we did try that with a 35cm wrasse we caught but we didn't get any dhuie instead we got a small pinkie about 40cm

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did you hit up the co-ords? 

Tue, 2013-04-02 14:04

did you hit up the co-ords?  or find a different spot?

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 we found a different spot

Wed, 2013-04-03 16:56

 we found a different spot decided to just find some ground and drift and just hoped for something good

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the wreck site in question

Sun, 2013-04-07 13:47

 is the resting place of SS Orizaba, a screw steamer schooner of 6077 tons, length 140 meters,

Breadth 15 meters, that went down in 1905 in a 'thick haze'. No lives were lost. The site is protected

by the Historic Shipwrecks Act (1976), so no relics may be removed.