Current
Submitted by Gray on Thu, 2015-04-23 08:20
Was out past direction bank yesterday and around 11 no wind but the current was ripping. Drifting over a knot, couldn't hold bottom and the fish shut down.
Anyone else out there yesterday experience this?
Does the current tend to shut down the fish or was this just coincidence?
Was a magic day on the water none the less
sarcasm0
Posts: 1396
Date Joined: 25/06/09
We were out south of rotto
Current was ripping through and drift was fast. I dunno if this shuts them down so much or the fact its difficult to hold bottom or keep baits 'presentable' down there as the line angle was pretty crazy.
Also yesterday was the first time I had seen a day listed as bad on www.tides4fishing.com I know some people swear by the solunar tables but as my mate said 'If you only went fishing when the book said it was good, with weather thrown into the mix you would never go'.
Anyway we got nothing except some large wrasse and Ben threw back a size blackarse as he thought the limit was 40cm... We went back in to troll for salmon around mewstone but couldnt find the schools - from facebook and here looks like they were all inshore in the sound.
Went home with nothing but a slight sunburn.
Bryan
on the Drift
Posts: 31
Date Joined: 09/10/14
Was out friday the 17th,
Was out friday the 17th, roughly 24nm from dawesville cut, current was pushing us 1-1.5 knots north. . . Water was 23 degrees but closer in was 22ish. Warm leeuwin current getting pushed north again??
Drifting on ground we hadn't fished before got 3 Pinkys 65 to 77cm. . .
Old Skool
Posts: 20
Date Joined: 12/02/15
Yeah that dreaded north tide
Yeah that dreaded north tide seems to shut down fishing in my experience....
Jackfrost80
Posts: 8156
Date Joined: 07/05/12
How come you guys don't have
How come you guys don't have GPS electric motors? This is the first thing I am going to get when I buy my boat
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
dano83
Posts: 790
Date Joined: 25/05/12
Hey jack I have thought same
Hey jack I have thought same thing tho it probs won't work on bigger boats the bow is too high and boats too heavy.,I'm assuming it would suck the batteries dry trying to keep it on point.
and I'd also assume with a fast running current and it holding you on the same spot you will still have trouble holding the bottom still unless you can have it following the current slightly
saying that they are a good idea on smaller boats
Jackfrost80
Posts: 8156
Date Joined: 07/05/12
Cheers mate, I've got one on
Cheers mate, I've got one on the dinghy (without GPS) and couldn't imagine fishing without it but will dearly miss it if I can't get one on my boat when I get it
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Gray
Posts: 140
Date Joined: 10/02/11
Was a good day DanIf only
Was a good day Dan
If only someone didn't keep dropping fish haha
dano83
Posts: 790
Date Joined: 25/05/12
Sure was Grayspeaking of
Sure was Gray
speaking of currant that's what I called for not answering the phone all day!
Jaggo
Posts: 206
Date Joined: 06/05/14
Been a moderate nth tide off
Been a moderate nth tide off cape naturaliste for nearly a week. Painful, not many fish