Is it Normal for Charters...
Submitted by Karellean on Sat, 2012-03-17 16:24
Genunie question as I have no previous frame of reference, and at risk of sounding somewhat of an idiot....
Is it normal for charters, not to anchor over/nearby the target location, and instead have all on board drop whilst drifting and then wind back up in most cases no more then 5-6 minutes later ???
And then after a single drift move on to the next lump some 20 minutes or more away ???
For around 9 hours on board, Id say barely an hour would of been with a line in the water...
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carnarvonite
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Drifting
When they have a lot of punters on board its better to drift over a lump than try to anchor on top of it. Once the boat anchors you will get mega tangles once someone hooks up creating a real mess for the decky to sort out.
Drifting allows more ground to be covered in a shorter time frame and usually with better results.
Goodz
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Yep that's the normal way
Yep that's the normal way they operate mate.
Anchoring with that many people onboard wouldn't be very practical as most spots wouldn't hold enough fish for the amount of lines in the water, not to mention the time it would take to drop the anchor.
Drifting is the easiest and most practical way of fishing that many people.
It does suck that you dont get a lot of time with lines in the water but anchoring wouldn't get you anymore fish probably.
Rob H
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kind of sounds like the
kind of sounds like the skipper was working hard for your fish?
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nev
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done a charter
at Coral Bay with Captain B and he anchored on spots out wide. He also didnt hang around too long if things went quiet..End of the day I suppose it really depends where you are (conditions) and what depth of water your in ...... nev
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all the more reason to buy a boat
i hate fishing charters they suck
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Generalisation mate
Charters fill a role in that people don't need to invest in a boat and all of the learning required to get to places that are likely to produce for customers. Charters also provide a controlled fishing environment where the rules are maintained. We all know there are days when the wind, the current and the tides work against us. That's a risk the charter boats have to deal with and there will always be wankers who bag the crap out of them. Mainly IMO because they didn't have the skill or luck to bag out.. Tough shit mate.
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Rob H
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here here Vince
here here Vince
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tough shit for you
tough shit for you mate you drive a landrover (explains everything)
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It's not just charters that
It's not just charters that do that......I have had days when we have sounded for hours on end, and then done a 3 minute drift and had to tell my deckie we had to move as the drift was too fast for the depth......new deckies dont get it, seasoned deckies understand. No point fishing for hours where thee is no fish....you will catch more by fishing for 5 minuts where there is fish than 10 hours on a waste land. Perth has lots of the latter, and the good spots are now quite small.
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Interesting thread and read
Interesting thread and read guys, always wondered myself... Well said JohnF, Perth does have a lot of water but the good spots are now quite small .cheers
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kane
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also
if you have 12 or 15 punters on a charter with lines in the water, thats alot of bait on a lump, if theres no bites after one or two drifts theres probably nothing there thats interested so move on to the next spot.
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Wes F
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Like what most of the
Like what most of the previous comments. The skipper does what he needs to do to put you on the fish. Some lumps/patches are smallish,quick drift. He could have let you drift from one patch to another. Or found big sections of desert or semi good ground and let you droft to your hearts content and pulled up very little.
As for anchoring think about how the boat would face i.e into the wind/current and 15 to 20 lines all heading toward the stern of said boat, one hookup and chaos would reign.
After all that was anything caught?or was it a very average day out?
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If it was that easy it would
If it was that easy it would be called catching , not fishing.
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Shit I would'nt want to be
Shit I would'nt want to be charging anyone to come on my boat. We've done 8 hr days many times to catch SWFA. And that's drifting good fresh bait and many different depths and areas. That's fishing and life. But when you do hit the mark man does it feel good. Like scoring for the Eagles lol
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