What's wrong with my fishing? Or Super Moon?
So armed with some mulies, squid jigs, and other gear. I had the idea to target snapper in the Cockburn Sound. After reading, it looks likethe following tips should be followed; Snelled hooks, burley up, go at night and wait for change of light. So launched at Woodies at 4am, and headed towards the D9. I sounded it out and think I saw fish arches on the sounder (no good at reading sounder), but I was definately anchored up-current on the structure.
I burleyed up, and kept trying until 11.30am for nothing but a baby sambo (cute little thing!). This meant I was there for 6+ hours and sat through moon set / sunrise / tide change - all for nothing :(
Another 4 hours was spent running around the sound trying for squid / herring / skippy as I was getting desperate - managed one little squid and a herring.
So, what am I doing wrong? Or should I just blame the Super Moon?
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mjohns
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Date Joined: 11/01/07
Im blaming the super moon too
Im blaming the super moon too
Fished around 8 hours friday night for nothing but a heap of nice slimeys
And another 5 hours on saturday night for same result.. no big runs no big bites , nothing..
Water was pretty calm though
Both nights were landbased
THE GERMAN
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Date Joined: 20/07/06
yeh
mate i fished all weekend for not much either so i feel the same ,pissed . ha ha
fisharoo
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Date Joined: 02/07/11
Blame your gear
That's what I did. So I went to the shops and bought myself some new toys on the weekend.....heaps of good deals around ATM:)
cheers
snapper
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Date Joined: 09/02/08
The Moon
I dont know why but whenever there is a full moon,I catch some fish up to when it gets dark but as soon as the sun goes down its shut up shop time , no bites no fish and just a waste of time.
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buschy
Posts: 626
Date Joined: 27/11/09
Solunar Events
Just from experience over the last few years, I paid a great deal attention to not just moon phases but other night sky activity. Whenever there has been a major event eg. eclipse, super moon, closer than normal planet - the fishing seems to go down the bog.
dan.the.man
Posts: 183
Date Joined: 31/07/11
Moon
I'm thinking the moon mate,several occasions now I have fished the river breaming and had a poor session,only later to check and find out it was a full moon,others swear by it!
Sunday morning swell was up,plenty chop around and a morning tide I thought surely its tailor time!!!so off I went to the beach armed with an arsnell of lures,I tried slices,popers,plugs and from about 7:30 -10:00 had no luck,the baitos looked to be doing it tough too,it took till after ten to pick up a tailor and it was on the humble old gold twisty.that was my first ever tailor and it was on a lure so after a good few atempts thats the monkey off my back and i was amped but have to say with what I thought were near perfect conditions for the tailor there should of been more action and i spoke to a few different fishos around and they were all saying it was very poor too, so I think the moon is to blame!!
ghost1
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Date Joined: 09/05/13
Moon
Same for us at Wilbinga last Saturday morning - only 2 fish taken on baits at the Nursery and none at the Shacks, it seems to be consistent.
Also got told Northerly winds don't help for chasing Tailor - so maybe the two combined caused no fish
CityFlicker
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Some of my best tailor
Some of my best tailor sessions have been on a full moon but this so called super moon is always a complete bust for me. Wish I'd looked at my charts & seen it, I wouldn't of bothered going out. I don't think the wind make any difference at all so long as there is enough to put a bit of chop on the water. My favourite wind for tailor is a 10-20knt NE.
Just because I smile & nod does not mean I believe the crap coming out of your mouth.
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crasny1
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I am a non believer in solunar calenders
But for years when my father lived in kalbarri used to go up for Easter. And since Easter falls on a full moon fishing has sucked well below barri standards I am used to on other times. 4 days peppering the place with lures, bait and whatever else I could think off for very little return over 4 yrs.
Do the same other times and bound to have a ball with C&R tailor and other fish.
Maybe merit in it, but if I looked at all the variables I would have no time to fish, so I just ignore and go anyway.
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Meteorite
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Date Joined: 30/12/10
Non believer
Don't blame the moon or the north wind, I've done good on both and bombed out on other times as well. Go figure