night boat fishing
hi all ive been slowly building my nerve and experiance and doing night boat trips out from hilliarys
have tried 11pm fished through till 12midday
2am starts and lots bearly and different baits
ive got all my saftey gear lights etc just need a heater now damn it gets cold
alough ive only managed to catch eels lots of them and what a mess they make
the real fish seem to arrive at 7am is there anything im doing wrong?
i thought the snapper and kgs would be up for a night feed
ive got some nice lumps marked both inside the 3 mile and out but only eels? does this mean the ground is good?
planing a trip out tonite weather permiting
would appericate any advice
thanks
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barneyboy
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yeh
I have had the same thing in bunbury. Caught eff all at night 2 the point I rarely go out at night anymore
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brenz
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night fishing
night fishing rocks ! what techniques are you using? i have found unweighted mulies are the go bottom bouncing is useless as tits on a bull i fish no more than 9 mt deep and the biggest snapper to date is 13.1 kg but plenty of snapper round 2-5 kg a member here even landed a nanygaiat one of our spots and thats no joke ! there are some dhuies that come around but i have found them few and far between on the shallow water hope this helps
thesupervisor
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have been using bottom rigs
have been using bottom rigs and floating mulies
the eels go for them hard and mess up my wire traces
i normally fish 10 to 25 mtrs prefer the deeper water i feel safer at night
looks good for tonite so ill try some shallow stuff off trigg
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Auslobster
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Hit and miss...
...for me, same as daytime! I like to driftbait the five fathom bank out of Mandurah, usually using mulies or strips of fresh caught skippy ( and this time of year there are heaps of those out there!). Some nights nothing, others have been a good mix of snapper, 50cm kgs, blackarse, dhuies, etc.
I don't look at it as being a better time to be out there, more like, due to work/kids' sport/family obligations, the ONLY time I can get out there! It also helps when it's not cray season (like now) so I'm not having to dodge craypots in the dark!
brenz
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why are you using wire for
why are you using wire for snapper and dhuies ??
wopjrb
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i ussually fish from 5pm till about 3 or 4 am mate
and fish lumps inside the three mile - theres usualy snapper around at night and heaps of snook aand herring - also caught some niced sized sharks up 2 about 8 or 9 ft long - heaps of port jacksons eagles and banjos - if your not catchin any pinkies try fishin with the lightest amount of lead you can get to the bottom with and small hooks and light leaders - try not to throw the anchor in and drop sinkers as well as noise will spook big wily pinks - like bream fishing - and dont forget if you find a good school of pinkies fish for the future cos there be more fish next time if you chuck some back
thesupervisor
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well went last nite 7pm till
well went last nite 7pm till 2am
my mate caught a 22kg mulloway was in 12mtrs what a fish
tried 4 times to relase but to no avail it would kick off and dive but re appear 5 mins later on the surface so sadly had to fillet him
he had skippy insid his gut
i only got 2 rays and a portjackson
and damn it got cold at midnight but was quite nice not too bumpy
have never caught a herring in my boat i think they are scared of it have bearlyed up in close out far never seen them
have caught some big snook and sargent bakers
using wire because too many nastys biting me off
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crasny1
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Using wire will spook a lot of the fish and you will only get
dumb shit fish. Go 80-120pound tough leader like 10X, dont need fluoro but slightly better. Even this big line might scare away the good fish, then go lighter and expect a few bustoffs but it would be oooglies anyway.
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Neels
We up here in Karratha have a lot more bities and I would never use wire!!
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wopjrb
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try tying light multistrand to the leader with a double uni knot
the fish wont even know its there
kempy
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yer wire good for that but
yer wire good for that but sumtimes they even bite through that
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thesupervisor
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year had a few 80pound
year had a few 80pound traces bitten clean trough not even a bend in the rod just reeled in and gone
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Bodie
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Anchor up, and have a steady
Anchor up, and have a steady stream of diced mulies going out for burely.
Drift bait mulies down into your burely trail and bound to find fish.
Always get fish at night at anchor as long as you have a good trail going. try fish just off the lumps
just dhu it
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night time
night time i usually find a good bit of ground and anchor up , plenty of berly , but i always go out on an incoming tide which seem more productive
Colin Hay
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Your experience pretty much reflects what I have
encountered when fishing at Hillarys marina.
The fish are few and far between at night - although burleying helps - but as soon as the sun comes up they come on the bite.
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Kal
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Went out Sunday night 6pm to
Went out Sunday night 6pm to 12pm ,bloody cold wished i had a ski mask and some rum, fished the three mile kinda i ended up with 1 ocky 3 squid ,6 herring a few yellow tails ,tapout got a 1 meter long snook ,and a few pt jacksons ,a ray and got busted off a few times .Jamie was the only one to pick up a pinky that was under size.
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thesupervisor
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yeah its good to know its
yeah its good to know its not just me
im sure ill hit a magic night soon
you need a ballaclava if fishing at night i got one and wear a beanie on top too, long thermal clothing and its quite pleasant
just scared of a great white coming up to the boat would not be too nice anchored up and dark
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kane
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hahahahahahaha,
"just scared of a great white coming up to the boat would not be too nice anchored up and dark"
how bigs your boat mate?
Gooooone Fishin!
thesupervisor
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ive got a 4.45 bemuda with
ive got a 4.45 bemuda with super high free board
but ive been told some stories about the great whites and they will nudge any boat if they feel like it
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kane
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heres a photo i took
of a great white chewing the marlin board of a large commercial boat about 6 months ago....yeah they will have a go at about anything i reckon...
Gooooone Fishin!
allrounder
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A commercial boat?
with a shark cage on the back do they do shark dives ?
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
kane
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yep
yep
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wopjrb
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i go out past the three mile at night in a 12ft tinny
had a few strange bumps under the boat - probly a white pointer tryin to hump me tinny
wopjrb
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where abouts is the photo mate
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kane
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South Australia dude
South Australia dude
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thesupervisor
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yeah imagime him munching on
yeah imagime him munching on the outboard at 1am out the back of 3mile
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