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Had a family picnic at Bamoral beach and it was a great opportunity to try my freshly install Scotty downrigger 
The day looked good early on. We got there around 7.30 to find plenty of parking, no wind and not a cloud in the sky. Sea looked flat and I was eager to get out there and give my downrigger a dip.
Early on, there were more kayakers on the water than stink boats :shock:
Saw 7 or 8 yak fishos trolling and bait fishing.
Trolled some deeper diving lures (7cm) in pilchard and gold colours...
Quickly got the hang of my downrigger and noticed the bomb I had bought was way to big
:? :roll:
I weighed it when I got home and was a whopping 1850 grams !!! :shock:
Need about 750 grams only I reckon.
I also fiddled with the release clip, trying different sensitivities and was surprised how easily the line came free with the smallest fish.
here is a pic of the Scotty downrigger (mini Lake troll model)
Anyway, caught 3 tailors between 40 and 45 cm before I had the chance to reach some deeper waters with my new toy.
I saw a couple of yakkers trolling at high speeds and picking up a couple of of beauties..
As I was there to try my toy and not to chase tailors.. :lol: I headed for
10 mts + waters.
Caught about 5 pinkies only just making the 20cm mark. Release clip worked a treat.!
Dropped the bomb to 15 mts and had and immediate strike !
:x not what I was after but these buggers can pull some line when they get their heads down. Caught 5 in a row all the same size about 45cm.
Noticed they had mangled all my trebles on both lures and decided to turn
around.
Crossing some shallower waters, without downrigging, I managed to land
3 decent flatties. The biggest went 56cm and put up a good fight.
Took a few snaps and released unharmed.
As the day progressed they stinkboats and sailboats came out !
There must have been a regatta or something with hundreds of them on
the water.
It was a good day in all, learnt how to downrigg and also that I need a smaller bomb.
Here is a map of how and where the fish were caught.
cheers
Steve
:wink:
The day looked good early on. We got there around 7.30 to find plenty of parking, no wind and not a cloud in the sky. Sea looked flat and I was eager to get out there and give my downrigger a dip.
Early on, there were more kayakers on the water than stink boats :shock:
Saw 7 or 8 yak fishos trolling and bait fishing.
Trolled some deeper diving lures (7cm) in pilchard and gold colours...
Quickly got the hang of my downrigger and noticed the bomb I had bought was way to big
:? :roll:
I weighed it when I got home and was a whopping 1850 grams !!! :shock:
Need about 750 grams only I reckon.
I also fiddled with the release clip, trying different sensitivities and was surprised how easily the line came free with the smallest fish.
here is a pic of the Scotty downrigger (mini Lake troll model)
Anyway, caught 3 tailors between 40 and 45 cm before I had the chance to reach some deeper waters with my new toy.
I saw a couple of yakkers trolling at high speeds and picking up a couple of of beauties..
As I was there to try my toy and not to chase tailors.. :lol: I headed for
10 mts + waters.
Caught about 5 pinkies only just making the 20cm mark. Release clip worked a treat.!
Dropped the bomb to 15 mts and had and immediate strike !
:x not what I was after but these buggers can pull some line when they get their heads down. Caught 5 in a row all the same size about 45cm.
Noticed they had mangled all my trebles on both lures and decided to turn
around.
Crossing some shallower waters, without downrigging, I managed to land
3 decent flatties. The biggest went 56cm and put up a good fight.
Took a few snaps and released unharmed.
As the day progressed they stinkboats and sailboats came out !
There must have been a regatta or something with hundreds of them on
the water.
It was a good day in all, learnt how to downrigg and also that I need a smaller bomb.
Here is a map of how and where the fish were caught.
cheers
Steve
:wink:
