Jumpinpin

[Gcarj]

Hello everyone, going to the pin for the first time and need some tips to catch some fish

Just bought a stacer sea master 525 and want to catch some fish.

My problem is I have no idea on best baits, rigs or times. Please can

Someone point me in the right direction?

Cheers

[sehrguht]

My key for new places is changing spots a lot and using berley if there isnt much happening. There should be a few reports around if you do a search.

Had success around the pin bar area for flathead a while back but i would proesume its pretty dirty out there still.

[noname]

watch out for sandbanks, they are everywhere, and i mean everywhere, not the place i'd be goin on my first trip, yeah only sand and mud but still dont wannt be watchin the tide go out and come back in ay. easy to do if ya not careful. i'd be more inclined to try open waters like harry's artificial .

[Gcarj]

Thanks for the tip. A bit of a fan of berley so will be sure to use some.

Cheers

[Angus]

Mate I fish the pin occassionally with Do$tylz. Not being "regulars" I dont think we have cracked the code completely yet.

However the most successful tactics we have employed is as simple as setting up decent drift lines and bouncing/jigging plastics across the bottom throughout the drift. This has seen us catch plenty of flatties to a good size.

If you can set up a drift that puts you over sand bank drop offs for as long as possible this is fairly ideal.

Cheers.

Angus

[Gcarj]

Thanks Angus, too be honest I have never used soft plastics but they are definitely on my radar. I've seen bream packs etc at bcf and wondered if I should give it a crack. Are those packs worth trying or are there certain types that work better than others?

[Gcarj]

Thanks for the tip, don't have a choice about going.........the missus has booked a camp site down there so it looks like I'm going! A good thing is I'm probably overly cautious in this early stage of boating so will be on my toes for the sand banks + the so called fish finder likes to beep constantly in water under 1m deep.

[Gary Busey]

I was out that way yesterday arv from high to low tide.

It's nice and clear but right below the dirty water line. Anything north gets muddy really quick.

Didn't catch anything but an undersized bream but that says more about my skills than the area. Had plenty of bites and did see a nice size bream checking out the outboard.

Look forward to the report.

[rosstralia46]

if you havent tried soft plastics it would be a great starting point for flatties along the sand banks or you could drift a bait or two over the flats like a herring or pilly etc

[Bri The Pom]

big 7 inch gulps in white bouncing along the bottom big flatties and jewies up there.

[Anhie]

Hit the baitshop up next to the coast guard as he has fresh lie bait and tells you what and where the fish are biting

[dog pound]

Went to the pin twice last week and got some nice little flatties, water quality was a lot better than i thought it would have been, try fishing around the top or bottom of tides as tidal movement has been pretty strong, but better now that we are away from the full moon, and good fresh bait i found they will chew and for a newby in the pin study your beacon to beacon and have it on hand as there is a few spots that seem to be a bit tricky to read ( saw a 30footer hit a bank at speed on saturday lol )

good luck dont forget the camera.

[hunter armytage]

We went to the pin on sunday and managed a couple of tailor and a small hammerhead by drifting across the flats at high tide using pilchards on both paternoster and running sinker rigs.

There was a lot of boat traffic around and the wind was up but it was a fun couple of hours. Hope this helps

[Gcarj]

Thanks Mate, really looking forward to it now.

[wrenchman]

big 7 inch gulps in white bouncing along the bottom big flatties and jewies up there.

What weight / Hook size Jig head would you recomend ??

[bootyinblue]

Cant emphasis enough about getting a Beacon to Beacon or atleast some photocopied pages of one to study when you are there. A super common trap is that from Jacobs Well you are travelling downstream so red is on your right, but once you get to the river junction and turn left to head to the Pin you are now going upstream so red is on your left. I see so many people come 'agutsu' there.

Go to the Northern bank of Crusoe island and find where it rises from 7-8m to 1-2m very quickly. Drift the incoming tide along this bank line casting in towards the weed beds with lightly weighted plastics will ensure you a feed of lizards.

Good luck with it all and I posted a thread a little while ago with a map and some changes to the navigation marks there.