Sharks in the pine river

[FisherT]

Hi all

I was thinking of giving the pine a go tomorow night. What would be my chances of landing one this time of year ? I will bring my cast net , and plan to hook a few livies and set them out , if not , i have gar , pillies and whiting all stuffed with berley and sown up. Also what would the best spot around there be (Landbased)

Thanks in advance (:

[Bluevien]

Get your self some nice sized livies and you'll almost be guaranteed some shark attention. The pine has been full of bait lately so they won't be hard to find.

[FisherT]

Ahh just what I wanted to hear , thanks mate (: You reckon live mullet are the go ? And un-weighted would be better right ?

[Bluevien]

Ahh just what I wanted to hear , thanks mate (: You reckon live mullet are the go ? And un-weighted would be better right ?

Spot on

[tangles]

I went down to Dohles Rocks this arvo to cast net some bait (lots of bait sized mullet about and bay prawns as well) and there was a dead bully on the mud flats. I guess it didnt survive a fight. While I was there I saw something wallowing in the shallows so I threw the net over it. You wouldn't believe it....a saratoga about 60cm. I sent it on it's way though it didn't look well.

Appears to be lots of activity in the lower pine at the moment.

[FisherT]

Wow a saratoga , musta made its way from the south pine ? Where abouts were you at dohles ?

[tangles]

Wow a saratoga , musta made its way from the south pine ? Where abouts were you at dohles ?

At the mouth of the first creek east of the beachfront. I assume the toga came from NPD or Kurwongba. I don't know how long they can survive in the salt but it looked like it was struggling.

[FisherT]

Yeah id imagine so. Yeah , I doubt he would survive for much longer too. Did you manage to catch anything else while you were there ?

[Enormoss]

with lives you will deffintley get some bully action in the pine, ive been getting em as far up as canterbury park at bald hills the last 3 sundays in a row, been getting smoked on some big boys too lol, the bigger the bait the bigger the bully usally and try if possible to keep the bait of the bottom, ballon or float or no sinker at all depending on the wind and tide, good luk man hope you come up trumps,

a pic of a little fella i managed to pull up on too the grass. cheers

[FisherT]

Wow , amazing catch man. I was thinking of going tonight , do you think id still be able to get onto one with all this rain ? What gear were you using when you caught that fella ?

Cheers

[Enormoss]

hey man not sure about the rain situation,well at least not up at bald hills, but i think you should still get some action from around deepwater bend down to the mouth, if you can find the live bait the bullys shouldnt be to far off, i didnt have my big rigs the day i got that little beast and i got smoked 4 times before i landed that one, i got that one on 20p braid and a 30p mono leader about a meter long down to a black plastik coated wire trace about 20cm long and a 4/0 big red snapper hook,no sinker, i always throw out home made burley bombs too,:cheer:

[FisherT]

Ok sweet as man. I was thinking of going to the park at the end of goodfellowes road , it leads to the left of the bridge if your coming from the southside way. I have a shiz load of berley , ill bring my cast net , so fingers crossed ill get something.

[Enormoss]

yea nice one man you should come up trumps for sure,you got all the right stuff just keep burleying up and give it some time and they will come a sniffin for sure, let us all know how you go. cheers

[Keechie]

Only the 1 bully for me and fishguru5 last night in the pine, was only about 80-90cm and on a live bream. Burleyed heaps and everything just was pretty hard going. Goodluck

[FisherT]

Nice man , where abouts did you catch it at ?

Cheers

[Keechie]

Sort of around the highway area, a few runs and alot of catfish but that probably came down to only having the 1 livebait. Did get smoked by a huge ray that we managed to land, had me thinking it was a new pb creek bully by the way it was going haha

[FisherT]

Haha nice , yeah , rays are beasts at times.

Cheers

[Keechie]

yeah they are haha, this thing took a 30cm or so mach and really had me going haha. Pulled a heap of line under alot of drag haha

[FisherT]

Haha yeah , they can be good fun tho.

[sharkhunter]

Lets re-open this topic! Thanks for all the advice. Use live whole poddy mullet, and float them in the channels of the river on a run out tide, fishing for them in the day is also successful. Burley isnt really essential but can help with your success.

Im heading out just inside the mouth in the channel tonight to try my luck, i want something atleast 1.5Mtrs long. Any one else have any advice? Please share...