thousandyards

On 11/12/2021 at 10:55 PM, Potatoes said:

my advice for the seaway is to use a sliding rig with sacrificial sinker  on a line lighter line than the main. If fishing on any run, most running sinker rigs will wind up getting swept into the rocks or mesh of previous lost rigs. I havent fished seaway in while, but im familiar withit and i use the sliding rig with good success the brissy river (ie deep, snaggy water withsome run to it) for threadies. Look up sliding rigs on youtube - better explained with video than here. 
 

the other advantage with the sliding rig it is much gentler on soft baits like herring since the bait is not flung out with the sinker. I would also try to rig the herring in a way that minimises spinning, since the bait sits about a metre off the bottom and in the current a bit more. 

Like this one @Potatoes ?? 

On 11/12/2021 at 9:37 PM, ellicat said:

Feed the hook right through the eyes;

Measure where the hook needs to go sideways through the body with the eye of the hook in line with the eyes of the herring;

Feed the hook sideways through the front end of the body;

The line should now pull through the eyes and hold the hook firmly in place.

Works for me. Good luck @thousandyards. Let us know how you go.

 

Thanks heaps @ellicat! That's my go to for half pillies so I'll give it a crack. It's my first time fishing the seaway like this so we'll see how we go!

Hey everyone.....been a while.

Moved to the Gold Coast recently. I've got a bunch of herring I froze post-cast netting sessions a couple of months back. Thinking of butterflying them and heading out to the Seaway.

So I'm just wondering a couple of things.....

- Hook placement in a butterflied herring - what's most effective for hook placement? And one or two hooks?

- Any recommendations for tides?

- I'm landbased - do I hit the very end or somewhere in the middle? 

Thanks for having me back!

4 hours ago, Daryl McPhee said:

Just been alternating between around Victoria Pt and Runaway Bay depending on tides and wind. 

Do you mind me asking whereabouts at VIccy Point, Darryl? My folks moved down a year or so but I haven't found anywhere land based that I really like yet.

for the sake of everyone on this site tho.....can we just agree to be specific when posting open invites for deckies?? if you've got people who you've been out with before and they know the score, just PM them.

otherwise...just let everyone know the deal - that way, no complaints later!!! although.....if you pump yourself up as a good fisho and captain and fail to deliver the goods.......well......that's another matter hahahahaha

sounds like there's a fair concensus for putting up some expectations when you post deckie spots - sounds like a good way to do it.....ie:

'deckie spot, river mouth saturday 5am.....half and half in fuel, BYO food & drink, bait supplied' or whatever

shame you had such a crap experience mate. a thank you doesn't take much......