Seaway Report Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Went fishing Tuesday morning, the wind dropped off nicely at midnight and stayed down all morning. The swell was quite big though around 2-2.5m. We fished for tarpon at first and had lots of hits and nudges but only one hookup which instantly jumped off... Frustrating but thats Tarpon fishing for you. I did get a 60cm jewie on a grass minnow but that was all.
Come dawn we had a look around wavebreak saw a big school of (i think)GT's come up for about 20 seconds, managed a couple of hits on poppers, but they didnt return. Fished herring around the north wall for 1 bigeye, 1 jewie, 1 moses perch and about 10 bream. Cast a grass minnow around the wash and managed a GT around 40cm. Headed offshore and found schools of small mack tuna and frigates all around 40-50cm. Caught about a dozen of those before they disappeared. Coming back in during the runout tide was fun...
Nothing too exciting in that trip but at least we managed a few fish.
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Craig is the creator, web designer, admin and chief contributor for seawayfishing.info. He has fished the Gold Coast Seaway and Broadwater constantly for more than 10 years and loves the constant challenges and variety that the area provides. He is also constantly analysing fish behaviour to work out patterns, trying new techniques and trying to understand just why fish act they way they do. SeawayFishing.info is the result of that.
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April 05, 2012 2:13:29 am
Hi Tim, fishing the seaway east of the pipeline after dark can be very dangerous and should really only be attempted by those with alot of experience. The important thing to know is how certain conditions affect your boat and how easily that will push your boat onto the rocks or into breaking swell. For example a strong SE wind plus incoming tide will push your boat onto the rocks super fast if fishing the north wall, but the same conditions push your boat away from the rocks on the south wall. I rarely fish an outgoing tide at night but you can as long as the swell and wind are way down.
Moonlight is not needed as your eyes will adjust as long as you dont have any lights blinding you. That said its probably best to try a few moonlit nights at the start so you can see what you are doing alot easier. Best thing to do is to try it when conditions are very good, that is swell less than a metre with a light SW and incoming tide. Take it very slow and assess the conditions before you start fishing, try a couple of drifts before you start fishing to get an idea of how the current conditions affect your boat. Always and I mean always leave your main motor running if you dont have an electric. If in doubt, dont do it.
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April 05, 2012 4:03:47 am
hi craig great report as allways , did you get the moses perch on a livey and if so any size to it
i here the hole at the end of the north wall has been holding some bigger jacks just lately 70+ (fishermans tale) hopeing to get out for a pre fish for the pirtek comp but i think i wait till easters over
cheers bob-
April 06, 2012 3:02:32 pm
Hi Bob, yes got the moses on a livey but it was only about 20cm long.
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April 05, 2012 1:02:25 pm
nice work Craig, can you tell me where you get those fish magnets from? haha.
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Hey Craig, great to hear another report from you (…been way too long since I got out there)
I have often wondered…how do you go pre-dawn or after dark in the seaway around the walls, especially in this larger swell we’ve been copping? Ive always been put off going too early because Ive been worried about having a close encounter with some rocks in the dark!
Do you have any advice to fish safely/successfully in the dark? Do you pick nights with some moon light or do you have any other methods?
Regards,
Tim