Thread: Attn Pig Islanders.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Light winds (saves pissing around with sea anchors) and a good knowledge of the local currents in your favourite fishing spots.

currents are easy in round the edges of the bay .....either in or out. winds not so much.
Forecast at this stage looks maybe doable for anchor fishing (I hope) but probably far to windy for drift fishing.

Snow is on the hills. big blues (cod) will be coming in shallow, sadly so will the shit fish .. Gurnard are there it's hard to get past the spikes.. But with your colour sounder .. Can you see the spikies verse other fish?

Originally Posted by stingray

Snow is on the hills. big blues (cod) will be coming in shallow, sadly so will the shit fish .. Gurnard are there it's hard to get past the spikes.. But with your colour sounder .. Can you see the spikies verse other fish?

I will with a bit of time and and experience.

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Originally Posted by stingray

Snow is on the hills. big blues (cod) will be coming in shallow, sadly so will the shit fish .. Gurnard are there it's hard to get past the spikes.. But with your colour sounder .. Can you see the spikies verse other fish?

delaware bay on the very slow drift with slow jigs actually work really well for gurnard apparently, if thats any help

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

currents are easy in round the edges of the bay .....either in or out. winds not so much.
Forecast at this stage looks maybe doable for anchor fishing (I hope) but probably far to windy for drift fishing.

I have yet to see softbaits work effectively while at anchor Cam.

Originally Posted by Pengy

I have yet to see softbaits work effectively while at anchor Cam.

yep but I havent even got a rod yet....thank god for bait ay it just works

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

yep but I havent even got a rod yet....thank god for bait ay it just works

Santa may come early this year

Originally Posted by Pengy

I have yet to see softbaits work effectively while at anchor Cam.

I've yet to actually see them work at all, apart from cod and they don't count cause they would eat a bottle top covered in fish repellent

Originally Posted by Pengy

I have yet to see softbaits work effectively while at anchor Cam.

Maybe try anchoring where there's fish!!

Originally Posted by Pengy

Santa may come early this year

Dont go giving away ya fishing rod you will need it.

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you need to have a good sounder and also preferably a chart plotter and know how to use it because you have to find the fish unlike bait and burley where you just a fishy looking spot sit and wait
once you find a school on the sounder you need to work out with the wind an tide which way your going to drift and set the boat up so it drifts back over the school this is where the chart plotter comes in handy as you can set up tracks etc to help you

if your drifting fast a sea anchor will slow you down you want nice slow drift
cast in the direction your drifting the idea is to have the bait hit the bottom under the boat
work the bait with little twitches you don't need big moves its not jigging

only use a big enough jig head to get to the bottom under the boat the

also don't be afraid to use small hooks I only use 1/0 -3/0 max the fish hooked in the lips or jaw so there's no need for a massive hook
the smaller the hook the better your bait will be presented

fishing at anchor with soft baits is not recommended for best results however ive found it can work will if there's a little bit of current

I fish with a shimano thunnis 4000ci4 spooled with 20lb braid and use 20lb fluorocarbon most people would say that's to big and I tend to agree but I'm a strayline fisherman 1st and foremost so I needed something I could use for both and the 4000 thunnis has the bait runner feature we all know and love for straylineing

Why cant you burly fish in?

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Why cant you burly fish in?

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You can. I have had tons of success with softies at anchor.

Dam forcast has gone from doable to absolute bolocks for the weekend😠

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Originally Posted by Gibo

Maybe try anchoring where there's fish!!

You are onto it Gibo