We put a fleet of 3 boats together, 9 anglers and
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benniejordaan
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Haha, nice one Fedu, thanks. Ususally we are left drooling over the fish you get over there. It was lekker to get to some nice stomping grounds. Had a ball.
Eric Cotton
Senior Member
Great report, Can't see the couta you have in hiding.
benniejordaan
Sealiner
Eric Cotton wrote:
We only spent about 4 hours fishing for couta... nuting. Went back to jigijigi and got our arms stretched plenty. The whole week we were there, I only saw 4 couts come out, smallest was 13kg. Yellow fin Kingies were full up keeping they guys busy.
Thanks Eric,
We only spent about 4 hours fishing for couta... nuting. Went back to jigijigi and got our arms stretched plenty. The whole week we were there, I only saw 4 couts come out, smallest was 13kg. Yellow fin Kingies were full up keeping they guys busy.
FREE THE FIGHTER
Senior Member
Nice report/pics Bennie - good to see the boys belting them on jig.
Good news that the couta didnt hassle - the sharks.... I give up ...
Raises the old question, wire bite trace or not - wire trace and the shark stays on, no wire and the couta bites you off.
What are your thoughts on this one ?
Good news that the couta didnt hassle - the sharks.... I give up ...
Raises the old question, wire bite trace or not - wire trace and the shark stays on, no wire and the couta bites you off.
What are your thoughts on this one ?
benniejordaan
Sealiner
FREE THE FIGHTER wrote:
Very good point! Add wire and miss out on other possible strikes too. Would you rig with a steel bite trace or as I do, take the chance? What about rigging with no.7 piano wire, couta shouldn't bite it off but sharks would be able to?
benniejordaan wrote:
Are you talking about steel on the assist. Mine is hidden beneath the heat shrink anyways, and I make it stiff. It's always steel for me.
No dif in strikes
Are you talking about steel on the assist. Mine is hidden beneath the heat shrink anyways, and I make it stiff. It's always steel for me.
No dif in strikes
benniejordaan
Sealiner
Jaen,
Above attached to the leader - Ring.
I also use steel on the assist hook with heat shrink.
http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=34697&forum_id=78 Post 14-17
Above attached to the leader - Ring.
I also use steel on the assist hook with heat shrink.
http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=34697&forum_id=78 Post 14-17
Big Van Jnr
New member
Hi Bennie
You guy's caught plenty nice fish... You caught quite a few species, that we have never encountered there..
Goes to show... we always learn!...
Me and BigVan has patrolled those waters in summer now for many years and it is a great area to fish..
We will be doing a few more trips there this year .. You will probably speak to BigV.
April and November is already fixed..
Come visit us!
You guy's caught plenty nice fish... You caught quite a few species, that we have never encountered there..
Goes to show... we always learn!...
Me and BigVan has patrolled those waters in summer now for many years and it is a great area to fish..
We will be doing a few more trips there this year .. You will probably speak to BigV.
April and November is already fixed..
Come visit us!
benniejordaan
Sealiner
Big Van Jnr wrote:
Sounds like a plan!Hi Bennie
You guy's caught plenty nice fish... You caught quite a few species, that we have never encountered there..
Goes to show... we always learn!...
Me and BigVan has patrolled those waters in summer now for many years and it is a great area to fish..
We will be doing a few more trips there this year .. You will probably speak to BigV.
April and November is already fixed..
Come visit us!
benniejordaan wrote:
If I may add my 2c:
On couta traces, use thicker wire (no7 to no8) on to the trebles, and around no 4 on the leader. You will still pull some sharks, but the number 4 tends to break. Once you KNOW its a shark you can loosen up, jerk, tighten etc and that will sometimes make it kink and break.
On jigs, I have yet to see a couta bite through Kevlar (maybe I am just lucky), even though they rough it up pretty bad so keep an eye and replace. My problem with couta on jigs is that they bite through your leader, and I don't like adding steel as it impedes the action. I don't specifically target them this way, I know Fishing Adventures does so his opinion might be valuable.
If I may add my 2c:
On couta traces, use thicker wire (no7 to no8) on to the trebles, and around no 4 on the leader. You will still pull some sharks, but the number 4 tends to break. Once you KNOW its a shark you can loosen up, jerk, tighten etc and that will sometimes make it kink and break.
On jigs, I have yet to see a couta bite through Kevlar (maybe I am just lucky), even though they rough it up pretty bad so keep an eye and replace. My problem with couta on jigs is that they bite through your leader, and I don't like adding steel as it impedes the action. I don't specifically target them this way, I know Fishing Adventures does so his opinion might be valuable.
benniejordaan
Sealiner
aquadementia
Sealiner
WOW thats the mother of all poensies!! Great report and pics Bennie
At what depth did you get the poenskop and was it one of the bottoms that fell to dropshot, & if so which dropshot?
Shot
At what depth did you get the poenskop and was it one of the bottoms that fell to dropshot, & if so which dropshot?
Shot