Goldie 36's today

[Platitudinus]

Hi guys;
Just a quick post to confirm the Squire and Snapper were still on the 36's - NE of the seaway this morning - nothing huge but mostly keepers. Few small pearlies, trag and the odd bonito. Pretty quiet day all round from what we heard on the radio.
Good luck
Plato

[two dogs]

Hi plato,
thanks for the report. Approx how much further is it to travel to the 36s from the 24-27 area out from the seaway

[Platitudinus]

The NE 36's takes around 45 minutes from the Seaway at 17/18 knots.
I guess that means around 13/14 nautical miles from land.
The NE 50's are 19/20 nautical miles offshore.
Hope that helps
Peter
PS: The best Snapper came on floatlined pilchards on a double hook 8/0 rig. We had a couple of steam trains hit them as well. Probably Samson fish or big Kingies.

[bondy99]

G'day Platitudinus,

How often you go outside? I got a couple of kingie jigs too easy to hook up on kingies or a samson. I'll put in towards fuel if you have room for one extra.

Cheers, Peter

[Platitudinus]

Hi Bondy;
Being semi-retired I go out quite often but use the bigger charter boats if I want to go after the bigger stuff on the 36's and 50's. Its more comfortable for an old man! Haha.
Regarding the steam trains - we hooked up all right - the problem was stopping them on 10-15kg and 15-25kg outfits. For snapper we prefer to go with 10-15kg rods and lines and unless the kingies, sambo's or AJ's are small - you really have no chance if you can't get them off the bottom quickly.
Anyway - the best fishing of the year is July & August so enjoy!
Plato