Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

I have caught them on soft baits before too but you are right, live baits are the go. It's just a bit more dicking around. Especially if you are drift fishing like I normally do.

Same I drift fish most of time too. At long last got a boat with an anchor winch but I am paranoid about hooking up to the bottom on rocky areas, so hardly used it lol

Originally Posted by AMac

Same I drift fish most of time too. At long last got a boat with an anchor winch but I am paranoid about hooking up to the bottom on rocky areas, so hardly used it lol

Get a little grapnel

Originally Posted by Gibo

Get a little grapnel

Yes that works- when I lived in Wellington I learnt the hard way when fishing the south coast where the combination of wind and tide has your anchor rope so taught u could walk down it.

The beauty of the grapnel is if it gets stuck u just loop the rope round a cleat at the stern drive forward and up she comes! Then all u do is straighten out the bent prong - needs to be made from reo bar though.

Originally Posted by AMac

Same I drift fish most of time too. At long last got a boat with an anchor winch but I am paranoid about hooking up to the bottom on rocky areas, so hardly used it lol

This works for me, shackle the main line or chain to the bottom of the anchor, tie a breakaway to the mainline or chain to the top of your anchor. When the anchor snags the breakaway does its job and you pull the anchor out easy.

Originally Posted by sharps no 1

This works for me, shackle the main line or chain to the bottom of the anchor, tie a breakaway to the mainline or chain to the top of your anchor. When the anchor snags the breakaway does its job and you pull the anchor out easy.

Thanks for the info.