08-03-2007, 11:21 AM
Eeeeargh, how be ye sea dog?
There are advantages and disadvantages for each of these 2 techniques:
DRIFTING
Advantages: cover a lot of ground (so better if the fish are well spread eg/ flathead), better chance of a squid (since jig will be constantly moving).
Disadvantages: if you find a school of fish you'll probably only catch 1 or 2 fish before you drift past it, if the drift is too fast it can be hard to keep baits on the bottom
ANCHOR/BERLEY METHOD
Advantages: if you manage to attract a school of fish (gars, snapper, trevally), you can hold them near the boat with berley and hopefully catch a heap! But if you can't attract anything then you've wasted a lot of time in the one location when you could have been drifting and covering ground....
The ideal thing to do (if you can) would be drift until you find fish, then anchor and start berleying. Don't use too much berley - you want to feed out a little often, not all at once.
There are advantages and disadvantages for each of these 2 techniques:
DRIFTING
Advantages: cover a lot of ground (so better if the fish are well spread eg/ flathead), better chance of a squid (since jig will be constantly moving).
Disadvantages: if you find a school of fish you'll probably only catch 1 or 2 fish before you drift past it, if the drift is too fast it can be hard to keep baits on the bottom
ANCHOR/BERLEY METHOD
Advantages: if you manage to attract a school of fish (gars, snapper, trevally), you can hold them near the boat with berley and hopefully catch a heap! But if you can't attract anything then you've wasted a lot of time in the one location when you could have been drifting and covering ground....
The ideal thing to do (if you can) would be drift until you find fish, then anchor and start berleying. Don't use too much berley - you want to feed out a little often, not all at once.