Patterson river

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Pethrk
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Patterson river

Post by Pethrk » Sun Jun 11, 2017 6:55 pm

hi guys,

I am new to this hole fishing thing. Have just purchased a boat and are planning to go for a run tomorrow. Nothing serious just go out for an hour or so and see how she goes.

I was planning on putting the boat in a Patterson river around 11am and target flattys, I went to tackle world today and purchase some squidgies whip bait soft plastics and some 1/8 jig heads.

Was just wondering what depth to fish in and where about to go?

Cheers in advance

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Re: Patterson river

Post by Hunter1982 » Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:15 am

Any good advice to fish around this time of the year at Patterson River land based?
Planning to give it a try there tomorrow.
What will we be able to target?
Is it tides dependent?
Hook size and baits used?
Thank you.

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Re: Patterson river

Post by purple5ive » Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:20 am

if you havent used soft plastics before i would suggest you use a 1/4th jighead as a minimum.
and make sure your rod and line can cast this sized jighead.
as for how deep im not entierly sure.
i walays have some luck catching flathead at mornington, straight out the front from the pier in about 12m, they are all smaller sized fish, but always a few legals here and there.

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Re: Patterson river

Post by Pethrk » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:40 pm

purple5ive wrote:if you havent used soft plastics before i would suggest you use a 1/4th jighead as a minimum.
and make sure your rod and line can cast this sized jighead.
as for how deep im not entierly sure.
i walays have some luck catching flathead at mornington, straight out the front from the pier in about 12m, they are all smaller sized fish, but always a few legals here and there.

Thanks mate. I'll have to get some 1/4 jigheads

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Re: Patterson river

Post by dazz999 » Fri Jun 23, 2017 6:07 pm

fishing for flathead keep your jighead /soft plastic hitting the bottom with small hops while reeling in

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