First blood for the new boat | Sounder settings for finding spots that produce quality fish

In this episode I finally get the new little boat offshore to catch a feed of fish and also show the importance of setting your sounder up with a simple setting that allows you to find and see small isolated reefs that produce quality fish. I also drop the underwater drone down to the bottom to compare this with sounder images on the same spot. Fish caught and seen were Pearl Perch, venus and black spot tuskfish, moses perch, green jobfish, morwong aka slatey bream, gold spot cod, sharks and more. Sounder used is a furuno FCV-800 and Furuno TZ3 with furuno side scan.
Tackle used:
RODS:
Venom Ocean Warrior Slow Fall - RVSF1 PE5 www.wilsonfishing.com/Product...
Venom Deep Jig Spin PE5-10 450gram
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REELS:
Ocean Jigger 3000F Custom
ATC Vigilance 16000
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HOOKS:
www.wilsonfishing.com/Product...

[@seastrength1291]

Thanks Greg for helpful sounder tips and corresponding drone footage. Hopefully I can use your advice to improve my results.

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate glad you got something out of it. Good luck on the next outing.

[@masonbrennan2653]

Felt i had to subscribe been binging your videos quickly becoming one of my favourit fishing channels

[@gregswickedfishing]

thanks mate that's much appreciated and I'm glad you're enjoying the content. Cheers

[@paulmarnane1192]

Thanks Greg. Some great tips and clear explanations. Loved the drove V sounder images.

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks heaps Paul, I'm glad you enjoyed it mate. I will try to get a lot more underwater vs sounder images in the future.

[@jefftrott5114]

Great under water footage and advice. Always enjoy your videos.

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate the support.

[@smee103]

Brilliant video again Greg and thanks for taking the time and sharing the information about using the sounder . Glad to see you enjoying the new boat

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks for the kind words mate I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for support.

[@nikphil]

Nice Gregie. Nothing beats big fish from a small boat.... well done on the Tuskie (y)

[@gregswickedfishing]

Cheers Phil I can wait to see some big fish come over the side of it :-)

[@mrcrankyank]

Great tips Greg, good to see you out in the boat!

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate loving the new toy :-)

[@MadFishing247]

Under water footage looks awesome

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate it's always interesting to watch.

[@michaelmccalman857]

Awesome as usual Greg. Yup. Pearlies love slack line, my boat record is 72.5cm love the new tub. Micmac on auscrab lol

[@gregswickedfishing]

Micmaaaaacccc :-) Cheers mate. I hope all is well on your end mate.

[@JYLFishing]

Lots of tips and advice. Fantastic video Greg! Love your work!

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate glad you liked it. Cheers for the support.

[@iainhetherington4608]

Super cool video mate explanation of the sounder was so cool Cheers from down south

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate glad you liked it. Cheers for the support

[@madmoon71]

Awesome video, great info. Thanks for sharing your knowledge !! looking forward to the next one.

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate it's much appreciated. Cheers for the support.

[@Heffo78]

Wicked content mate! Fresh as with the drone footage comparisons. Love ya work cheers from the sunny coast

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate much appreciated and glad you liked it. Thanks for the support.

[@wishicouldfish7501]

awesome boat great to see it get some action. Good video Greg🤙

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate it was great to get some blood on the floor. Cheers

[@AquaMarine1000]

The sound of that aluminium boat slap would be hard on anybody's wellbeing.

[@gregswickedfishing]

Cool story. It's foam filled so very quiet in the water.

[@lucasskinner8120]

preaching to the choir mate, FTTM🦈

[@gregswickedfishing]

haha yep..so frustrating

[@nicholassawyer799]

Great teacher, Thank you Greg!

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thank you mate it's much appreciated

[@craigtomkinson2837]

Lovely Ep and fish and tips

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks legend I hope you're well.

[@daviddombrowski2368]

Another great vid greggy keep them coming mate 🤙

[@gregswickedfishing]

Cheers mate thanks for watching

[@leightuner2361]

Thanks for another great video.

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks for watching mate glad you enjoyed it. Cheers

[@tim.1985]

Fantastic video again, thanks for everything

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate it's greatly appreciated. Cheers

[@gwm999]

Another cracking video mate! Always pick up a few tips and tricks to try. Sharks are beyond a joke now offshore Fraser. Even got smashed up and followed around by a 3m bully in close 10-12m the other week which has never happened before. We did notice being the only boat out one day that we got left alone. More boats seems to mean more sharks i think.

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate glad you liked it. Yeah the shark issue is out of control and becomes so frustrating. Not sure we will ever see a solution unfortunately.

[@gwm999]

@@gregswickedfishing 12g power heads and let the Indo's down for a year or 2....

[@martingraham3559]

Goood one there fella, great tips on range n shift

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate glad you liked it. Cheers

[@reelmates18]

Cracking Gold Spot!

[@gregswickedfishing]

Cheers mate

[@dalenissen6462]

Thankyou Greg for a great video. Learnt some more with awesome tips. I run 40m range 70- 80m i will definitely tighten it up in the future. I'm running fcv625 i asume same principle. I know its older. Boat looks great too.👍

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate glad you got something out of it. Yes same principle mate. Enjoy

[@steveclayton5240]

👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽best video yet

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate glad you enjoyed it

[@malmissingham6033]

thanks Greg, one of your best videos methinks - tips, tricks. underwater footage, topside camera work, etc. QUESTION PLZ ... were you using standard dropper loops on the paternoster rig ??? PS: Little Ripper looks great (my CC625 Explorer is "Uripper" :))

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks mate I'm glad you liked it. Yes using standard dropper loops mate. Nice boat name I like that one too. Maybe my next one lol

[@cruisin_our_country]

Cool episode mate with some awesome tips thrown in. Those sharks hey, what a situation 🤦‍♂️

[@gregswickedfishing]

Thanks Steveo, it's a total situation alright. Not within specs one little bit lol.

[@stuartgilbert3969]

We've got the same problem in tassie...only it's the seals.

[@gregswickedfishing]

Crazy mate they certainly learn from human behavior.

[@sambodmer2993]

Hey Greg what transducer were you running this perticular day?

[@gregswickedfishing]

Mate I using a combination of the TM185m and TM165hw

[@sinder255248]

When you were showing the images at 21mins what was the transducer you were using, the 600w or 1kw?

[@gregswickedfishing]

That was the 600w TM165hw transducer mate.

[@nevanalthaus2387]

👍👍 Another great video mate. How inquisitive are those pearl perch? Certainly not scared of the. Tripod camera.

[@gregswickedfishing]

thanks mate much appreciated. Haha yeah they love the tripod camera hey. The drone not so much but they don't get no where near as scared as other fish.

[@janthomas3649]

What transducer are you running in 50 m of water?

[@gregswickedfishing]

depends what I'm chasing but in that depth im mostly using the 1kw TM185m

[@davidk5832]

I know when your making a you tube video it's not an option but I use an electric to beat shark's when fishing spot's i know hold demersals.. i don't give a crap what people say.. it's still fun.. and you can go back to traditional approach with a jig on the way home at some wreck once the esky is looking 👍 .. better to waste trevally and AJs then quality bottom fish

[@gregswickedfishing]

Hey mate yeah unfortunately we've used electrics on demersals in the past and the sharks still smash the bigger fish then we have an issue of fighting big sharks on heavy gear on the electrics which is a nightmare. Some of the smaller fish you can get away with it but.

[@davidk5832]

@gregswickedfishing that's good info.. it's great your getting results in your local area as well.. I am lucky in that I live at Yeppoon but with the price of diesel and petrol these days trips up here from brizzy would be ridiculously expensive.. and given those bar cod and pearlies you got off brizzy who's complaining 😀

[@michaelpeslow2839]

Hey mate. Any reason you don't target the sharks?

[@nickolaswoolston8643]

Can't keep them over 1.5m so no point

[@gregswickedfishing]

All the sharks we encounter are big and of no use to us. We can't keep them over 1.5mtrs either. If you want a bit of sport then I guess you could but not something i'd want to do much off.

[@michaelpeslow2839]

@@nickolaswoolston8643 . Not sure I understand your point. That like saying you cant keep Spanish Mackerel under 75cm, so what is the point? I have targeted Shark and caught them under 1.5 meters. The others I have thrown back.

[@downundermike8889]

Is it true that if you bang stik a shark and leave it on site other sharks stay away.

[@gregswickedfishing]

Apparently mate but never tried it lol.

[@matthewcollas1404]

Small boat

[@zacks608]

Really hope someone from QLD fisheries sees this video. Sharks are out of bloody control - but spanish mackerel have a population issue apparently 🤬

[@gregswickedfishing]

Soooooo frustrating and will only get worse unfortunately

[@adammarshall7552]

Yer bud Hervey Bay is out of control as well sharks everywhere they keep pinching my bait last trip

[@matthewcollas1404]

Those endangered sharks. They have been bad for years

[@cameronmccarroll9549]

They are bad here atm hey !

[@gregswickedfishing]

yeah mate its out of control hey. So frustrating.

[@craigshawcross2335]

😂your lucky your not on the west coast..we travel 80km offshore to fish in 50m and then we can only catch 2 demersal each with a boat limit of 4 fish but that's only when the season is open half the year, mostly in the bad weather months.

[@lukesantelli6653]

That’s why we got so many meth heads here. Gov won’t let you catch your own food anymore but give our hard earned $$ to bludgers

[@gregswickedfishing]

mate I feel you guys. What's happened over there is criminal and crushing the boating and fishing industry. I still can't believe it happened.