[Squidder]

Mushi and I met at the ramp near the Cerberus wreck about 6:30pm, hoping for a snapper or two from the extensive shallow reef areas in this part of Port Philip. The plan was to use artificials early, then anchor up and fish with bait when it got dark. We started off working 4" minnows in 4-6m and picking up a few small pinkies. I caught a 29cm silver trevally, my first on an SP, and a suprise catch considering the size of the plastic and the 2/0 jighead I was using :shock: We were getting a lot of hits that didn't connect, tiny pinkies being the likely culprits. I almost had a pike jump in the yak after following a retrieved SP right to the surface then jumping out of the water after it. Trolling my lucky blue/silver Bomber Long A produced a further small pinkie.

We anchored up at around 8:30pm and commenced burleying. I had a fair selection of fresh baits I'd collected the night before, garfish of various sizes and 4 small sand crabs, as well as frozen squid and bluebait However, despite doing everything right, trying MANY different baits, and despite near perfect conditions (slightly murky, quite lumpy, little moon), the snapper didn't come to play We picked up a few more goldfish-sized pinkies on the bait, Dave hooked a suspected banjo shark (fiddler ray) which spat the hook near the yak. He also caught some trophy-sized starfish on pilchards We called it quits at about 10:30, I am happy to admit I was feeling a little queasy by this stage, with good sized swells rolling through the whole time we were on the water.

Despite the lack of fish it was a top trip, great to talk all things fishing with Mushi and enjoy the company of someone who loves fishing as much as me We have to do it again soon mate :wink:

 

[RedPhoenix]

Unfortunately, due to the change in ownership of this web site and the lack of response by the owners to my requests to remove my email address from all administrative-level notifications and functionality, I have decided to remove my posts on AKFF. Thank you for the great times, the fantastic learning experiences and the many many fish. If you are desperate for the old content of this particular post, it is available below base64 encoded and bzip2 compressed.

Red.

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[PoddyMullet]

Nice effort Squid's and Mushi...sounds like while no biggies came along ya had plenty to keep ya busy. Squidder, you're the most rounded of the Mango's using bait, Sp's and Hb's on the troll in a single session....that's Bill Lawry fishing with "it's all happening here". Top effort :wink:

 

[Kevin]

Pity you guys weren't rewarded with some larger fish after putting in such a good effort. As you noted its all enjoyable.

 

[Mushi]

Just a quick post - getting ready for portsea tomorrow, hopefully some bigger fish + squid! thanks for a fun paddle, nice nite for it The bait you gathered was very much appreciated too!