Guest Post - Ross'old man

Location: Next to the channel marker straight of Phillip Island House

Date: Early March
Crew: Tony, Mario
Time: mid day
Bait: Pilchards
Catch: 9 x Pinkies

1 x Whiting

1 x Blue Mackerel

Report: Mackerel ! Cut into steaks, tasted great, red flesh.

Secret Lake

Location: Secret Lake
Date: March Sessions
Crew: Dave, Ross
Time: 5:00pm- 7:30pm
Weather: 20 + degrees, no wind
Target Fish: Carp
Bait: Corn
Berley: Nil - Did throw out a bit of corn
Catch: Min 3 each session
Report: Finally figured out how to catch these bastards consistently. Various size catches, had some great fights.
Rating: 7/10

Johanna

Location: Johanna Beach
Date: 10 to 11 March 2012
Crew: Dave
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Weather: 18 + degrees, windy
Target Fish: Salmon
Bait: Metal lures
Berley: Nil
Catch: Nil
Report: Nobody catching anything. Had good fun, though Johanna beach is extreme surf fishing...be careful
Rating: 5/10

Guest Post - Simo in Thailand

Location: Thailand
Date: February 2012
Crew: Simo
Catch: Tuna, Barracuda, Reef Fish, Grouper

Report: Went out on a couple of boats. The first one was with a group of people and not much happened.I managed to catch a really small Tuna that wasn't even 2kg.
The second time I went out was much better, hired my own personal boat for the day so the only people were myself, the captain and the deck hand. For the whole day it only cost me around $150 Aus! Amazing considering I had the whole boat to myself. I managed to catch a couple of nice size Barracuda (round 5kgs) while we were trolling. We also did some bottom/reef fishing and managed a large bag of Grouper and other reef fish that I am not familiar with. I would have liked to throw back the Cuda but the boat owners use them to feed their families and also sell them to the market so all good.

Port Phillip Bay Charter

Location: Port Phillip Bay - VIC
Date: 26th February 2012
Crew: Easty, Dave + Charter guys
Time: 6:00am - 11;00am
Weather: 1.0m swell, windy as hell, high tide at 6:42am
Rig: Running sinker
Target Fish: Snapper
Bait: Pilchards, squid, mullet
Berley: Mixed bag
Catch: 25 + Pinkies, flathead.
Report: Fun morning had by all. Pinkies on the bite all morning.
Rating: 7/10

Secret Reservoir - Victoria

Location: Secret Reservoir - Victoria
Date: 25th February 2012
Crew: Easty, Dave
Time: 6:00pm- 8:00pm
Weather: 30 + degrees, no wind
Target Fish: Trout, Redfin
Bait: Lures - inline spinners and hard bodies
Berley: Nil
Catch: 2 x Redfin ~30cm
Report: Really nice afternoon. Both Redfin caught within 15 mins after sunset. Definately worth putting in some time at this place. Redfin are a nice looking fish.
Rating: 7/10