Another day on the Tinny

Location: Ventnor, Tinny

Date: 07.05.10

Crew: Ross

Time: 12-5pm

Weather: 5-10 knots, cloudy, weed everywhere, 18 deg

Rig: Paternoster Rig

Target Fish: Whiting

Bait: South Australia Pippie - $16 -holy crap

Catch: 2 x 40cm Leather Jacket

6 x Whiting 30 -45cm

Report: Found it really hard to find a patch of sand. Have to hit the right spot or you just get weed fish

Note: Began using nylon paternoster rigs rather than the steel wire surf rigs. Cheaper more ideal.

Rating: 6/10

Phillip Island

Location: Phillip Island (Tinny)
Date: 02.03.09
Time: 11am-6pm
Weather: Mild Chop
Crew: Mad, Amy, Shane, Ange
Target Fish: What ever
Bait: Pippie, Blue Bait
Rigs: Surf Rig, Squid Jig (pink)

Berley: None
Catch: 4 x Blue Leather Jacket (1 big one)
1 x Squid (medium size)
3 x Whiting

+7 x Poo Fish

1 x Flathead (big)
Report: Great day of the tinny. Multiple locations used, main site straight out all deck visible. Pippie most succesful for catching fish other than Poo Fish. Flathead caught by most inexperienced fisher we all thought she was just snagged till she pulled it in the boat. Hooked up to, what could only have been, a big ray... shot away taking about 3/4 of the line then snapping the rod... shit!!
Rating: 7.5/10

Phillip Island

Location: Phillip Island (Tinny)

Date: 21.02.09

Time: 2pm-6pm

Weather: Mild Chop

Crew: Ross, Luke

Target Fish: What ever

Bait: Pippie

Rigs: Surf Rig, Snapper Snatcher 1/0 hook

Berley: Pellets with tuna oil

Catch: 1 x Blue Leather Jacket

2 x Snapper

4 x Whiting

1 x Silver Trevally

Report: Great success. First time trying snapper snatcher off tinny. Anchored in position where decking and half way down columns was in view of beach house on land. Used pippie on 1/0 snapper snatcher-blue tinsell.

Rating: 8/10 good session

Westernport Tinny 02.01.08

Fishing Type: Boat (tinny)
Crew: Ross, Madeleine + 2
Weather: 28deg, 10-15 knots
Time: 1pm-5pm
Target Fish: Whiting, Salmon, Snapper, Flathead, Leather Jacket, Squid,
Bait: Pippie, Squid, Bluebait, Whiting
Berley: Aniseed Pellets, Tuna Oil
Rigs: Surf rigs, Squid jig

Catch:
8 x whiting (6x30-35cm, 2x45cm)
1 x leather jacket (25cm)
1 x squid


Cook:
Squid - Strips, scored and rubbed in brown suger into grooves. Pan fried, little oil, once cooked added sauce into pan and heated - served
Sauce: Soy sauce, sliced spring onion, garlic, chilli thinly cut,
Fish - Light beer batter

Report:
Good day for whiting (from pippie), nice sized squid,
Garfish sited and other schools along berley trail
Previous day - snapper caught using white bait!


Rating: 7/10