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

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

Mornington Pier

Location: Mornington Pier
Date: 13.09.08
Crew: Dave Huggett; Toon Van Beeck; Andrew Wilson
Time: 6-830am
Weather: 10-15 knots, small chop,cold
Target Fish: Squid, Salmon
Bait: Lures
Catch: ~ 25 Salmon.
Reoport: Smashed the salmon with metal lures. Killer session. No real big ones, all around the 25cm mark. Good times had by all (including Jerry)
Rating: 8/10

Mornington Pier

Location: Mornington Pier

Date: 21.09.08

Crew: Dave Huggett; Arnold Castillo

Time: 5-830am

Weather: 10-15 knots, small chop,cold

Target Fish: Snapper, Salmon

Bait: Lures, Pillies, Squid

Catch: ~ 3 Salmon.

Report: Started off pretty ordinary. Lost a brand new snapper snatcher and whole squid head on the first cast. Next cast got snagged. Cracked it...then the salmon came in. David managed 2 on lures and Arnold got one on a snapper snatcher with pillies. All good size. the curse has gone??. JERRY

Rating: 8/10

Ventnor Success

Location: Phillip Island - Secret Spot (Tinny)
Date: 28.06.08
Crew: Ross, Luke
Time: 9.30-11.30pm
Weather: 10-15 knots, small chop,cold
Target Fish: Whiting, anything else
Bait: Pippie (metal lure)
Berley: Tuna berley pellets with tuna oil mixed in
Catch: 21 x Whiting, 1 x Salmon, 2 x Snook
Report: What a catch! Biggest haul on the tinny yet. After 18 whiting had to start throwing them back. Nice size salmon found our berley trail, 30cm - 650grams. After 1.5 hours decided to throw on a small metal lure(blue back) and try my luck. On the second cast pulled in a nice sized Snook much to my amazment. Few more casts later pulled in a second. Prior to casting I made sure there was a good berley stream.
Note: Berley seems to work well if it has been soaking in a bit of water, breaks up nicely when thrown in and creates a nice cloud of fish food. With the tuna oil mixed in you can't beat it.
Rating: 8.5/10