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Showing posts with label rock fishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rock fishing. Show all posts

Monday, February 22, 2021

Mount Martha Rocks

 



Date: 20th Feb 

Weather: Fine, around 18. 
Crew: Toon & Ross
Target Fish: Squid, snapper, whiting. 
Bait: - Squid jigs, squid strips, pipi, salmon strip
Gear Used: Rod and reel
Catch: 4x fidler rays 1x sambo
Report: Awesome. So good to go out for a proper fish again, and using bait was a blast from the past. Smelly fingers and all, this is a great way to fish - i forget how much fun it is! We were just happy to get down to the rocks and have a fish, wasnt expecting to catch much, if anything. As soon as we were in, Ross was getting bites so was great to have that feeling. Reeled in 4 fidler rays which was ok, at least we were on the board, when all of a sudden the rod started screaming. After a good fight and a few jumps out of the water, we landed a massive sambo caught off a snapper snatcher with combo'd pipi and squid strips. It was actually a double hook up with 2x sambo's but just as we were about to land them, one got off. Would have been epic to snag two, but still, managed to catch a beast, posisbly one of the biggest i have seen, and by the pic is around 60-70cm. Caught him at 10:40 which was just after high tide. Some guys rocked up before susnet and fished an hour after sunset, they caught 1 squid, so they're out there despite us not getting any hits. Fishing the jagged rocks can be hard on the feet after a while, but we found a better flatter spot, so moved there. Thats where we caught the sambo too. 

Report: 9/10. I need a boat. 





Saturday, May 5, 2012

Artillery Rock - Lorne

Location: Artillery Rock
Date: 5-May-2012
Weather: Overcast
Crew: Dave, Westy dudes
Target Fish: Salmon
Bait: Lures - Halco Twistie, Alma Pilchard, Alma Ghost, Laser - Red Head
Berley: None
Catch: 1 x Tailor ~ 1.2 kg
Report: Fished 3 - 6pm. Low tide at 330pm. Hooked up 2 good size salmon on Alma Ghost but lost on retrieve due to Salmon jumping out of water. Tailor hit Halco Twistie. Dolphins keeping the fish away. Be careful at this spot, fish around low tide only with maximum 3ft swell.
Rating: 7/10