Lockdown Outing 5.0 - Snapper

Date: 26/09/21

Weather: 13. Relatively clam seas, slight chop.  Water temp 13.8. 

Spots: MM snapper, Mornington snapper

Bait: Snapper took a whole silver whiting. Berley'd hard all day with old pilly and chook pellets/tuna oil. Pillies and squid also used for bait. 

Catch: 1 snapper! 80cm, 6kg. Bunch of flatties, southern rock cod, port jackson shark. 

Crew: Toon, Jax, Mac, Brendon, Bailey

Review: Left home 5am, high tide 6:40am. Was pretty quiet fishing most of the day. Snapper caught at Mornington Snapper at around 9:45am. No fish at MM Snapper spot, all fish caught at Mornington Snapper spot. The snapper was a beast!! Took many runs spooling line. Without this fish, would have been a pretty ordinary day, but it made the day awesome. 

Rating: 8.5/10. Early season snapper - hopefully they start rolling in more often in the coming weeks!! 

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

A typical day in the tinny - '06

Location: Phillip Island
Date: 2006
Crew: Luke, Ross, Toon
Catch: 1 x squid, 1 x salmon, 2 x Whiting, 6 x Flathead, 2 x Snapper

Guest Post by Easty – Port Phillip Bay Charter - Carrum

Location: Port Phillip Bay - VIC

Date: 28th October 2011
Crew: Easty, Sam & Reeltime fishing charter crew (11 people)
Time: 3:30am - 6:30am
Weather: 1.5m Swell, thunderstorms, 14 knot winds. High tide @ 2.50pm.
Rig: Paternoster w/snapper snatchers
Target Fish: Snapper
Bait: Whole Pilchards
Berley: Cubed pilchards and pellets
Catch: 34 x Snapper (all over 40cm), 1 seal (almost, it took 2 snapper off the hook)
Report: Charter operator knows his stuff. Plenty of big fish caught by all. Good session
Rating: 9/10

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

Rat Rock

Location: Rat Rock
Date: 11.12.2004
Time: 7:00 pm - 12:00pm
Weather: Initial winds, but calmed down for quiet night. Low tide was just before 8:00 pm.
Crew: Arnold, Toon, Ross, Carrel
Target Fish: Snapper, Gummy
Bait: Squid & Pillies
Rigs: Snapper Snatchers and Running Paternoster Rigs
Berley: None
Catch: 2 x Banjo Guitars

Report: Little action throughout night, but once the wind calmed down fishing was pleasant.

Rating: 4/10 - Scores only because of the sunset.

Old Photos 2005-2006

Snapper Flathead King George - 5 stars













Simo with a Fiddler off the boat.






















Nice catch off the Tinny














Spear fishing Ventnor
Wrasse?

Wrasse not bad to eat, maybe bbq best option.

Western Port Bay

Location: Elizabeth Island Mark & Hawkseys Secret Spot
Date: 14.11.2008
Time: 3:30 am - 12:30pm
Weather: 15-20 Knots
Crew: Huggett, Toon, Hawkes
Target Fish: Snapper, Gummy
Bait: Squid, Pillies, Sand Whiting, Barracouta, Salmon
Rigs: Various
Berley: Market mystery bag
Catch: 1x Pinkie 34cm, 5x Couta, 1x Slimy Cock Rod, 1x Mullet, 1x Ray, 20x Salmon, 10x Flattie

Report: Not much at Elizabeth Island mark, tide running too fast. Moved to Hawkesy's secret spot at about 4m water. Good session with no tide and constant action.

Rating: 7/10 - Wanted a big red!

Rat Rocks

Location: Rat Rock
Date: 26.10.08
Time: 3:00 -8.30am
Weather: Calm morning
Crew: Huggett, Toon, Arnold
Target Fish: Snapper
Bait: Squid, Pillies
Rigs: Snapper snatchers and running paternoster rig.
Berley: Market mystery bag
Catch: None
Report: No bites, no boots into dirty filthy rats and no seagull kites. The early early morning session didn't seem to agree with any of us...and sunday was a complete write-off. As always though we had some good laughs.

Rat Rock

Location: Rat Rock
Date: 14.10.08
Time: 8:00 -11.30pm
Weather: Full Moon, little cloud, calm night
Crew: Huggett, Toon, Arnold, Willo
Target Fish: Gummy, Snapper
Bait: Squid, Pillies, Eel
Rigs: Snapper snatchers and running paternoster rig
Berley: 1 large blue grenadier carcass
Catch: 3 x Eagle Ray, 1 x Pinkie (27cm), 1 x Gummy
Report: Good night and not many fisherman. When we arrived (just before sunset), dudes to our right landed a good sized snapper (on pillie). Arnold caught the pinkie which took a surprisingly good run about an hour after dark. Gummy was caught at about 10:30pm. Pinkie took pillie bait on paternoster rig, while gummy took the combo (pillie and squid) on the snapper snatcher. The eagle rays took snapper snatchers. Penguin's were walking around the joint, and there were many large rats. Huggett got frustrated, cos he just missed two.
Rating: 8/10 . Would have been a 9 if Huggett laid boot to one.

Mornington - Take 2

Location: Port Phillip Bay - Mornington
Crew: Ross, Huggett, Toon
Weather: Fine
Time & Date: Late '07???
Target Fish: Large Snapper
Bait: Squid, Pillies
Berley: Chook Pellets with tuna oil

Catch: Numerous Flattie, 1x Pinkie, 1x Garfish

Report: Was good to get out in PPB, and when we anchored and started berleying we immediately had flatties. Took a long time before we landed the one and only snapper. A little disappointing in the end, but a day on the water is better than any day at work. Moroccan Style snapper was tasty.

Rating: 6/10

Phillip Island - Sometime Jan '08

Location: Phillip Island - Secret Spot (Tinnie)
Crew: Ross, Toon, Luke
Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Weather: Fine
Target Fish: Usual
Bait: Squid Jigs, Pipi, Flathead
Catch: 1x Aussie Salmon, 1x Large Flattie, 8+x Other Flattie, 2x Pinkie, 2x Whiting, 1xSquid


Report: Went out to chase Mako's - boat broke down, dang! Next best option is to take the tinnie out, so we did, and managed a nice haul of fish. Caught the squid using a squid jig with some flathead baited on the jig points. This spot never disappoints.


Rating: 7.5/10

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