Phillip Island Tinny

Location: Phillip Island - Tinny
Date: 31st March 2012
Crew: Dave, Ross, Willow
Time: 7:30am- 11:30am
Weather: 20 + degrees, windy
Target Fish: Whiting, Pinkies
Bait: Pippies, Pilchard, Bluebait
Berley: Nil
Catch: 2 x Pinkies (undersize), 2 x Whiting, 5 x Leather Jackets, 1 x Senator Wrasses, 10 x Pooh Fish, 1 x Prickly Toad
Report: Windy as hell. Frustrating start, lost a lot of bait very quickly. Whiting took bluebait.
Rating: 7/10

Old Random Photos

Location: Phillip Island
Date: 2006
Crew: Ross, Toon, Luke
Catch: 17 x Whiting, 2 x Snook, 1 x Salmon

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 Christmas '08

Location: Tinny Spot
Date: 27.12.2008
Time: 10:00 am - 2:30pm
Weather: Mainly fine. Not sure what tide it was? Rosco, can you edit if you do?
Crew: Toon, Ross, Willo
Target Fish: Whiting, but anything else goes at this spot
Bait: Pippi, squid
Rigs: Paternoster
Berley: None
Catch: 5 x Whiting, 2 x reef bastards, 1 x wrasse thing
Report: Hit three spots with little action. Was going to row back in but hit a forth spot, and was right on in the action. Snagged all whiting in the one spot. Top final sesh. Ross was on fire with most of the whiting. The biggest one signed in at about 40cm.

Rating: 6/10 - A little disappointing for a super location.

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.

Snook and a Whiting

Location: Ventnor Tinny
Date: 12.10.08
Crew: Ross
Time: 8.00-11.30am
Tackle: Surf rig, size.6 hooks, maybe best so that you don't always catch the small stuff on a size.4
Weather: 5 knots, brilliant weather, mist in morning, shorts and a t-shirt
Target Fish: Whiting, Snook
Bait: Pippie
Berley: Berkley Berley Suasage - not no impressed -$7.99 better off with pellets and tuna-oil
Catch: 1 x Whiting 30cm
2 x Snook (40&50cm)
1 x Small Leather Jacket (15cm)
1 x Cool Red Reef Fish (17 cm)

Report: decided to try a green soft plastic on a weighted hook. Cast and retrieve mid pace, small tugs. Picked up both that way. Tried pink squid jig for a while no luck. Smaller jigs seem best.
Dude came twenty meters in his boat! no luck for him..suck shit
Rating: 6/10

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

Whiting in Ventnor

Location: Phillip Island - Secret Spot (Tinny)
Date: 14.06.08
Crew: Ross, Bjorn(Sweden), Tyson(Canada), Scott(California)
Time: 2.00-5.00pm
Weather: Windy, choppy,cold
Target Fish: Whiting, anything else
Bait: Pippie
Berley: Aniseed berley pellets with tuna oil mixed in
Catch: 10x Whiting
Report: Cold, wet and windy. Great day on the water though.
Caught a 46cm whiting weighing in around 800grams...nice fight!

Rating: 7/10

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