Location: North Side of Cape Woolami Date: Sometime in '07 Weather: Calm Crew: Ross, Toon Target Fish: Salmon, Gummy Bait: Pillies Berley: Large red berley pellets, cut pillies, tuna oil
Catch: 1x Port Jackson Shark
Report: Pretty Quiet all day, however great location. Nice area and no people. Bit of a hike, but was worth it. Although we didnt catch much, was still a good day.
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.
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.
Fishing Type: Land Based - "Lake" Location: Blackburn Lakes - Late January 2008 Crew: Dave Huggett, Toon Weather: Calm Time: 2pm-11pm Target Fish: Carp Bait: PowerBait and Bread Berley: Nil Rigs: 4/0 Chemically Sharpened Hook
Catch: 8 x Carp - Largest being 75cm and 11lbs
Report: An interesting day to say the least. In search of carp and we managed to snag 8. Good fighting fish, thats about it. Revolting little buggers. Not again - they wreak!
Fishing Type: Land Based - Creek Location: Footscray, Under a bridge Crew: Ross, Dave Huggett, Toon Weather: 15deg, 10-15 knots Time: 10pm-12.30am Target Fish: Eel Bait: Raw Chicken Berley: Nil Rigs: Running sinker, 4ft trace, 2/0 longshank hook
Catch: 1 x Eeel 9 x Bream 10cm-20cm
Report: In search for gummy shark bait. Constant bites, casting around the bridge pilons, not many eels sighted small bream
Cure: Fillet the eel, chop into bait sized chunks, heavily rub in salt, marinade in tuna oil, refridgerate overnight then freeze.
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!
