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Thats an awesome fish mate. Congrats. They are a ripper of a fight. I. Defienently chasing more.of them in the future. So am i right it took the bait on the incoming tide?

I also agree with the above. Ive used wire before but dound that unless your targeting big tiger sharks it scares alot of fish away. I usually go over kill with sharks and use 80lb mono. But you would prob get away with 30lb and gang hooks. Gang hooks are great imo for the bigger fish

Good luck mate. Im back at work this week so hope to get out on the weekend

Cheers for the report hamish. Looks like a nice peaceful spot. Bummer about the doughnut though

Thats why its called fishing and not catching. Its all the fun of the sport. Next time will be better

Good luck hamish let us know how you go

I kept this one but i heard this size release back ok.....smaller ones have a bit of trouble. Dont know of its true or not though

Might go change it now

Live herring on the top of the tide. Was such a rush

Yes this is murrarie rec hub. At the top of the tide on a live herring

I hate theiving ba$+@&ds. Nice few trips out apart from that. Nice work

Wow had a friend pick me up this morning and take me to a place he know to go fishing.......thought we were going to colmslie but he had other plans. Get to his spot and throw the cast nets....i finally worked out how to throw my new 10' with it opening all the time. Anyway fishing for awhile with no luck about to pack up and change to colmsloe when my rod bends in half. I drop my net and run to my rod strike and set the drag and im on. 10 mins fighting later and i get my self a river monster. My first threadfin salmon just shy of a meter. to say im happy is an understatment. happy easter everyone

On my way back down now. Hopefully get some more.

Well it was a dissapointing trip out 2night with the fam. Started off working the beach at colmslie and got a nice amount of prawns and some livies for bait. But apart from that there wasnt even a bite all night. 3 rods in with 3 different baits and nothing to take them. At least i got a small feed of prawns. Will be back there in the morning to try get some more. Maybe bag out Here is my catch from 2night.

You mean like tonights super moon?......guess id better take a big rig to colmslie with me and my cast net. Cheers for the info

Hey hamish what time of year do you go for threadys? Ive always wanted to try get one. I just know nothing about them.

Defiently not throwing this one back. Shes a keeper for sure. I baked them for dinner 2night. Me and the missus had 1 each. Was looking at going again 2night but looks a bit windy out so might leave it till 2morrow

Nice hook ups. I dream if catching something like that. Ill get a boat again 1 day

I have heard that aswell. I always soak my net for the whole day before i use it. But i only soak it in water. Never tried using detergent

Cheers. Its amazing how a bad start can lead to a good finish

Thats is awesome mate What a great gesture.

Intresting question. Im not entirely sure on the answer but i do know that generally you dont feed the plastics to the fish. They work like a lure and youbget it back when you reel in the fish. I guess they could be swallowed from time to time though. Be intrestimg to do some research as i hate the waterways being more and more pullouted

Cheers. Will defiently be going back out tonight

Well the night started off terribly. Dinner was late and i was worried i was going to miss the high. Luckily for me i have a brilliant missus who fixed everything for us to leave just when i wanted to. Car was packed energy was high and off we went. Drive round the corner and suddenly the bubble burst and i felt as though my first girlfriend had just dumped me again. The jetty at victoria point was full of people fishing. Not wanting to give up but knowing i have little fuel till pay day we started heading home. As we pull into the driveway.....da dada daaaaaa missus to the rescue again. She says put the fishing gear into my car i have fuel. Spirits lifted once more and off we went to wellington point. Got there at 9.00.....a little late but it had just gone high tide and i was getting pumped. A quick look up the jetty showed quite a few people but there was still plenty of space for us to wet a line aswell. Eagerly we jumped out the car and felt the wind. It was comming on quite strong and i knew the jetty was going to be even worse. But we were there dammit and i wasnt going to let it stop me from my mission. So we jumped back in the car and went to the king island side of the point. Quickly unpacked the car and walked to our chosen spot. Baited my rod with some worms and cast into the great dark abyss. Eagerly wanting to try out my new cast net i ripped it out if its bucket and began wildly throwing into the water.....wow i cant begin to describe how bad i was throwing it. I may aswell have just thrown a rock into the water. Going from a 6' to a 10' net sure means tweaking your throwing style a bit. But after 10 or so throws i was making some decent throws and ended up landing a few of thesepretty happy start. Pulled in my rod, removed the worm and rebaited with one of these little suckers. Re cast and no more than 20 seconds after i had put my rod down did the line start screaming. I ran like hussien bolt grabed my rod and bang set the hook. The fight was on. It was my light 4lb gear on a 1-3kg rod vs whatever had dared to take the bait. Keeping the drag just right to bring him in with a few little runs here and there i finally glimpsed the subltle silver gleam in the pale light. My adrenilin was pumping now. I havent been so excited over pulling in a fish in a long time but here i was dripping with anticipation. Finally the fish was at the wall and i pulled it up and over onto the floor quickly so it wouldnt have a chance to flick free. It was a beauty. Pan sized bream. Havent seen one this big in years. Just hit 33cm. For a bream i was stoked. Straight into the esky and he will be starring in 2morrow nights dinner. After such a rough start to the night i was glad to see a good outcome. Not only did i spare the doughnut but i was taking home a feed aswell. Well the tide was still high and so were my spirits again. Re bait and woosh vast back into the abyss. Rod down go to cast net and bzzzzzzz rod is off again......wow i think i found the magic bait at wello. Grab my rod again and bang hook is good. Reeling in.....then i felt it......u know that feeling where its like the fish just swam into a rock but the hook kept going.....well thats what it felt like to me cause suddenly there was nothing on the other end. Finished reeling it back in, re bait and re cast. I actually got a few throws of my cast net in before the line started going off again. Quickly i dropped my net as i was about to throw it. Grabbed the rod and set the hook again. I had the drag set too loose and whatever was on the end just ran. Quickly tightened the drag and started to get some line back. It was about 10.00 by now and the tide was dropping rather quickly as it does in that area. It was probably only 1 foot deep just below me but i was determined to land this one. It was still a good fight not too dissimilar from my first good fight of the night. But finally i landed my second pan sized bream of the night this one a good 29cm. but with the tide running out it was time to pack it up and head home. Was a good trip in the end and i have a good feed for tomorrow. Now to plan my next trip out. Tight lines folks

I couldnt find anything either. Ill have my rod anyway so hopefully at least take something home