Fishing Victoria Forum

I got a 38cm squid from Flinders pier on Saturday, of course once a few of the locals saw it a bunch of them came over and started casting right next to me. Seemed to me that the reason they weren't catching any probably had less to do with the spot on the pier they were fishing in and more to do w...

i do land based and use
daiwa emeraldas mx 86ml
daiwa emeraldas MX 2508PE
8lb braid
and I am a believer of yamashita jigs

but honestly, all you really need is a 7ft rod with a 2500 reel

at what point should a man just buy a boat or kayak

yamashita gold 3.0. i cry an ocean every time i lose one

looks like a beautiful fish. well done
on the side note, any salmon around. wanting to head down to gunners and try out micro jigging for salmon

according to Wikipedia, the largest toadie can grow to 100cm.
also they look like the kind of toadie you catch in frankston pier

would be nice if we could get a pier that has a depth of more than 3 metres

might not be common, but i do see people just leave banjos and toadies on the pier.
saw 1 dude catch a toadie, rip the hook out of its mouth and slammed it back into the water. the toadie was dead of course.
i think its pretty disgusting

were you using lure or bait?

do you guys think micro jigging off the beach will produce any salmon? no reason why it won't. Shiny + metal = salmon at gunnas if they are there. only issue you might have is throwing anything less than 30g and you'll get taken for a ride by the side current or swells. most of the guys spin with 4...