Fishing Victoria Forum

Angus1722 wrote:

smile0784 wrote:i think metal slugs wok best or salmon

Metal slugs? What would you get on them?

Pike, couta, salmon and other pelagic fish. Popular choice for anglers off piers. Keep in mind that they work much differently to plastics.

Cheers Andy

Lgndhen23 wrote:

Sinsemilla wrote:Good work champ! What did you use to catch them?

Cheers, Anth

Sorry for not getting back to you quicker, we used pilchards

Cheers Henry

Did you read my reply?

Thanks for your reply dazz999. I had a look at soft plastics and jigheads, but generally the pair is about $20...Is there a cheaper option? Just went to Kmart. They have these $5 jig heads(6 a pack) :a_goodjob: , and their plastics are about $11 a pack. Just bought some of the cheap jig heads, my o...

Wish you luck :victory:

smile0784 wrote:Lol. Just think out of the ashes will rise a new reel

I think I’m going to use her remains for scientific research and a dissection as I have never fully disassembled a fishing reel and seen what inside.

(hope she doesn’t mind) :thumbsup:

smile0784 wrote:Service the reel and spray with wd40 that will dry all the salt up and stop from caroding

R.I.P fishing reel. Only had 1 year of service. She was young, too young. Nevertheless, she made me proud.

(Salut)

Amen

FishnMiss wrote:Welcome Henry :welcome: & hopefully your "mate" you fish with isn't imaginary

Hmm, I don’t think I’m imaginary.

Sinsemilla wrote:Good work champ! What did you use to catch them?

Cheers, Anth

Gday mate, we went together on the day. All fish were caught on pillies. Looked like we were quite lucky :a_goodjob: . Over 3 days the only fish caught by other fishos was a couta and some mullet. :water:

Cheers from Andy

Hello, I’m no expert but I can tell you the experience I’ve had after 1 trip a Rhyll jetty (about 1 year ago). We used quite light tackle, 1/0 circles, long shanks with relatively small sinkers. I think we were using squid and we would just cast out (not very far), hold on and lift with bites. With ...

Lol my family (Chinese) often get carp straight out of the original water source and end up cooking them whole in a soup/broth with ZERO fear of the bones no matter how small the fish. They can take whole mouthfuls of carp and just magically start dispensing bones one after another. Nearly all fresh...