went to fish tonight at one of the local beaches thinking i might get lucky and find a salmon school. since it was a beach i have never fished before and have not seen others fishing i figured it might not be a very good spot. took 2 surf rods with me and my sp rod. had one surf rod set up with a paternoster rig with #2 circle hooks and using pipis for bait.
had the other surf rod with a running sinker rig and pilchard for bait. 10 minutes after i casted the first baits out i got a nice bite on the pipis. reeled in a 30 cm mullet.
i rebaited the hooks threw it back out and almost as soon as it hit the water i was reeling in a 36 cm bream. rebaited angain and casted back out. waited for a while and the big surf rod went off. ran to get it nd whatever it was let go of the hook jut before i got to the rod. whatever it was was pulling out drag really well.
reeled it in, put on a fresh pilchard and casted back out. 20 minuted later the reel was screaming again. reeled in and it was a 40 cm gummy which i cleaned some sea lice off of and released. baited back up casted in again. the other surf rod went off again with a 32 cm salmon.
baited, casted and started throwing the sp out. caught 3 more salmon all around the 30 cm mark. then caught 1 king george on the surf rod with pipis. and caught 2 banjos on the big surf rod.
was a fun night fishing and was tempted to stay longer but have to work tomorrow so called it a night.
mixed catch
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bowl
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Re: mixed catch
sounds like a great session.
To many boats kayak, helicopter , catch a fish,catch a fish
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Freakazoid
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Tomcat1
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Re: mixed catch
yep always nice when we find places that arent crowded and have a good lil session. was still getting bites when i packed up. hated to leave when i did lol.
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Raulfc7
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Re: mixed catch
Well done tomcat sounds like a productive session
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purple5ive
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kabo
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Re: mixed catch
Nice one! That certainly answers my question of whether it's worth it trying the beaches -rather than the piers- in the bay 
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Tomcat1
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Re: mixed catch
yep i have fished the beaches around the piers a number of times and done okay. but the piers and the beaches around them tend to get pretty crowded so i figured i would go and try some spots that arent crowded. now that i see this new spot fishes well i might take the yak out with me next time.
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Luke1989
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Re: mixed catch
good stuff bud!
seems like you had a good fishing session!
its always hard at beaches Ive found, as there's always so many people! even nighttime you get the odd amount of people swimming on nice nights
seems like you had a good fishing session!
its always hard at beaches Ive found, as there's always so many people! even nighttime you get the odd amount of people swimming on nice nights
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot....
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Nude up
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Re: mixed catch
Nice night for it and you caught fish, I like to remove the lice and those black little worms that attach themselves to the fish I am releasing