salmon galore
salmon galore
Just a quick report tonight.
Went out for a fish today , plan was to scoot across to sandringham from newport ramp to see if any pinkies were around, left newport around 4.30 and started heading over. Just before the Ferguson st pier there were hundreds of birds circling so we had a squiz. The salmon school we saw was around 100 m across and thick, threw some slugs in and got smashed before winding the reel.
kept around 30 salmon, all around the 40cm mark and threw back just as many so if any one is keen on bait collection i would head around the willy / port melb area soon.
Ended up with some pinkies as well
Went out for a fish today , plan was to scoot across to sandringham from newport ramp to see if any pinkies were around, left newport around 4.30 and started heading over. Just before the Ferguson st pier there were hundreds of birds circling so we had a squiz. The salmon school we saw was around 100 m across and thick, threw some slugs in and got smashed before winding the reel.
kept around 30 salmon, all around the 40cm mark and threw back just as many so if any one is keen on bait collection i would head around the willy / port melb area soon.
Ended up with some pinkies as well
Re: salmon galore
Mate what an awesome session your reels must have copped a beating after that catch. :cheers:
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Re: salmon galore
Thanks for sharing fitzy... Would like to pull some good size Salmon for table and baits.
I thought today and following days wind is kinda strong for boating...
So did u end up catching those pinkies from Sandringham?
I thought today and following days wind is kinda strong for boating...
So did u end up catching those pinkies from Sandringham?
Re: salmon galore
it was a bit blowy but a NNE wind so there is a lot of coverage from willy.kingfisher wrote:Thanks for sharing fitzy... Would like to pull some good size Salmon for table and baits.
I thought today and following days wind is kinda strong for boating...
So did u end up catching those pinkies from Sandringham?
We ended up getting the pinkies at sandy near the marina on fresh salmon strips.
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Re: salmon galore
Am thinking to launch from Mordi at noon this Friday but after reading your post could be changing my mind :oops:fitzy90 wrote:it was a bit blowy but a NNE wind so there is a lot of coverage from willy.kingfisher wrote:Thanks for sharing fitzy... Would like to pull some good size Salmon for table and baits.
I thought today and following days wind is kinda strong for boating...
So did u end up catching those pinkies from Sandringham?
We ended up getting the pinkies at sandy near the marina on fresh salmon strips.
I fished Sandy weeks ago but only managed donuts, countless of undersize pinkies though...
If you're going out again on Friday I see you out there... hoping for weather to play nice in due course... tight lines!
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That would have been fun, I'm still waiting to come across a big bust up in the yak.
Last year I saw a few reports suggesting that snapper were moving around beneath the salmon schools, presumably feeding off the bits of fish the salmon drop so maybe a few micro jigs (if they ever make it past the salmon to the bottom) might pick up a few reds
Last year I saw a few reports suggesting that snapper were moving around beneath the salmon schools, presumably feeding off the bits of fish the salmon drop so maybe a few micro jigs (if they ever make it past the salmon to the bottom) might pick up a few reds
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Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Re: salmon galore
Am i the only one that tried getting that bloody bug off my screen!! hahaha4liters wrote:That would have been fun, I'm still waiting to come across a big bust up in the yak.
Last year I saw a few reports suggesting that snapper were moving around beneath the salmon schools, presumably feeding off the bits of fish the salmon drop so maybe a few micro jigs (if they ever make it past the salmon to the bottom) might pick up a few reds
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.It is often Kingfish under the Salmon... :fish22:4liters wrote:That would have been fun, I'm still waiting to come across a big bust up in the yak.
Last year I saw a few reports suggesting that snapper were moving around beneath the salmon schools, presumably feeding off the bits of fish the salmon drop so maybe a few micro jigs (if they ever make it past the salmon to the bottom) might pick up a few reds