Very quick...
Dropped the missus of at work at 6.30am and decided to not waste a morning so headed to Altona Jetty. I don't usually travel to the west but after reading about the artificial reef located out past the end of Altona Jetty I figured with a north westerly it might be a day to give it a go.
The burley bomb in the bag worked well, thousands of 2-3 inch bait-fish were held close to the end of the pier for a good two maybe three hours, had two lines out in the trail ... annnd.. nothing.
Ran an assortment of lures through and under the bait-fish hoping something bigger was lurking underneath.. nope... not a touch.
With a favorable wind I a tried a balloon and some whole pilles off over the reef at about 70-80 mtrs, nothing,
So yeah, a fair effort but nothing came of it. Nice old pier, but didn't seem have the hallmarks of being hugely productive pier.
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Re: Altona Jetty - 1/12
I haven’t fished that pier for quite sometime but used to catch plenty of pinkies off the end and gars down in the shallows and salmon in the colder months.
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Re: Altona Jetty - 1/12
Yeah that jetty may seem barren most of the time with 99% donut rate, however if you are there on that 1% it's a whole different story. Most of my successful sessions at that pier have been at night and right on sunrise. Anything from gummy, big flatties and a snapper or two have been landed along with heaps of banjos ofcoarse. Cheers
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Re: Altona Jetty - 1/12
Got to give you 10/10 for giving it as long as you did..
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Re: Altona Jetty - 1/12
Good effort mate. I'm from Altona and used to fish the pier a bit when I didn't have a boat, I always found it to be very slow. Theoretically you should be able to get some nice snapper there when guys are catching them around that location in boats.
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Yeah, I was hoping that your theory would hold true.... part of the reason I thought I would give that jetty a go.... alas, not all theories come to fruition. Oh well... could have been worse ways to spend a Sunday morning.Robbie1950 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:03 amTheoretically you should be able to get some nice snapper there when guys are catching them around that location in boats.