Had a rubbish week last week, two rods and a tacklebox nicked from the back of my ute, home hot water heater went bang, car aircon got fried and on and on, so when the good lady said she wanted me to pick up an ebay purchase and I realised it was close (enough) to the water for a fish I jumped at the chance!
I chucked my two boys in the car and we header down to Lagoon Pier at about 2:30. The pier itself was busier than Burke St, but we managed to get a spot on the little platform right at the end. I was casting out the end of the pier parallel to the beach and pretty much got snagger straight away. There must be some cracking weed beds out there. I lost that lot of tackle so rigged up again and cast out in a similar direction. Snagged again straight away. This time I got it cack however and had hooked up someone else old line complete with sinkers and hooks so I had come out even by this stage.
I soaked a bait for a while only for a few nibbles, and something (crab I assume) that was grabbing and pulling slowly on the baits.
There was one guy on the pier next to me who pulled in two flatties, a pinkie and a small mullet while we were there, but no luck where we were casting.
We also had a nice airshow from the roulettes, a F18 and some big navy Hercules looking thing that were doing their stuff for the GP, which was an added bonus.
So all up, no fish, but was still a nice outing to a spot I have never been before.
