Interesting Afternoon at Princes Pier

Lagoon Pier, Kerferd Road Pier, Station Pier, Princes Pier, Webb Dock Port Melbourne
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Interesting Afternoon at Princes Pier

Post by Scozziefish71 » Mon Nov 19, 2018 5:27 pm

So I decided to try Princes pier around 10:20am on Sunday 18th, on an incoming tide.
I have recently tooled up with new rod, reel etc for fishing soft plastics after watching videos on this forum.
Twenty mins into my fish I connected with a Snook (sea pike), whatever you call it here, ten mins later a small salmon, I was then smashed by a large trevally which somehow managed to grab the tail of my soft plastic and shake it but not hook up. Various Bream rushed out to take a look but no takers.
All in all I had a fun 2.5hrs hrs or so and have renewed faith in soft plastics after a few blanks elsewhere.

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Re: Interesting Afternoon at Princes Pier

Post by Lightningx » Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:50 pm

Sounds like not a bad little session mate.
I’ve encountered some massive pike there. Just too heavy to lift up with my light gear!
Nice work :thumbsup:

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Re: Interesting Afternoon at Princes Pier

Post by sirsquidalot » Tue Nov 20, 2018 4:58 am

not bad for 2 1/2 hours chief :a_goodjob:

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Re: Interesting Afternoon at Princes Pier

Post by Scozziefish71 » Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:58 pm

Yes it was a good little session, it just proves if the fish are there they will attack the plastics.
It was good to see so many different species too.
Cheers for the comments :-D

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Post by smile0784 » Tue Nov 20, 2018 6:19 pm

Sounds like a nice session

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Re: Interesting Afternoon at Princes Pier

Post by shazdoggg » Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:57 pm

Thanks for the report! Caught my first fish on SP at princess pier many moons ago. Like yourself, was also a silver trevally! Silver trevally have a soft mouth, unlike snapper/flathead/salmon etc, and they also fight hard so you have to be careful not to exert too much pressure or you can pull the hooks.

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