Snaggy lagoon pier

[ingeer]

Saturday morning was my first trip to Lagoon pier which turned out to be massive loss of rigs.. Weather is windy and cloudy, discolored water, using bass yabby and cast under the pier from middle of the pier to just before the bend, hoping to hook up some bream. But 1 out of 3 casts i got snag.. Never been here before anyone knows what the hell is down there?? I assumed it was sand bottom but seems not... :roll:

[raco09]

Sunken ship?? :dontknow

[Raulfc7]

On the city side it's snag central but the St Kilda side isn't at all except for on the bend. Losing 1 out of 3 cast would have done your head in

[fishingvic]

I've lost that many soft plastics and jig heads close to Lagoon Pier. I think there must be shopping trolleys down there!

[hornet]

LOL ... when I bream fish there I rest the rod against the rail then drop the running sinker rig ( 12 inch leader ) straight down

when it hits bottom I wind 2 turns of the handle, keep the reel locked up because as soon as the bream take it they head for coral unless you stop them in their tracks...

it works.

[kaotay]

On the city side it's snag central but the St Kilda side isn't at all except for on the bend. Losing 1 out of 3 cast would have done your head in

^ x2 what he said. There is reef just out from the bend, fishos often pull chunks of it in. Don't have to cast far at Lagoon BTW.

[andybuck]

Mate, get on Google Maps, and then convert to Google Earth (bottom left corner on the new google maps) & zoom right in on the pier, you can see where the rocks are underwater! You can do this for every pier in the bay (can't claim credit for this trick, read it on another thread in this forum).

I'd had a similar experience to you there - except maybe 1:1 or 1:2 cast:snag ratio on the main pier. Went a couple of weeks ago, went to the end (after the bend), and didn't get a single snag (only caught a small banjo shark and an undersized bream mind you).