Well the autumn winter run of Pinkies on the front reef is well and truly off and running. There has been some excellent catches on the 4 mile and 6 mile.
I went out today for a few hours and bagged out. Most fish 30-34cm. I don't normally keep that many but we have family coming up in a couple of weeks so I filleted and boned them out for BBQ snacks... :a_goodjob:
Coota were ferocious early taking 6 rigs in about half an hour..
The seals made life difficult too. Many head only retrievals after the seals decided that breakfast was served.
Pinkies pinkies and more pinkies.
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Pinkies pinkies and more pinkies.
There's nothing . . . absolutely nothing . . . half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats.
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Re: Pinkies pinkies and more pinkies.
Couta are a pain but make great bait, try feeding the seals pilchards with wasabi in they will soon clear off
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Re: Pinkies pinkies and more pinkies.
That sounds like great fishing. Re-tyred, how long is this pinkie run likely to go for? I'm recovering from a knee op and am stuck home for a while.....Am enjoying hearing about the great fishing over your way.re-tyred wrote:Well the autumn winter run of Pinkies on the front reef is well and truly off and running. There has been some excellent catches on the 4 mile and 6 mile.
I went out today for a few hours and bagged out. Most fish 30-34cm. I don't normally keep that many but we have family coming up in a couple of weeks so I filleted and boned them out for BBQ snacks... :a_goodjob:
Coota were ferocious early taking 6 rigs in about half an hour..
The seals made life difficult too. Many head only retrievals after the seals decided that breakfast was served.
Joe
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Re: Pinkies pinkies and more pinkies.
Last year I was still catching them in August. Some days they are good some days slow. Early morning or late afternoon seems to be the best
There's nothing . . . absolutely nothing . . . half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats.
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Re: Pinkies pinkies and more pinkies.
Two more trips since I last reported. Both times I fished just 4nm from the bar. 9 pinkies in an hour first go and 6 in an hour the other. Coota seem to have gone, plenty of rubbish fish making it hard to keep a bait on. Fish vary from undersize to 40cm most in the mid 30's range.
Only small numbers of boats out, maybe 20 each day. Fish are most active at sunrise but still ok during the day. It has been freezing cold in the morning. So rug up if you are giving it a go.
We had another Bar incident this week, again due to people not having a clue and not bothering to use the info that is available to everyone.
Only small numbers of boats out, maybe 20 each day. Fish are most active at sunrise but still ok during the day. It has been freezing cold in the morning. So rug up if you are giving it a go.
We had another Bar incident this week, again due to people not having a clue and not bothering to use the info that is available to everyone.
There's nothing . . . absolutely nothing . . . half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats.
Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows (River Rat to Mole)
Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows (River Rat to Mole)