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Portarlington Jetty 21/01/15
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:18 pm
by 4liters
Went out to Portarlington today with a mate, fishing off the jetty. Only caught a couple of undersized whiting and a bunch of toadfish. However someone caught a 30cm+ leatherjacket close to the jetty and apparently some kid got a 50cm snapper. Banana prawns as bait got a lot of nibbles, no interest whatsoever in the baby octopus I bought from woolies though (I'd never heard of anyone using it as bait before but I figured it'd be similar to squid - the fish had other ideas though).
Drank six beers and didn't get overly sunburnt.
+A would go again.
Re: Portarlington Jetty 21/01/15
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:23 pm
by TrevKing
Thanks for the report, I've never had any luck there, but sounds like you got on to a few fish so thats still pretty good :thumbsup:
Re: Portarlington Jetty 21/01/15
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:34 pm
by Scraglor
I know that I would much rather a few beers down at the pier than working all day, regardless of the catch! At least you hada great day ^_^
Re: Portarlington Jetty 21/01/15
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:45 pm
by Nude up
Was a great day to be out I thought the fishing had picked up there since the artificial reef has been put in
Re: Portarlington Jetty 21/01/15
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:45 pm
by bigone22
nice work 4liters....least you caught a coldie or six...they've saved the day for me sometimes!! :Bar:
Re: Portarlington Jetty 21/01/15
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:45 am
by 4liters
Nude up wrote:Was a great day to be out I thought the fishing had picked up there since the artificial reef has been put in
It probably has, the closest reefs are only 40m from the breakwall and I was casting right in amongst it until we changed spots. This was only my second time out fishing since I was a kid so I would not be at all surprised if someone who actually knows what they are doing could get a decent haul down that way. Still the fact that whiting (even if they were <25cm) were having a crack gives me confidence that I'm doing something right.
Re: Portarlington Jetty 21/01/15
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:48 am
by 4liters
Scraglor wrote:I know that I would much rather a few beers down at the pier than working all day, regardless of the catch! At least you hada great day ^_^
Yeah at least there are some perks to being a uni student to make up for being broke all the time. I'll be looking to head somewhere out a couple of times next week too, the high tide is coinciding with sunset so hopefully that will improve my chances.
Re: Portarlington Jetty 21/01/15
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:59 am
by alaskanaturally
You have a good attitude. It's more about fishin' than catchin'. A feed once in a while is a bonus. Keep trying. You'll get there.