Wasn't particularly well dressed for the occasion as the original plan wasn't to spin the beaches but I was in the area and thought I might check out a few spots for the future. I pulled up to one of the beaches and saw a dozen other fishos and the surf wasnt too crazy so thought it must be worth a shot so rigged the rod with a new reel I bought on the way through Geelong and tied on a slug straight to the braid as I had no leader with me lol.
After about an hour throwing slugs most of the other fishos had left and I hadn't had much of a sniff but the weather was nice and the water reasonably warm.
I persisted as there were scales on the beach which gave me a bit of hope that the fish were about and by this stage there was no turning back as I was saturated anyway lol
I had a small salmon take the lure basically right at my feet in the shore break which boosted my spirits :super: then I had a couple of other hits which didn't stick and it went quiet for a little while.
I changed to a heavier 65g lure and started launching it out past the last set of breakers and on the 3rd cast I hooked up to something solid that started peeling drag, got it close to the beach and it jumped and spat the hook :snap: dammit!!
Another 5 minutes when by and I got another solid hit, determined not to let this one get away I tightened the drag and skull dragged this one up the beach lol in came a nice 40 or so cm sambo :woohoo:
A pod of dolphins swap past which was pretty cool and then you could see them either chasing fish or playing a few hundred meters off shore as they we jumping out of the water and splashing about.
A surfer paddled past and there was a fin about 15m behind him, another dolphin - but if I were him I would have left a brown stain lol.
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Also if anyone is looking a great mid level beach spin reel I can recommend the Shimano Aero Spin 4000, bang on $200 or possibly cheaper online and designed for this type of fishing, it has a wider spool than a traditional 4000, waterproof 9kg drag, and couple of funky little guards between the rotor and the spool to stop line from catching under the spool and it cast a mile! Definitely a nice step up from the Sienna 4000 it replaced.
