Port fairy

Apollo Bay, Port Campbell, Warnambool, Port Fairy, Portland, Nelson
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Re: Port fairy

Post by yepi'mon » Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:48 am

Tough luck guys, lucky there is always next time!

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Re: Port fairy

Post by MsShimano » Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:57 am

purple5ive wrote:
4liters wrote:
MsShimano wrote:
ChrisAbout wrote:You must have launched after us, we didn't see you there.
As Ian said, we also came back empty handed for the 3rd time in a row now.

Last time I caught a tuna was in February.

I saw you pulled over just before the west gate bridge. Only noticed it was you as I drove by otherwise I would of stopped to make sure you were ok, but you guys looked like you were getting ready to leave again.
Dont give up. Tuna is quite late this year. I expect it to pick up in a few weeks. I'm off to Portland next week for 3 days so see how things go
I don't remember pulling over before the bridge, it was probably someone else.
was defenitely you guys, i seen chris at the back of the car with the boot open checking for something.
Ok so I wasn't going crazy after all.. I was sure it was Chris..
Of course I talk to my self while fishing.. sometimes I need expert advice! :fishing:

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Re: Port fairy

Post by barra mick » Wed Jun 07, 2017 12:40 am

Just a update on the area.....its fished great on sunday and early monday before lunch.

no need to go to the 60 km mark as on fri and sat.it seems alot of fish closer

Its worth the trip for anybody with a day spare.

If your a regular poster I can pm you detail and pics

Cheers bm

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Re: Port fairy

Post by MsShimano » Wed Jun 07, 2017 8:53 am

barra mick wrote:Just a update on the area.....its fished great on sunday and early monday before lunch.

no need to go to the 60 km mark as on fri and sat.it seems alot of fish closer

Its worth the trip for anybody with a day spare.

If your a regular poster I can pm you detail and pics

Cheers bm
Awesome thanks for letting us know bm. Shame it didnt fish well while we were there but thats fishing.. not catching!
Of course I talk to my self while fishing.. sometimes I need expert advice! :fishing:

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Re: Port fairy

Post by purple5ive » Wed Jun 07, 2017 9:04 am

All aboard Next Stop Appollo Bay :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

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Re: Port fairy

Post by MsShimano » Wed Jun 07, 2017 9:16 am

purple5ive wrote:All aboard Next Stop Appollo Bay :banana: :banana:

:banana: :banana: :banana: Ehh? hahaha
Of course I talk to my self while fishing.. sometimes I need expert advice! :fishing:

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Re: Port fairy

Post by Born2fish » Wed Jun 07, 2017 12:44 pm

barra mick wrote:Just a update on the area.....its fished great on sunday and early monday before lunch.

no need to go to the 60 km mark as on fri and sat.it seems alot of fish closer

Its worth the trip for anybody with a day spare.

If your a regular poster I can pm you detail and pics

Cheers bm
That would be awesome champ thinking next week

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Re: Port fairy

Post by barra mick » Wed Jun 07, 2017 6:06 pm

MsShimano wrote:
barra mick wrote:Just a update on the area.....its fished great on sunday and early monday before lunch.

no need to go to the 60 km mark as on fri and sat.it seems alot of fish closer

Its worth the trip for anybody with a day spare.

If your a regular poster I can pm you detail and pics

Cheers bm
Awesome thanks for letting us know bm. Shame it didnt fish well while we were there but thats fishing.. not catching!
exactly right borntofish...you need so much luck and timing.

if it was easy it wouldn't be addictive.

cheers bm

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Re: Port fairy

Post by CarlG » Wed Jun 07, 2017 6:23 pm

barra mick wrote:Just a update on the area.....its fished great on sunday and early monday before lunch.

no need to go to the 60 km mark as on fri and sat.it seems alot of fish closer

Its worth the trip for anybody with a day spare.

If your a regular poster I can pm you detail and pics

Cheers bm
Any info you could pass on would be a massive help Mick, think we're ginna do a dash down on Saturday from the looks of things..

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Re: Port fairy

Post by Blueyed1 » Wed Jun 07, 2017 6:49 pm

Born2fish wrote:
Blueyed1 wrote:I went out of Portland on Saturday. Trolling out towards the shoe and about 5 miles from the rock there was a heap of activity - with a bird frenzy with dolphins and seals working the water. Worked the area for 30 minutes struggling to avoid getting cut off lures by other boats - lots of them.....So we moved on. Witnessed no hookups .

About 10 miles towards the shoe I headed towards a large flock of birds sitting on the water. As i passed them my dekky Ivan saw 2 tuna jump out on the water. I headed towards the area and passed over a bait ball about 5 metres below us. As we passed we got a double hookup and landed a tuna and dropped one. I marked the area and worked it for another hour for no further strikes.

We kept trolling towards the shoe and then towards our blueye spot. When we arrived we did a deep drop and got smashed - never saw a rod shake like that with 600 metres of line out. We winched the line up but there was zippo. The lumo squid was smashed as was the real squid on both hooks. The swell was 2 metres with a crosswind and we struggled to keep position. We did 3 more drops and called it quits and trolled back to the ramp.

The bins at the new Portland boat ramp had very few tuna carcasses as did the bin at the original ramp. So not much tuna out there at Portland. Heard from a guy at son's soccer game that the place for tuna at the moment is Apollo Bay. He said that his mates have been bagging out there.....this weekend

Joe
How big
Sorry I've been busy with work and didn't have a chance to reply earlier. Only about :fish11: 10kg fish - just a schoolie.

Joe.
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