Ventnor 27/2

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Ventnor 27/2

Post by 4liters » Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:45 am

I took a mate to spot I'd been wanting to try out for a while now, allegedly decent for whiting, gummies and pike. I had prawn out on the light rod, salmon (and later, a grass whiting head) on the heavy rod and I chucked a 40g slug around from time to time. Probably wasn't the ideal tide timing with high tide being about 3 hours before sunset but we had a crack anyway.

Perfect weather for it.
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I got one expression of interest on the heavy rod that might have been a gummy but no hookup unfortunately.
My mate had a great time catching rubbish fish, including this little skate, he'd mainly done freshwater fishing and hadn't caught much in the salt before
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I've never seen anyone so excited at skulldragging a wrasse
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We stayed until just after sunset but by then the tide was getting very low so we pulled the pin. The final tally was a couple of wrasse each, a grass whiting each and my mate's skate from 5 or 6 hours on the beach. Normally I'd say it was a pretty crap return but since getting the kayak I don't care so much about not catching fish landbased anymore, it's more about hanging out and talking **** for a few hours.
2015/16 Fisting Victoria Species comp total: 289cm
Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Re: Ventnor 27/2

Post by purple5ive » Sun Feb 28, 2016 12:44 pm

yesterday was great weather down that way in the morning. got a bit windy in the arvo.
great day out by you guys, even though nothing massive, im sure your mate got a good kick out of it

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Re: Ventnor 27/2

Post by Bar002811 » Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:20 pm

Fished around there acouple of years ago caught king George whiting and flounder

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Re: Ventnor 27/2

Post by Nude up » Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:25 pm

Good report and photos nothing better standing on a beach with a mate relaxing

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Post by 4liters » Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:27 pm

Nude up wrote:Good report and photos nothing better standing on a beach with a mate relaxing
A few beers wouldn't have gone astray.
2015/16 Fisting Victoria Species comp total: 289cm
Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Re: Ventnor 27/2

Post by Nude up » Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:28 pm

As long as they are not lights and I am not driving

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Re: Ventnor 27/2

Post by 4liters » Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:38 pm

Yeah, that was the problem. Neither of us wanted to be the designated passenger if it meant the other couldn't drink.
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Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Re: Ventnor 27/2

Post by Basti » Sun Feb 28, 2016 2:56 pm

That's a pretty looking skate

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Re: Ventnor 27/2

Post by Bar002811 » Sun Feb 28, 2016 3:00 pm

Nice sport it is but wrasse the nuggets are just everywere

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Re: Ventnor 27/2

Post by FishnMiss » Sun Feb 28, 2016 3:21 pm

Looked like perfect yak water :-D
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