Fishing Merricks tomorrow night

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Fishing Merricks tomorrow night

Post by Adez » Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:17 am

Myself my best mate and my old lady are heading to merricks tomorrow night to try and get some gummy maybe even a couple of salmon if it allows and hopefully if we're lucky a 7 gill :super: , going to be pulling an all nighter, going to try a bit of fresh squid, always buy my bait from the Springvale fish market it's dirt cheap and better quality than the frozen stuff from the local servo, can't wait!!

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Re: Fishing Merricks tomorrow night

Post by GONE FISHING » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:37 am

Good luck mate.

Let us know how you go

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Re: Fishing Merricks tomorrow night

Post by Lightningx » Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:15 am

Good luck mate! Hope you end up catching a few :)

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Post by Scraglor » Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:24 pm

Good luck, TBH I would be after gummies if I was lucky, and then the rest haha! Looking forward to the report!

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Re: Fishing Merricks tomorrow night

Post by Adez » Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:48 am

Probably the biggest waste of time ever, spent well on $200 to have the gear for this place and lost a shitload of sinkers and hooks, was using 40 pound line on a 10 foot rod, had 80 pound leader then a 6.0 suicide hook and a 5 ounce star sinker but got nothing but tangles, got onto one once and the line got tangled with my old ladies so have packed it in and going to the good old trusty local Warmeet, even when it bad there it's good :) maybe another day I will give merricks a crack but until then I'm definitely going to stick with what I know

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Re: Fishing Merricks tomorrow night

Post by GONE FISHING » Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:26 am

Fishing is about trying new things mate. It didn't come together for you this time but you never know when it might pan out for you.

At least you had some time out there with family enjoying each others company.

Good on you for getting out there!!

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Re: Fishing Merricks tomorrow night

Post by 4liters » Tue Jan 26, 2016 6:30 am

That's gummy fishing for you. I've lost a lot of tackle for not a lot of reward fishing along there.

Maybe give Tenby Point a go, the bottom is mostly mud so you shouldn't lose as much gear to the snags.
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Re: Fishing Merricks tomorrow night

Post by Brett » Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:42 am

Adez wrote:Probably the biggest waste of time ever, spent well on $200 to have the gear for this place and lost a shitload of sinkers and hooks, was using 40 pound line on a 10 foot rod, had 80 pound leader then a 6.0 suicide hook and a 5 ounce star sinker but got nothing but tangles, got onto one once and the line got tangled with my old ladies so have packed it in and going to the good old trusty local Warmeet, even when it bad there it's good :) maybe another day I will give merricks a crack but until then I'm definitely going to stick with what I know

What area did you fish?

I haven't been there for a while, but have never lost a rig to snags there.

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Re: Fishing Merricks tomorrow night

Post by Adez » Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:29 pm

When we got down to the beach we went left, I knew there was a reef there but that's closer to the rocks, just major seaweed beds that we're killing us.

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