Mornington Pier (15/04/2019) - Fishing Report

Big Red's, Pinkies, Pagrus auratus, Melbourne Snapper, the Crimson Tide
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Mornington Pier (15/04/2019) - Fishing Report

Post by AzCoy7 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:15 am

Hey everyone,

I recently made a trip to Mornington Pier to fish. I caught some pinkies. But, the highlight was the school of salmon. We were fishing at a spot where there were no barriers. We saw a BIG school of salmon passing by, and we drop-casted out rods but they didn't seem to be hungry. The bait we had was just Pilchards and Pipis. One person managed to land a Port Jackson shark, and two girls landed a stingray! I saw a man reel-in a Banjo, which I think, along with another stingray-type species, is considered as a pest in Victoria. I caught a 27-centimetre pinkie, 1 centimetre below the legal limit! I was hoping to catch a legal one to eat. The same girls who caught the stingray landed a 31-centimetre pinkie, but decided to release it. A man hooked up a great sized leatherjacket. I saw a little boy catch a garfish. It was a great day overall. :water:

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Re: Mornington Pier (15/04/2019) - Fishing Report

Post by Lightningx » Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:37 am

Not a bad day mate. When you saw the school of salmons, you didn’t have any lures/plastics to throw at them?

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Re: Mornington Pier (15/04/2019) - Fishing Report

Post by AzCoy7 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:58 am

We did have plastic lures and metal lures, but we had just arrived so we started simply with pipis.

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Re: Mornington Pier (15/04/2019) - Fishing Report

Post by AzCoy7 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:41 pm

D0 minnow lures work (80mm)?

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Re: Mornington Pier (15/04/2019) - Fishing Report

Post by AzCoy7 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:41 pm

They're metal ones.

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