Fishing Victoria Forum

Deckie etiquette You have annoyed some one long enough to the point that they have offered to take you out in their boat. So what are the rules? This will vary from skipper to skipper a bit. Firstly don’t be late!! Secondly don’t be late!!! The skipper said 4 am so be there at 3.30. (the skipper is ...

Yesterday hopped a charter with the aim of catching a tuna, Shortly after the lures were set in front of Cape Schnack we had a 4 way hook up, not tuna but Kingfish. We went over a school of Kingfish which was sitting at about 15 metre level in 60 metres of water. Lost count of how many we let go tha...

Some advice offered by other experts on catching Kingfish, was to troll no faster than 3-4 km per hour or was that knots? Anyway the first fish were caught on X raps at around 12 knots. Some of the Xraps the charter ran, had seen better days, as most of there colouring had been worn off, yet they st...

Another option with burley, is to go down at low tide and every metre or so dig a hole and bury some burley in it, as you walk backwards towards the high tide mark.

Then go back down just before high tide and fish.

re-tyred wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:14 am

oh my! and then it degenerates into a slanging match.

As parent, one thing I noticed is that children are genetically programmed to fight and argue. Just saying. It doesn't matter if they have the exact same coloured cup or toy, one will want what the other has and cause a fight.