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I’ve been down Mornington pier the last three days
New Year’s Eve
Time:10am-3:30
Results I got three squid and two whiting the whiting where on fresh squid and the squid where on a 3.0 white with red head black magic jig all squid where good size and the whiting where 30 and 35cms I had to leave at 3:30 but the whiting where just coming on the bite when I left my mates got 12 in total between 3:30 and 5

New Year’s Day
Time: 6:30-10pm
Results: I got one more squid on the white with red head 3.0 people all around me where catching snotty trevally I just couldn’t get one only 1 undersize whiting and overall it was really slow

Yesterday
Time: 12:30-3pm
Results: donuts absolutely nothing my mate got 3 squid and that was it not much being caught at all

Not a lot caught but still well time spent I'd say. How's your arm?

There's still a few yakkas and tommy roughs around, good fun on light gear but not easy to catch. Go really light, unweighted with tiny hooks. I think I talked to you on new years day.

You need to stay away from those underwater green lights that everyone is using there, I don't know why people use them.

eddyt wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:25 pm

There's still a few yakkas and tommy roughs around, good fun on light gear but not easy to catch. Go really light, unweighted with tiny hooks. I think I talked to you on new years day.

Good tips

eddyt wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:25 pm

You need to stay away from those underwater green lights that everyone is using there, I don't know why people use them.

Probably for squid, they are attracted to light.

Sebb wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 03, 2022 11:38 am

Not a lot caught but still well time spent I'd say. How's your arm?

The arms out of the cast I’m just building up the strength in it again

eddyt wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:25 pm

There's still a few yakkas and tommy roughs around, good fun on light gear but not easy to catch. Go really light, unweighted with tiny hooks. I think I talked to you on new years day.

You need to stay away from those underwater green lights that everyone is using there, I don't know why people use them.

The green lights attracted heaps of yakka but they just wherent feeding at all they just sat in the light

e.welch wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 03, 2022 3:43 pm

eddyt wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:25 pm

There's still a few yakkas and tommy roughs around, good fun on light gear but not easy to catch. Go really light, unweighted with tiny hooks. I think I talked to you on new years day.

You need to stay away from those underwater green lights that everyone is using there, I don't know why people use them.

The green lights attracted heaps of yakka but they just wherent feeding at all they just sat in the light

Those are longfin pike. You can catch them at the edge of the light, run a metal slug or SP, let out about 10cm of line from your rod tip, and stick the whole rod into the water and wave it around doing figure 8s.

The yakkas really really hate the green light. They completely stopped biting when the guy next to me turned on his light. Moved spots away from the light and started catching again straight away. It's strange, those guys with the green lights are still targeting yakkas, not squid.

e.welch wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 03, 2022 3:43 pm

Sebb wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 03, 2022 11:38 am

Not a lot caught but still well time spent I'd say. How's your arm?

The arms out of the cast I’m just building up the strength in it again

Strong enough to fish

what is the green light used for. Is it on a prawn light or something? I've never heard of people using green lights before?

ann.tancred wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:11 am

what is the green light used for. Is it on a prawn light or something? I've never heard of people using green lights before?

It’s said to attract squid and smaller fish there isn’t really many prawns in port Phillip bay I don’t really know it’s probably best to ask someone that uses them