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Hi is Portsea fishing good for squid at the moment or should I try Blairgowrie? i am heading down there tommorow

GregExplores wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 01, 2019 3:53 pm

Hi is Portsea fishing good for squid at the moment or should I try Blairgowrie? i am heading down there tommorow

I was at BG this afternoon and dropped one, about 2 others caught and one big cuttlefish - all on dusk to last light.
Portsea has been slow, a few has been caught but you have to put in the hours.

Best bet is an hr before/after first and last light. Use a size 3.0-3.5 red foiled jig.

AE092 wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 01, 2019 10:53 pm

GregExplores wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 01, 2019 3:53 pm

Hi is Portsea fishing good for squid at the moment or should I try Blairgowrie? i am heading down there tommorow

I was at BG this afternoon and dropped one, about 2 others caught and one big cuttlefish - all on dusk to last light.
Portsea has been slow, a few has been caught but you have to put in the hours.

Best bet is an hr before/after first and last light. Use a size 3.0-3.5 red foiled jig.

Thanks! im going to try for some leatherjacket around sorrento area tommorow and head down to blaigowrie on thursday

do you catch many leatherjacket around Sorrento also any advice where i have only caught three leather jacket out of many hours

e.welch wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 02, 2019 6:26 am

do you catch many leatherjacket around Sorrento also any advice where i have only caught three leather jacket out of many hours

Most of the leatherjacket I've seen pulled are either directly under the pier or out towards the pylons where the ferry docks. Mind you, plenty to get snagged on there, so bring plenty of terminal tackle.

Tip for leatherjacket is to use small circle hooks (size 2-6) - they don't really have large mouths, and a lot of the time they're just picking at your bait and you'll come up empty or you'll miss the hit and they'll drag your hook down into structure and you'll be snagged.

Good luck - leatherjacket are great eating

yes my uncles favorite victorian fish

Recap time: I went fished at Sorrento for about 9 hours. I caught nothing except for a couple of tiny wrasse that kept taking my bait....

At least you got out and gave it a shot

Yeah boy, I'm feeling lucky on Tuesday now mate.