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Hi all

Went down to Blairgowrie pier over the long weekend. The pier was packed and I couldn't get a nice spot so I had to compromise and have some fun sight catching the reef fish under the pier on small bits of squid. Landed a few leatherjackets and wrasse and it was a treat watching them feed in the shallow water.

Also saw a school of micro squid <5cm long swimming on the surface which was pretty cool. Tried to film them but they all swam away when the GoPro went in. I did get some nice footage of the local ray as it swam under the camera.

https://youtu.be/ifHHWxDk34E

The water looks pretty clear.
Imagine if that ray decided to have a taste of your GoPro, lol.

did you catch one of the small red mullet also how big where the leather jackets

Enjoyed the footage mate.
Thanks for sharing
Cheers

Seb85 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 29, 2020 6:29 am

The water looks pretty clear.
Imagine if that ray decided to have a taste of your GoPro, lol.

That's actually why the camera moved just before the ray came because I freaked out and was scared it would eat it!

e.welch wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 29, 2020 6:58 am

did you catch one of the small red mullet also how big where the leather jackets

No red mullet caught unfortunately. I see them alot but they don't always feed. Took one half decent leather jacket guessing around 25cm for a feed but the others were all too small.

how big sinkers where you using and what bait

Small bits of squid on a paternoster rig dropped straight down off the jetty. Small bead sinker.

I was there also on Sunday and Monday morning, pretty busy but managed 1 (squid) on Sunday and 3 on Monday - Monday was more productive with a few being caught around the middle section.

Noice! What's that pseudo-nostalgic soundtrack?