Offshore Lakes Entrance

[re-tyred]

With KGWs being a bit slow I have been offshore in the tinny on the flat calm days, also crewed on a charter trip.
The fishing has been excellent.
The charter trip with seven people produced 15 40+cm snapper, a gummy, a small mako. About a doz flatties and a few other mixed fish. Not bad for the morning.
My tinny trips have been good too. I usual go at daylight and back for morning tea
3 trips all no more than 5nm from the entrance have produced 4 gummies and about 20 good size flatties. I let anything under 35cm go. All to the west of lakes in 12-18 MTRS. Yesterday's gummy was just 1 nm from the entrance. A few big stingrays around. Had one I couldn't budge. Towed the tinny around. Ended up tieing off the line and driving away. Lost both hooks but got the rest back. Next trip Tuesday by the sound of the weather.

[Paulanderson]

Thanks for the info re-tyred - 6 hours today for 3 just legal but released KGW and 2 baby Flatties - quite a few KGW visible but not interested. if calm early tomorrow its heading outside for a try!

[Paulanderson]

Well I followed in re-tyred footsteps today and fished between 16 and 20 fathoms 3 to 4 km West of Lakes Entrance. Kept 8 good flatties and 4 large gurnard plus many flatties released. Sadly the gummies stayed away!

[Paulanderson]

Two more trips outside the past week with a dozen good flatties, many smaller ones released, and a few more large gurnard. Nothing wrong with gurnard in the eating department and easy to fillet. No gummies yet though. Interesting watching the pelicans eat gurnard frames - they toss them around inside their mouths to make sure they go down head first.

[re-tyred]

Out today. 4 nm south of the entrance 33mtrs. 2 of us out at 6am. Back for lunch . 10 good size pinkies. More bulleye Gurnard than I could count. I kept 3 for myself and gave my mate the rest.

[Paulanderson]

I fished today about 2 km West of the entrance in 16 to 20 fathoms. Was rather quiet apart from a lot of small salmon - which were a real pain. I ended up with 5 Flathead between 35 and 40 cm - no small ones this trip. Was like a mill pond - the drift was too slow most of the time.

[Paulanderson]

Oooops that was metres - am showing my age!!!!!

[Paulanderson]

Headed out early today to chase Flathead and a few Gurnard - that failed miserably but the Gummies kept me busy from time to time. I kept the first 2 and then over the next few hours managed another 3 - all released. Sad to say Gummy No 4 was twice the size of the two I kept - a good feed of fillets now in the freezer though. As you can see the conditions were tough!!!!!

[Paulanderson]

Finally a morning where there was not too much wind or chop. Did not venture far from the entrance and drifted for about 3 hours starting in 10 m using squid. Fishing was pretty quiet but ended up with 3 each Flathead and Gurnard worth keeping.
Did hook one monster of the deep and lost it not far below the boat - a decent sized school shark I think. Gurnard and chips coming up tonight!

[Paulanderson]

Gave it another try this morning - about 2 - 3 km West of the entrance and managed 8 keeper Flatties (lots of very small ones) and 3 big Gurnard.