Kingsley 19 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Went to the barges tonight, didn't catch didley. Not a great deal happening out there.Met Troy from fisheries when we got back to the ramp. urhookedfish 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jack. 10 Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 My parents are visiting at the moment and were keen for some seafood. I don't like fishing during holidays and the last few days reminded me why.Sunday hit up Goolwa. Carpark was full to overflowing with cars lined up on both sides of the road a good 50m away. Got 400 cockles between 3 people but took around 2 hours.Went to Sugars and was met by over 30 boats' date=' 50 4 wheel drives on the other side and at least 50 people fishing from shore. It was difficult fishing in such crowds and I had 3 boats within casting distance. Every 10min, another boat would go past. Managed 1 bream and 17 Mullet.[/quote']I was down Hindmarsh Island for a week. I hear ya re: sugars lol. Soooo many people down there it was crazy. We did.the cockle.thing too... Got about a year's supply in the freezer I.reckon. Same same with the mullet... Nice big fat ones.We were lucky enough to.escape the crowds in the tinny and my Mrs caught half a dozen small jewies just inside.the coorong side of the mouth. And by small I mean 40cm with one going 60 which was a highlight.Caught a bream that was the shinyest silver color :ohmy: looked awesome (not like the bronze ones in the port )I don't get with all the space down there why 55 thousand boats all have to hang around sugars and the mouth :silly:Still, it's a magic piece of our state and one area im going to make a habit of visiting more regularly pauly s, trihull and Milmo 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Ale 301 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Nice work Jack!! Would love a detailed report with pix!! Il endeavour to get a proper write up asap and update my last with some pix.Yesty we bagged on these nuggets in 1.5hrs, full report to come : Jack., Kingsley, urhookedfish and 4 others 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Kingsley 19 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Nice one ale, spewin I wasn't out there, would have been killer weather wise... Many other boats around?Hopefully they stick around for a few more weeks so I can finally get down there. urhookedfish 1 Link to post Share on other sites
catch fillet release 22 Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 last night in the tinny 800-145amcfr Just Me, vxman29, pikk0n and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Softy 2,991 Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Good job CFR!Maybe solo runs are the way to go! lol catch fillet release 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ale 301 Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 nice haul CFR!! looks like the pinkies are in close again, nice work. Nice size trouters too!! catch fillet release 1 Link to post Share on other sites
stevem27 0 Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Did the drive to Cape Jervis yesterday and it was well worth it, hit the water at 6.00am with two mates on the boat, first cast (3km out) brought in 5 snapper on the three paternoster rigs, we caught our limit of 15 snapper in around 20 minutes of mayhem all around 45-50cm, tried some other marks for bigger ones but we were plauged with the same size fish and called it a day on the snapper and went in closer for some snook and squid and had a great day and in by 12.00 noon. Ale and catch fillet release 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Sykes121 2 Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Woke up early this morning to fish Ardrossan Jetty. Water was rough and fast winds. lots of weed in the water. Few crabs around stealing bait, all under size however.about 45 minutes after high tide, couple of nice Mullet, and a dozen tommies. Good end to a disappointing start catch fillet release 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Crusher 18 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 Headed to Port Victoria yesterday, blew 15-25 knots the whole time. 4 squid and 8 gar. disappointing trip. lots of fish in the water full of berely. Had a balloon out but i didn't have the best baits. Fillets from 2kg salmon. freezer defrosted a couple of trips ago and lost my good baits.. Link to post Share on other sites
marky11 0 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 Happy New Year to all,We went to Point Turton over New Year and found good whiting 24k out.If the pictures load, the bigger fish are 43-44cm.It was very hot and most days it blew like hell.Caught nothing in shallow.Mrs very happy.Cheers. Double Trouble, urhookedfish, pauly s and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
catch fillet release 22 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 very nice whiting markyyummmcfr Link to post Share on other sites
Just Me 0 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Another flick off of Grange jetty this morning. Half a dozen tommies on cockles, wind picked around 2am and made it impossible to fish. High tide seems to be the best. Link to post Share on other sites
keenfisho 1,416 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Went for a quick flickfor yfw with surface lures this arvo on the northern flatsWas fairly windy on arrival but decided i was there might as well have a goWaded out and first flick was met with some good follows but no hook up, cast straight back in to the same area and hook up as soon as it hit the water Had 4 just legals 25-26cm in the bag in 10 minutes and thought here we go.The wind had other ideas and picked up quickly :evil: went back in shallower to get away from the wind a bit and found another 5 over the next half hour os so but all under size so back they went.Lost two more that looked legal at my feet in the real shollow stuff and called it a day.Dont know if its just me but the schools seem a lot smaller this year and the size of the fish seem to be down aswell. Last year 30cm were small now id be happy for a bag of 30cm yfwOh well can only get better over summer vxman29 and Savagelip 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Crusher 18 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 what lure have you been using? Link to post Share on other sites
keenfisho 1,416 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 what lure have you been using?I use a fair few different ones mate but today was the always trusty Bassday sugapen70F vxman29 and catch fillet release 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Crusher 18 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 cheers, i have never used them on YFW. appreciate that. Link to post Share on other sites
catch fillet release 22 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 headed out with Jimmy tonight for a late night session off glenelgcheers cfr keenfisho, pauly s, vxman29 and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
wishing2Bfishing 0 Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 went out for a quick sesh on the rocks straight after work with a mate and we got a nice pan sized snapper each from about 2 hours of fishing. he is just cooking it up now bjorn2fish, catch fillet release, pauly s and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
wishing2Bfishing 0 Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 got my first legal landbased Snapper off Black Point about a month ago, went 70cm and bout 4.5kg. finally got around to uploading the photo, needless to say i was pretty happy with it vxman29, Double Trouble, catch fillet release and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
fullysikwog 6 Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Was flyfishing lower eyre peninsula the other week, put the burley out, got the usual bait fish around. Couldnt resist but catch a few. Was tommies and gar out a bit further. Kept a few for livebait. All of a sudden i see a fin breach the surface in the distance. Thought nothing of it just figured it was a few dolphins. NEK MINIT theres a sunfish under the jetty. alexczarn, clay91, Double Trouble and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
samboman123 0 Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 ayyeeee, smashed em bruv, dat flyfishins kilah aye br, Link to post Share on other sites
alexczarn 146 Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Was flyfishing lower eyre peninsula the other week' date=' put the burley out, got the usual bait fish around. Couldnt resist but catch a few. Was tommies and gar out a bit further. Kept a few for livebait. All of a sudden i see a fin breach the surface in the distance. Thought nothing of it just figured it was a few dolphins. NEK MINIT theres a sunfish under the jetty.[/quote']That's unreal. Link to post Share on other sites
brenton 637 Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 I gave a fellow SH member a bit of W/Ls advice and promised i'd post a pic.I didn't follow my own advice though and wandered down there at about 8.30 for a flick(usually too late)anyway after a couple of sprat bream i still managed to get a nice clean one about 36cm cheers brenton vxman29 and TT 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Crusher 18 Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 All, headed to port hughes saturday arvo. caught 25 tommies. the were going of their face when i got there. then scuba divers came through and scared everything away. it was rather odd. usually the fish come back.turned these into smoked tommies Savagelip and vxman29 2 Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn2fish 4,612 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 I heard via Facebook that there were heaps of mullet around the Southport walking bridge yesterday so decided to head down there this morning on a livie mission. Managed about five which should do the job, thousands of pickers down there it was crazy! Threw back so many undersized mullet and st's also saw a bunch of decent sized st's that just wouldn't take my bait as it was decimated every cast by the pickers There are Whiting hanging around too, have to give them a go soon I reckon.I'm off soon to put my livies to use, fingers crossed I have a report to write up later Jack., urhookedfish and vxman29 3 Link to post Share on other sites
alexczarn 146 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 I heard via Facebook that there were heaps of mullet around the Southport walking bridge yesterday so decided to head down there this morning on a livie mission. Managed about five which should do the job' date=' thousands of pickers down there it was crazy! Threw back so many undersized mullet and st's also saw a bunch of decent sized st's that just wouldn't take my bait as it was decimated every cast by the pickers There are Whiting hanging around too, have to give them a go soon I reckon.I'm off soon to put my livies to use, fingers crossed I have a report to write up later [/quote']Could've thrown some softies or lures at the st's? Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn2fish 4,612 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Could've thrown some softies or lures at the st's?Yeah did try a couple of softies but they weren't interested, the mullet chased them all over the place but it seemed by the time I was flicking sp's the larger mullet disappeared and the st's seemed to shy away as soon as the mullet started chasing them.Was pretty cool down there today though, the water was crystal clear I went out knee deep and could see hundreds of fish they weren't shy of me walking around either.On another note, I had a pretty decent Mully run tonight on one of my livies but it spat the bait then decided to rub it in my face by splashing out of the water :S Link to post Share on other sites
pauly s 426 Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 went down to henley yesterday to put out a big bait and try for gar and tommies. My bait was in that good knick after 3 hrs itll be on my next sharking trip :evil: but the tommies came on just b4 sunset, managed bout 37 between me and the mate so wasnt all bad. Ale, urhookedfish, piratepom and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
brenton 637 Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 went down to henley yesterday to put out a big bait and try for gar and tommies. My bait was in that good knick after 3 hrs itll be on my next sharking trip :evil: but the tommies came on just b4 sunset' date=' managed bout 37 between me and the mate so wasnt all bad.[attachment=13719']20130121_231401.jpg[/attachment]I heard that the big tommies were on ,it seems the info was spot on. cheers brenton Just Me 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tacklebags 404 Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Fished down at Coobowie over the long weekend,We got 8 king george whiting on saturday evening and 15 King George whiting on Sunday. Monday was supposed to be a day with the kids at the beach until the cold front hit unfortunately.Some snapper were caught at Tapley's on Saturday morning but Sunday was quiet according to those I spoke with.The odd gummy shark landed around Troubridge Point area from local reports.TB Jack. and Just Me 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ChuckTseeker 425 Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Did Edithburgh Wednesday with Snapps and Rick hard work but got 11 nice KG 8 Squid and a couple dozen nice Tommies best part was the company for a day on the briny cheers chuck pauly s, Just Me and catch fillet release 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Kingsley 19 Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Headed out from Cape Jervis today (5:30am start) out to the Pages chasing tuna.Went with my neighbour, his son and his nephew. His nephew and I had not caught a tuna before so the first two fish were ours.Got out near the pages and saw a little runabout land two tuna, looked promising.Ended up being very slow and I had just laid down for a quick kip when one of the rods goes off... well I didn't get to fight that one, but it was a smallish one about 10kg.After another hour or so chasing birds and dodging boats, I was finally on well east of the Pages.Short time later a 16kg fish is bleeding all over the place in the boat. Mission accomplished.That was pretty much it for the day, one of the crew had a little mishap that nearly saw them over the side and ended up with a cut up hand so we headed in.Was good fun being out there though, see the birds diving then when you get closer see the tuna smashing bait on the surface.. all the while 10 boats have seen the same thing and are all bearing down on the same spot lol bjorn2fish, 4THALOVE, Softy and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Ale 301 Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Well done bloke!!! I know you've been hanging for a chance, sounds like you nailed it! urhookedfish and Kingsley 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Kingsley 19 Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 definitely been hanging to get out there for a crack, but to be honest ale... I think an 8kg snapper fought harder than this 16kg tuna.sure it was heavy to bring up, but there was just no fight in it at all.... a bit disappointing. it swam with the boat once hooked and just kinda gave up in the end.surely they're not all like that... urhookedfish 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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