daninozz 26 Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 Hey all, I'm heading to port Vincent next week just for a short trip only be there for three days. usually I'm a yak and land based fisherman, but I went out and bought some new surf gear including rod n reel and tackle. Surf Rod : Shimano Aerowave 13" 3pc Surf Reel : Shimano Baitrunner 8000D Main line : Nomad Pandora X8 65lb Leader : Black magic 100lb Leader knot : FG Knot bait : Small fish and squid I'm just curious on two things one hows the fishing for surf fishing over there? and two can I get away with using Star 4 sinkers rather than the grapnel sinkers? Cheers all Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin 2,195 Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 For the rod and reel, 65lb braid is overkill. If you are going for salmon, 20lb will be fine and 15lb braid will cast even better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daninozz 26 Posted March 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Hi Kelvin, Thanks for your input honestly I thought id rather be overkill than under kill and lose the big fish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Soobz 557 Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 No big surf near Port Vincent, any sinker will do there. Weather is good next week so even going much further south you should be fine. There are salmon along the coast further south if you can find em and get to their feeding zone. Also it's not hard to duck across the other side of YP for a day trip. Squid Inc. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daninozz 26 Posted March 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Thanks mate I'd be more than happy with some salmon, any chance I can get whiting off the beach?Sent from my SM-A715F using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daninozz 26 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 Hi all, So just got back from the holiday manged two salmon one 38cm and the other 40cm off the rocks and a small fiddler ray probably round 60cm I caught three small flatty's and some kgw whiting mostly bloody trumpeters but I managed a couple of salmon trout and a mullet off the shore. I also managed my first flatty on a small savage gear pencil lure which was exciting as this was the first time I had used the lure so I didnt really know if I was using it correctly, all I did was rod tip down and slow wind then bam little flatty jumped on. Still beats adelaide fishing just a pitty there were heaps of trumpeters getting to the bait before the whiting. heres a couple of photos of the trip Squid Inc., Softy, gregtech and 6 others 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doobie 5,802 Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 Nicely done daninozz with a good couple of Salmon. And to have a flatty take the lure for the first would have had the heart pump a bit quicker at the time lol But good to get a bit of variety even though many small and pity about so many trumpeters. The point does look a good fish spot and glad you enjoyed your time there. Thanks for the write up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daninozz 26 Posted April 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 Cheers mate yeh definately happy with those, I didnt realise for kgw its actually better to fish low tide as they are really common in shallow water. haha yeh mate I was soo happy I was just like ooh reckon im on here! yeah the fellas on the rocks always kept cracking the joke, "I have enough trumpeters here to start a band!" is there anyway I can prevent catching the shitties? so the whiting can have a crack? No worries pitty the holiday ended so quickly, glad to get back before every man and his dog decides to leave on the same day, the roads would have been so busy for Easter. Cheers Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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