Chief

jealous much? you bet. Reminds me of my childhood sitting out the front of the shack near Port Augusta with my now departed mum & dad. I can just imagine the sweet smell of the ocean & seaweed and the serenity. What have I got? the view of 2 storey dog box houses and the smell and sound of city hoons!
Enjoy mate

Mine is this salt and pepper squid recipe I saw when watching my favourite girl Mauve.
 
http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/salt-and-pepper-squid
 
I always leave the skin on as well. Goes crunchy.

http://www.recfishcentral.com/web-content/pages/video.html

Howdy all,  over a quite time at University I started writing a few reports about some of the fishing trips I have recently done  so here is a link to my reports, as it is easier than copying and pasting them all in. http://lachycross.wixsite.com/crossyscatches
cheers  members.
 
 
 
 
http://lachycross.wixsite.com/
 Here are a few pictures from some of my reports

SaltyFlyer you have no idea         

Nope never seen one .... just enjoy the fish ID game
 
and learning of different species 
 
Warm blooded   and yeah grow huge apparantly
 
Cheers good find thanks for sharing.

So thats where tennis balls come from ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
That be his Red Goatee
 
 
Gills hangin out.,... its dead

You are right Chief, and how we were thinking it wasn't already the No.1 fishing site entirely inexcusable 
 
Here's to keeping S&H No.1     

Brilliant Report ... loved it
 
PS - S & H is already no. 1 

So thats where tennis balls come from ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
That be his Red Goatee
 
 
Gills hangin out.,... its dead

Beat me to it 
 
Opah - Lampris Guttatus
 
Baby one 

Nope never seen one .... just enjoy the fish ID game
 
and learning of different species 
 
Warm blooded   and yeah grow huge apparantly
 
Cheers good find thanks for sharing.

Well conditions for Monday (yesterday) were going to be ok even though there was for generally Northerly winds at a moderate strength forecast – and I hate the wind, but thought I need to get out and find some more Salmon.
 
A low tide was for 12.30pm, so I had a plan to hit a couple of beaches with all intent of making sure I was at Pt Willunga for the low tide.  The reason being of 2 things 1) mainly Salmon but as a “by catch” I was hoping to recover a Gold Halco 40g lure I lost last Friday. 
I had snagged it not far out at all and with the line busting I thought just maybe at low tide I might find it. 
The low was for .5m so I wasn’t hopeful, which proved to be the case as not low enough – bugga.
 
So the car is packed, and my new first choice of rod is the Diawa Seabass 110MH (11’) is lured up and I head to Southport about 10.30am.
 

 
Conditions didn’t look too bad, only one noticeable gutter.
 



 
Normally I have been parking down near the Pt Noarlunga surf club and flick lures up to Southport and return.  But today I thought I would park by the Southport footbridge and spend about an 1 ½ hours between the club house and the river mouth.
 

 
On to the beach and no-one else fishing, so straight down to the water flicking my trusty old successful lure and casting close to 70 - 80mts with my new weapon. 
My lure looks well-worn but from using other lures like the Halco’s for example, this one has been my best performer in catching Salmon – it’s like, if the ‘other’ lures aren’t doing their job I get out my “Mr Reliant”.
 

 
Gradually reached that shown gutter and got a hit after a couple of casts.  It gave an ok fight so I knew it wasn’t big, but hey it was a start. 
 
But nothing more after that one, so started walking towards the mouth and with the tide low I was able to out in the shallows to reach hopefully a little deeper water.
 
I noticed now that someone else had turned up flicking lures as well.
 
Scanning the area there was a shadow, but it didn’t seem to be moving so it could be some weed – hopefully not. 
 
So first cast just passed it I retrieved a little faster and with rod slightly higher than normal making sure that if it was weed I didn’t get caught in it.
 
Bang !!  Lure taken and it was fighting very well.  Rod bent nicely, drag tightened slightly as it was taking a little bit of line and slowly side stepping back to the beach to land this sambo.
 
Retrieved the hook, bled it and straight back for more.  I signaled the other guy fishing trying to point out to come down here as there was a school and thought he should in the fun – he politely waved back but didn’t come down, so my signaling needs improving.
 
Just as well he didn’t come down as he must have known, as the next 20 or so casts there were no more Salmon. The shadow remained, so gathered it must have been weed with just unlucky Salmon strolling by.
The other fisherman had now left and wasn’t far behind, but first stop was to Fishing Wholesalers for a weigh in of .830g (40cm)– so not bad.
 

 
Off now to Pt Willunga for my lost lure (which as mentioned wasn’t to be seen).  Conditions were about the same as Southport but did seem slightly windier – did I mention I hate the wind!
 


 
Walked up just past the reef where I had caught a couple of dozen ST’s last Friday releasing the small ones and kept a dozen nice sized ones.
 
Bang !! Another fighter and of equally strength as the previous one.  Beached and bled and only just a little shy of the first one in weight but a few cms longer (43cm)
 
Unfortunately nothing else along the beach and by now it was about 2pm, so decided to gut this one.  It had just eaten with 2 small fish inside its gut.
 

 
On the way home I thought Maslins Beach is worth a try with all the new gutters since the storms. 
 
I had estimated close to 18 gutters along the whole beach from last visit and they all looked so fishable.
 
On arriving at the bottom carpark, I noticed the small creek outlet had opened up even more than last Friday. Previously it no drainage out to sea and was generally a little bit of ‘pond’ dirty water. Now it has had the sad sides carved away with a near 2mt drop and a nice flush out with a bit of a stream happening towards the sea.
 



 
 
Walked the beach with nothing even touching the lure but there was a nice calmness around – yes the wind had dropped significantly – at last, but I was on my way now – typical !!
 
Got home to clean up and of course the dog has her nose up and could smell there was something in this for her. 
 
She likes fish, so she wanted to get in on the act, she got her S&H beanie for a photo knowing she would enjoy some tea tonight.
 

 

 

 
Hope you enjoyed the read.

Jeebus.
 
I'd never heard or seen of the thing before. Thought this one might take awhile. You chaps ever seen one in the flesh before?
 
Apparently they like to travel with Tuna schools and can get up to 2m long.

Opah or the Spotted Moonfish
 
http://australianmuseum.net.au/opah-lampris-guttatus-brunnich-1788
 
Lots of interesting stuff has been washing up with our recent month's crazy winds & swell.

Ever since the first time I hit the Onk this season, I've been hitting it almost every week! It started off with a slow session on the salmon, so our plan B was to fish the Onk, although we didn't have the right gear, we emphasised and managed to land a few good fish! 4 fish were landed the first time between James and I. Biggest went 37.5cm.    
 




 
The fish turned off for a while so we finished the day off at the jetty. A nice school came by and James and I landed 2 fish each around 45cm! We were stoked and wanted to do it again.

 
The next time we headed down, it was a lot more breezy and cold.  The water was a chocolate milk colour and our hopes were lost. We started flicking and soon found a school! We both landed a decent fish each and dropped some too. We continued and found another school, same thing happens. Biggest fish went 39cm and FAT! But the majority of fish were over 35cm. Killa fun. 















 
Once the tides changed, the fish turned off so we decided to check out the jetty again.. Unfortunately, the salmon did not want to play this time. 
 
With the bloodworm run taking place around metro waters, we hit the Onk again!     This time the condition were nice. We were welcomed to the spot with a glassed off river and a slight breeze. The water wasn't as murky as last time, but it was still quite dirty. We fished the same spots, and soon found a school. They weren't as active today, but in the end, we managed a couple of good fish. James hooked a bream that would have easily tipped 40cm but unfortunately it spat the hook!   Loved the photos James took today, epic!!   







 
I had planned to fish with Nathan, Kwok and Kelvin on Sunday. Same plans! It was one of the best days (weather wise), but the fishing wasn't up to standards. As Nathan and I moved along, Kelvin and Kwok decided to hit another spot in the Onk. They caught a lot more than we did! We worked hard for the fish all day, but I only managed 3. Biggest went 35cm.




 
Now for my trip to Port Augusta! I'm sure there will be a report, unless I donut!!   
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed the report.     
 

Caught 2 at southport yesterday. Large one was about 1kg. No pics and all eaten now.

Good Job 
If ya want to go Light weight get rid of alll the angles and hose clamps and just go the pvc with a 60 degree cut on one end .
about 1m long 
Shake them into the sand and they are rock solid..Ive left them in Overnight down at salt greek beach no dramas.

Good Job 
If ya want to go Light weight get rid of alll the angles and hose clamps and just go the pvc with a 60 degree cut on one end .
about 1m long 
Shake them into the sand and they are rock solid..Ive left them in Overnight down at salt greek beach no dramas.

Nice clean crabs Hoopsy ....
but wheres the mustard 

Good Job 
If ya want to go Light weight get rid of alll the angles and hose clamps and just go the pvc with a 60 degree cut on one end .
about 1m long 
Shake them into the sand and they are rock solid..Ive left them in Overnight down at salt greek beach no dramas.

Nice clean crabs Hoopsy ....
but wheres the mustard 

Good Job 
If ya want to go Light weight get rid of alll the angles and hose clamps and just go the pvc with a 60 degree cut on one end .
about 1m long 
Shake them into the sand and they are rock solid..Ive left them in Overnight down at salt greek beach no dramas.

Hey Guys,
I've made a new video on carp fishing on the river. hope you like it!
 

Might have to hit up My salmon spot  Always Plenty salmon there.