FilGors37

just a newbie to fishing. i've kept some information as a record of my progress. Salmon Trout = 1, Best = 25cm Grange jetty, Most = x1 Grange jettySquid = 15, Best = 25cm Rapid Bay jetty, Most = x5 Brighton jettyTommy Ruff = 21, Best = 21cm Rapid Bay jetty, Most = x12 Rapid Bay jettyWhiting (YF) = 26, Best = 31cm Grange jetty, Most = x4 Grange jettybest = longest speciment i've caughtmost = most specimens caught in a single sessionspecies = tally of total legal size caught (have caught other species but I only record those with size/bag limits)

I fished that reef several times back in the 1970s. Always a great spot for "BIG" Salmon,often pursued by Bronze Whaler's.

Now you're talking my language- looks like it would go well with an icy, easy drinking beer like Coopers clear, or even a sneaky sav blanc from New Zealand, with plenty of passion fruit undertone to bring out those flavours. Will give it a burl. Peace

Looks good mate. Well done

Cool looking Squid I caught off of Wallaroo Jetty!!! Thanks, FilGors37

Cool looking Squid I caught off of Wallaroo Jetty!!! Thanks, FilGors37

Cool looking Squid I caught off of Wallaroo Jetty!!! Thanks, FilGors37

nice squid mate

20 whales!?!? That's unbelievable! :woohoo: Great to see them populating though!

A few shots taken before a surf last week. By my count there were about 20 whales between cliffs and dribs point

What is your favourite species of fish to catch and why??Freshwater or saltwater, and also what is your preferred method of catching them, bait or lures?I will start it off with bream. I like catching them on bait, and I love the power to weight ratio. They are one of the best looking fish around in my opinion.I also love catching redfin on lure, because redfin fight just like a bream.Cheers,Steve

A few weeks ago I had a bad weather bonanza.It started out mowing the lawn at my mates place. Being a nice day, one thing led to another after a few too many coffees and I was digging up a garden bed.I was noticing some very large worms, both big blue worms, and red wrigglers. I knew their names after doing some worm research online recently. They looked too good to waste so I started collecting them in a container. After a while I totally gave up gardening, focussing on collecting worms instead.When I had a decent amount I decided to go to my local carp ponds and try them out. By this time the weather had changed completely, with dark rain clouds moving in, even though the temperature was still fairly warm. I decided to continue with my plans for fishing, and proceeded to my favourite spot.I set up, baited up, cast out, set the drag, got settled in my chair........and it started bucketing down. I left the rods out and rushed the 10-15m back to the car to wait it out. It was hard to see the rods properly through the windows, but after a short while I noticed one of the rods going ballistic. I quickly chucked on a jacket and ran to the rod.That was the start of 8 carp all up, with the smallest 53cm and 2.90kg, and the biggest 73cm and 4.9kg.This frantic action went on for about an hour and a half, at one stage with both rods going mental at once. The whole time the rain was hammering down, and I couldn't care less, coz I was catching fish!Then as suddenly as it started, the rain stopped, and the fish shut down completely. I kept fishing for another 2 hours with not even a sniff. I pulled the pin, packed up and went back to my mates place to dump the remaining worms back in the garden.I will never forget those fish that day. It was warm, it was raining and they were hungry.Thanks for letting me share that with you.Steve

I think you will find most people will use soft plastics or hard bodies, mainly to cover the areas they could be hiding. But worms, yabbies or shrimp will work.

Thanks guiz i might go down to the torrens catch a few then go up to semaphore and bag some crabs!!

yep, works very well.You can buy carp slabs from tackle shops, or of course you can catch your own :)cray boats use a lot of carp for bait so I have heard.

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The store on commercial rd acros from hjs has live tubeys for 7.90. Best bait ya can get for yfw.

Hmm, my mate keeps them alive in sea water and changes the water every few days. But ive never fished with live worms so im going to give it a try when i get around to it.

not bad, they get bigger down glenelg from what i hear.. how do you keep yours stored, as i imagine you'd fish the afternoon tide seeing as fresh would be the best time to use them? any ideas?

Those are some nice worms :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

yep tennyson beach, low tide on the run out but you want a little water to run over the sand bar so your slop bag can carry the scent up and down as the water washes over if that makes sense.. usually ol' italian chap down there pulling e'm up, good bloke showed me how to get e'm, good luck last session

Probably day time ,might not see em at night sorry mate couldnt help myself

Ray and Annes tend to have them over summer but not exactly close to Henley beach!

heard of them being pulled from between glenelg & west beach somewhere not sure exactly but where theres a sandbar exposed at low tide in close with water washing over it would be a good start, i get mine from tennyson..

if it aint on this list, there aint no size or bag limit.http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/fisheries/recreational_fishing/catch_limits_and_legal_lengths