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Sort: Best Match. Best Match. View: Gallery view. For me the most important thing is the hook. You want a fine gauge hook that is super sharp; it is vital that you get good hook penetration even from the lightest of bites as mister trout seems to find a multitude of ways to get off, especially via aerobatics.
My preference is TT Tournament jigheads; there is a huge range of sizes and weights and I use the finest gauge possible. I know I certainly want to. It has been a blast putting this together, as it has been a while since I went through my old trout tackle boxes. Some lures are still in their boxes and others show the markings of success. The best part for me is that my next outing to go and catch a trout is just around the corner. The beauty of soft plastics is their versatility.
You can fish them deep in a lake or match the hatch in a stream. Photo courtesy of Robbie Alexander. My introduction to targeting trout with plastics has come later in life.
My initial forays revolved around Berkley PowerBait and Gulp soft plastics. What changed, I hear you ask? The trout seemed to be fighting with each other to eat the lure.
I saw almost a repeat performance in the Pondage below Lake Eildon � this time using Bassday Sugapens. The Bullet Five-O Minnow is one of the new-generation trout lures available. Daniel Piazza was impressed with how well they work. Evinrude G2 meets and exceeds all proposed emission standards. Forget everything you know about two-stroke engines, with the most. The proposed standards will bring Australia into line with best practice international standards to reduce air pollution and will apply to exhaust and evaporative emissions from newly imported or manufactured NRSIEE non-road spark ignition engines and equipment.
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As a result, one of the. The hull of my dream estuary rig will have a modest V up front, transitioning to a flat underside amidships. It should draw no more than cm of water and be stable at rest, even with two or three adult anglers moving about as they stand and cast.
Naturally, the trade-offs in such a hull design are diminished. Starlo and Jo nowadays run a Beastmaster Snubby for their estuary, freshwater and inshore boat fishing. This may be achieved via a generous, top-opening rod. Abundant under-deck. A bow-mounted electric motor is virtually essential for truly effective lure and fly casting.
Typically, this is a hull from 3. Tiller steering opens up a. I accept that my dream rig may bang a bit in a decent chop especially if built from alloy and be rather wet in a quartering sea.
Without question, my dream rig will be fitted with a bow-mounted electric motor, ideally one that boasts a wireless remote control and has GPS-actuated spot lock or anchor capabilities.
Ideally, this flat deck will be set as high above the. Imported bass, flats and bay boats are gaining popularity in Australia. These can be great for escaping the weather, but in any boat under 5. If it can swallow a fully rigged 9ft 2. No photocopies. The summer fishing has been consistent even through that busy Christmas holiday season and most anglers putting in the efforts are reaping the rewards.
The water cleared up just before Santa wandered through and the river again looks inviting. The calm warm February nights are an ideal. Above there the river narrows right up so you can work both sides of the bank from the middle.
Some of the big old snags will have you salivating as your lure meanders over the sunken branches waiting for the inevitable strike. Pauses on surface lures and deep diving hardbodies in the strike zone are nothing short of deadly. Small livies under a float dropped quietly over a snag are irresistible for the large schools of perch that call this place home and a quality fluoro leader above 6lb is often a starting point for that potential biggie. Guys that normally fish 4lb leaders for bream often regret only putting 8lb on for that two seconds of screaming drag followed by twang then silence.
Perch are already on their way home before they take your lure, so you better be on your game. The best mulloway river in the state has been living up to its reputation with plenty of fish coming from up around the caves area right through to the estuary.
Mark and Barry from Warnambool slayed the mulloway at Evans Head in an epic morning session that saw multiple hook-ups with baits barely touching the water. Live mullet have been the best producer as this time of. Think like the fish and target the shallower ground near the edges where the feeding fish chase the mullet up into the shallows.
The ones you look at in the deep water on the sounder are laying doggo letting the water flow over the top, just being the lazy fish that mulloway are.
Working through a block of pilchards is another effective way of targeting mullies. Some fishos even sit land-based slowly berleying the water with small pieces of pilly while flicking unweighted halves out to waft down in the berley trail. The key is to be consistent with the berley � just a piece at a time. If you throw it all in at once, the current will take it away and the fish with it. Think Hansel and Gretel with the bread. Lightly weighted crabs thrown close to the.
Danny with a great mulloway from the surf. The soft baits like podworms, prawns and glassies have been producing � particularly podworms down in the estuary where the bream are digging holes with their mouths looking for worms and brown shells to chew. Mulloway, salmon, bream and school and gummy sharks are all coming from the surf.
The beaches have flattened out with the constant heavy winter swells long gone, so find the gutters and put the time in. As summer draws to a close, the summer run of species continues to impress. This month traditionally sees numbers increasing and anglers can expect to get a fish on most days. The kingfish run is continuing in the usual area at the north shore, Minerva Reef and Julia Reef areas. The best tactics are trolling. Alternatively, slow trolling a whole garfish can bring results as well.
Snapper continue to be caught along with good bags of whiting. The usual areas from Point Danger to the North Shore are producing the best bags. Gummy and school sharks are being caught in good numbers from the North Shore out to the deeper water. Targeting these species in shallow water and on light gear. If you do manage to land a big gummy or schoolie, release it, as these are the big breeding fish. Heading further offshore, the deep water species of blue-eye, gemfish, blue grenadier and pink ling.
The Bridgewater area is still producing good catches of Aluminium Dinghy For Sale Sydney Weather flathead, gummies, schoolies and others. Nothing much changes there; there are always a few flathead around. Sticking in that area, mako sharks have been caught Hugh Johnstone with a 4. Blue-eye to 8kg have been caught regularly with most anglers bagging out in a few hours. Coming inshore a little the Tassie trumpeter have gone quiet, as they usually do at this time of year.
However they are still there, if anyone is willing to try. Anyone deciding to fish this water should pick up a few species. The Lee Breakwater has seen snapper to 8kg, kingfish to 6kg, gummies and schoolies to 15kg, whiting to 45cm and salmon to 3kg, along with. The local beaches continue to produce good catches of snapper, whiting, mulloway, sharks and salmon. Swan Lake near Bridgewater is the best place to target sharks, while the Hole In The Wall and Snapper Point are the best places to target the other species.
So overall Portland continues to produces the. We are open seven days a week from 7am-7pm. Owner John Johnstone has extensive fishing experience for both fresh and salt water � he has fished most areas of Australia.
From chasing trout in the high country to the jumbo tuna down south, chances are John has done it. This month there should be plenty of action around the South West Coast.
By late December most of the summer staples have already shown up, so come February there should still be great fishing.
After a disappointing inshore winter season, schools of tuna have begun to show in early summer again.
With many. The fact that many of these fish are taken by anglers casting stickbaits on heavy threadline tackle makes for some superb fishing. Instead you need to be on the lookout for the surface ripple or disturbance caused by the school of fish. These days are also the best days for hunting the local kingfish population.
There have been fish caught and sighted around all the usual haunts early in the season. The warm waters of February are perhaps the best to target the mighty kingfish, so hopefully this early action is a sign of things to come.
For anglers looking for a feed there are plenty of pinkies, King George whiting and squid around the inshore reefs to keep you happy. Some ripping mulloway have been taken in the Moyne and Hopkins rivers. Many of them are between cm, so they are well worth putting in the time for. These fish have responded. February is a great month to target the local kingfish population. There are plenty of smaller species on offer as well.
Lightly weighted fresh baits will see plenty of bream, salmon, mullet and. Lure anglers have been taking plenty of bream and estuary perch on surface lures. There has been some good weather lately and there has been some reasonable reports coming in regarding salmon off the beaches. Wild Dog Creek Beach is still a favourite spot, with Marengo a close second. Out wide the gummies, snapper and some big flatties have still been about in good numbers.
Bald Hill and Blanket Bay reefs have been very productive for the gummies in m of water. Local charter operator Matt tells me that they have been doing very well for gummies in 38m directly off Cape Otway. Our new fish-weighing gantry at the Apollo Bay Harbour was christened recently with a 41kg thresher shark caught by Kevin Taylor, and a Kevin Taylor and his 41kg thresher shark.
We have also seen a lot of kingfish turning up on the outside of the harbour. One local reported hooking a 30kg tuna on a deep diver as well as two thumping big kingfish recently. This is very early, so hopefully it is a sign of a good season to come.
King George whiting are still being caught in good numbers off the Bumbry Reef and off the waterfall in that m mark.
There have also been good catches of whiting in Apollo Bay Harbour. Pipis remain the best bait on a running sinker rig. Fishing in the Apollo Bay Harbour has been pretty productive lately with plenty of whiting and trevally. There have also been a lot of couta about, so the calamari have been quiet as a result. One young angler showed me a photo of a flatty he caught in the harbour that measured 78cm! This summer has turned out to be magnificent. The weather has been reasonable without too many scorching hot days.
The southerly winds have been annoying at times, but getting out on the water early can solve that problem. Offshore out in the m mark we have seen some excellent gummy and school sharks. Rubbly reefs have been the target for many. Some solid pinkie snapper to 2. Throw in a few nannygai and largish leatherjackets and you can easily bring home a mixed bag. There is nothing like bringing home a feed of calamari, and also.
Designed and manufactured in Australia Check out the holding power figures on www. Larger, pelagic species such as mako sharks are making an appearance and already small rockets weighing in around 70kg have turned up in good numbers, along with yellowtail kingfish.
Concentrate your efforts around sub-surface reefs close to shore. From dusk onwards the gummies often come out to play so it pays to have some sort of universal rig to try and cover all three species. I believe the hook is the most important part of the terminal end and a solid no. Sea lice and small crabs can demolish a soft bait in minutes. Wal got most of his tackle back, but. Ever since then Wal has been waiting at home for a fishy phone call from the briny to his landline, so if any local fish or crustacean is reading this article, please give Wal a call.
The bream in the Curdies Estuary have been steady but it can take a while to locate the fish due to the mouth closing over and the bream spreading out far and wide. Usually boaters end up working their favourite stretch of river or just concentrate their efforts in the lake and sooner or later most end up finding a fish or three. The top baits have been locally sourced live shrimp and greyback minnow. Testweight conducted on a Lund aluminium boat. See your authorised Mercury Marine Dealer today.
The Barwon River in Geelong has warmed up bringing the redfin and carp on the bite. Carp seekers should lob out sweet corn kernels or white bread while redfin chasers can use live minnows, worms or almost any small lure from single-tailed grubs to minnowprofiled lures or vibes. Michael Evans has been fishing Wurdee-Boluc Reservoir near Moriac and caught a few quality redfin and a rainbow trout to 40cm. Arrow Flash J Shad soft plastic lure has caught plenty with a semi fast twitch and retrieve casting from the rock walls out over the tops of the weed beds.
Michael notes that late afternoon was when the fish seemed to come on the chew. Fishing over near Point Henry, they caught a small salmon trolling skirted lures and a single calamari drifting over the. St Helens rock wall inside Corio Bay has been popular with flathead to 40cm and pinkie snapper to 35cm biting on blue bait and pilchards. Daytime fishing has been tough, so see if you can get there around dawn and dusk for the best results. With a few calamari and flathead it makes for a great feed.
Larger whiting to 45cm have been caught by anglers fishing dusk and a few hours into dark. The best tides have been the lead up to high and the beginning of the run-off. The Ocean Road can produce whopper whiting on occasions. Snapper and gummy sharks are high on the target list as well with anglers doing best out deep of St Leonards and. Landbased fishos have caught a few ripper snapper to 4kg from both St Leonards and.
Portarlington piers. Andrew Jones fished with his son Mitchell out off St Leonards last month where they had an epic session. Launching at first light, they spent some time drifting the shallow weed beds catching calamari for bait then headed out to the deeper water in search of gummy sharks and snapper.
They ended up with. What a day out! Adam Jordan got stuck into a few trevally with a ripper at 50cm and pinkie snapper inside Swan Bay using pilchard. Rip kingfish mainly hold deep and will often show up with attitudes on the surface if they follow a hooked fish to the boat, so keep a rod rigged with a popper just in case.
Australian salmon can show up inside southern Port. Send in a report to slaterbunch optusnet. Adam said the key to success was a heap of berley and lightly weighted baits. The Queenscliff Boat Harbour can see fantastic trevally fishing, but it can be tough fishing due to tidal flow, so try to time your attack with slack water.
Pilchard fillets and pipis are great for bait fishing and single tailed soft plastic grubs in motor oil do well for lure enthusiasts. Ken Carmen fished the Great Ocean Road last month where he and his mate caught 18 big King George whiting to g and three pinkie snapper to 43cm using cockles for bait. The rock platforms. Bait fishers have also enjoyed quality King George whiting over g and pinkie snapper to 50cm. The whiting have been caught during daylight hours and the prime times for snapper have been dawn and dusk.
As we ease into February, kingfish should be red hot in and around the Rip, off Barwon Heads and the deeper reefs. Mitchell and his dad Andrew had a great day out off St Leonards. Phillip Bay in large schools over February.
They can easily be caught by trolling white skirted lures or stopping and casting lures or flies at the school. Never troll lures through the school, as this will only frighten them off. Please include where without giving away your secret spot! Pictures are always great, but please make sure they are at least 1mb file size. February is upon us and the warm muggy conditions have set in. The snapper fishing along Port Phillip Bay continues to provide local anglers with exciting action on a daily basis.
However, Melbourne is surprising us with some quality catches from some unexpected species. This month I want to acknowledge many of our local land-based battlers � local Melbournians who put in countless hours from landbased locations trying to land that trophy-size fish. These are local anglers who have my utmost respect. Last month saw some unbelievable land-based fish caught close to Melbourne around Docklands and Port Melbourne.
Kadir Sahin, a big promoter of kids fishing and catch and release programs in Melbourne, has been putting in countless hours targeting yellowtail kingfish around Docklands near Etihad Stadium. Kingies close to Melbourne have created a lot of hype in recent months and for good reason, as targeting these magnificent illusive fish requires patience and time to study the changing conditions with a small window of opportunity for success. It also requires consideration to select the right gear, which for Kadir has been his heavyduty Daiwa Saltiga range.
Achieving success has required much experimenting with different baits and lures. Initially, Kadir found that the kingies were quite. Rather than getting frustrated Kadir persisted going through live baits, swimbaits, fresh squid, soft plastic shads and hardbodies trying to crack the code. Finally, after putting in the hours, Kadir landed a couple of ripping size kingfish on the same day.
This was after some heavy rain with cloudy water conditions. This is perhaps the key difference in getting the kingfish more aggressive and confident to finally take baits and lures. What makes these catches even more special is that Kadir was fishing with his boys, creating some memories that will last a lifetime. Another epic land-based fishing story this month belongs to Hakan Unen who managed to catch an monstersize mulloway from the Warmies in Newport.
Hakan had been putting in the hours and slowly managed to catch some pinkies. The decision to persist and fish through a stormy summer day full of rain and blustery winds paid dividends. A big mulloway over 1m in size smashed his pilchard. After a long battle � a tricky task when fishing at the Warmies due to the rocks and snags � he landed this silver monster with the help of his good mate Gurkan. I get a sense of joy hearing about land-based anglers who have put in many hours and finally been rewarded with a.
Targeting areas such as the Warmies, Yarra River, Maribyrnong River, Web Dock and West Gate over the years I have managed to land several large snapper and a few large gummy sharks, but that massive mulloway has eluded me. Back in the bay, the snapper fishing is still going very strong.
Many local anglers around Melbourne are reporting regular bag-out sessions on both bait and plastics around Port Phillip Bay. Lightly weighted or unweighted full silver whiting or pilchards on a double snelled hook have been working well, particularly after a couple of windy days. While large shad and curl-tail plastics continue to produce results. Dean Yeoman recently booked in a fishing charter for him and his close mates.
There are many great fishing charter operators around Melbourne who will be able to give you and your mates a great day on the water. Russell House recently purchased a new boat and was incredibly keen to hit the local waters around Port Phillip Bay.
Well done, Russell, hopefully that is the first of many successful future fishing. I rushed back to shore without hesitation, which was quite a challenge. Get outdoors, enjoy the sunshine and take advantage of some quality summers fishing Melbourne has to offer.
Feel free to contact me by email on alan fishingmad. Also check out the FishingMad YouTube channel. This summer I have ventured out on my kayak many times and have enjoyed catching a lot of flathead, pinkies, whiting, and the occasional gummy shark and snook while testing out the new rods and reels. Every now and again nature reminds us just how suddenly the weather conditions can change; one recent session became quite scary when the weather turned much sooner than predicted.
The calm waters quickly turned choppy thanks to sudden gusting winds followed by unexpected heavy rain and lightning strikes. Fish Hunter The Stessco Fish Hunter Series offers a universal boat that is great for a serious days fishing or a casual day on the water with the family.
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Snapper reports have been coming in thick and fast over the past month, after a bit of lull in the local action earlier in the season. The presence of the charter boats is often a good indicator of numbers of fish in any area, and most of the major businesses have been operating from the wider marks out from Carrum for the past weeks. Great fish have been taken by anglers of all ages, including plenty of real solid specimens in the kg range.
While bite windows and peak activity are still remaining concentrated in tighter periods of time, the longer. The Frankston area has also been very productive for snapper anglers over the past month as well, both out wider in m, and also in closer during more inclement weather, as the fish move in closer to the reefs to feed. Afternoon bite times have been the best, and some great bags of fish have been landed.
The Shultz boys have been dominating the area of late, with some great bags of fish. The greater Mornington area out wide has probably been the most consistent producer of snapper for the majority of anglers over the past month, and while the average size of the fish is a little smaller than some of those being caught in other.
Daniel from TW Cranbourne with 5kg of Mornington red. Recently, there have been some massive schools of salmon around the Mornington area, and plenty of anglers have been cashing in collecting baits, and having some fun in the process. Most fish have been in the kg. Jason Schultz with a recent bag of quality snapper taken out from Frankston in 17m. Recently, Mornington wide is typically a great area to cash in as the snapper tend to group up in this area to feed, before they head south.
Expect the extensive mud bank areas out from Mount Martha and Safety Beach to be good in the coming months as well as this migratory pattern takes hold. Unsurprisingly, some of the charter boats have also been operating from this area lately as well. The most productive baits have been fresh squid, silver whiting, and the good old pilchard is still the number one choice of most anglers.
More anglers this season are also having success using fresh salmon as Aluminium Dinghy For Sale Sydney Market well, and. Anglers fishing lighter line and with the stealth of a drifting boat, or even an electric motor have been doing best, especially fishing unweighted plastics, and. Local whiting reports have been fairly scarce so far, but expect this to change over the coming months, as they move further north in the bay, and along the eastern reefs.
Rosebud and south has been the best so far. Squid numbers are also starting to really thicken up along our local reefs � expect this to improve further in the coming months.
Devil Bend Reservoir has been producing some good trout and redfin, especially after the waterway has been opened up to kayaks. Some nice fish up to lb have been taken by anglers casting and slow trolling Tassie Devils in the lake basin.
There have also been plenty of EPs for anglers fishing amongst the weed beds with plastics and topwater lures from the bank. The Patto has taken a while to recover after recent storm waters resulted in a minor fish canal bream. Recent reports suggest that the fishery has rebounded well, with some nice bream being taken on bait and lures, and also some great EPs being taken at night by anglers fishing lures and plastics around the lights. There has been plenty to write about this month, and I reckon next month will be even better.
Hopefully the big boys with yellow tails show up in our local areas this season. The comparison rate is 8. Different amounts and terms will result in a different comparison rate. Australian Credit Licence Number With lots of great fishing options on offer as we roll into February it seems like the fishing should only improve.
In saying that, the recent fishing has been excellent. While there are lots of different species to chase right now, over the past weeks the main focus species has been the whiting with a lot of anglers reporting that, after putting in a bit of effort to find them, there have been great numbers of bigger sized fish on offer.
Several of the local anglers that fish out of Mordialloc Creek reported bags of a dozen or so fish in the cm size. The fishing should only get better Aluminium Dinghy For Sale Sydney 12 on species like the whiting, salmon and garfish. While on the kingfish front there were a few sneaky reports of kingfish in the area during January, a pile of fish moved into the rip and lower parts of the bay.
This month should see a few of these fish turn up, especially those kg models that have been around in good numbers. During some of the bigger winds we saw in January the pier had a few anglers report that they got into some good pinkie fishing of an evening. The big news over the past weeks has been anglers getting into good numbers of whiting by fishing the rough ground on the north side of the pier late in the evening and into the night. And while most of the whiting are solid school fish in the cm size, there are enough bigger ones around the 40cm mark to keep it interesting.
The best baits have been pipis and mussels fished on a paternoster rig and a light rod. Check out this thumping whiting caught by Natalie Powell fishing out of Western Port. Now is definitely the time to be chasing these big whiting which seem to be around in good numbers. Mentone has been fishing well with some of the better fishing happening on the lighter reef areas.
This has also seen less pinkies than up on the harder reef areas. In these areas the best. T E info asbfeo. As for the size of the fish, most people are reporting whiting in the cm size, but there are a few patches of fish that have some 40cm models among them. Keep your eyes peeled this month for schools of salmon that have been turning up over the past weeks. For the land-based anglers there have also been pinkies and the odd whiting taken off the front of the Half Moon Bay car park at night, while the pier itself has seen some good catches of whiting for anglers who fish late at night and cast baits out towards the Cerberus.
Try the Anonyma Shoal, as for whatever reason February seems to produce some stonker whiting in this part. In this spot I always find that fresh mussels are the best bait.
Back in closer to shore the Yorkies Reef system has been holding whiting and squid in good numbers. Further along towards Sandringham there are good land-based fishing opportunities this month. Anglers have a really good chance at decent numbers of whiting and pinkies while fishing the end of the breakwall and the rock groynes late in the afternoon and into the night.
Out a little wider anglers fishing in their boats in the m areas up. This month, however, by fishing out a little wider in the m areas there will be some solid pinkies on offer with the best results coming to anglers who fish at dawn and dusk with larger baits of pilchards and squid strips.
For that reason a lot of anglers who are doing well on the fish in this area tend to fish in the dark or during the first and last light periods when there is less activity on the water, allowing the fish to feed in the shallower water. For something different get in behind the breakwall in a kayak or small boat to cast plastics at the moored boat hulls for some big bream and trevally, or head out the front in search of pinkies and whiting on the abundant cunjevoi beds that run all the way along towards Station Pier in the m areas.
Use a bit of berley and baits of mussel and pipi for the whiting. Squid strips and pilchard tails work for the pinkies and, as always, a bit of berley will help to get the bite going.
Over the past weeks the main focus species has been the whiting with a lot of anglers reporting that, after putting in a bit of effort to find them, there have been great numbers of bigger sized fish on offer. The start to summer has been madness down on the Mornington Peninsula, but the fishing has been sensational. It will continue to fish well this month and hopefully into March. ROSEBUD The pier has seen a lot of action over the past couple of weeks with plenty of squid being caught late into the evening and after dark.
Small 2. Use maggots or slithers of pilchard on a sabiki rig. Out the front along Rosebud Reef and down towards Tootgarook plenty of boats are getting into some nice pinkies on.
Half pilchards and squid strips are favoured baits. If you. A little closer in there are plenty of good weed beds that are still holding great numbers of squid despite the amount of boat traffic. RYE Rye Pier has been packed Aluminium Dinghy For Sale Sydney China at night and is producing some great fishing. Flathead are a popular target species this year too for anglers fishing off the end of the pier. The fishing around White Cliffs has been reasonable with a few really good flathead taken on soft plastics drifting in shallower while the whiting have been firing up on the outgoing tide.
Pipis and squid strips are the go, on their own or in a cocktail. Out the back of the Fort has been good for drifting for a number of species. Flathead and salmon are in good numbers at the moment and a few good gummy sharks are being taken on a regular basis.
Out the front of the wall is a great area to fish lures and soft plastics for flatties, pinkies and salmon. Sorrento is ridiculously busy at the moment with all the kingfish action.
Jigging for kingfish seems to be the most popular method by far. Use g knife jigs depending on the tides and how much flow there is. If you want to bait fish for them, towing around a live squid or baitfish such as yakkas or slimies will do the trick. Some anglers even use a paternoster with a single hook and strip bait on it for good results. Just a precaution to anyone fishing the Rip � it is a very dangerous place. Make sure you follow the Maritime Safety laws at all times, look out for others and most importantly pay attention to the marked marine zones and changing sea conditions.
For any other questions or enquiries you can pop down to the Compleat Angler in Rosebud for more information. Chad Nipper put in a few hours at high tide and was rewarded with a quality red for this time of year. The humble pilchard was the game changer. Young Jack Abrehart headed out from Tooradin recently and recorded his firstever snapper.
Working the channel edges and sounding around the deeper water just outside the Tooradin Channel is a great way to pick up a few snapper as they school up in the deep water during the heat of the day. Well done, Jack! Mark Keaveny and Gerry Morsman zipped out from Hastings after work. The sounder showed the way and after wading through a heap of pinkies the boys left a couple of nice 3kg models. Pilchard and Californian squid coupled with an outgoing tide delivered the best results.
The fish seem to be constantly on. Andrew Ketelaar, who is an absolute jet when it comes to fishing Western Port, has been finding some really nice whiting in the Tooradin Channel. The bigger fish have been nudging 45cm, so nice hearty baits like big pipis and mussels or pilchard fillets are a great option.
The deeper drop-offs around Crawfish Rock have been producing some massive whiting over the last couple. By lobbing a nice fillet of fresh salmon or trevally into the deeper water Sam has been picking up the odd really nice gummy. For those after some fresh calamari for whiting bait the Tyabb Bank still has a really nice sprinkling of calamari all over it. Hux Fysh has the squid well and truly sorted and has been getting stuck into some exceptional models lately.
White squid jigs in size 3. Tommo Fitzpatrick was up in the Bouchier Channel on a recent outing and ended up tangling with a cracker little bronzy that took a liking to a nice fresh squid head. Great effort, Tommo! It certainly is a great sign to see this type of variety still around and I really think that the best whiting fishing is still to come!
Like always, keep those reports coming and good luck on your next fishing adventure. Ben Hoskin found some absolute beauties on a recent outing in 10m of water with the biggest fish measuring 47cm and multiple fish at 45cm!
Berley is an absolute must and at times, live Bass yabbies have been the difference between a feed of fresh whiting and a quick stop at the fish and chip shop on the way home! Sam Triplett has been making the most of the holiday period and spending a heap of time on the water, which is great to see. Sam sat through a really slow slack tide period to be rewarded with the whiting going absolutely nuts when the tide changed and the water got moving again.
Magnificent on the plate, whiting have been more than plentiful over the past few weeks and will continue on for the next few months. During the high tides, whiting have been moving up on the banks to feed on the small crustaceans and molluscs they can scavenge. The North Sentinel island is out of bounds even to the Indian navy in a bid to protect its reclusive inhabitants who number only about So for a long time, even when the rest of the Andaman and nearby Nicobar islands were colonised by the British in and turned into a penal colony, the Sentinelese were left alone to hunt, eat and generally make merry in their fecund island paradise.
Until , when a British colonial expedition led by Maurice Vidal Portman landed with a squad of armed police, kidnapped an entire family and whisked them off to Port Blair in the Andaman Islands.
The adults died immediately and a red-faced Portman hastily returned the four children with gifts. For nearly a century after that, the islanders were left largely to their own devices. The Sentinelese attracted international attention in the wake of the Asian tsunami, when a member of the tribe was photographed on a beach, firing arrows at a helicopter pictured.
Four years later, there was another invasion attempt � this time the visitors were laden with offerings of a miniature plastic car, a live pig and a selection of aluminium pots. Occasionally, instead of firing weapons, the men wave their penises very angrily and, on rare occasions, would accept the odd coconut before opening fire. But the message has never changed.
Their decision to resist contact with the outside world is an intelligent one. They are frequently referred to as Stone Age or primitive, but from the little the ouside world has been allowed to learn, we know they are anything but. For while they have reportedly forgotten how to make fire � they keep multiple fires burning at all times so as not to be caught out � and have no way of counting above two, their botanical, zoological and medicinal knowledge is astounding, albeit unconventional.
They apparently believe that edible plants are protected by good spirits and poisonous plants are favoured by evil. Chau took a boat ride with the fishermen before venturing alone in a canoe to North Sentinel Island pictured, a file photo shows tribesmen on the island. Astonishingly, all the Sentinelese are thought to have survived the tsunami of Boxing Day in which , people perished. It is thought that, like many animals, they felt the earthquake, knew a monstrous wave was on its way and shimmied up the trees taking their precious fire with them.
No one knows the exact population, but it is thought to be in decline. A count, from a safe distance, spotted 15 people.
A census 10 years earlier estimated the population at Chau hired a fishing dinghy and, aided by the fishermen, reached the vicinity of the island on November 16, before transferring to a canoe pictured, a canoe he used in October. Chau sounds like a bright and lovely young man. Of course he knew of the danger he faced, if not the danger from his germs to the islanders.
Please do not be angry at them or at God if I get killed. In return they rained arrows down on him and damaged his canoe. While the seven fishermen who transported Chau and his canoe to within the exclusion zone � and watched while he was killed � have all been arrested, there is no question anyone on the island will be bothered by the authorities. Because the survival of the Sentinelese depends on it. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
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