Decent Session in Newport

[joking fish]

On Friday afternoon at 4pm my brother and I headed to Newport Arms for our ritual of evening fishing. Armed with gang hooks and pilchards we descended down Queeens Street and made our way to the jetty. Conditions were ok with no wind and a run-out tide. We started fishing and in the first hour and a half we only came up with throw back reds. about 7pm the action picked up. I caught a 35cm Tailor which was bled immediately and put in our bucket. Then my bro caught a 27cm flounder on gang hooks. Strange........... That's not suppose to happen. We had to measure him as I believe now there is a size limit for Flounder of 25cm.

Soon after the greedy Flounder I caught a 43cm Soapie which went back in the brine. There was another angler on the wharf who'd never seen a jewie caught before, needless to say he was humbled and in awe. A few casts later my rod was bent in half and line started peeling off the reel. A war of attrition ensued and as I was fighting my fish my bro said "i'm getting bites," He hooked up and landed his fish while I was still fighting mine it was a 65+ cm Flathead. I was so distracted that my carbon copy of his fish snagged me under the jetty. I was livid! We put his fish back in the water to breed again. All up in about 2.5 hours of fishing we kept a Flounder and a Tailor and let the soapie and the Flathead go. It was a decent session and a fun way to spend a Friday afternoon.

[king of kings]

Must have been one hungry flounder :-D very nice little session.

[rjc123]

Nice session there!

With the flounder, theres one obvious explanation to me. Up north when fishing the creeks, the bream are In plague proportions. As soon as the live mullet hits the water, they start picking at it viscously, often removing the head. All this activity attracts a hunting barra or jack and they scoff what's left.

So I'd say a pack of small pinkies and tailor were picking at your bait and this attracted the flounder.

Suppose it could've been a very hungry flounder though!

Cheers, Tom

[jenno64]

What a mix bag!

[joking fish]

Yeah, thats usually the case with this spot, you never what your gonna get.

What a mix bag!