Mike89 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 (edited) Since getting into the blackies so much over the past 6 months I'd forgotten my roots of early mornings and late afternoons at the wharf chasing trevs. Promised myself I'd get into them this week so I grabbed some baits yesterday and bought a couple of cigar floats to try. Hit the wharf this afternoon a couple of hours before the high tide to find the water flat as a pan with no sign of life. A lady there mentioned there had been some guys earlier who had caught a bucketful of trevs in the morning. Excellent, if they were there this morning they'd be in later tonight. Burleyed with a mix of bread, chicken, prawns and the secret ingredient: squid ink. Fished around 3 metres deep and after an hour of nothing the solid downs started to come. Two nice trevally in around ten minutes and then they did the dash. Closer to the tide change I started to get some interest again, landing a nice third fish. The bait was still on the hook so I quickly threw it back in and within seconds I had hooked another larger model that gave me a good fight. Had some help this time and a bloke I was chatting to netted him for me. Yellowtail came on as it started to get dark which was a nice sign as they seemed to have been on holiday from this spot over the past couple of weeks, but their unexpected arrival kind of messed with my program as they were shredding my baits. Packed up the gear and had a quick flick for some squid without much luck before heading home. Stoked to have had a successful session, trevs really are a hard-pulling fish and it is certainly a rush when you see them beelining for cover under the pylons and having to desperately struggle to pull them out before they snag themselves. Here's the fish, all around the 35cm mark. Not monsters but still great fun. Cheers for reading! Edited September 13, 2016 by Mike89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrybeynon Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Nice work Trev's are great fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Good stuff mate theyre great eating too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackfish angler Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Nice report from blackies to trevs all fishing is fun well done on the trevs mate and good to see they are around . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Good work keeping them away from the pylons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Nice one mike. What area were you fishing mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Balmoral jetty. Reliable spot for trevally this time of year. Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 [its right next to the boat house cafe right^^? quote name=Mike89" post="591401" timestamp="1473851788] Balmoral jetty. Reliable spot for trevally this time of year. Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Is that the place ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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