Port Hacking again

[Yowie]

 

Headed out early this morning out from Lilli Pilli. Calm conditions and cloudy. Still some colour in the water.

Caught the tailor and mack tuna on pillies while still fairly dark. After they stopped biting, I put out the yakka line, no yakkas but the trevally turned up. One bigger one busted the hook off.

The flounder took a fish strip, hooks in the gills so I kept it, otherwise it was going back in. A few small fish zipping about, appeared to be small frigates, but no takes on the lure.

My supply of frozen squid is zero, so I headed to Salmon Haul Bay in the mouth of the Hacking and found a few. All squid were in close to the rocks in shallow water, and not much swell there at the moment. Used a rather old white jig that was falling apart from age, but it worked. Eventually snagged up and broke off trying to retrieve it, so headed home. Another fisho was jigging from the rocky shoreline and pulled out 2 squid on a red jig.

I like a feed of squid, but need them all to be frozen as bait. Maybe another day will find a feed.

[Wellzy94]

Mate, you are a machine!

I wish 1 in 10 outings of mine were as good as yours.

Cheers,

Wellzy

[Fab1]

Well done once again mate.If you ever put out a book on Cracking the ports secrets ,I'll take the first book released.

From following your posts I'm getting the best time to fish it is before sun up and a few hours into the morning before the boat traffic,noise etc.

Cheers.

[Ribs]

Good to see the green eyes back in the hacking, I assumed the water is still not clear enough, I'll have a crack this arvo before the rain again, and as usual, a very productive session for you , u r the hacking mystro ! 

[DaveBM]

Yowie, tell me honestly. 

With all the catching, cooking, and eating of fish (and presumably the odd trip to the tackle shop), how do you find the time for anything else?

[fragmeister]

Another great effort  both in the report and the catch.

I was camping at Bonnevale last weekend and didn't wet a line.

...maybe I should have.

Cheers

 

Jim

[JohnDory]

Dave 

Commiserations on the loss of your old faithful Squid Jig.

I have one that would be + 30 years and still produces. Its pinkish and black stained  with one missing feather and the other one is a bit doubtful it has not long to go. Makes me have a little giggle every time I catch a squid, to think this bit of equipment has lasted decades.

Caught many a squid feed for me.

Nice write up as always.

Dave

 

Edited March 29, 2017 by JohnDory

[Yowie]

6 hours ago, Wellzy94 said:

Mate, you are a machine!

I wish 1 in 10 outings of mine were as good as yours.

Cheers,

Wellzy

Autumn is the best time. During late winter and early spring, it is  a different story, not much at all.

[Yowie]

5 hours ago, Fab1 said:

Well done once again mate.If you ever put out a book on Cracking the ports secrets ,I'll take the first book released.

From following your posts I'm getting the best time to fish it is before sun up and a few hours into the morning before the boat traffic,noise etc.

Cheers.

In my younger days I fished more in the late afternoon into the evening, probably still a good time to give it a go.

Now I wake up early, get out before too many lunatics speed past, then head home for a snooze in the arvo. Not as much wind in the mornings.

As for the book, probably not. 

[Yowie]

5 hours ago, Ribs said:

Good to see the green eyes back in the hacking, I assumed the water is still not clear enough, I'll have a crack this arvo before the rain again, and as usual, a very productive session for you , u r the hacking mystro ! 

Still a bit murky up river, don't know if the squid are there but a good chance they could be around now.

[Yowie]

3 hours ago, DaveBM said:

Yowie, tell me honestly. 

With all the catching, cooking, and eating of fish (and presumably the odd trip to the tackle shop), how do you find the time for anything else?

I'm retired, and still have plenty of things to do, but fishing rates near the top.

[Yowie]

3 hours ago, fragmeister said:

Another great effort  both in the report and the catch.

I was camping at Bonnevale last weekend and didn't wet a line.

...maybe I should have.

Cheers

 

Jim

Jim,

You were at Bonnievale and you did not have a fish? What's wrong with you? 

Should be a few whiting or flatties about over the flats. Spoke to a bloke a few weeks ago, he sometimes moves up towards the foot bridge on the last of the run-up using nippers.

Dave.

[samjames95]

Nice catch mate, good to see some squid being brought on board following all of this rain and murky water

[Yowie]

1 hour ago, JohnDory said:

Dave 

Commiserations on the loss of your old faithful Squid Jig.

I have one that would be + 30 years and still produces. Its pinkish and black stained  with one missing feather and the other one is a bit doubtful it has not long to go. Makes me have a little giggle every time I catch a squid, to think this bit of equipment has lasted decades.

Caught many a squid feed for me.

Nice write up as always.

Dave

 

Thanks Dave.

Many years ago (mid to late 1960's) an old fisho showed me how to make a squid jig, nothing like these fancy things of today that cost a bit of money.

A piece of cane about 6 inches long, less than half an inch thick. Soak it in water for a few days. Drill a small hole near one end and tie half a dozen small long shank hooks on the other end with the points sticking out. Wrap some alfoil around it a few times then wrap some fishing line around it to hold the foil on. Thread your line though the hole to tie it on, then throw it out and jig it like we do today. Caught plenty of squid on those jigs.

I still have a couple of Wonder Wobbler lures left, a couple are rusted badly but one has never been in the water, still shiny silver. Might see if I can sell it for a fortune.   Caught more things on a Wonder Wobbler than I can remember.

Dave.

[Yowie]

6 minutes ago, samjames95 said:

Nice catch mate, good to see some squid being brought on board following all of this rain and murky water

Run up tide so the water was clear around the mouth. With the cloud the squid were in the shallow water, nothing out deep.

[fragmeister]

1 hour ago, Yowie said:

Jim,

You were at Bonnievale and you did not have a fish? What's wrong with you? 

Should be a few whiting or flatties about over the flats. Spoke to a bloke a few weeks ago, he sometimes moves up towards the foot bridge on the last of the run-up using nippers.

Dave.

I know mate... I don't know what came over me!

The weather prediction was lousy and I imagined I would be spending most of my time keeping everyone dry. Personally, I am just as happy wandering around the flats in the rain but my eldest daughter and my granddaughter were there so I felt compelled to make it as comfortable for them as possible... so with that in mind ( and to avoid temptation) I left the fishing gear at home.

As it turned out Saturday was just overcast and Sunday was glorious.

...I'll know better next time.

Cheers

 

Jim

 

 

 

[DaveBM]

17 hours ago, Yowie said:

I'm retired, and still have plenty of things to do, but fishing rates near the top.

Actually with your strike rate I'd be surprised if eating fish isn't the no.1 time-consumer! That or you've got a lot of very happy family, friends, and neighbours.

[Yowie]

5 hours ago, DaveBM said:

Actually with your strike rate I'd be surprised if eating fish isn't the no.1 time-consumer! That or you've got a lot of very happy family, friends, and neighbours.

I have 1 or 2 meals a week ( the wife is happy with shop bought fish cooked in batter ) so I have to try different recipes. I am from a fish eating family who don't care too much for new recipes, so family cop a few feeds, and occasionally friends.