Larkin Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 (edited) Gday raiders - a couple of mates that also jet ski fish wanted to go out to the peak today. Headed over to Yarra bay to get bait - stacked up yakkas everywhere at the moment over the artificial reef in the middle of the bay. Conditions were a little rough on the way out - wind was higher than predicted, but it came good after a couple of hours. Fished for an hour or so with nothing much to show - deep dropped some baits but jackets everywhere and lines came up with no hooks. Mates wanted to go to 12 mile - I decided to stay back at the peak and as soon as they left, the bite started. I decided to just jig - got 2 rat kings around 55cm, 3 bonitos the two largest around 55cm, a couple of sergeant baker, a leather jacket, and 4 Barracouta - largest around a meter. After bring up all these on jigs, arms were tired so headed in to the reefs around coogie. Put out 2 rods with salted bonito strip baits. Picked up a pigfish - haven’t eaten one before and I hear they’re quite good eating. Then my rod goes off and I’m onto a good fish - head shakes and hard runs - I knew what it was - had a good fight turning the fish & up comes a nice 65cm red. After this the bite stops and my two mates show up. They had no luck at 12 mile with only a 60cm rat king caught and unfortunately just missed the bite at this spot too. Edited May 24, 2023 by Larkin 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Very nice red, the pick of the catch. Piggies are reasonably good eating. As for Barry Couta, a pain in the arse, prone to chewing off gear like the jackets, though jackets are good to eat if big enough. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJames Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Nice going! I always thought the bonito disappeared when the warmer water left, as I stop catching them on trolled lures. Do they stick around but change their habits in the cooler months? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 What a great selection of fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Great stuff Larkin, nice bag. Tasty box of fish. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Top haul &great photos. Nice Red. Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Yowie said: Very nice red, the pick of the catch. Piggies are reasonably good eating. As for Barry Couta, a pain in the arse, prone to chewing off gear like the jackets, though jackets are good to eat if big enough. Thanks yowie! going to try the pig - crumbed fillets. Have caught them before but not kept. don’t mind the jackets but only on the plate😂 3 hours ago, JustJames said: Nice going! I always thought the bonito disappeared when the warmer water left, as I stop catching them on trolled lures. Do they stick around but change their habits in the cooler months? They do disappear in the colder months, but still a few around at the moment. Caught a few trolling 2 weeks back. This and last week got them jigging on offshore reefs over bait balls. 3 hours ago, bessell1955 said: What a great selection of fish. Thanks Bessel, was happy with a bit of variety for a change. 3 hours ago, Isaac Ct said: Great stuff Larkin, nice bag. Tasty box of fish. Well done. Thanks Isaac, a few tasty fish in there! 40 minutes ago, Rebel said: Top haul &great photos. Nice Red. Well done thanks Rebel! not many bites as it was around midday - then rod bent over. Must of been cruising by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 great catch mate, that is a good sized snapper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 2 hours ago, kantong said: great catch mate, that is a good sized snapper! Thanks Kantong! Gave a good fight too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Great session Chris! Bet you were happy with the red…a corker!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 11 hours ago, jenno64 said: Great session Chris! Bet you were happy with the red…a corker!! Thanks Rob yeah it was a surprise, as it was around midday. I was in a snapper spot, but no bites other than the pigfish. Then while I was eating a snack, the rod bent over and it was all on! After that no more bites again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 A nice mixed bag - once th barracuda start turning up you know winter has arrived - was the water cold? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted May 27, 2023 Author Share Posted May 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Pickles said: A nice mixed bag - once th barracuda start turning up you know winter has arrived - was the water cold? Thanks Bob! Quite a few of them out there. I don’t think I looked at the temp on the sounder, but it didn’t feel cold - the wind in the morning on the other hand was definitely cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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