10-01-2011, 01:24 PM
Fished queenscliff last Wednesday night, Thursday night and Saturday morning. By my accounts, the pier was pretty dead through most of last week. Fished for 5 hours on Wednesday and caught 1, caught 10 on Thursday night (5 hour session) fishing at low tide and at the start of the pier (go figure!), fished Saturday morning for 1 hour on sunrise (caught 1, dropped a couple of larger specimens)
Seal was around on Wednesday and Thursday night (picked my pocket once and took away a large squid estimated at about 1.5kg)
On Thursday night when I had the most success, dropped 1 large squid in the shallows and an even bigger one in about 12 inches of water whilst casting.
Most of the squid were caught casting and retrieving with a single rod whilst all the old timers with 10 poles caught stuff all.
Has anyone ever tried walking the beach at queenscliff at dusk and casting and retrieving squid jigs in the shallows? I say this because most of the success I had on the weekend was in very shallow water at low tide! Does anyone have any views on this?
All in all, the pier was dead last week - not very many bag limits reached. The pier was also packed to the rafters with fisherman everywhere. It is only a matter of time before violence breaks out. At this time of year, the meat gatherers are out in force. Be careful as good people are few and far between on the pier at this time of year. Good fishing to you all.
Seal was around on Wednesday and Thursday night (picked my pocket once and took away a large squid estimated at about 1.5kg)
On Thursday night when I had the most success, dropped 1 large squid in the shallows and an even bigger one in about 12 inches of water whilst casting.
Most of the squid were caught casting and retrieving with a single rod whilst all the old timers with 10 poles caught stuff all.
Has anyone ever tried walking the beach at queenscliff at dusk and casting and retrieving squid jigs in the shallows? I say this because most of the success I had on the weekend was in very shallow water at low tide! Does anyone have any views on this?
All in all, the pier was dead last week - not very many bag limits reached. The pier was also packed to the rafters with fisherman everywhere. It is only a matter of time before violence breaks out. At this time of year, the meat gatherers are out in force. Be careful as good people are few and far between on the pier at this time of year. Good fishing to you all.