Mount Martha - VIC

[rocksy]

Fished down at Beaumaris pier for the rising tide the water was dead flat and it was really murky, with heaps of floating weed. put it in the too hard basket and went to Mt. Martha





Fished Hearn Road, got down there just on daylight there was 2 boats within casting distance, drifting for squid.



Started casting a red shrimp yamashita around and got one follower, only a live bait size. Got one a few casts later, and another one on the next cast about twice the size but i dropped him after a few meters.

switched to a angry looking harimitsu jig dark with white stripes, got a one small hit then nothing, cast along the same path a few times and got another one around the same size as the first.

I saw 4 or 5 salmon swimming past so i grabbed my other rod with the metal slice and had a few dozen casts, but i got bupkis.

Went to Mornington pier to have a walk and a ask a few dudes about the squidding. 9 were caught from daylight till 10am that i was told about.



Checked out beaumaris pier again on the way home, probably till low tide. caught another small one on the same Harimitsu jig. Left my lighter in the car, so i packed up and left.



Mt Martha rocks are so healthy looking, acres of broken reef and weed, clear sand patched areas. Heaps of baitfish, small fish, small squid, rays.

I could see there being some monster squid in the deeper sections of the rocks. I think casting into the deep with some size 3 or 3.5 will be a winner, just need to find the holes.

It's nice down there in an easterly.