11-11-2004, 11:59 AM
Last Friday left Melb. with the rain deciding to brave it out at Flinders. Only one chap when i arrived at 6pm and he left shortly afterwards. Yes I had the entire pier to myself. With a strong south west I picked the best corner of the jetty for the wind and settled in for hopefully a good peaceful nights fishing.
After having the jetty to myself for all of 10 minutes two blokes arrived went to the lower landing and decided they would throw under my lines. About the same time 4 other blokes arrived with about 16 lines and started throw lines to my left over the guys on the landing. The other guys came to my right started throwing many lines pretty much over mine. With the wind and the current it was pretty much a complete disaster. Virtually all the lines were left unattended with them drifting across. It was absolutely impossible to bring 1 line in without tangling up with two others. Two others arrived later and one of them asked me if it was ok to throw a couple of lines between mine. By that stage I was ready to kill.
Even though I planned to stay late I was pretty much forced to leave early around 10pm.
It doesn't seem that there is any ettiquette in terms of reserving a section of jetty at Flinders especially with fishermen of a certain background.
For the record 5 squid, apart from one small one all around 1.5 kg.
Previous trip to Flinders two weeks earlier had a very good one. Again apart from one small one 7 others averaging about 2kg.
Have got a fridge full of the stuff now so I will giving it a rest for a while.
After having the jetty to myself for all of 10 minutes two blokes arrived went to the lower landing and decided they would throw under my lines. About the same time 4 other blokes arrived with about 16 lines and started throw lines to my left over the guys on the landing. The other guys came to my right started throwing many lines pretty much over mine. With the wind and the current it was pretty much a complete disaster. Virtually all the lines were left unattended with them drifting across. It was absolutely impossible to bring 1 line in without tangling up with two others. Two others arrived later and one of them asked me if it was ok to throw a couple of lines between mine. By that stage I was ready to kill.
Even though I planned to stay late I was pretty much forced to leave early around 10pm.
It doesn't seem that there is any ettiquette in terms of reserving a section of jetty at Flinders especially with fishermen of a certain background.
For the record 5 squid, apart from one small one all around 1.5 kg.
Previous trip to Flinders two weeks earlier had a very good one. Again apart from one small one 7 others averaging about 2kg.
Have got a fridge full of the stuff now so I will giving it a rest for a while.