31-08-2003, 04:50 AM
Hi guy's, It's 2.11 am and I just got back from Queenscliff, I got there at 7 pm and the tide started coming in
at Approximately 7.40 pm, there was a light breeze from the North-North west, clear sky's, and Mar's
shinning brightly, only me and two other's on the pier, AMAZING !! No shoulder to shoulder fisherman,
and even better, NO SEAL !
I would say it was a perfect night for squidding !, I had silver whiting and a variety of jig's,
I fished all the way around the pier, every inch of it, using baited jig's and artificial's,
You guessed it, NO SQUID !! didn't even see one, dead as a maggot !!
UNBELIEVABLE, just when you think this is going to be a top night, BAM ! it hit's you between the eye's,
no fish for you tonight sucker !! I can't work out why the pier fisher's are doing so badly ?
I heard the same story from a few guy's that fished Flinder's pier, the guy's fishing from boat's in
lonsdale bight { just around the corner from Queenscliff }
are braining them, and so are the boat's at flinder's, so why are the pier's not firing ? I can't work it out?
this time last year I was doing great from the pier's ! so why is this year so different ? why are they shying
away from pier's ? OK - OK - I can hear you say "I did well last week end" or something like that,
But my point is are you catching consistantly ? I mean at least 4 plus squid evey trip?
this is what the catch rate was like last year at Queenscliff pier, and 4 was the minimum on any one trip,
and the size's where excellent too, I'll give it a few more trip's and see how the season progress's,
but it look's to me that I'll have to fire up my boat very soon to catch a good feed, I'd be interested to know
if anyone else has found the same as me? till the next report, cheer's Pete.
at Approximately 7.40 pm, there was a light breeze from the North-North west, clear sky's, and Mar's
shinning brightly, only me and two other's on the pier, AMAZING !! No shoulder to shoulder fisherman,
and even better, NO SEAL !
I would say it was a perfect night for squidding !, I had silver whiting and a variety of jig's,
I fished all the way around the pier, every inch of it, using baited jig's and artificial's,
You guessed it, NO SQUID !! didn't even see one, dead as a maggot !!
UNBELIEVABLE, just when you think this is going to be a top night, BAM ! it hit's you between the eye's,
no fish for you tonight sucker !! I can't work out why the pier fisher's are doing so badly ?
I heard the same story from a few guy's that fished Flinder's pier, the guy's fishing from boat's in
lonsdale bight { just around the corner from Queenscliff }
are braining them, and so are the boat's at flinder's, so why are the pier's not firing ? I can't work it out?
this time last year I was doing great from the pier's ! so why is this year so different ? why are they shying
away from pier's ? OK - OK - I can hear you say "I did well last week end" or something like that,
But my point is are you catching consistantly ? I mean at least 4 plus squid evey trip?
this is what the catch rate was like last year at Queenscliff pier, and 4 was the minimum on any one trip,
and the size's where excellent too, I'll give it a few more trip's and see how the season progress's,
but it look's to me that I'll have to fire up my boat very soon to catch a good feed, I'd be interested to know
if anyone else has found the same as me? till the next report, cheer's Pete.