09-02-2006, 07:52 PM
hEY pOODGE, Welcome.
in reply to spots around Parkdale i went out myself about a week ago. Before i get you excited i speared no fish, but let me describe it. In close about 10 -20 metres off shore there where a few small rock platforms. When i first went there there were small garfish but not muc else but Perfect if your japanese and love toad fish. Otherwise about 50 metres out there is low rock weed bed, home to alot of rays and mullet i would say. Now where we went was straight down from the car park at the end of rennison street. Beware the water gets pretty murky around the drains.
Ok, now im an adventerous young lad, and while working my usual shift at Hungry Jacks Mentone (come mention Squidfish and il fix u up with somehing nice) i came across an oldish man. To me he looked like one of the old guys who sit on mordialloc pier all day. So i asked him "Sir, do you happen top know where abouts the reef is at mordialloc?". I asked this cos i rememebr my father telling me about an artifical reef the council put in to attract bigger fish, made out of cars and tyres. If you look out at parkdale you will see the boats fishing the reef. Mind you the council dont know if it was successful because they never monitored it! anyway the old guy said to turn right out of mordialloc creek. So it is on the parkdale side.
Meanwhile....as good catholic boys do i quickly left school at lunchtime and rode down to mordialloc pier and looked off the parkdale side. I could just make out dark patches of a possible reef. So next weekend probly ill be right on it. Mind you i was nearly late for my next class.
But tell me, would you eat the fish out of port phillip bay? or even Parkdale?
Paul.
in reply to spots around Parkdale i went out myself about a week ago. Before i get you excited i speared no fish, but let me describe it. In close about 10 -20 metres off shore there where a few small rock platforms. When i first went there there were small garfish but not muc else but Perfect if your japanese and love toad fish. Otherwise about 50 metres out there is low rock weed bed, home to alot of rays and mullet i would say. Now where we went was straight down from the car park at the end of rennison street. Beware the water gets pretty murky around the drains.
Ok, now im an adventerous young lad, and while working my usual shift at Hungry Jacks Mentone (come mention Squidfish and il fix u up with somehing nice) i came across an oldish man. To me he looked like one of the old guys who sit on mordialloc pier all day. So i asked him "Sir, do you happen top know where abouts the reef is at mordialloc?". I asked this cos i rememebr my father telling me about an artifical reef the council put in to attract bigger fish, made out of cars and tyres. If you look out at parkdale you will see the boats fishing the reef. Mind you the council dont know if it was successful because they never monitored it! anyway the old guy said to turn right out of mordialloc creek. So it is on the parkdale side.
Meanwhile....as good catholic boys do i quickly left school at lunchtime and rode down to mordialloc pier and looked off the parkdale side. I could just make out dark patches of a possible reef. So next weekend probly ill be right on it. Mind you i was nearly late for my next class.
But tell me, would you eat the fish out of port phillip bay? or even Parkdale?
Paul.
Just remember we are in a drought,
More fish in the one spot.
More fish in the one spot.