10-02-2006, 07:08 PM
I'm baaaaaaaack!
Parkdale has a lot of small reefs in close to shore (within 100-200m) which hold good numbers of whiting around this time of year - good luck hitting them though! On a clear day you can easily make the reefs out by standing up on beach road and scanning the water with polaroids. Do be careful spearing around here as quite a few people fish in boats close to shore.
As for ling - you will rarely find them out in the open, they love deep caves and dark holes. I have only ever speared one, it was a beast at nearly a metre long, and easily the strongest fish I've ever speared. The head of the ling was all I could see, the rest was bunched up in a cave.
In unrelated news.....I have been absent from the site for far too long, I bought a fishing kayak recently and it has become an all-consuming passion. I did catch a nice squid off black rock last weekend of almost a kilo, and have been getting a lot of pinkies on soft plastics.
Back soon
Jaz
Parkdale has a lot of small reefs in close to shore (within 100-200m) which hold good numbers of whiting around this time of year - good luck hitting them though! On a clear day you can easily make the reefs out by standing up on beach road and scanning the water with polaroids. Do be careful spearing around here as quite a few people fish in boats close to shore.
As for ling - you will rarely find them out in the open, they love deep caves and dark holes. I have only ever speared one, it was a beast at nearly a metre long, and easily the strongest fish I've ever speared. The head of the ling was all I could see, the rest was bunched up in a cave.
In unrelated news.....I have been absent from the site for far too long, I bought a fishing kayak recently and it has become an all-consuming passion. I did catch a nice squid off black rock last weekend of almost a kilo, and have been getting a lot of pinkies on soft plastics.
Back soon
Jaz