01-11-2006, 04:10 AM
after chasing the landbased reds for the last few weeks, early this morning i decided to finally get back down to flinders pier.
glad i did! watched a beauty of a sunrise and then caught 3 nice squid on big artificial jigs (size 4).
caught the small one on a big blue yozuri, medium size squid on a big burgundy yozuri, and the biggest which still was only a 'teenager' and not a thumper, took a unknown brand japanese brown jig.
surprisingly i didnt hook up on the silverwhiting jigs, but a few other guys landed monsters from all areas of the pier. i noticed a few ppl using yakkas under a float. .
would be great if we could catch yakka/scads here, like at the piers in eden, merimbula etc. such a good bait-dont mind them for eating too, they are really nice dried and salted and then grilled.
saw grass whiting caught for the first time. until the guy told me what they were, i thought they were some type of ling or wrasse.
are grass whiting good to eat or do they taste like luderick? im guessing any whiting would be good for the table.
cheers!
good luck.
glad i did! watched a beauty of a sunrise and then caught 3 nice squid on big artificial jigs (size 4).
caught the small one on a big blue yozuri, medium size squid on a big burgundy yozuri, and the biggest which still was only a 'teenager' and not a thumper, took a unknown brand japanese brown jig.
surprisingly i didnt hook up on the silverwhiting jigs, but a few other guys landed monsters from all areas of the pier. i noticed a few ppl using yakkas under a float. .
would be great if we could catch yakka/scads here, like at the piers in eden, merimbula etc. such a good bait-dont mind them for eating too, they are really nice dried and salted and then grilled.
saw grass whiting caught for the first time. until the guy told me what they were, i thought they were some type of ling or wrasse.
are grass whiting good to eat or do they taste like luderick? im guessing any whiting would be good for the table.
cheers!
good luck.