02-11-2006, 04:35 AM
Hey Glen,
the last 2-3 weeks, i went on many many dawn/dusk & late night missions to brighton breakwater, sandi breakwater and mornington pier after some enticing reports from friends and family.
one mate caught 3 snapper from 40cm-50cm on freshly caught squid frm the brighton break, so that got me fired up, but i couldnt manage to get there at the right conditions to get anything legal size.
2nd time my mates dad landed a full bag limit from the very end of the brighton break during the previous 'first quarter moon', so the next day i went but got nothing!
3rd time my brother went to sandi break at dusk and saw a couple of ppl fishing right at the beginning of the breakwall, facing the marina side, and in the very shallow water. the lucky guys caught two big reds at least 45cm!! the day b4 was a really strong westerly wind.
after that i found out big snapper will come into very shallow waters right after a big wind. so i guess those ppl were just sitting there at the right time!
so all in all, only caught undersize pinkies and a few missed runs, but as somekind of reward i managed to catch a huge 50cm flatty from the start of the brighton pier. it was the biggest ive ever caught in melbourne so it keeps me going i guess <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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a mate has promised to take me out on his boat and ive looked into hiring a putt putt so hopefully i'll have a bit more ease at getting some decent sized snapper.
cheers
the last 2-3 weeks, i went on many many dawn/dusk & late night missions to brighton breakwater, sandi breakwater and mornington pier after some enticing reports from friends and family.
one mate caught 3 snapper from 40cm-50cm on freshly caught squid frm the brighton break, so that got me fired up, but i couldnt manage to get there at the right conditions to get anything legal size.
2nd time my mates dad landed a full bag limit from the very end of the brighton break during the previous 'first quarter moon', so the next day i went but got nothing!
3rd time my brother went to sandi break at dusk and saw a couple of ppl fishing right at the beginning of the breakwall, facing the marina side, and in the very shallow water. the lucky guys caught two big reds at least 45cm!! the day b4 was a really strong westerly wind.
after that i found out big snapper will come into very shallow waters right after a big wind. so i guess those ppl were just sitting there at the right time!
so all in all, only caught undersize pinkies and a few missed runs, but as somekind of reward i managed to catch a huge 50cm flatty from the start of the brighton pier. it was the biggest ive ever caught in melbourne so it keeps me going i guess <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> a mate has promised to take me out on his boat and ive looked into hiring a putt putt so hopefully i'll have a bit more ease at getting some decent sized snapper.
cheers