22-10-2007, 02:21 AM
I went to the HMAS Cerberus (Naval Base) open day today near Crib Point/Hasting area. Convinced a couple of friends to skip work, so I met them and others at Portsea Back beach when I was done. Only one large (VERY large) salmon caught early. I walked the pier in hope but saw no fresh ink stains until I got to the far end of the pier.
There was an old Italian guy with 3 medium sized squid in a bucket dark with ink but he was complaining so much about "me waste the time always" that I believed him when he told me he'd been there 5hours. The baited jags he was dragging in were untouched.
It was a 30degree day in the city but only about 24 degrees down there and very comfortable. We called it a day around 5pm and had a BBQ at the Rye Pier. Got back into town and I took my missus for a breezy beach cruise to get out of the roasting hot house.
Anyway, we stopped in at Sandringham around 9pm and saw a good number of fresh ink stains along the first third of the pier! Spoke to a fella who says he's catching 3-4 there a few times a week for the past few weeks. "Here's always good for a plateful", he said. Looks like I've got a new favourite spot <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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There was an old Italian guy with 3 medium sized squid in a bucket dark with ink but he was complaining so much about "me waste the time always" that I believed him when he told me he'd been there 5hours. The baited jags he was dragging in were untouched.
It was a 30degree day in the city but only about 24 degrees down there and very comfortable. We called it a day around 5pm and had a BBQ at the Rye Pier. Got back into town and I took my missus for a breezy beach cruise to get out of the roasting hot house.
Anyway, we stopped in at Sandringham around 9pm and saw a good number of fresh ink stains along the first third of the pier! Spoke to a fella who says he's catching 3-4 there a few times a week for the past few weeks. "Here's always good for a plateful", he said. Looks like I've got a new favourite spot <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Never happier than on a quiet pier, on a cold, dark, wet night, with a bucket to sit on, pole in hand and a fully charged iPod.