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by ChrisTaylor
Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:11 am
Forum: Soft Plastics & Lures
Topic: Squid soft plastics
Replies: 13
Views: 4132

Re: Squid soft plastics

I've used the smaller ones (1.5? 2 inch? I don't recall) put out by Keitech. They have a couple of squid-shaped offerings in their range, actually. I found pinkies went for them ... but sometimes, especially on warm summer evenings just as it goes dark, pinkies will smash *anything*. So I don't know...
by ChrisTaylor
Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:23 pm
Forum: Flathead fishing
Topic: Flathead on Ultra Light Gear
Replies: 10
Views: 4402

Re: Flathead on Ultra Light Gear

It can be done. I mean, you're at risk of losing a fish due to bad luck, or unfriendly structure ... but it can be done. The pinkies are more likely to give you trouble than the flathead, but even then you should be okay so long as they don't beeline for pylons or etc before you can turn them around.
by ChrisTaylor
Wed Aug 05, 2020 7:39 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Taking and picking up health workers to their place of work during curfew
Replies: 31
Views: 4150

Re: Taking and picking up health workers to their place of work during curfew

This is nuts. Called DHHS. As soon as i mentioned I needed info about the curfew rules, I was patched to the COVID hotline. The options were bad but option 4 seemed logical - breach of heatlh officer directive. Call went to the police hotline. Surprise surprise, the person who helped me (name start...
by ChrisTaylor
Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:18 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Taking and picking up health workers to their place of work during curfew
Replies: 31
Views: 4150

Re: Taking and picking up health workers to their place of work during curfew

I would go to the local police station and try and get some sort of written permission or at least a confirmation about you situation. It's also possible either of their employers -- your daughter's, I guess, given she doesn't drive -- could give you a permit. At the press conference they mentioned...
by ChrisTaylor
Fri Jul 10, 2020 4:20 pm
Forum: Rosebud to Sorrento/Portsea
Topic: Sorrento pier trip
Replies: 43
Views: 10451

Re: Sorrento pier trip

Hopefully our local pier is reopened soon. As a spectator, at least, I'm a fan of the design. Midweek -- pre-apocalypse -- it was always my go-to, purely as I was too lazy to travel further afield and it was rare to see it overrun (the recent garfish madness changed that).
by ChrisTaylor
Fri Jul 10, 2020 4:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: fishing zone restrictions
Replies: 87
Views: 7862

Re: fishing zone restrictions

I'm hoping -- really, really hoping -- that people's behaviour doesn't 'force' the government's hand re: banning fishing outright, or even closing certain piers. When the garfish or squid are on the bite people seem to forget themselves, and gather in huge numbers with minimal distancing. If you bri...
by ChrisTaylor
Fri Jul 10, 2020 4:02 pm
Forum: Rosebud to Sorrento/Portsea
Topic: Sorrento pier trip
Replies: 43
Views: 10451

Re: Sorrento pier trip

Too late, perhaps, but flick plastics (and jigs, I've heard) in that part where the ferry docks. Current is a *****, though. EDIT If you're in Metro Melb -- and Franghanistan is part of Metro Melb -- you can travel anywhere in Metro Melb to fish. Obviously, a 'hot spot' suburb is a **** idea. And, o...
by ChrisTaylor
Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:32 pm
Forum: Yellowtail Kingfish Fishing
Topic: To fish amongst kings.
Replies: 25
Views: 10114

Re: To fish amongst kings.

Fantastic write-up.
by ChrisTaylor
Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:25 pm
Forum: Melbourne Land Based Fishing
Topic: Success at Carrum!
Replies: 8
Views: 2623

Re: Success at Carrum!

Nice. I'm too soft and pathetic to go wading beaches at night at the moment -- and I'd be trying to catch flounder on plastics rather than with a pointy stick -- but well done. The Whole Fish book advocates brushing with olive oil and grilling them over coals. He dresses them with a bit of verjuice....
by ChrisTaylor
Wed Jul 01, 2020 5:23 pm
Forum: General Salt Water Fishing
Topic: Big Bully Mullet
Replies: 7
Views: 1682

Re: Big Bully Mullet

Now to land one on plastic ...

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