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Hi All,
Last night we hit up a couple of piers. First we arrived at Mordialloc at around 11pm to packed pier. It's been my first time there in a few years. Anyways it was doughnuts for everyone onboard, we were lucky to get a little nibble on squid. Next up hit Black Rock Pier. Just as we got there some block caught a decent whiting, so that was a promising sign. I threw out a line and nothing for the next 30 minutes. Then my girlfriend spotted a squid in the water, so I quickly threw on a jig, cast about 5 metres away from it, and it attacked in about half a second (it was pretty amazing to witness how fast and aggressive these things are). Anyways we came home with a decent squid, so I was happy about that.

arabshark wrote:Hi All,
Last night we hit up a couple of piers. First we arrived at Mordialloc at around 11pm to packed pier. It's been my first time there in a few years. Anyways it was doughnuts for everyone onboard, we were lucky to get a little nibble on squid. Next up hit Black Rock Pier. Just as we got there some block caught a decent whiting, so that was a promising sign. I threw out a line and nothing for the next 30 minutes. Then my girlfriend spotted a squid in the water, so I quickly threw on a jig, cast about 5 metres away from it, and it attacked in about half a second (it was pretty amazing to witness how fast and aggressive these things are). Anyways we came home with a decent squid, so I was happy about that.

nice work mate, atleast you got something!

Great bait for your next outing lol.

It is rather shallow there, casting towards the reef, but fishing from the carpark and using surf rods, might be in a chance for a pinkie or snapper.

Cheers All. Thanks Wolly, I need to stock up on a surf rod. I've caught a couple of nice silver trevally on chicken before casting towards the old shipwreck.

Yesterday at 7 I headed down to Black Rock pier with my dad, I wasn’t expecting much and was questioning whether or not it would be possible to fish due to the rough conditions. I used squid for bait on a paternoster rig and at first I caught a few small pinkies, but eventually I managed a whiting of about 40cm which I was very pleased with, afterwards I caught a couple of bigger pinkies which were about 30cm but they were returned, had to come home earlier than I would have desired due to school the following day. All in all I was very pleased with the outcome as I had not been expecting anything at all. Hope this helps anyone who had been planning to go down there.
Cheers, Jude.

Irishfisherman wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:04 pm

Yesterday at 7 I headed down to Black Rock pier with my dad, I wasn’t expecting much and was questioning whether or not it would be possible to fish due to the rough conditions. I used squid for bait on a paternoster rig and at first I caught a few small pinkies, but eventually I managed a whiting of about 40cm which I was very pleased with, afterwards I caught a couple of bigger pinkies which were about 30cm but they were returned, had to come home earlier than I would have desired due to school the following day. All in all I was very pleased with the outcome as I had not been expecting anything at all. Hope this helps anyone who had been planning to go down there.
Cheers, Jude.

Last tuesday a few blokes were catching garfish around 10am

Irishfisherman wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:04 pm

Yesterday at 7 I headed down to Black Rock pier with my dad, I wasn’t expecting much and was questioning whether or not it would be possible to fish due to the rough conditions. I used squid for bait on a paternoster rig and at first I caught a few small pinkies, but eventually I managed a whiting of about 40cm which I was very pleased with, afterwards I caught a couple of bigger pinkies which were about 30cm but they were returned, had to come home earlier than I would have desired due to school the following day. All in all I was very pleased with the outcome as I had not been expecting anything at all. Hope this helps anyone who had been planning to go down there.
Cheers, Jude.

That’s a very nice kgw mate. Well done.
When it’s rough I have seen guys pulling in some nice snapper casting towards the shipwreck :thumbsup:

bowl wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:15 pm

Irishfisherman wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:04 pm

Yesterday at 7 I headed down to Black Rock pier with my dad, I wasn’t expecting much and was questioning whether or not it would be possible to fish due to the rough conditions. I used squid for bait on a paternoster rig and at first I caught a few small pinkies, but eventually I managed a whiting of about 40cm which I was very pleased with, afterwards I caught a couple of bigger pinkies which were about 30cm but they were returned, had to come home earlier than I would have desired due to school the following day. All in all I was very pleased with the outcome as I had not been expecting anything at all. Hope this helps anyone who had been planning to go down there.
Cheers, Jude.

Last tuesday a few blokes were catching garfish around 10am

big gar,s ?