Slow morning in Port Melbourne on kayak 15/4/22
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 7:50 pm
98% moon, low tide around 8am, north wind 15kmh to 25kmh, wind gusts 35kmh+.
Plan was to anchor up, soak bait while flicking plastic.
Got at the parking lot 6:10am, a mate called that he left his bait and burley, so we had to share one small bag of pillies.
Straight out, saw few things on the sounder, but they weren't biting.
. .
Moved a bit and my mate landed this 47cm flathead. That got a baby squid in its gut.
. . .
Moved to the pylons, a lot of things shown on the sounder in between trips, but they weren't biting.
I hooked to what felt like a good sized pinkie, but dropped it. Landed a 27cm pinkie few mins later.
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Pinkie stopped biting, landed a 39cm flathead on gulp turtleback worm pumpkin seeds colour. And 'patrick' on vibe lift, pause, lift, thump! heavy, aaaand patrick!
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My mate landed two 28.5cm and 28cm pinkies that he took home for his mrs, let go a 27cm few mins later.
So three of us only landed 4 pinkies and two flatties. Fishing around 6:45am-10:30am.
I blame the full moon
Maybe sceptical but I never had good 'still water' fishing around full moon.
Not because the fish aren't there, they just aren't biting hard when I fish full moon. They still have to eat od course, but just not as aggressive as when not close to full moon.
Plan was to anchor up, soak bait while flicking plastic.
Got at the parking lot 6:10am, a mate called that he left his bait and burley, so we had to share one small bag of pillies.
Straight out, saw few things on the sounder, but they weren't biting.
. .
Moved a bit and my mate landed this 47cm flathead. That got a baby squid in its gut.
. . .
Moved to the pylons, a lot of things shown on the sounder in between trips, but they weren't biting.
I hooked to what felt like a good sized pinkie, but dropped it. Landed a 27cm pinkie few mins later.
. .
Pinkie stopped biting, landed a 39cm flathead on gulp turtleback worm pumpkin seeds colour. And 'patrick' on vibe lift, pause, lift, thump! heavy, aaaand patrick!
. .
My mate landed two 28.5cm and 28cm pinkies that he took home for his mrs, let go a 27cm few mins later.
So three of us only landed 4 pinkies and two flatties. Fishing around 6:45am-10:30am.
I blame the full moon
Maybe sceptical but I never had good 'still water' fishing around full moon.
Not because the fish aren't there, they just aren't biting hard when I fish full moon. They still have to eat od course, but just not as aggressive as when not close to full moon.