rye back beach

[the pond]

doing something a bit different this weekend going to fish the back beach of rye im pretty new to surf fishing so could you be able to give me a few tips on where abouts to fish etc. im thinking of using a paternoster rig with a surf popper and blue bait.
any help would be great cheers!

[Lost Pom]

Poppers work well. Blue always out-fished red for me.

[the pond]

yeah okay is it just normally sambos/salmon along there?

[Basti]

Chuck a bigger bait out (squid/salmon strip) on a 6/0 and you might get lucky with a gummy. Don't know how well rye fishes for them, but it wont hurt to try

[the pond]

yeah okay cheers basti i will be fishing in the night so maybe some toothy critters will be out

[Lost Pom]

Put two rods out. One paternoster n one running sinker. Put a big hook n bait on the running, good chance of a gummy. Never know. In my experience, the salmon go quiet after dark. Bigger fish maybe scare them off.

[the pond]

oh okay and yeah will be with a mate so one of us will put a running sinker rig out and one with a paternoster rig. is there normally squid at the rye pier? if so i might go down to catch some so i can use for fresh bait

[George7]

I have heard of tales of squid, of the smaller variety, being at rye pier. I am yet to catch one of these mystical creatures from that location.

[the pond]

the pier is good for flatties and salmon though right?

[Lost Pom]

Go a bit further to BlairG, Sorrento or portsea for squid. I don't know the reef structure of rye pier. Salmon everywhere atm, just throw a bait out n wait. You win some, you lose some.