bananas
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With the forecast of light cloud and winds dropping thought id have a dangle with the light stuff at the breakwater, but they lied, was blowing a good urn when I arrived and didnt drop to much at all, was hard to fish at the first spot I tried so walked up to the jetty where I had some protection from the wind there.
Took a bit a time to get my first bite, which was a small Ballan but then things warmed up a bit when I found where they was all hiding and was managing a nice stream of Ballans and Corkwings, but something small was niggling the bait so drop hook size to a 20 and had the culprit, Pollock.
Swapped about again to a 1grm size 10 jighead and was back to the Ballans and Corkwings, only a few sizeable came out but the fight from some the smaller ones on my light gear put the bigger ones to shame. Tried for a macky on the walk back to the carpark, no takers still.
While I was fishing I was joined by one the top fish takers from the harbour.
Soon as he landed he was whipping fish out, tho did give me a right look when one of the bigger Wrasse came out and I threw it back in!
Took a bit a time to get my first bite, which was a small Ballan but then things warmed up a bit when I found where they was all hiding and was managing a nice stream of Ballans and Corkwings, but something small was niggling the bait so drop hook size to a 20 and had the culprit, Pollock.
Swapped about again to a 1grm size 10 jighead and was back to the Ballans and Corkwings, only a few sizeable came out but the fight from some the smaller ones on my light gear put the bigger ones to shame. Tried for a macky on the walk back to the carpark, no takers still.
While I was fishing I was joined by one the top fish takers from the harbour.
Soon as he landed he was whipping fish out, tho did give me a right look when one of the bigger Wrasse came out and I threw it back in!