strong winds

[fishing_dave]

Hey fellow fishers, I hate to say this but I am glad of the strong winds we have had over the last few days, I think it gives the reds achance to enter the bay without the pros getting to them, what do you all think.

dave

ps, snapper are red and white, go swans

[grant]

I have been reading on another website about how it has been tuted that we let the snapper spawn in peace and have a no take period. Sounded interesting.

Maybe the wind is the wau of mother nature looking after hew family!

g,/

[fishing_dave]

No take period sounds ok, but in all honesty can you/we ever see that happening, do you think the pros will like it, no way, but If we fishos have a size limit that we release in the no take period then it might work,

[grant]

I follow in the great Des (dekka's) footsteps and have given myslef a slot limit. 45cm-60cm.

I think a slot limit is better as it allows the big reds and I mean much bigger reds to bread as they produce many more eggs than the smaller ones.

g./

[bay_fisher]

I follow in the great Des (dekka's) footsteps and have given myslef a slot limit. 45cm-60cm.

I would love to have the problem of throwing a fish over 60cm back :D

Also, I did see a lone sole out fishing off olivers hill on saturday lunchtime :shock: . Now thats what i call keen, because the bay looked like a washing machine with a wave height of about 1.5 metres.

cheers
James

[grant]

I havent filled the lower limit yet, my biggest is only 38cm... I am going to beat it this year.

g./

[fishing_dave]

Havnt measured my biggest snaper, but it did hit the scales at 10.2kgs. taken from the kerfered rd pier south melbourne fishing a head strong southerly blowing 30 + knotts, waves smashing over the pier 6am 1982,

[grant]

Now thats hardcore....

in 1982 I was in Grade 6..... how does that make you feel!

g./

[seaeagle]

lol and i was only ten...but fishing lakes entrance with me papa

[grant]

I hadnt even gotten my first reel, that was 2 yrs away....

Still got it, Alvey Side cast, one of the bakalite ones. Still the best reel I have.

We luv ya dave....

GO THE SWANS!

g./

[fishing_dave]

How does it make me feel, ok ,

Feels great knowing back then we could get a decent fish or 20 form the local piers, rocks and breakwalls, not like now, you have to put in the hard yakka and hours just to get something around 1-3kgs, remember back then when you guys were still in dipers, we used to venture to kerferd rd, seaford, and mornington piers when the wind was howelling head strong, waves smashing over the piers, they would be packed with dedicated snapper anglers, and the fish going crazey, you all here about the sessions when its bedlem, well i have to say I have seen it a few times, best nights/day would have to be on the mornington pier, waves smashing over the pier, 12 anglers fishing at the end, for a total of 37 snapper, smallest 9 pound largest 18, i was there but unfortunalty I was the only one not to get a fish on that occassion,

ahh memeories

[seaeagle]

i have heard of all the stories of mornington peir, ive fished there more times than i can remember, but never caught anything decent like in the early days.....

[grant]

This is when Landbased starts to apeal to me.... A shiny boat that I cant use!

Saturday the only option.... but the swannies are in the final so i don think so!
g./


Warnings
A strong wind warning is current.

Tonight and Thursday
West to southwesterly wind of 20 to 30 knots easing to 10 to 15 knots overnight,
then becoming variable at 5 to 10 knots early in the morning before seabreezes
of about 10 knots develop in the afternoon. Waves of 1 to 2 metres abating to
half a metre or less overnight.

Friday
West to northwesterly wind increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the morning, then
shifting southwesterly at 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Waves to 1 metre.

Saturday
West to southwesterly wind 10 to 15 knots becoming variable at 5 to 10 knots in
the morning, then tending northerly at night. Waves about half a metre.

Sunday
Northerly wind of 10 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots during the
morning, then shifting west to southwesterly at 20 to 30 knots later. Waves
rising to 1 to 2 metres.

[fishing_dave]

with winds like that, shark baits out this weekend, yeah,

[grant]

Is it that there are more sharks about when its windy or is less boats to foul your line?

g./

[fishing_dave]

strong winds needed to float baits out, 30yrs+ fishing rosebud, we have only been cut off once by boats, most boats use the tootgarook and drommana ramps so they tend not to come into the waters we fish and if they do the always seem to stay well away from shore, the water is crystal clear there, you can see the bottom for approx 1k off shore, most boats fish there during the day for whiting, the toothies are there feeding on the very large population of rays and smaller fish that inhabit these waters, strong northerly winds need at Altona, and i mean strong 30knots +. not many boats venture out in those conditions,