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18 April 2008

With Paul Pingiaro from:
Mornington Boat Hire, and
Track Air Adventures

What a difference a week makes. From slow fishing and bad weather to some simply beautiful days and quality fish catches. Even the reds are making a show.

This week has been a ripper! I’ve been going out with Schnapper Point regular Adam, and we have been giving the ol’ Chinese fish a spanking, throw in the odd squid, red mullet, silver trevally and salmon and you have some dam fine fishin'. People fishing out of Schnapper Point Boat Hire have caught snapper, squid, flathead, red mullet, silver trevally, salmon and leatherjacket.

The best bait has been mussels, pipis and pilchards. I have been doing very well on the whiting using Bushy’s Salted Mussels. This is a great local product that needs no freezing, thawing or shelling, now that’s got to be good!

For those in the boats out of Mornington, whiting, salmon and squid are in close with the best results coming from mussels and squid. Out wide in 19-24 metres, anglers are landing snapper, gummy, school and seven gill sharks. The best baits are fresh squid, eel, garfish and salmon.

Fresh baits are always best for this time of year, so make sure you have some squid jigs, salmon lures and garfish bait, just to make sure you don’t miss out. Berley is also a must. Snapper, whiting and sharks all respond very well to a good berley.

Mornington Pier is producing mullet, squid and whiting, with the odd garfish thrown in for good measure.

TrackAir client, Ari, fished Ricketts Point with a mate and managed some lovely pinkies to 2kg.

John sent me a ripper picture of a 26kg gummy caught in the south channel on the new moon with an outgoing tide. Well done John, I know how hard you have worked for that fish.

The elephants are going well in Western Port with the Elephant Triangle being the best on the run-out tide.

Out in Bass Straight, the arrow squid have moved into the 24 metre line, and I also spotted one lonely stripy in the same depth, so there should still be the odd mako getting about as well as gummy and school sharks.

So for this week punters, get out and make the most of the good weather, make the fish “Feel the Steel” and put some fillets into the fridge as autumn is a wonderful season to fish.

I will be conducting a Gummy Shark Fishing Clinic at Schnapper Point Boat Hire at 10am on Saturday the 26th of April. The clinic will run for about 1.5 hours and will cover everything. There will also be an end of season tackle sale with some gear at over 50% off the RRP, so be there and learn the tips and tricks that turn the "Danglers into Anglers"

Also in the next few weeks I will start taking bookings for next seasons Flinders Island Adventures, so if you're interested send me an email so we can get you down to the island!

Tight Lines and Blue Skies,

Paul

www.fishingmornington.com - Mornington Boat Hire, Bait and Tackle
www.trackairadventures.com -Depart on your ultimate adventure
Mobile: 0417 551 373

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