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18 September 2008

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

Well it has been a while since my last report, to be honest way to long.

So what’s on the chew? Are in no uncertain terms snapper. The snapper have been thick off Mornington. C Buoy, B Buoy, Ansetts, Fishermans Beach and Mt Eliza have all produced good catches. Please note that in the below photos that no bag limits were broken as not all the anglers are in the photos. Please remember that the bag limit for snapper is 3 over 40cm and a total of 10 fish.

M. Bird fished off Fisherman’s Beach on Friday and landed 8 snapper to 4kg, the best bait was squid. He said the fish were holding in the burley and if your bait was out side that then “No luck for you”!

Adam “Captain Cupcake” Haig a regular Schnapper Point Boat Hire client has been bagging out on most occasions. His biggest fish so far has been 6.5kg and his biggest catch over 20 snapper. He has found a running sinker rig with sinkers ranging from Size 1-4 balls the best rig and the best baits have been garfish, red rockets, pilchards and squid.

Fishing off Mornington Joe and his mates managed to bag 20 snapper. Burley was the key and the best bait was red rockets.

Kyle and Scott have been down to Schnapper Point boat hire 3 times over the last week and have had catches of 7, 40, and 5 snapper. They have been fishing the C Buoy area and they reckon the key to their success is a heap of ground bait.

TrackAir Guide John Soloman has been onto the snapper in a big way regually bagging out on the reds. Places firing are Gasso, Carrum and St Kilda.

Colin "Pecker" Quick fished out of Schnapper Point Boat hire with a mate and managed to Bag out on the reds and also Picked up a good little gummy for Measure. Well done Col I know how long you have been looking forward to get on the water. For the record the fish only bit on squid and he was fishing off Fishermans Beach.

I fished with Rodney and Luke on a fishing lesson during the week and we managed to land 36 snapper in total up to 6.5kg, king george whiting and squid. The snapper were hot. We were off Fisherman’s Beach in 21.5meters. Pilchards and Squid were the best baits and soft plastics accounted to fish to 4.5-5kg. During the trip I gave my new Tuff Tackle 4000 Bait runner a spin. What a reel! Spooled with 14lb Braid it had no issues accounting for some nice fish up to 5 kg. Needless to say they are now in stock. Thanks Simon!

Don't forget this Saturday is Mornington Boat Hire Bait and Tackle's Snapper comp. Boat hire boats only so everyone is equal. For details call me 0417 551 373.

The whiting are starting to show off mills beach and coral court (Linley Point) Best baits are fresh squid and pipis.

The odd gummy shark is getting about in 19-22 meters off Mornington, they are however more of a bi-catch of snapper fishing. There have even been a few reports of whalers and thrashers amongst the snapper.

Squid are plentiful off Mt Martha, Fishermans Beach and Sunnyside, best jig size is 2.5. A dark jig for a dark day and a bright jig for a bright day.

On our last trip to Flinders Island we managed some nice fish but we had to work for them. The boys managed to land Gummys to 10kg, (lost one of over 20kg on the Prop), Flathead to 2kg and a few other species.

TrackAir have a few trips departing for Flinders Island in the new year. We have some dates reserved in March and April especially for the Game fishing season where we will look at chasing some good Yellow fin Tuna so call me if your interested as this is the time of the year to hit “The Island”.

Offshore the Makos should be launching into action soon as the water hits 18 degrees so get ready and please remember that one or 2 fish a season is more than you will ever need.

So chuck the rods in the car and hit the water because it’s Fishin’ time...

Tight Lines and Calm Seas,

Paul

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