No-I reckon they were a few around and there was not a single bait fish or squid to be had. I just used an unweighted squid head 

  I was extremely lucky. I actually went into  A tackle shop and specifically bought a rod to fish for Pinkys and Mullaway because I haven’t brought one down with me. I have never fished for either of them from the jetty before so to land these on the first go was amazing. I  did meet a fellow who had caught four in the last three weeks but I think it helps to be a local because you can just run out there any time the weather turns to shit and have a crack for a couple of hours.   I was very lucky with the landing because I had bought a cheap treble gaff  which was really blunt, had sharpened it as well as I could in the time available with a file and I really struggled to get the pinky. In the end, one of the brand-new chemically sharpened hooks hooked in the gaff rope  so I basically pull the pinky out by the mouth. The Mullaway was much heavier and was easier to get with the gaff  but the gaff is still a bastard and I won’t be using one like that again.   It’s hard enough to manage the situation by yourself without a shit gaff.