hillaries sp today again lol

hey guys and gals went for a fish at hillaries again and just used the powerbait minnows exactly what honsu was using and was fishing behind the restaraunt and i had a massive run on my bream gear and than i saw this octopus try to eat a bird then i saw two skippy that were way over a kilo i couldnt believe how big they were but yer honsu you have got me hooked on those soft plastics cheers mate


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great news

Wed, 2008-07-09 17:29

thats awsome mate, did you land whet gave your bream gear a run?

did you get the skipps?

what size power bait minnows?

 

 

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btw

Wed, 2008-07-09 17:29

btw, hows the swell down there??

 

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i didnt get the fish just

Wed, 2008-07-09 17:34

i didnt get the fish just snapped my line and everything i didnt catch anything and i was using 3 inch power minnow in the watermelon colour i also thried the bloodworm colour  but nothing at all im giving it another go tommorow so this will mean i have fished ther every day for this week

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haha nice work fisho!

Wed, 2008-07-09 17:47

im going down early tomorrow morning with colin h if weather permits and we both can get out of bed lol, someone has to figure a way to land those monster skippy they have got me stumped at the moment .. has any of you tried squid?

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im definaltely going on

Wed, 2008-07-09 17:51

im definaltely going on friday will go for the big skippy and im trying some squid were can i try for squid around hillaries?

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Wed, 2008-07-09 17:52

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my mum saw it and yelled

Wed, 2008-07-09 17:56

my mum saw it and yelled look at that and i just turned and saw the octopus try and grab the bird that was looking for fish and when the octopus didnt get the bird it went back and hid under a rock in the water

 

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keen_fisho

Wed, 2008-07-09 17:58

one of the places i try to squid fish is at the mills charters landing doc, im going down tonight

ive got the 3 inch emrald shine power minnows.

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where abouts is that in

Wed, 2008-07-09 18:00

where abouts is that in hillaries?

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south side ..

Wed, 2008-07-09 18:03

the jetty at the back carpark of AQWA, blowies are in crazy proportions there though lol

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shark

Wed, 2008-07-09 18:02

saw a shark about 50-70m out the back of aqwa, it was attacking something as it was thrashing its head violently and seagulls went flying everywhere trying to get the leftovers! Sealed

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when was tht?

Wed, 2008-07-09 18:03

when was tht?

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yesterday

Wed, 2008-07-09 18:05

was pretty crazy ... i have also seen sealions or seals dont know the diff between the two .. right in front of me at the south side it was quite large and was chasing the baitfish, awesome site!

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what side

Wed, 2008-07-09 18:52

do you guys fish the inside of the marina at the light house or the outside??

 

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inside

Wed, 2008-07-09 19:07

inside

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Octopus and sharks attacking birds

Wed, 2008-07-09 19:22

Sounds like the sci-fi movies on Foxtel.
Can't wait to get down there tomorrow and chase those big skippy. I will give my new 2lb set-up a run.
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far out tommo a 50-70M shark

Wed, 2008-07-09 19:53

far out tommo a 50-70M shark out the back of aqwa. thats pretty big lol

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haha woops

Wed, 2008-07-09 20:32

i mean ... thats how far the shark was out from where i was fishing haha ... definately a shark but

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blue bait

Wed, 2008-07-09 21:58

I would try blue bait for the skippy. They love em.

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I agree those power minnows

Thu, 2008-07-10 05:24

I agree those power minnows go off have got my P.B skippy @ 1.5 kg on a 3"

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try baitcasting mulies for

Thu, 2008-07-10 16:23

try baitcasting mulies for the big skippy. the big ones really love mulies. i was there yesterday morning using the 3 inch power minnows in the watermelon colour but i didnt manage to land anything. twas a bit chilly there yesterday so i left a few hours earlier than i would have liked. thats what you get when you dont take a warm enough jumper!

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lol im still trying to get

Thu, 2008-07-10 16:35

lol im still trying to get tommorow might bring 2 rods one for soft plastics and one for bait i have got blue sardines already so i might try them

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i was planning to go down

Thu, 2008-07-10 16:45

i was planning to go down tomorow but ive got the flu at the moment... GRRRRR

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damm i might be also going

Thu, 2008-07-10 16:47

damm i might be also going again on the weekend wiv my dads mate so i might have buy some more powerbaits lol

 

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they get pretty expensive

Thu, 2008-07-10 16:59

they get pretty expensive when you buy them in bulk. i think i paid $8.95 per packet at bcf balcatta

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yer i also got the bloodworm

Thu, 2008-07-10 17:02

yer i also got the bloodworm colour but no good so far

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im itching to get out again

Thu, 2008-07-10 17:05

im itching to get out again when i get better abd catch some fish on them.

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well i thought i got snagged

Thu, 2008-07-10 17:07

well i thought i got snagged and then my line was just screaming then snap i was shocked i have never hooked anything on soft plastics

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keenfisho

Thu, 2008-07-10 17:26

you still going down to hillarys mate?

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dunno yet

Thu, 2008-07-10 17:30

dunno yet

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Occy vs shag

Thu, 2008-07-10 17:32

 We saw similar thing at rotto we were paddeling around on a waveski  we saw a shag flappiig around.Went and had a look, he  had a good size occy wraped around his feet .We draged him out , the bird flew of the occy went back .so its not as far feched as you might think.

 

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Fair point UncleStu

Fri, 2008-07-11 07:05

Yeah sorry, had a look at my string of emoticons and it may have given the impression that I was doubting the original report, whcih I wasn't Laughing 

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fisho

Thu, 2008-07-10 17:34

weather is a bit wild mate, i might go lol i reckon it will be good.

what time you planning on going if you do?

 

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yer wat r u doing on

Thu, 2008-07-10 17:36

yer wat r u doing on saturday i will be there saturday or sunday

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early sunday

Thu, 2008-07-10 17:39

probably before sunset, the south side usually its better then and colin h said its good at the north wall lighthouse for tarwhine and skippy a that time too so im gonna give it a shot ... i was planning on going down to the jetty and see if i could get some squid but i dont have a jig atm (was gonna get a jig today)

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friday

Thu, 2008-07-10 19:57

im heading down all friday

 

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where abouts sebsktm?

Thu, 2008-07-10 20:17

i think its good fishing when the weather is rough at hillarys ...

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light house

Thu, 2008-07-10 21:52

inside by the light house :P

 

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fished nout yrs ago i thought

Thu, 2008-07-10 22:36

wot fish u catcht there?

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skippy tailor baby samson

Thu, 2008-07-10 22:39

skippy tailor baby samson fish buff bream tarwhine and thts all i can think bout is there any thing else?

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whiting, herring,

Thu, 2008-07-10 22:41

whiting, herring, snook

 

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you still going down sebsktm?

Fri, 2008-07-11 11:20

to hillarys?

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yeh mqte

Fri, 2008-07-11 13:59

im probly heading down at about 3, just got my new combo

i got a "Team Daiwa TIERRA 4000" reel with a "Shimano Nexave -902 Southern spin- rod :D cant wait to try it out!!

are you heading down

 

 

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were you there mate?

Fri, 2008-07-11 18:54

i was there at the north wall (shocking weather omg)

then tried a bit of squidding for 10 mins at the jetty behind aqwa ... did you have a green beany on?