Tamala Report
Gday FW crew...
Just arrived home from a week up at Tamala... Stayed on the Prickly pt side and fished the gulfs and channels closest...
Plenty of Pinks of all sizes... Biggest went 83cms, didn't get a weight as wanted to get him back before the Dolphins gained an upper hand... Cheeky bastards!!
Ran a net out one arvo to chase some Mullet but only ended up with the one and a net full of Butter fish.... Fail...
I used placcys for the week and let the girls use bait ( butter fish :) ).... The most fun was some good sized pinks in about 80cm of water and a few times sight casting to them with the SP's... Managed one that went about 6kg ( no dolphins in the shallows waiting for an easy feed )...
Tried a few weed banks for squid but didn't have any success... Anyone done ok at Tamala on the squid??
Spotted a few Blue Bone in the shallows but being so clear and no live crabs/Occys we didn't get any hits...
Anyway all in all a good week away...
Recommend a trip for family's, a good place to dingi fish!!
Swompa
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Date Joined: 14/10/12
Bucket list spot!
Bucket list spot!
kirky79
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Date Joined: 13/01/12
Hey mate, we were at Shell
Hey mate, we were at Shell beach for the first week of the school holidays. First time there and really enjoyed it. Would be better if you could keep a Pink or 2 as we couldn't get past them. They are like blowies eh! My 6 six year old got the one and only size Bluebone on a piece of mullet. I also put the net out once and got a lovely flathead and 8 mullet. How clear was the water up there! Had a real crack at squid, got one small one within about 5 min. and didn't see another one for the rest of the week. Couldn't get over the cheeky dolphins, they have the pinkies wired eh! I was surprised how big they could take them, I released one around the 40 cm mark, within 30 seconds the mum had given it to its baby to play with on the surface. Great place but I really think it is time they open up the pink snapper rules a bit even if it is only one per day. As the pressure must be getting transferred to other species. JMO
Chris
trymyluck
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,,, really ? Snaps in 80cm on
,,, really ? Snaps in 80cm on water ...sounds good for the fly !
jamey ford
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Take crab nets catch blueys
Take crab nets catch blueys , mash some up in an onion bag throw in water tied to rope ,put half a crab on a large hook ,running sinker handline or rod with minimal drag , esturay cod will come miles for this up there !
Far Quirk!
timboon
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Sounds like a plan Jamey, You
Sounds like a plan Jamey, You talking Tamala?
From what I saw its pretty hard to get anything past the pinks...
Jaronimo
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Date Joined: 26/03/10
this is good news any idea if
this is good news any idea if the cod would come in for a look from shore Im heading up to tamala in a few days,