Today at the North Mole
Went for a mid-morning fish down at the North mole armed with a couple of small spin rods and a bag of prawns and managed to get half a dozen gardies, a couple of nice herring and 4 or 5 small skippy that were quickly returned. Only caught 2 blowies the whole time!!! Some of the older men down there were reeling in gardies almost every cast at one point (will have to invest in some of those berley cages that don't have the lead in the bottom) and saw another guy tangle with a thumper of a north-west blowie! High-light/low-light of the day was seeing a school of maybe 50 salmon or so cruise past only metres from the rocks but by the time i whacked on a metal slice they were long gone 
Just wondering if anyone else has been down there lately and had any luck? By the way fished the south-side of the mole due to the wind 
Cheers
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SandGroper84
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My parents went down there
My parents went down there this arvo and said they seen a nice school of salmon aswell, shows gotta have that spare rod really with a lure. good to hear that the gardies are in good numbers though, can always do a few home mods to your leaded up berley cages mate, all you need is pliers.
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Adamp
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Date Joined: 08/11/08
Oww sounds good might have
Oww sounds good might have to pop in tomorrow:) Any one know if many salmon have been taking from the rocks latley? Cheers
bulla
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Date Joined: 11/05/10
fished the mole on sat
fished the mole on sat night.was a bit quiet but managed a tailor ,a few herring and saw a few squid.it was bloody cold
Stop complaining and get on with it !!
H.S. Chan
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Date Joined: 04/01/09
that school is sea mullet,
that school is sea mullet, They're there everyday. Actually happens quite often that they're mistaken for salmon.
And the gardies are plagued at the mole. The weighted cage is mainly for skippy n whiting. Doesnt really matter what you throw out as long as its floating. With or without berley doesnt really matter as theres so many around. We pulled in 40 odd gardies in a session not long ago and didnt use one bit of berley. As long as its a surface rig and consists of size 8-12 hooks, you'll get em.
There has been salmon landed there lately, though the schools are tiny. Maybe 10 at most in the school and averaging the 5kg mark.
I hear they're still bein picked up around metro groins, pretty much here, there n everywhere as it hasnt been consistant.
H.S. Chan
Posts: 587
Date Joined: 04/01/09
that school is sea mullet,
that school is sea mullet, They're there everyday. Actually happens quite often that they're mistaken for salmon.
And the gardies are plagued at the mole. The weighted cage is mainly for skippy n whiting. Doesnt really matter what you throw out as long as its floating. With or without berley doesnt really matter as theres so many around. We pulled in 40 odd gardies in a session not long ago and didnt use one bit of berley. As long as its a surface rig and consists of size 8-12 hooks, you'll get em.
There has been salmon landed there lately, though the schools are tiny. Maybe 10 at most in the school and averaging the 5kg mark.
I hear they're still bein picked up around metro groins, pretty much here, there n everywhere as it hasnt been consistant.
bulla
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Date Joined: 11/05/10
hear plenty of stories of
hear plenty of stories of local salmon but wheres the photos to back up the catches? where are the reports comig from?tackle shops trying to sell lures bait,if u ask them the tackle shops, the salmon are always biting
Stop complaining and get on with it !!
bloodydex
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Date Joined: 28/04/10
Tend to agree with you YOU
Tend to agree with you
YOU ARE THE BULL!!!!
bulla
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Date Joined: 11/05/10
got more chance of picking
got more chance of picking up a few tailor, early morning or late afternoon
Stop complaining and get on with it !!
Faulkner Family
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sounds like a good session
sounds like a good session for you. the cages that always worked well for me was the ones that had a bit of polystirene in them but found that if you cut half of it out the rig would sit just below the surface which i found good for gardies and herring. they arent expencive, maybe a couple of $ now days
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