Week at Rotto

Just returned from a week at rotto. 18 of us in 3 houses at Geordie Bay

Fishing was epic. Weather variable.

Started the week with light winds - Day 1 headed south of the island to some reef at 55m that holds Kings. Caught a few and some Amberjack. Plenty of SBTs south of the island from 30-60m then more schools at the FADS. Tuna are very small at the moment, unlike last Autumn.

Day 2 headed to the FADS, Rec 5 and PGFC FADs held small schools of Dollies (10-12). Fish were 70 to 110cm. Caught and released a few on stick baits. Then jumped in. Mate Dave shot his first. I jumped in and got hassled out by an aggresssive 2.5m whaler shark. So hopped out to continue line fishing. Had plenty of fillets from the day before so only kept 2 fish.

Next few days were windy so pulled the pots and caught a few KGs around Thommos in the shelter of the fresh southerlies.

Last day was Saturday - end of demersal closure. Had a boat full of bikes, surfboards, bags and kids. With limitted space for fishing I set the kids with a fresh fillet of skippy each and gave them 15 mins max before we head home. Instant hook up was great to see 60 cm Snapper and Dhuie, and plump breaksea. High fives all round and back to Freo for a big wash down.

Heading to Dunsborough after Chrissy so will report on that and hopefully an offshore trip.

Pete

 

 

Image Upload: 

Posts: 875

Date Joined: 30/12/09

Good stuff. Few nice feeds

Mon, 2023-12-18 06:05

Good stuff. Few nice feeds there. Havent been out rotto  way for years. 

____________________________________________________________________________

 Get busy living, or get busy dying!

Swompa's picture

Posts: 3886

Date Joined: 14/10/12

 Nice stuff! We had a fish on

Mon, 2023-12-18 07:10

 Nice stuff!

 

We had a fish on saturday and managed a skippy from 40m before a few too many started feeling off. Certainly plenty of boats out!

Livewire's picture

Posts: 299

Date Joined: 25/11/16

 Nice variety. Did you catch

Mon, 2023-12-18 07:16

 Nice variety. Did you catch the kings on jigs? 

Spicey's picture

Posts: 219

Date Joined: 17/01/11

Winning there

Mon, 2023-12-18 07:48

 Great bag of local treats.

 

Posts: 968

Date Joined: 26/03/17

nice. very

Mon, 2023-12-18 09:50

nice.

very jealous!

curentyboatless and 2 months overdue for delivery makes it even worse lol!

dead keen to give the kingies a try!

davewillo's picture

Posts: 2405

Date Joined: 08/09/16

 Some great eating and good

Mon, 2023-12-18 10:48

 Some great eating and good fun too!

____________________________________________________________________________

 PGFC member and lure tragic

Posts: 75

Date Joined: 04/03/13

Amber Jacks

Mon, 2023-12-18 11:08

 Nice  one - thought I saw some amber jacks while diving on Saturday but didnt pull the trigger. Will have to plug on next time. 

scotto's picture

Posts: 2470

Date Joined: 21/04/08

sharks at fads

Mon, 2023-12-18 11:40

the growing numbers of noahs at the fads are becoming increasingly concerning! they seem tpo be very aggressive out that way too. 

 

nice fish though, and how good is rotto (other than stupidly expensive). 

Posts: 4

Date Joined: 18/06/13

 Hi Livewire.Kings on

Mon, 2023-12-18 21:00

 Hi Livewire.

Kings on vertical jigs. Also whole mulies hooked through the eye single 6/0 hook so they appear to swim naturally. Both seemed equally effective. We think having someone jigging fires them up. Use bright silver jig to give lots of flash.

Brock O's picture

Posts: 3228

Date Joined: 11/01/08

Nice, always enjoy a stay at

Tue, 2023-12-19 06:10

Nice, always enjoy a stay at rotto regardless of time of year, always something on offer. Generally safe for the kids...

Faulkner Family's picture

Posts: 18027

Date Joined: 11/03/08

Sound like you had a great

Tue, 2023-12-19 10:04

Sound like you had a great time . Few nice fish there so I'm guessing Xmas dinner is sorted . We'll done

____________________________________________________________________________

RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together

little johnny's picture

Posts: 5360

Date Joined: 04/12/11

Few good feeds

Tue, 2023-12-19 10:17

In that lot .