Where did they go?

Went to the south wall this morning (Hillarys), as i do most weekends, thinking i'll bag a few herring for dinner tonight. WRONG!!! Not one little 'sea rat', not even a bite. What The?  All the conditions were the same as other times iv'e gone, but nothing around, apart from those pain in the butt blowies. Does anyone have a theory, or did anyone go this morning and catch something? If you did, please don't rub it in too much.

Cheers Fab


tommo77's picture

unlucky mate

Sun, 2008-07-13 17:15

i was at the north wall yesterday morning (6am) and bagged twenty .. the herring on the south wall are usually there early early from about 6 until about 8 or 9ish from what ive found!

could depend on the tide, wind etc. i have also found that they are there during rough seas ands winds too .. hope that helps a bit ..

fab's picture

Thanks mate

Mon, 2008-07-14 20:16

Thanks Tommo. May give the north wall a go next time..

Cheers Fab

Colin Hay's picture

I also tend to find there are more on the south wall in the

Sun, 2008-07-13 17:16

late arvo and early mornings and burleying makes a big difference.
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UncleStu's picture

North wall

Sun, 2008-07-13 18:37

 I went to the north wall this morning  hoping for one of those big skippy that I saw yesterday .On the inside near the cafe. no luck. heaps of yellow tail/herring at the disabeled  platform. Those cats are getting so fat Its not funnyTongue out.

Cheers Uncle Stu

SPESS's picture

You would have seen me then

Sun, 2008-07-13 18:42

You would have seen me then Unclestu. I was the one who everyone was laughing at when i spent a good 2 hours catching herring for my wifes grandad whos spent the last 6 months in hospital. I got into about 12 or so before it went quiet. I started to clean them all and had one left when i tipped the bucket over loosing the lot!hehehe wasnt funny like everyone thought!

Thats when i packed up and walked past you guys for a bit of skippy and tarwine fun. I didnt think too much about it but proberly should have said hello.

Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!

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mako magic's picture

good to see you burleying up

Sun, 2008-07-13 18:50

good to see you burleying up with fresh herring spess, i got the next 2 days off so might have to go down for a fish myself i think.

 

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SPESS's picture

Man was pissed off! So was

Sun, 2008-07-13 18:52

Man was pissed off! So was the misses grandad!lol.

Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!

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mako magic's picture

yeah i bet he was, worse

Sun, 2008-07-13 18:54

yeah i bet he was, worse thing was you spent the time to clean them before you lost them.

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huge range of stock to suit any fisherperson.
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UncleStu's picture

Sorry I missed

Sun, 2008-07-13 20:26

Sorry I missed the fun . I left about 8 .I only went down  to see if I could hook one of those skippy I saw yesterday..Ill have to get one of those F/RKD T/shirts adams trying  to flog of .Ill catch up with you at flatrocks .

 

Cheers Uncle Stu

tommo77's picture

unclestu

Sun, 2008-07-13 21:44

nice to see you got stuck into some of the herring mate Tongue out

im going down tomorrow morning for a bit of fun did you catch anything bigger stu maybe on the bigger rod you have?

Son Of Irish's picture

at the north wall yesterday

Mon, 2008-07-14 08:20

at the north wall yesterday the there were fish left right and centre. ecerywere you went skippy (big ones with occaisonal small ones) yellowtail, herring, all that.i got a 48cm skip on berkley powerbait 3' powerminnow in watermelon colour next to the restuarant

tommo77's picture

son of irish

Mon, 2008-07-14 12:30

what time were you there?

Son Of Irish's picture

i was there pretty much all

Mon, 2008-07-14 18:48

i was there pretty much all day