Ammo Jetty 29/09/10
Hi all,
Went down to the ammo jetty for a quick fish last night. Conditions were lovely but the fishing was pretty quiet all round. Plenty of small yellowtail hanging around the jetty but no other bread and butter species around. I put a livey out under a balloon but didn't register a hit. On retrieval it had been clean chomped in half so probably an errant tailor.
Quite a few squid around and I was able to break my squid duck. The first one went out under the balloon but again no interest. The pickers had munched the tentacles and eyes out when I retrieved it later on that night. I caught one other squid but in the space of a couple of seconds he managed to squeeze through the 1" square mesh holes in the jetty floor! Easy come, easy go.
Send another yellowtail out under a balloon until a bit after high tide at midnight but again no hits.
Quite a few friendly folks around last night and it was great to chat to some nice people. They all had the same luck with the only notable a small flathead landed by one crew. Will definately head back in summer for a shark bash though - it's quite a nice spot to fish from.
Cheers,
Buschy
John_M
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unlucky man, will be good in
unlucky man, will be good in summer tho. Have caught some nice sharks there
Rig
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good spot
just watch ur car
NightWolf
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i want to fish there but i
i want to fish there but i dont want to leave m y car there another spot is kwinnana jetty at least the car is in eye shot and theres always fish around there
i might go there for the next sesion
garethgkr
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My cousin was there on
My cousin was there on Monday night, and apparently someone caught a 2m shovel nose that night.
Its a nice place to fish from when there's no crazy kids wrecking havoc for everyone there.
Dicey
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Bad luck mate, will be there
Bad luck mate, will be there no doubt in the summer nights fishing for scalies to freeze as bait.
buschy
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I wasn't expecting much to
I wasn't expecting much to be honest - was happy to get my first squid :-)
The whole time I was listening to hoons coming into the car park and doing their thing and was getting paranoid. I was the last one on the jetty and praying to god my car was still there (especially being a almost new Grand Vitara Prestige!) - so it was a big relief when I saw it there.
It was only when I press the 'unlock' button on the key ring that I realised I had forgotten to lock the car!!!! So my GPS and a brand new baby seat were there for the taking....but most importantly...I was relieved nobody had stolen the latest issue of Western Angler
Shorty
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Just park it near the jetty,
Just park it near the jetty, a friend does and security turn a blind eye to it,,
Dicey
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LOL its not the hoons you
LOL its not the hoons you have to worry about, its the junkies that need to flog stuff to feed their habit, with summer coming up, late sundown and an improved BBQ area there will be people there watching making it safer to fish off there, was there no big schools of scalies hoarding around??
NightWolf
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yea lots of schools of
yea lots of schools of scalies
Dicey
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whens the last time you saw
whens the last time you saw them there? i know they like clear water and calm conditions.
NightWolf
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saturday
saturday
buschy
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Not last night
The yellowtail were hanging around on the inside of the jetty but I saw very little else despite burleying hard.
There was a point during the night where a small school of something came through but they were there and gone before I could even get a line in.
Dicey
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I went down for a look at
I went down for a look at 2pm came back with half bucket of scalies there were out there like crazy, got 4 of them on at one time on my little 3ft rod was fun, alot of tangles as there were alot of kids around.
Dreamtime
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it gives me the shits when
it gives me the shits when you cant enjoy your fishing because your stressin out about your car gettin brokin into, wish all those bums and junkies would just get a job. useless pricks...
NightWolf
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? what size hook do u use
? what size hook do u use for te scallies and what bait
i never have any luck catching them
Dicey
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they only take sabiki jigs,
they only take sabiki jigs, those 6 rig fly things, get the smallest hook possible too big you miss 90% of the strikes.
monfsts
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One random question. Is the
One random question. Is the Sabiki 6 rig fly thing allow in WA water? I was told that maximum one can only have 3 hooks/rig in one line? Is it true?
Dicey
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Its not allowed but no one
Its not allowed but no one really cares since it fishing for baitfish.
flangies
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Laws are Laws
Laws are Laws
NightWolf
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cant u just cut it down to 3
cant u just cut it down to 3 hooks
danno
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yer cut it in half and you
yer cut it in half and you get to rigs for the price of one :)
monfsts
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Good call...!! I may do that
Good call...!! I may do that depending how much line it is left if i chop it into two!
Moohan
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Chop em in half, fisheries
Chop em in half, fisheries would care if they caught you, even if you are just fishing for baitfish ;)