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
eziliving
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Good stuff. Few nice feeds
Good stuff. Few nice feeds there. Havent been out rotto way for years.
Get busy living, or get busy dying!
Swompa
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Nice stuff! We had a fish on
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
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Date Joined: 25/11/16
Nice variety. Did you catch
Nice variety. Did you catch the kings on jigs?
Spicey
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Date Joined: 17/01/11
Winning there
Great bag of local treats.
Sea goat
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Date Joined: 26/03/17
nice. very
nice.
very jealous!
curentyboatless and 2 months overdue for delivery makes it even worse lol!
dead keen to give the kingies a try!
davewillo
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Date Joined: 08/09/16
Some great eating and good
Some great eating and good fun too!
PGFC member and lure tragic
Coyote_Dave
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Date Joined: 04/03/13
Amber Jacks
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
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Date Joined: 21/04/08
sharks at fads
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).
PeterR
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Date Joined: 18/06/13
Hi Livewire.Kings on
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
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Date Joined: 11/01/08
Nice, always enjoy a stay at
Nice, always enjoy a stay at rotto regardless of time of year, always something on offer. Generally safe for the kids...
Faulkner Family
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Date Joined: 11/03/08
Sound like you had a great
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
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
Few good feeds
In that lot .