C'mon Parksy

Just a little sample of what is out there!

I think your biggest problem is your fishing partner. You never going to break your duck if keep fishing with Trav... a nice new colour sounder might help too!

The First Trip Report!

Got up at 2am this morning with Dad at my house by 2.30 and on the water by a bit after 3, but we still didn't avoid all of the boats! Launched quite easily still and on the Carrum Outer Artificial by 3.30. Not a touch before daybreak, then I had 2 tentative bites (One on silver whiting, one on pilchard) that took the baits, bit them in half and spat them out. The fish were timid (Possibly due to the 130+ boats around that I counted). Dad started fishing with unweighted cubes and picked up his first 2 for the season - both @ 28cm and released. I fished a 'Nuclear Chicken' soft plastic for many, many flatties to 35cm, with all fish released.
The quest for the Big Red continues!

The next session

Heading out tomorrow from Patterson River at 3am for a 5.15am tide change and then daybreak. Hopefully there will be a few decent reds around as the reports have started to come in pretty strongly. Going to try some silver whiting, gars, squid and 140mm squidgy wrigglers in the first attempt for the season at Parksy's first big red!

The last success

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Originally uploaded by the_trav_1983

A few snapper I caught from Frankston, PPB on November 2006 - I think it was the last time either of us got onto some decent reds!

Just heard of a lot of reports coming out of Westernport so it may be time to dust off the rods...

The mission......

Dad is about to turn 50 next week and the poor bloke has never caught a snapper. The mission of this blog is to make sure that he catches a big red asap. His current pb stands at 47cm which is just shy of the 50cm 'officially a snapper' range. We're going to hit Westernport and Port Phillip Bay hard this year in an attempt to catch one.
This blog will be a diary of our experiences on the trips to catch some, and will hopefully receive some hints and tips along the way!
Even if we never get one, it's going to be fun trying!