Port River - 17th February 2014

 

 126cm 40+ lbs - Tagged and Released 

 

 

 

 

Me and Shaun fished in his boat.

Moon = 2 Days After Full Moon
Time of hook-up = 9:30pm (Mid Tide)
Wind = South 8 – 12 knots
Water Temp = 24.7 degrees

We launched just on twilight and the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Dabbed Gar in the shallows and tied to Beacon 34 (OLD 26).
Around 9:30pm Shauns rod loaded and then my road loaded resulting in one hook up.

Shauns Gar was taken.

I fought the 125cm Mulloway for approx. 15 min.

Tagged and released.
Tag #: SA09584

Brad had a hook up around 12:30 (1 hour before low) and lost his fish after a few minutes, he was a couple hundred metres North of us anchored on the channel edge in 8-9m of water. He was using Salmon Trout as live bait.

Rig: Twin 7/0 Owner Cutting Points with 50lb Saltiga Type F Flurocarbon.
Line: 25lb Shimano Beastmaster
Reel: Penn Spinfisher 6500
Rod: Sabre GF270 

Tides -

Add 1 hour to below times for daylight savings. 

Saturday 15		Sunday 16		Monday 17		Tuesday 18		Wednesday 19		Thursday 20		Friday 21
Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height
0510	2.41	0528	2.42	0547	2.41	0007	0.35	0034	0.35	0101	0.38	0126	0.43
1133	0.20	1147	0.19	1204	0.18	0609	2.36	0631	2.28	0652	2.18	0713	2.06
1737	2.10	1752	2.18	1810	2.26	1222	0.18	1240	0.21	1257	0.25	1312	0.29
2321	0.45	2343	0.39			1831	2.32	1853	2.36	1915	2.39	1938	2.40

Salt Creek - 16th February 2014

 

18lb Mulloway

Time of Hook-Up: 9:30am (20min after Low Tide)
Bait: Squid Head
Rig: Twin 9/0 Gamakatsu Octopus Hooks with 80lb Jinkai Plus

Fished approximately 18km North or Tea Tree Crossing.

There is a nice campsite approx. 18.5km North of Tea Tree Crossing.

Fished with Ken, Glenn and Phil.

Tides -

Port River - 7th February 2014

 126cm 40+ lbs - Tagged and Released

 

Phone Footage 

Beacon 34 (OLD 26)

Headed out around 9:30am in Shauns boat with Shaun.

Dabbed big Garfish in shallows at entrance of the Yacht Squadron where we launched.

Salmon Trout have just made an appearance, caught good sized ones at the ASC Pontoon.

Hook up at 12 Midnight.

Hooked up on Live Gar 5 minutes after first bait went down at OLD 26 (34).

Lost Shauns Go Pro, he had on edge of boat when releasing the fish and lost all footage.

Fish measure 126cm and weighted approx. 40+lb.

Was watching rod tip when it loaded up and took off North up the channel.

Also fished Beacon 24 (OLD16) for an hour, nothing. Apparently some big fish landed here!

Tagged and Released.

Tide was Outgoing and Low was at 3:22am.

Tide: Slow Outgoing Tide.
Wind: Light Easterly
Moon: Half
Rig: 2 x 7/0 Black Magic C-point Hooks and 50lb Saltiga Type F FLurocarbon.
Outfit: Sabre GF270 and Penn Spinfisher SSV 6500 spooled with 20lb Platypus Platinum.

Tides -

 

Add 1 hour to below times for daylight savings.

Wednesday 5		Thursday 6		Friday 7		Saturday 8		Sunday 9		Monday 10		Tuesday 11
Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height
0057	0.50	0121	0.54	0149	0.62	0222	0.75	0306	0.98	1235	0.98	0235	1.69
0648	2.10	0708	2.00	0730	1.89	0752	1.72	0806	1.46			1025	0.75
1252	0.27	1307	0.25	1328	0.30	1351	0.45	1406	0.72			1659	1.49
1917	2.31	1942	2.33	2012	2.27	2047	2.10	2136	1.82			2140	1.12