Fishing and weather today
Submitted by squalis on Sat, 2025-04-26 16:53
What a day today. It looked so good weather prediction wise, 10 knot wind speed,1.5 meter swell, high bite prediction on the solumner tables. Went out of Freo to Rotto north side, wind 15 knots plus, Swell pushing 2 meters, strong current drift. Made a tricky fishing day. Travelled many km for absolutely nothing .Using top technology my Furuno sounder showed no fish. Wind eventually kicked back to 10 knots with a sea breeze but no change in fishing action. A complete waste of time should have stayed home. How did other people go?
wifecallsmegrumpy
Posts: 153
Date Joined: 09/01/12
Same as you, was fishing
Same as you, was fishing further north but had an early start and spent the next 6 hours practicing fishing. Another boat near us did really well but we got nothing.. very frustrating to get zip and not even get a bite.
Reefsta
Posts: 341
Date Joined: 03/08/19
Fickle
Seems a bit hit and miss lately for me fishing inshore areas. Trip a few days back was good for pinkies to 72cm, but trip the week before they were all just size and released. Fall back has been herring, tailor and the odd squid. The water temps have been up and down, so maybe different eddies coming through and things still on the cusp between summer and autumn. Hopefully getting more consistent with demersals in May-June.
Rob_Seed
Posts: 209
Date Joined: 09/04/08
Same story for me
Undersize pinkies in close. Unfortunately I've lost all Mt marks som I'm just exploring new ground now. Lots of trolling produced a stripy tuna...
Just one more cast