Hillarys rock hopping - lesson learnt
Submitted by Dasho on Wed, 2009-10-14 07:32
Went fishing late arvo yesterday off the Hillarys rocks casting mulies.
As it is a fair hike to get to my spot, I just pack light with bait, gang hooks, rod and reel.
What do you bloody know, I get squid sucking on the mulies, and a bit later some herring mauling it.
Lesson learnt - don't pack too light. Take a rig for every thing that can pop up off the rocks.
Next time you will see me stacking it on the rocks carrying 10kg worth of tackle haha.
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kempy
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yer learnt that lesson many
yer learnt that lesson many times
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Colin Hay
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Me too
I have a large back back that I can fit everything into.
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Ganged
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I have had the same problem,
I have had the same problem, The backpack is a good idea. Thanks Colin
Still learning
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The good thing about a backpack is that it keeps
your hands free to carry your rods, gaffs, bait buckets, etc.
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gumbyconts
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ive tried for squid a few
ive tried for squid a few times at hillaries with 0 success.
where around there is good to try?
danno
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yer ive tryed off hillaries
yer
ive tryed off hillaries to but with nothin.
dose any1 know where you can get them all the time?
cheers danno
Dasho
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Squid are weird. They just
Squid are weird. They just rock up one day, then not the next. Hillarys is very hit and miss, and the sizes aren't anything to get excited about.
SOR is the home turf of the squid.
danno
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yer i know that ay y cant
yer i know that ay
y cant they move up here ahah
gumbyconts
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looks like youll have to hit
looks like youll have to hit up cockburn!
flangies
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You guys have very decent
You guys have very decent squid NOR you just got to know where to find them ;)
schecky
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Ive pulled a few squid from
Ive pulled a few squid from hilarys in my time...
try around lights at night or off that charter jetty, sometimes even the disabled platform.
but yeah it can be hit n miss, and nothing huge
Dreamtime
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squidlys
i have pretty much givin up on hillaries, although i take my tinny about 2 km's away from the harbour and got some of the biggest squid ive seen. just need to wait for the odd straggler to cruise past but like they all say ya gotta be in it to win it.
flangies
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omg i cant believe how many
omg i cant believe how many people say that phrase! haha