Part5: Flinders Pier Jetty Fishing Mackerel and Trevally скачать в хорошем качестве

Part5: Flinders Pier Jetty Fishing Mackerel and Trevally

The Flinders Pier Jetty is located at the point where Western Port meets Bass Strait. It has great views across Western Port to Phillip Island. The Flinders Pier is 250 metres (820 ft) long that juts out from the protected beach, and is sheltered from the waters of Bass Strait by West Head. This area is popular for sailing, fishing, and other watersports.The area is well known for the abundance of squid caught, especially during spring months. Numerous other species have been caught off this jetty, including: King George whiting, Australian Salmon, silver trevally, wrasse, leatherjackets, barracouta and short finned pike. Nearby Bass Park offers barbeques, walking trails and a playground. Public toilets are available at the pier. General information You can easily find them around piers, harbours and jetties that provide easy access to deep water and tidal runs that mackerel favour. They tend to feed roughly half way up from the seabed. Pollock, whiting and mackerel all tend to hunt at roughly the same depth (half way up). When you catch a mackerel Few people know this but when you unhook a mackerel to throw back please don't hold the sides of the mackerel to unhook them. All those scales on your hands or cloth are what the mackerel needs to control their tempreture and without those scales it will die within a day or two. Either jiggle the hook out while it is on the ground or try to hold it by the top and bottom of the mackerel to unhook it. What depth to catch mackerel Mackerel usually hunt around half way up from the sea bed. Use this image as a rough guide to whereabouts the mackerel will be…