Brought back a lot of memories for me. I lived in Williamstown as a child in the 1960's (now back in UK) and caught loads of fish off this pier. Collected mussels from the waters edge on the way to the pier and caught loads of leather jackets, flathead and cobblers? What were they? Gem street pier was another favourite of mine, I'd love to fish here again. We used to get a charter from this pier that went over to St Kilda then out into the bay. We caught hundreds of flathead and as a kid it was great fun but when I think about it now it was such irresponsible fishing and I bet fish stocks were depleted. Hope things are better now.
Thanks for the detailed comment Stephen. Its always great when one of our videos takes people back to their childhoods. Williamstown has been heavily fished for many years but is still fishing OK these days. These days you mainly catch bream, pinkie/snapper, snook and the odd flathead. Dont seem to get to many leather jackets down this way now. Thanks a lof for your comment, lots of other vids on the channel you might enjoy aswell. Cheers
Thanks Lincoln. My mate had been bugging me to go there for weeks, was a spur of the moment decision that ended up going really really well. The bite was pretty consistent. The session was cut very short so ill be back there in due time. Thanks for your efforts and posts!!
Thank you very much, got plenty of videos on the way so please make sure you sub the channel. Your right about the camera guy, a funny mate of mine. The camera work has come a fair way since we recorded this video. It's hard to find a good mate that can stay smooth and quiet whilst recording. LOL
Try and keep as much of the hook covered as possible but ensure that the barb and point are fully exposed. If they are covered with bait then your hook up rates drop. I hope this helps. More useful on our website www.fishingmad.com.au
Alan, David here. Will take my son there this Saturday. What is the bait you used on that day? Are the fish ok for consumption? Did you attached a small burley pot attached to line? Thanks
Hi David, I was using scrub wroms, and maggots. Used the small berley pot with some home made berley which can help. Im 100% a catch and realse bream fisho but they shoud be fine from there.
@@fishingmad Thanks Alan, just walk out BCF. Just bought a Sienna 4000 Reel as you reply. Still haven caught anything yet. Need to go where there are toilet lol for the boy and Mrs. Lorimere at West Gate has nothing. Much appreciated your reply. Love you passion snd reply to subscribers and share your locations.
I reckon there would be some good launcing spots from there or a little further up near the yacht club. I'm keen to take my yak out there aswell. There are big flatties and pinkies in that whole area and the odd Mulloway and drifting around on the yak with soft plastics would probably go great.
This time of year and for the coming couple of months there should be plenty of pinkies around there. ill try to get onto a few myself. Might see you down there.
Yep, I was using scrub worms and maggots that day and both worked a treat. You can see the maggot rig I was using here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SLijf7y5Fx8.html
I buy the scrub worms from my local tackle store. Hooked on bait and tackle or compleat angler. usually 10 bucks a container. There a bit bigger then your usual garden worms, but garden works will work just as well just hoof a few of them on the hook at once.
Yes both squid and pipis will work. It depends on what your targeting, if your targeting bream then its hard to go past scrub worms and yabbies, if your targeting pinkies and flathead then pipis and squid are great. Hope that helps, best regards Al from FishingMad
Squid is an awesome bait for flathead and pinkies, but only ever caught a few bream on squid. For bream your much better using scrub worms, prawns, bread, maggots etc. Have a look at this article i wrote about targeting bream there www.fishingmad.com.au/nong_bream.html regards Al from FishingMad
fishingmad cheers Alan. Was planning for a trip to Ferg pier (first time) but looks like my chances of getting a decent spot has just been diminished as of lastnight hehe
fishingmad I came to Ferg pier this morning flicking both 2.5" grubs and squid but not a single bite ☹ Is it best to fish on high tide? It was low tide when I was fishing. You make it look so easy lol
