Col Pardy returned to shore on Sunday morning with this catch - mainly salmon. While he didn;t share exactly where and how he caught them, aspiring salmon fishers may be interested in the following tips from Jarrod Day's column in Fishing Monthly:
Around January, February and March larger schools of salmon enter Western Port. These can be caught by trolling hardbodied lures or casting soft plastics and metal Lazer lures into the bubbling schools.
Good concentrations of salmon are found around Stony Point, Tortoise Head and in the Western Entrance.
Once caught, the salmon can be filleted down and used as fresh slab baits for gummy sharks, school sharks, seven-gill sharks and even threshers.
Remember, salmon are best used fresh. When frozen, salmon flesh dries out and the blood soaks from the fish. Keeping four fish for a gummy session is more than enough.
Australian salmon have a minimum size limit of 21cm and a bag limit of 20 per recreational fishing licence holder per day.
Last Modified on 18/04/2014 11:22