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It may come as bad news for some anglers and love them or hate them - the Elephant fish are starting to show up in Westernport Bay. These fish normally start to turn up around the start of Autumn each year, where they move into the bays and larger tidal estuaries to spawn. While they are deemed a nuisance by anglers targeting other species, they can provide a bit of fun on the right gear.
James from Unreel Fishing Charters has noticed a few of these fish turning up along deeper whiting marks in the port. Some of the elephants James' customers have been catching have been decent - up to around 3kg. The 'Elephant Triangle' is normally as good a place to target them as you could find - a large relatively open sand and mud flat towards the start of the East arm. Baits of pipi, pilchard and squid all work quite well when fished on 2/0 circle hooks and whiting gear. Just beef up your fluorocarbon leader to around 15- 20lb as they can break lighter leaders when their dorsal spike wraps in the line.
Customer John found a decent patch of elephants across near Newhaven during the week. John was initially targeting whiting around a small sand hole when a school of elephants came through. After catching 13 and keeping 1 smaller fish he left to find his whiting. John said 8m of water was the depth, and whiting gear baited with mussel and squid got their attention.
This Fishing Report was submitted on 3/29/2014 1:45:41 AM by Seamus and last updated on 3/29/2014 1:45:41 AM.
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