Cockburn Sound
Hi guys
my brother and i went out to cockburn sound yesterday for a couple of hours in a 4m tinnie. Its only the second time out on it in the sound so we are still looking for spots that hold fish. Anyways just thought i'd let you know that we went near the shipping yard entrance and caught easily 40 to 50 small (15-25cm) pinkies. Released them all but they were good fun on my 8lb line. most of them being caught as im letting the line out so i didnt even hit the bottom. We also caught 1 15cm fish that im pretty sure was a queenie as ive never caught one but it looked identical to a picture i have at home. however i didnt know you could really get them down here. But that went back too.
Can anybody shed some light with regards to pinkie seasons as i am told by some that your alowed to catch them all year and others say you'll be fined if you keep them at certain times. Or is there an unwritten law about catchin them at certain times of the year. Any info would be greatly apprecited.
At the end of the day we were out for 3 hours from lunch till 3pm. Caught a couple of yellow tail but nothing worth keeping so everthing went back. But it was a good day anyways. Hopefully get out again next weekend to do some more exploring around the sound and might even go for some squid as there seem to be heaps of people catching them at the moment.
cheers
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Pinky info!
Heres the Fisheries link, this will give you all the info!
<URL> http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/WestLimits/snapper.php?0102<\URL>
Other info that needs to be added to the above info is the size change. The new rule is as below;
Decision 3: Increased minimum legal size for pink snapper south of Lancelin
South of Lancelin, the minimum legal size for pink snapper will be increased from 41cm to 45cm in October 2008 and then from 45cm to 50cm in 2010.
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Adam Gallash
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Good fun
Sounds like good fun Ash, top report.
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Ash06
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cheers for that ryan ill
cheers for that ryan ill keep that site handy too as its got some useful info. Hopefully next week will have a bit better luck. try for squid and some KG whiting if we're lucky. also goin to try hillary's friday for some herring and these large skippy that are around.