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Headed up North Avalon to visit family yesterday and my son and I took a rood each to a flick off the beach. We hit the beach in the early arvo and worked our way up through various gutters, my son with a small metal and I was using a soft vibe hoping for a flatty in the gutter. Right where the swimmers were, I spotted a school of what I thought was about 50 salmon in the breaking waves. I switched over to a small metal and tried casting to the side of the school but they kept disappearing and reappearing 50m up and down the beach. I was also getting the hairy eyeball froma few simmers as I was casting in between them😄. I got a few hits then finally hooked a fish and it came up the beach flapping away. My son grabbed it as it spat the metal and to our surprise it was a fat mullet! After reading some recent posts I decided to keep it and dispatched it on the beach. Fillets are ready to go for a meal this week:) Unusual catch on a metal! Maybe I should have hung around until dark and lobbed out a fillet🤔

Cracking trev Linewetter! Shame about the rod but at least you know now high-sticking a graphite rod is treacherous business. At least you can claim a PB on the break:)

Great post and 6 species in one session means the fish were on!

Amazing Chris! A milestone king and some platter variety, enjoy the dinners🙏🏻

Very detailed report Mark with plenty of good info for aspiring downrigger fishos. Nice king too👌

You picked a nice arvo to head out Dave and some nice fillets, do you ever smoke the tailor🤷🏻‍♂️

Great post👌Your king encounter will have you back for more🙏🏻

Well done Fil, the mullet brought you joy on the table and also brought you some bream fillets....nice work!

Nice work Dave! A nice mixed bag after the deluge and you beat the southerly, astute planning👌

Great narrative and some nice fish. Easter thieves about too🤔

Lovely bag there Scooter!

Very nice variety of species there!

Very nice Blue Eye, my mouth is watering!

Very nice bag there CrabStar! Feeling very envious but were the crabs on handlines?

That is a tank of a mullet.....what a live bait😜