G'Day from Chillihilli

[chillihilli]

Hi All, just thought I'd register and say Hi. I was just thinking how AKFF was lacking in local content and came across this forum. Good to see the Melbourne Yakking scene is still alive and well.

I live in Essendon and have returned to Yak fishing after a couple of years out. Locally I tend to fish Altona, but also don't mind the drive to McCrae, Rosebud. I'm a big fan of squid, but have never caught it off the yak and only ever caught it out of Queenscliff.

I have also been yak diving for years, and used to go out regularly on the yak for my feed of scallops.

Looking forward to catching up with some like-minded individuals.

Cheers Pete.

[wembas]

welcome aboard Pete - once youve had vyak you'll never go back !!!!!

im working on my scuba lic at the moment - so would love to get a scallop dive organised one day !

probably see you at Altona sometime - can help you out with the squid tips

[Yacker]

Hey Pete,
Welcome back to kayak fishing!
Not sure about your side of the bay but here, round Mornington, there are plenty of squid about.
Take a jig next time you go out, you may be pleasantly surprised

Cheers

Tim

[maverick]

Welcome aboard Chillihilli, fellow yak fisherman and scuba diver. We did a yak dive trip off Rye a while ago for some scallops, almost time to go again. Keep an eye on the posts.

[chillihilli]

Great stuff, as I said "like minded individuals"!

Here is some pics from a little while ago. 3 yaks at McCrae yacht club - Mine is the Swing on the right - ready to go diving (and dangle a line on the way).

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And this is the best of both worlds. Got my PB flatty on the way in (caught in knee deep water on a lure at McCrae). Sorry for the crap wet-lens shot.

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Can't wait to get back out. Better check if my tanks are full.

[ELM]

I can feel a dive coming on , Welcome to the forum Chillihilli and good to see another diver amongst us. Did you do a Reef, the Hurricane or just do a scallop dive of McRae ?

Did you get any scallops ?

Are you yaking mate's divers to ?

Hope to catch up some time, fish and a dive sounds good.

[chillihilli]

Hi Elm,

The mates on that trip were Squidder and Hoit from AKFF. We didn't hit the right spot on that occasion and only came up with about 30 scallops. I have been diving that area for years and never found the Hurricane. That said never really tried in earnest. I do regularly bag out in the area. I would like to explore some of the deep gutters closer to Rye, rather than paddling out to the channel as I have done in the past.

I'll get the tanks checked and post up a trip soon enough.. I'm getting itchy.

[maverick]

We launched at Tyrone, paddled 1.5 k's - tied off to the pole and bagged out in about 20min, but the little buggers move around a bit. I will do some recon before the next trip.

[maverick]

Also we need to catch up with matt coburn, he is into cray diving off the back beaches on his AI, launching at Sorrento back beach.

[Babylon]

What hurricane is there a plane out there.
also welcome to the site .cheers jim