We made our annual piscatorial pilgrimage to the West Coast and fished Venus Bay and nearby Mt Camel ocean beach. The weather was a bit wild this year and restricted our activities somewhat although we still caught a fridge full of salmon, tommy ruff, mullet, King George whiting and flathead. The undoubted highlight of the fortnight was the salmon Geoff caught at Mt Camel Beach. Not usually known for big fish, this beach is always reliable for the better-eating smaller specimens. But the salmon Geoff hooked on Sunday afternoon and beached after a long battle on light line and a small size 4 hook was truly a monster of its species. I’ve never seen a bigger one. Geoff was stoked. And the fish was no doubt relieved to be released back into the ocean after starring in a short photographic session on the sand.
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