herring cale??? i have never heard off, or seen, until the pic you posted! od lookin fish, like a normal herring/mullet, cross with a carp, cross with something of extreme colour!!!!
i always wondered where you were from i knew you were from western sub's some where. tailors lake's is a fair drive to willy, woud you be better of driving out to somewhere like point cook???? ive never been out of there snorkling/spearing, i spose it would be to far of a paddle/swim, until you get to decent waters over 2 metres deep, and away from the crappy stingray, gummy shark and banjo shark infested sand flats!!!!! i have been out there on my kayk a few times (cambel's cove region) and got a few nice KG whiting, so maybe worth a visit one day if your bored... since its kind of wrapped around the point, a strong SW wind doesnt effect it as bad as williamstown/altona.stkilda, black rock / any other south west facing dive spot gets....
sorry for the blabber!!!
any way, dean.
you do not need all that gear to get going, well you do, but you dont need th best in everything, if you use ebay, you can pick up a spear (hawian sling) for 20 bucks, its not spear gun, but will get you into the sport, a wettie is not needed ALL the time, but is defintaly handy i fyou are heading of of the bay like shorerider (from memory you always head of the south coast??? nt in the bay?) bay temps too out side bay temps can vary 4-5 degree's after a hot spell, i think at the moment the bay is somthing like 17, and out side of bay is like 14. but then i havnt looked for ahile..
3 degree's makes a BIG difference while in the water!!!!
mask/snorkel/flippers, you can get for under 60 bucks all up, or you can spend over 500 EASY...
personaly i have a 30 buck set of snorkel and mask, does the job fine for me, and i use a set of body board flip's!!!! which cost liek 50 bucks a few years back, ..
well good luck, and if any one is ever going to go of williamstown, serioulsy give me a PM an i will giv eyou my number, i can be down the foshore in under 10 minutes (if im not at work.. ) keeping in mind i never see or get anything large, but a bit of company never goes a stray!!!'
alex.
sorry for the blanter, it is like 3 somthing another in the morning, and i have been drinking for a while as i expect most respectable people would have been!!!