Mercer007

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Me and wher'd all the fish go always use the chicken pellets mixed in water with some tuna oil and bread to raise the yakkas. I use a bit of peeled prawn on a no 6 long shank. Usually get a few bream as well as a by catch. I don't use bait jigs as they always seem to tangle and end up throwin them away. Lead size will depend on current and swell. Cheers

Awsome catch mate, hats off to you

What happened to your hat?

Any ideas on what this is. Pete

Well done Pete, It was a nice kingy you caught and even though I'm a little dirty I didn't win, I feel you deserved the victory. Tight lines 007

Well done Pete. A few nice fish there. Love the last miniute sessions, especially when they pay off. way to go on the trifecta.

i went for a look up at wisemans the other day and I thought the water looked too clean. Shows what i know. ripper flatty and some great bream there Pete

Going to Hat Head for a well deserved break. Just hope the weather is kind to me.

Camo will be happy with a few battered fillets for dinner mate. Not bad catching a fish during your lunch break, or was it on company time. Either way, well done..

Hi Guys, I went Bream and Pig fishing early Sunday morning to a fave rock ledge of mine. I burlied hard for an hour or so before first ligh and was pleasently suprised when I saw a big blue groper swimming around. Totally unprepared, I drop a whole prawn on a 1/0 french and hook up to a beast of a fish. The fish ran hard towards an outer reef, then he turned and ran straight back at me. With barely no swell I was able to manouver myself up and down the ledge to tire the fish out. I washed him onto a lower ledge, jumped down and gilled him. He was over 70cm and official weight was 7.8kg. I've caught other groper, but this is my first over 3kg, and my first off the rocks. Maybe COTM? 007

Hi Guys, I'm just starting to chase kings and need a little advice please. I Launch in BW and can get livies just over the bar but have had some trouble finding the kings. I've tried at the mouth of the Hawksberry and also around box head and kilcare. Now I know these spots produce fish but I must be doing something wrong. I don't have down riggers or anything like that. What I've been doing is anchoring up and sending the livey down on a 1.5mt leader with just a ball sinker to keep it down near the bottom. I've also tried trolling close as I dare to the rocks with thse same set up and a bigger ball sinker to try to get the livey down a bit. Lastly I've tried anchoring up and setting the livey under a float about 3 to 4 metres down. Only once have I been hit but unfortunately didn't hook up. Now, I'm not asking for spots, just a bit of advice on what I may be doing wrong. Cheers Pete

Can't wait fro my son to get a little older so I can take him fishing. Well done on getting out there. Talk soon .

Sounds like there's alot of water between fish, but that jew is a beauty. Well done Pete, you put in the time, you get rewarded

good on ya leo. I eat the squid and use the heads as bait also. They always get nailed by something. Talk soon. Pete

twas beautiful, that poem the one about your hat. and if you can not wear it you could use it as a mat see, things like that are funny it could have another life no longer worn on top your head on it, your shoes, you'll wipe the story of the hat thus far is gettin a bit off track but for your thoughts and poem you get a big pat on the back. 007

Well done on the Bream mate. Way to go on the plastics also. Keep up the good work

Top effort mate. Ive been laughed at a bit in the past but sometimes persistance pays off. Great red there

Well done Robin. Hope to see you down there soon.

Raiders, Let me start by saying that I have been chasing jew's on and off for 2 years without sucess. So I planned a trip with Stu (wher'd all the fish go)for Friday to do a bit of rock hopping but I was informed that he was only allowed out to play once this weekend, so decided to take the boat out on Saturday instead. I ended up getting bored at home Friday evening so decided to go for an hour and landed 13 bream which a few were released and the remainder given to my neighbours and baby sitter. I freaked the babysitter out a bit as when I got to her place the fish were still alive in the bucket. Just as she looks in one of the bream flips out and gives her a mighty scare. I couldn't contain myself laughing. Very funny to me. I got home, had one too many beers and forgot to set my alarm for the morning session with Stuart. 5.45 am the phone rings and for a second I thought it was a work day (someone calling in sick). 'Where are you', asks Stu. 'I'll be 5 mins' I reply, jumping out of bed, realising I was still dressed from the night before. I make my way to the ramp and we quickly decide on our plan of action for the day. With the high tide about 8am I say lets try the rip for a jew. Armed only with plastics and other assorted lures we try a few drifts for nothing. Flick, flick...........pause. Flick, flick, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. F*$@ mate, I'm on. The little Pfluger MG reel was screaming and I quickly tell Stu to start and turn the boat. Stu leaps into action, the reels still screaming, and I start to tighten the drag as I'd lost over half my spool. A few big head shakes and ping. Elation turns to frustration. I lost a decent Jew. We continue drifting for a bit realising that someone (not me) had forgotten the landing net. A few tailor start busting up around us, so I put on a 10g slug and land a nice tailor of about 40cm. We decide to use Stu's casting platform as a net. (milk crate) Stu's crate duties were A1. A few more drifts and we were nearly back at the first bust off spot, and right on que, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I'm on again. A good run and I turn the fish knowing that I've hooked something decent. I'm praying for a Jew. Anyway I ask Stu to get ready with the net, I mean crate. Up comes the leader knot, knowing I had about 2m of leader on, thinking not long now. I see a flash of silver and the fish dives again, I act all calm and tell myself to take my time. I turn the drag down a touch and then start bringing the fish up again. I see silver again and it get's bigger and bigger till I can feel my heart in my throat. With Stu ready with the crate i swim the fish towards it and 1st pop in she goes. Stu man handles the crate back into the boat the fish half in, half out due to it's size. Hi five's, hand shakes a few woo hoo's and I nearly shed a tear. My first Jew ever, and caught on a plastic. 83cm, est weight 5ish kg. I'll weigh her later and let you know. Anyway we keep fishing for a bit and Stu's on to a nice flatty of about 65cm. He gets her to the boat and my crate skills were a little average and the fish freaks and hook pulled. Now I had two tries to crate the fish, but it's no net at the end of the day. About a half hour passes and we decide to change where we were drifting. I deployed my plastic again and I don't even think it hit the bottom. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. This was a big fish, running very, very hard. I I knew in my heart that I wouldn't be able to stop it. I try to put some hurt on this fish to turn it but it was to strong and ping again. My heart was racing, but I look into the boat at the one I had already landed and I was ok. It was nearing time for me to get my son to swimming lessons so we start heading back to the ramp and we come across a nice looking spot and decide to have one more drift. Lures deployed, it takes less than a miniute befor Stu's onto a nice fish. It didn't put up much of a fight, but was a 72cm flatty, and fat too. I grab the leader and swim her straight into the crate. Woo hoo's and high fives, and Stu's broken his duck on plastics. What a way to start. I look at the time again and say, one more drift again. I know, I sound like a broken record. We start drifting again and in no time I'm on again. Not much of a fight but there was a bit of weight there, so I called it for a flatty. I swim her to the crate and Stu's managed her in the boat again. Way to go Stu. 70cm flatty on the last drift of the day. Beaudy mate. Anyway, times up and I gotta go home. Thanks for the great mornig out Stu, I told you we'd do ok today, even though I was late.. Cheers 007

OUCH, I've seen how big it really is...

Wasn't that the shoe thing from your key ring. Good fish Leo and cudos to you for the catch and release.

I'd go at low tide and have a loook for the gutters then. If you can get to an elevated position then they're easy to spot. I used to look at google maps satelite view, but realised that gutters move around. Most beaches also have a rip near the corners of a head land. Cast into these using only a little weight and you'll be sure to get a few bream, especialy around dusk, when you'll have your own cheer squad perfectly primed to enjoy your moment.

Boat, landbased?? Heaps of options, go into any coast tackle store and buy a jig and ask the dude on where to get em. Just watch the swell if your rock hopping. 007

Usually at the shopping centre. Not sure but interested to find out.