Bolts

Raiders, Myself and a couple of mates hit Flint & Steel last saturday afternoon and into the early evening targetting jews and came up empty handed. Not a single bite from any description of a fish at all. The place was barron. Did anyone have some luck there on saturday night? Bolts

Wow, amazing shots SeaRabbit! Ken Duncan has some competition

Yeah, I'd love to get a Stella but unfortunately the budget doesn't stretch that far. Sounds like the Spheros is a better reel than the Stradic though. However I think the Stradic does offer a spare spool for another size line which would be handy, I think the Spheros doesn't. Anyone else have an opinion? Would the 8000 size be overkill for rockfishing? Cheers

Looking at purchasing a spinning reel to use on a 10-12 foot beach/rock rod chasing salmon/kingies/bonnies and snapper but also double up as a reel to use on boats chasing Jews/Kings. I like the looks of either of these 2 reels but haven't had any experience using them. Does anyone have an opinion on which reel outperforms and why? And what size should I be looking at getting? Thanks in advance.

With only a T-Shirt as well! You are a man of steel to endure those temps. Hats off to you and Congrats on a nice couple of fish. Well done!

Yeah good thinking snapR. Or maybe someone has come up with a tubular rod holder like you see on boats that is attached to a metal plate that you could velcro or tie to on the railings of the wharf. That way you could sit the rod into the rod holder that is strapped to the railing and pull the rod out and in of the rod holder as you need....more or less mimicking a rod holder in a boat that is attached a side railing. Anyone seen of or used what I'm trying to imagine?

Well done in retreiving your rod with fish still in tow. When ya gotta get your rod back there is no stopping ya. Is there specific rod holders out there for holding rods in place on wharves and jetties? I've always wondered how to fish a wharf with multiple rods out using large baits chasing large fish if you want to have the reel in gear and not free spool. Anyone out there have an ingenious rod holder that they attach to the railings of the wharf? or do you mainly leave your reels in free spool? Cheers

Happy Birthday Swordie! Have a great day.

Well done again guys. You're a Jewie Freak. That's an amazing session again and would of been great fun. I truely am envious! Did you catch the squid on the night or was this fresh/frozen squid that you used? That spot of yours is the real deal. Congrats again.

Awesome read mate. Great catch. You persisted and was rewarded with the ultimate prize. Congratulations!

Hey good luck Jamesds. I'm jealous. How do I convince my who can't swim and is afraid of boats to go on a trip like you're going on? Have fun mate.

Hi Searabbit, Thanks for the tips. I think you're right about the bait. The squid I had was very pink and rubbery. Trouble was I couldnt find any yakkas. I wonder if the yakkas don't come upstream when the water is dirty. Hence the lack of fresh bait. If ya can, can you pm me the locs of the deeper holes you are talking about...ie how far from the land? Is it castable? Musty, thanks for the words of encouragement. I'm sure it will happen sometime. Also, strange thing is I never got a snag. I must of found every little sandy patch there. Bolts

Hi Raiders, Sunday afternoon (4:00pm) I hit Brooklyn (landbased) just downriver from the Railway bridges. Plan was to hit the Marina area and pick up some livies then target Jewfish during the first part of the runout. That's where the plan came stuck. I berleyed hard with bread only to see picker bream around and no yakkas anywhere to be seen. So with crappy frozen squid and frozen Hawkesbury prawns I hit the rocks just on the corner as you head towards the railway bridges. High tide was around 5:00pm and I had the squid and prawns out for the next 2 hours with zero bites. Do you guys think that maybe there was too much fresh in the sytem yesterday and that's why the fish weren't biting or was it the bait that I was using or is there something else that I'm missing. Apart from that it seemed ideal conditions with the turn of the tide right on dusk and fishing a choke point in the river around a red marker. Back to the drawing board in trying to land my first Jew. Cheers

Nice catch Mako.

Very Nice Diver1. Congrats

Nice fish guys. Well done Enjoy the Sashimi

Ahhh. So a plan could either be: Hit the dead end a couple of hours before high tide and collect some livies. Then either fish flatrock or keep continuing down the dirt track beside the railway line and fish the small sandy beach near the railway cottages? I think I read another one of your posts stating that this spot is another proven Jewie ground. Just need to find the right time and organise a leave pass from the pregnant I think that's is going to be a lot tougher than actually hooking up a Jewie

Jewgaffer, Thanks again. I'll definately give that spot a go sometime. Is it relatively easy berleying up livies at that location? Cheers

Awesome, thanks for the replies Jewgaffer. It's much appreciated. I would assume that this spot has been quite well known for sometime now and would usually get packed during prime times? Do you know if there is drilled rod holes in the rock platform there or is a case of wedging rods in between rocks? When casting from the rocks would you recommend heavy sinkers to keep the bait down against the strong tidal movement? Cheers

Next time I'll give that a go. Someone once told me that Box head sometimes produces Kingies. Not sure if that was a long time ago or recently. Scienceman, Don't think that was us. We were'nt on a centre consul. There was 3 of us on board though. We had a boat close to us but I'm sure there was a coupld on board. Nice one with the Bream and Flatty. We should of done what Ray and Jewgaffer said and got to the bridge earlier. Nice spot at the bridge when the tide turns, not quite so nice when the tide is raging Cheers

Hi Jewgaffer, I've been following this post as well and I'm just wondering if flatrock point is where McKell Park is located as well? I spent an afternoon with friends up high at Mckell park and walked down to the point, seems to be flatrocks right down on the waters edge. Around the southern corner is Parsley Bay where the boatramp is. Is that the flatrock you mean? I'm a frustrated Jewie fisherman as well and need all the help that I can get. Kind Regards Alex

How very depressing Kiro. Sounds exactly like my arvo on sat. Have to stay positive though! I'm sure our luck will change soon. Good Luck with your next trip out.

Hi Raiders, Left Woy Woy boat ramp 3:30pm on saturday arvo. As we came up to Rip bridge we passed another boat with 2 guys holding up what looked like to be a massive Jewie. Great catch guys. So as always when you see another boat with big fish you get your hopes up. We hit Box Head and trolled deep diver lures up the shoreline to a bommie just out from Bouddi. Nada! Dropped the berley bomb near the bommie. Straight away the yakkas and slimeys swarmed the bomb and we loaded up on quite a few. Then started a slow drift back towards box head using all possible well known baits...Livies/fresh squid strips/fresh slimey slab baits/pilchards. We threw all baits down there and came up with....1 x 27cm Reddie, back he goes. Anchored just outside Box head for the twilight and with a high tide right on dusk...We all thought "ya can't get better conditions than this", we were wrong. Stayed till around 8:30 and got.....Nada. Again we threw all possible baits down. We then hit rip bridge thinking we might duplicate what that other boat did earlier. Dropped down 2 live yakkas. Gave it an hour or so before we said we'll call it a night. Pulled our baits up, mine had been devoured by crabs I'd say and was covered in these maggot/lice looking critters. They sure do give a bit of a nip as well. Anyone know what these things are called? Mates yakka was bitten in half and sure enough it was the half without the hook. What went wrong? Has anyone else had any luck around Box head or were we wasting our time there?

Nice session mate! Ya gotta be happy with that. Were you guys landbased or in a boat? Looks like a fish was laid out on a wharf? Was it right on High tide when you were catching the jews? Nice feed there, enjoy

Top Jewie mate! I guess you're named quite accurately Top stuff, I look forward to next wednesdays edition.