cjchen

furthest was end of oyster bay

8th jan been waiting for this rain to stop for a fish on the hobie. it was a sunny day with only a few clouds here and there, thankfully its a full run out in the morning with dirty water. launched at connells point in the morning and peddled straight to a few spots i've had success in the past. all fish caught casting chubbies towards structure 0.4 - 2m in depth released about 10 more and got bricked by one big bream. biggest flathead going 66 and bream going 38 WHICH had a chubby inhaled with bib and trebles crushed. A first for me to see a whole chubby inside a bream's mouth as they usually hit the tail. total damage was 2 chubbies costing $40 it was a glorious day. it is rare to have fish after cast after cast and enough to feed 3 families.

SO glad to hear your ok. before it was jet skis and kayaks now its boats and tinnys

the whole system is quiet for some reason... dont know why but im going to blame the desalination plant, i remember it was so good in the old days

nice report. watsons bay is pretty the mouth of the harbour, would you still follow the portion guideline for dioxin? or its too far to worry about.

not really mate, unless you count colouring in your lures with permanent markers/ nail polish... lol nah i stick to the size 8, slightly a bit bigger, better hookups.

i love casting ZX for flatties and under schools of tailor for scavenger fish... one of my best sessions was on casting ZX40 underneath a school of small tailor. after a bit of researching i started to make my own assist hooks. palomar knot to the split ring 20lb braid, coloured with red marker snell knot to gamakatsu octopus hook, size 8 brown elastic string from ebay, [use for jewelery] 1 turn uni knot can be used for the feelers to the split ring, as well as the legs. below is DIY , looks exactly the same!

thats a top haul from the bay at this time of year. what depth were you fishing mate?

matey thanks for posting. gives us all hope in this freezing weather great photos

great video! where abouts is the warmer water now?... botany shuts down so hard around now.

thats the stories of 2009! the sun must have warmed up the water, made them all crazy. mind telling us what depth you were fishing? that must of made your arms sore..........

thats a real good croc for the bay. top stuff mate. what depth did you get her in?

that bream is huge. rarely see one that big. was that at kurnell or towra? nice photos!

thats a cracker of a fish mate, well done! what area did you land this beast? cheers

its a hobie Revo 13. best tool for a few hours on the water!

its been ages since i thought there would be something to mention. but the bay is definitely getting better. still really hard work to find the fish but once you do it pays off. had two donut sess, once at oyster bay, and once at towra. I think we need some rain the dirty the water Kurnell still hit and miss, one sess was fantastic landing a 51cm trevor. while other times, stinky salmon and a few bream. Wooloware bay is a hit and miss too, sometimes the bream is near the racks while other times near the mangroves. Towra is still pretty poor, once the sun comes up. Pikes and tons of small snappers on one session, only once have i landed a mix bag with a 49cm trevor on a SX48 which was great fun on the shallows. Hard bodies are the go these days, blades and HB near shallow water.

must of been a train, can't even imagine the fight.

awesome jew mate, i was wondering, a jew that big up in the lakes would not be a resident right? i am guessing it came from the ocean, would you consume it? what does everyone think?

hey pmak, im keen to try some surface fishing, were you fishing the flats on the eastern side of towra point towards kurnell or the western side kind of towards carters island/wooloware? wouldn't mind seeing my fish smash the lure of the surface thats for sure

big one was like 62 and small one was like 49.

its been a while since i've hit the bay, it was quiet for a long long time. great weather last weekend and me and my mate john had a go at towra. i must have done about few hundred casts for a few fish. all fish on blades VX and ZX. my friend gave up casting and kept trolling for zero. i ended up with 2 good flatheads a huge pike and a trevor. i felt sorry for my mate and gave him the smaller flathead for dinner, he wasn't going to say no. lets all hope it gets better!

Please keep posting!! it gives me hope

holy, what a haul, i need to get out there, hopefully do half as well on lures!

great job tony, good to see the fish are back in numbers!. thank you for the great report!

past 3 years, this time i was hauling double digits most of the time. this year its big fat donuts or undersized fish. what is going on?!? anyone else having any luck..........? lack of reports everywhere seems to suggest what i am experiencing...