[Lake Mac]

i think 35 fork, it was a while ago i cant rememeber, lol, i was jus puttin pics up from th w/e and sen it so i thought id post it

[Cobia Part 2]

Doesnt Look Cobe'ish to me...

[Lake Mac]

hey guys, hit lake mac on sat mornin at gentlemans hours bout 8, coz i was wayy to warm in bed.

get out on th water and find it perfectt..

fish blades and plastics n only managed a few breams, a 60+ trev and some wierd fish, ill post a pic tell me if ya seen it before,,

good day on th water,

and i realised 1 thing, i CANNOT Fish Bladess!

ohh and theres a pic of a flathead i got in a bream comp yonks ago, and a salmon on a sammy, haha

cheers

Dale.

[Fishing With Mum!]

Thats Tops mate, good work.

[North Head Kingy Frustration]

was out and about monday arvo for a a landbased fish up around little manly

fishing live yakkas hooked up on a metre and a bit of 15kg mono trace running off a floaty down to 8kg mono

i too was duly frustrated after being busted off twice by quite large kingies, both kings took me on a run of a good 40-50 metres before busting me off at my float

any tips that may help me to land the prestige fish

cheers

up ya leader mate, id be usin 50lb braid and 80lb leader for big kings, what gear ya usin?

rod reel?

[Lake Macquarie Dead]

yup, th lakes fairly quiet, try round cams wharf mate near th moored boats near th wooden wharf,'

but,

ive been havin a shocker lol

[Mate Brought Bannana On Board!]

Dale

Personaly I think it was designed with the 8" and 10" screens in mind as they have a higher resolution

in saying that the picture on my HDS 7 is still very good and surprising how much detail it shows.

I could clearly see rocks, trees etc. Baitfish schools are more defined.

I paid $875 for it and it took a couple of hours to install as I had to drill through the transom!

Is it worth it? Still need to use it to find more fish! A lot of money for something that MAY helpto find fish.

It is a lot better picture than the normal sonar image and easier to "read" mine maintains bottom lock at max speed!

hmmm nearly a grand n drillin holes in my transom?

i think id use it more for finding jewholes, ect,

my hds5 maintained bottom locked at 65kmh, which is flat oout in me old haynes, haha

th sounder n riggers worth as much as th boat..

where did yu pick it up from mate,

i think ill have a play with someones b4 forkin out a grand,

thanks mate.

Dale

[Mate Brought Bannana On Board!]

hey mate, i got a hds5 recently,

and heard about this side scn coming in 2010,

if ya dont mind me asking?

how much is it worth?

and is it worth th cash,

cheers matey

Dale

[Dollys Off Broken Bay]

Dale,

I have been out to the FAD's a few times wilt no real success. I have 1 at the terrigal FAD on a Pink skirt, 1 at the Broken Bay FAD on a purple skirt and 1 that I saw free jumping on the way back near a fish trap on a blue skirt. None drifting baits or casting lures and all under sized (50-60cm) right next to the FAD so as of last week not there yet for me anyway. I think I am going to give it another go sunday bound to turn up one of these trips.

Rob

cheers rob,

we were thinkin bout goin out of BB tomorrow to th FAD, but, i dont think i will bother..

i dont know where ill go, any suggestions lol

cheers

Dale

[Dollysw Off Broken Bay?]

Went there Monday morning. Nothing to report

thanks mate. you saved me th trip.

cheers

Dale

[Dollysw Off Broken Bay?]

hey guys, heading out off broken bay on sunday,

just wondering if anyone has any reports.

are there any dollys at th FAD yet?

anything around?

cheers guys

Dale

[Dollys Off Broken Bay]

hey guys, heading out off broken bay on sunday,

just wondering if anyone has any reports.

are there any dollys at th FAD yet?

anything around?

cheers guys

Dale

[Hair Tails In Cowan?]

hey guys, jus a quick quesion, thinkin of goin for a hairtail fish tonight?

jus wondering if anyones had any luck in cowan with hairtails?

also with any other species jew breams ect?

cheers

Dale

[Bugatti Reef 09]

As I sit here to type this out, it has been 4 days since last time I casted a rod. My ring and baby fingers still hurt plus the left side of my neck cracks and creeks every time I stretch it! That’s 3x hour and a half massages later with plenty of lying around pool eating and drinking with nothing much more! What gets the body to such a state when your suppose to be on holidays?

Doing this 4-500 times a day with a freaking huge lure on the end!

Then you have to blop a Cubera 125 popper. 125gms, 170mm long back to the boat or twitch back a 230mm stick bait as hard as you can!

Bugatti Reef is situated around a 45min sea plane ride east of Hamilton Island. The plane ride gives you a good idea on what you’re about to fish over the next week.

Mother shipping is the best way to really fish these remote areas. The tenders give you access to shallow sections and blue holes in the reef. Bugatti is known for its GT fishing so casting huge poppers and stick baits was the preferred method. Big tackle was only used just as the same as single hooks with crushed barbs. Stella 1800 reels and Ripple Fisher rods made casting and fighting fish easier. 100lb braid with 100lb twisted leaders were minimum, (2x 100lb in 1) I’d hate to use gear that was anything less in such coral infested water!

Fishing was tough going but enough bites to keep you casting all day long. Technique was everything to get bites and keep them on your line. It was hard to not strike and just wind onto the fish before you try to “rip it’s ____ing head off” as the guides would say it! This type of fishing is definitely not for everyone but hell it’s addictive!

Nothing compares to a 30kg fish smashing lures off the surface, a reel screaming off with near 10kgs of drag, your body thrown against the side of the boat with you screaming “I think I got one!” Heaven I tells ya!

I was very lucky with the group I was with. Guys from many different backgrounds and I only new 3 at the start. By the end of the trip I had made many new friends and contacts. We all swapped around fishing on each of the boats with different guides and fishers. It kept it interesting and learnt many new things every day. The knots and rigging were totally amazing and I have many more hours of practice ahead of me to get close to these guys! Well I think I have found my new addiction and now I’ll never laugh at guys telling me I need to start training 3 months out before the trip.....

Tell me whats wrong here?

So there you have it, trip of a life time and yep plans are already started to go again!

Cheers

Greg

great report matey..

love th pics

[Our Salmons Action...swansea 18th 7th]

Hi Dale you've got hold of some good salmon there..... what part of the coast is Moon Island associated with please mate if you don't mind letting peple know where you were fishing thru a loud speaker lol

Cheers

jewgaffer

haha, th loud speaker was a responce to another swanswa salmon post by another member with a bit of cheekyness,

moon island is just outside swansea channel mate..

cheers

Dale

[Our Salmons Action...swansea 18th 7th]

this morning me and my brother inlaw when out with our boyfriends drew in his hornet after some salmons on bream gears,

after reading the report yesterday we were looking out for the old local with the loud speaker to inform us the salmons school was here..

got out about 6,30 n headed out to moon island for a look, we seen about 6 boats around to th right of th breakwall, possibly waiting for salmons..

we didnt see any so we headed back into th lake to fish for breams, thennn...

all hell broke lose..

salmons everywheres.,,

we prob got 30 salmons between th 3 of us in about 3 hrs,

all on plastics,

except one which was caught on a sammy 65

piccs...me n a salmons on a sammy

drew n a fat salmon

andrew n some salmons

me n a salmons

cheers

Dale..

[Back Onto Blackies]

hye roberta,

have yu tried targeting them with blades?

down this way they love me...

just something to keep in mind..

cheers

Dale

[A Dayy Late:(]

Good fish man!!!

yeah...would have been better too get during the comp!!

oh well....thats fishing...when you least expect it u'll probably score!!

Go the jigging grubs!! (BTW banana prawns are still better )

Jeff

lol, bring a gulp shrimp near me and ill stab you,

honest, haha, did ya get my pm mate.

cheers

Dale

[Abt]

I was wearing a fishraider beenie

I went crap undersize bream and bycatch and a good smoking by a big bream to which Scottie said that just cost you $500 for big bream in the spot where he caught the two 1.59kg bream the following day and then stirred me up by telling me he caught my fish

Jack is known as Wacko on here

They were fishing cockle beds in the middle of the lake

Anyway Im looking forward to next weekends classic at Sussex now

yeah i seen ya mate, i was gunna shout out but woulda looked like a goose,

yeh i seen scottys fish,

big ayy, see th bream in my other post, went jus over a kilo, i needed it a day earlier,

haha, its always th way,

whats this social at sussex mate?

what else do yu fish other then abts? coz im lovin these bream atm,

cheers mate,

Dale

[Abt]

Bit rough on friday wasnt it

Glad I was with Scottie Towner in a decent sized boat would have hated being in a tinny

Didnt weigh a bream(got a few undersize) but caught plenty of bycatch including a 40cm blackfish on a blade

yehh, was windyyy as, lol,

nice 3-4 ft waves too in th deaper parts, lol

i fished with jack olmos on th first day, we done alrite after we sorted all our problems,

it was strange to see many ppl fishing in to middle of th lake, spun me out,

how'd you end up going mate,?

were yu wearing a fish raider hat my any chance?

was a hard weekends fishing,

i was thinking of th saying " a bad day fishing is still better then your best day at work"

and begin to doubt it..

haha

but, thats fishing..

cheers

Dale

[A Dayy Late:(]

Shame, Dale! I know how you feel! I caught the 'biggest bream' the day before Round 4 of the ABT Kayak FIshing Comp earlier in the year! Would have won me $500!

Funny how you fish better when there is less pressure on you to perform??

Those mouldy cheese jiggin grubs are good, eh??

Cheerio

Roberta

its always th way thou isnt it roberta, lol

i dont think it waas th pressure thing, i think it was th fact tat th second day that we fished th wrong end of th lake, lol

owell,

i wasnt a fan of those 3inch mouldy cheese grubs, but they did th job yesterday, abt i used 2inch watermelon jiggin grubs, there th best, 3inch are too fat for my liking,

owell,

i think ill b trekin it for th gold coast ABT,

first taste of a tournement n loved itt..

cheers

Dale

[A Dayy Late:(]

hey guys,

after fishin abt friday n sat, thought wed go out for a relaxed fish today...

got a few small bream

...

and,

this bream, 36fork, about a kilo,

on a 3inch jiggin grub..

coulda done with th extra wieght for my bag yesterday,

owell,

thats how it happens,

we needed five of these yesterday jeff!

cheers Dale

[Abt]

hey guys,

fished day one of th lake mac abt today,

third cast with a ck landed this,

not bad, but, where was it for pirtek, haha,

hard day fishing in 40+knot winds,

1 bream .68kg

tomorrow can only get better

cheers

Dale

[Few Fish Today Brisbane Waters]

CRACKING Trevs boy's, yet to catch one on plastics..... Any tips?

hey mate, they were both caught on a 2" green bass assasin under a boat whilst sinking,,

soooo.

not much of an idea, but i hope it helps, lol

Hey ImDale

That last photo shows a seriously good Trev

Did you measure?? Love to know.

Cheers

Trapper Tom

hey tom, nah sorry didnt manage it, but it was a tankk..

if i was to guestimate prob 40's??

cheers

Dale

[Few Fish Today Brisbane Waters]

G'day Dale,, good to see a few came up for for luring efforts, that's some nice gear you have there too,

were you fishing around the Hardys Bay area, I only ask as I've had a blertathon on SP's there before.

Congrats to you and yor mates..

Cheers..

not too sure ray, was fishing with a mate was my first time on brizzy water,

soo, i wouldnt have a clue, lol..

nice pig in your post mate, would love to get onto a few of them buggers, lol

cheers dale