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Hi cjchen i will say hi next time if i see u in the water. Im in the same boat as you. Still waiting to catch that decent kingy. Gonna try using live baits next time hoping to catch better quality fish. How are you using the sluggos? are you just cranking them across the surface?

Hi Flano Im a regular bay fisher in fact im there almost every week. My boat is a 4.15 seajay tinnie and i take it out all the way to the mouth of the bay on calm days. I have no doubt that your vessell can handle the bay on a nice day but only if you feel confident to skipper these waters. Most times i fish early mornings up to about 12pm because it is usually the calmest part of the day there and the wind really picks up after that. I always check weather reports on www.bom.gov.au and wind reports on www.seabreeze.com.au before i decide to go out there. If it gets a little too rough i head back immediately because there is no fish worth risking my life for. As long as you are sensible and confident in your boat and yourself it can be a very enjoyable place to fish as it is quite easy to navigate and holds plenty of fish. Its also a good idea to wear lifejacket at all times too. If its too choppy on the day just fish from wooloware bay back into georges river. Congrats on the new boat

Good work Dhype, looks like your hooked for life now

Nice catch Starman. Good to see kings still travelling as far in the bay as the runways especially with all that dirty water caused from the expansion. Just wondering did you catch the jewie and king on the same type of bait?

awesome catch spongy.

was out in BB on 16th dec. Caught a few Bonnies at the heads trolling about 7am. After that wind was blowing like crazy all across the bay and didnt end up catching much after that. Caught heaps of undersize tailor near the third runway on the way home about 12pm. Wasnt so great day for fishing.

Sambo fillets are quite nice if prepared properly. Need to bleed fish immediately once captured and put onto ice. Take them home and fillet them and remove bloodlines (brown red bits) Marinade for a few hours in fish sauce and sweet chilli sauce and bbq

As far as i know the eastern corner of yarra bay where the breakwall meets the beach, that corner has become a no go zone. ive been told to move or be fined on 2 occasions whilst fishing there in the last month or so.

I've been told to move off a few times whilst fishing in the eastern corner of yarra bay by authourities. This is the spot where i would normally go catch squid and yakkas. Havent had much luck elsewhere.

Sounds like a good day Groper, wish i was out there. I was there on wednesday morning but the southerly wind and huge swells were too much so i packed it in after 10mins on the water. What lure did you land the surface feeding kings on? Ive been finding it hard to get live squid in the bay these days with the no go zone being placed on Yarra Bay Bait grounds.

Ive only caught bream, flatheads and eels there. Havent really been there for a while but i see some people go prawning there through summer. I wouldnt eat anything from Chippo's but apparently the prawns make good live bait. Seen some good sized bream being caught there too. Not many people fish chippo lake coz you cant eat the fish there but its a nice place to take your kids.

mustve been good fun catching those... where did you find them? harbour or bay?

Awesome catch guys. Shame about the kings tho...

Wat an awesome night. You guys woulda had heaps of fun.

hI ROCKFISHERMAN ive caught a few salmon and tailor with metals and find that they can be very good with the tailor. I only have caught fish using metals when i can sight a school feeding on the surface, or maybe see a few tails splashing about. Just cast into the thick of the school and when it hits the surface just crank it back fast so that it swims on or just below the surface. It will generally get smashed after a few cranks. You will get more hits especially with salmon if you match the size of the lure to what theyre feeding on at the time. You could do the same technque with SP's but if its tailor they tend to tear the tails off your SP's and not hook up. If kingies are feeding on the surface i will use this technique with a white Squidgie flickbait.

thanks for putting me on the right direction slinky ... im definitely gonna invest in that book

I really like your boat tuffy. Is it a Stacer nomad? where do you sit when you drive it? or do you drive it standing up?

Sounds like a nice day out. Good onya to the guy that was willing to share his knowledge to help out a fellow fisherman.

Im using it in the same situations as you DGF. So what have you set your sensitivity and chart speed to? mines currently on Sensitivity 90% and Chart 100%

Thanks for the tips. Ive read the manual and it says that if chart speed is at max while stationary you will see fish appear as straight lines and will need to turn it down. I might just keep playing around with it until i get optimal settings

ok ... well i know thoes lines are fish but i thought maybe my settings are wrong thats why they come up as lines not arches

Hi Raiders I was wondering if anyone can help me with my Fishfinder settings. i have an eagle cuda 300 which is a basic fishfinder and i am unable to get any decent fish arches. Usually get dots or series of lines. The transducer is mounted correctly according to the manual but i suspect its the settings that are incorrect. The settings are as below: Range Depth: Auto Sensitivity: 90% Grayline: 60% Chart Speed: 100% Fish ID: Off ASP: Max Can it be my chart speed is set too high? My boat does max of about 30knts and most of the time im stationary or trolling really slow. I know there are fish underneath when things come up on my sounder but just cant get the arches. Can anyone help me??

I was out there yesterday and picked up a few tailor near the third runway and off the breakwall at molineaux point but on the eastern side further towards Yarra Bay. The tailor came and went very quickly. Trolled around kurnell cliffs had a big hook up but the line snapped. Travelled all of the bay looking for some surface action but there was none. Even seagulls were struggling.

use slightly larger live bait ... maybe try trolling a live yellowtail or slimey hooked though the nose. Smaller younger kings are prob more wreckless and eager to smash lures but larger wiser ones might prefer their food alive and fresh. But i spose a bit of luck counts also.

from my knowledge the difference between 50khz and 83khz is the maximum depth that the sonar will work in and if you are only using it max of 30m then you wont ever have to switch to 83 or 50khz