bung

thats actually a northern bluefin (longtail) tuna. nice fish anyway your reel's upside down!

the fish in the first article is 148cm - 42kg second fish stated at 1.8m (about right) and should be in the 40+kg bracket i would think even though it is relatively lean. either way its a top fish.

bloke in the 2nd article needs his scales checked. that fish is a lot bigger than 29kg!

both...

the last time they dredged the entrance it stayed open for a couple of years.

no reason why the jews wouldn't be there when all the other poo is around. only time i'd be getting rays etc and 99% confident the jews arent around is if its's dead flat or close to. we have caught other poo species too when conds are like that - sand crabs, big puffers and dirty big catfish where they shouldnt be!

1. 10kg jew next bait and 10min after a 3ft whaler. bugger all bites before hooking the whaler so i figured if the gutter's ok for noahs should be ok for jew (tide was just past mid-flood and gutter was looking better) 2. 18kg jew about 20min after one of those blind sharks. gutter i was fishing had broken reef nearby so not a surprise with the shark. 3. we get jew in amongst plenty of rays/wobbys/jacko's/shovellys/whalers etc etc at one of our rock spots.

"Everybody Loves Raymond"

Re: 14ft rods. If you get one, get a graphite/glass composite blank. they a heap lighter than straight glass blanks.

perfect size!

pretty sure it's a waverider operated by Sydney ports authority, not a "FAD" per se.

they are absolute shark magnets if used as slabs off the beach

last time i heard palmy wharf and taylors pt were ok for fishing, just be courteous and bring your lines in when the ferry comes at palmy. even church pt wharf is fish ok and it is pretty busy.

they opened it up earlier this year but natural coastal processes can close the entrance quickly with waves filling it in with sand. perhaps council should have dredged the entrance earlier/more often but it is expensive business (50000 cubic m is a lot of sand)

when you open up a btr expect to be slightly overwhelmed! looks complicated but its not too bad - pulled mine apart and put it back together without the schematics before.

No sh1T I'm also moving to SF for 2 years and will be taking some fishing gear (can't fit it all in the luggage). Would be good to know another aussie fisho over there. Do you know where you'll be based? Will PM you. Cheers Bung

shark or eagle ray - those buggers can go like the clappers.

http://www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au/care/water/estu...ory/tuross.html

small ones have been known to be released in there as a joke by jewie fisho's

big fat king beach worms are popular bait on NSw north coast - I'd try to get a hold of some of those if i were you. assuming you are fishing bribie, moreton, straddie islands... 2hrs around the high is productive for me. fish your bait on the edge of broken water and not in the middle of the gutters. fresh squid is popular in sydney as a bait but may be hard for you to source. pillies catch fish from time to time but there are better baits. maybe a fresh tailor slab but expect a few sharks on flesh baits. i prefer a slightly heavier outfit - 12ft rod 6.5in alvey and 20lb mono. jewie season should be just starting up in qld

that's fine... but the reason squid stocks change from season to season is cause the masses are told where the squid are on - they all converge on the same spot - guess what? all fished out, i wonder why? time to find a new spot. I prefer to keep my cagey squid and jew spots under my belt...

there were plenty of rat kings between june and august on the snapper reefs last year.

you find a good spot and your gonna cruel yourself by telling everyone? each to their own i guess. could be the juno point of the harbour (in more ways than one)

as netic said if bagged up properly it wont get freezer burn or frosty. we've used squid up to a couple months old for jew. (i might add my mate caught the ANSA record jew on rank squid that was at least 6 months old!) when you defrost it the flesh should still be firm and still a bit translucent.

i'd say they would corrode, no worries washing it in the surf during the session but best practice to give it a good freshwater rinse after.