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Thans Nathan, if you want them they are there- hiding in the shallows... I saw 5 all over 40cm and 3 of them were over 45cm- absolute tanks! they were sitting in about 1foot of water behind the wharf I berleyed them out ino the open and sight casted for them (or therebouts). Yep we will def smash em up when you get back to Sydney- heading to Botany with Johnny Monday mornign eary start- gonna try and troll the heads for bonnies then go smahs some jew up the georges river (hopefully) got 1kg of ultra fresh squid and some fresh mullet to slab up- might even take the heay gear I keep getting dusted on 10/12/15lb even LB. me thinks going 20 and 30lb for Monday just in case some Kings show up round the usualy haunts. Thanks again for the reply mate, hook up soon Anth

G/W slinky thats a great session Fresh fillets for Good Friday you cannot get much better than that- just to top off with a few brews Love Good Fridays fresh fish meals with chips and calari rings- YUMMO!!!!!! Tight lines Anthony

Went back to my old haunt on Lant Cove River last night after work for a LB Bream bash. nailed this beaut 41cm (1.9kg) Breambo dot on midnight. Saw him cruising the shallows with 4 more that were bigger then him. missed 3 huge fish after they all went screaming run and then bit leader Water was boiling with poddy's and lots of surface activity. great night solo runs the shizz Tight lines Anthony

AWESOME work from the yak mate Even @ Soapie size they make a great meal Bonapetite! Tight lines Anthony

Hey Jez, just be aware that some places you hire boats from have restrictions on how far out you can go and some wont allow you to take them out of "line of sight" from the boat hire shop- and some of the larger vessels you refer to require for you to have a fully licensed driver as insurance premiums for driving a boat unlicensed are very high. My suggestion is to do your homework well before you organise a trip- if you get there without doing the required investigations you might be very disappointed on how far you are able to travel in a single day or wiorst case scenario is the may refuse you to hire the baot if you dont have a license or dont have someone on baord who has a license. Either way hope you manage to get on a boat one day and brain em Tight lines Anthony

Nice haul there Charles. Thats a great feed of fishies right there Cannot wait for my next sand adventure- love fishin the beaches, so reelaxing! Anthony

Great going mate! Who'd have thought a Snap on a downrigger? thats freakin genius Tight lines Anthony

Pretty much most ferry wharves or pontoons and jetty's should hold some yakkas, wherever there is light, but sadly they can get crowded and thats the good thing about winter- only the die hards go out @ in winter so you only have like 2-6 weeks of that then most will bugger off and go into winter hibernation till spring/early summer. Google Maps is awesome have a look and get some marine maps you can then cross reference the google map to the marine map to locate the holes/gutters/sand banks before you go out You can download the marine maps online for free but they are in PDF format, else you can go to Maritime Services they cost $8- per map there are shedloads of them. make things MUCH easier! Lookin forwards to hearing bout ya exploits Tight lines Anthony

Great Bluey Pete, thats a stonker! havent see one like that big since I was a wee tacker up the Nth Coast- my grandfather used to get them from Harrington breakwall up to 2/3kg and they are fantastic on the place. Tight lines mate Anthony

Thats a great read Tony! ... Hope you dont mind I thought I'd add my own little except from my own poem I wrote about hiw much fishign means to me- and has for a long time: The changing seasons means we are now greeted by cool crisp mornings, and low orange sunrises. The coming months will give way to the die hard fishos who brave the long winter nights searching for elusive and sometimes mystical creatures of the deep, and the flocks of summer anglers will go into a fitful slumber till spring. I love winter- its a time for true reflection- solo nights and early mornings on the rivers and beaches- pelogics move away up the coast. Surfers adorn their winter steamers amid cold waters where the southerly swells roll in and crash in huge balls of whitewater on the unbroken sand. these combined can provisionally make any die hard jewie or taylor or snapper fisho go weak in the knees. Its the solitude and tranquility of those cold cold mornings and late nights that gets me going, knowing that only the bravest of souls dare to try and tame the winter fish that lurk beneath the rise and fall of the waves. We all ride your own wave in some way- but its true fishing binds us all toghether- the rewards of winter fishing are endless so go out and get some action if you dare! I will be there, the lone soul standing amongst the rolling swells of time, with a long rod in my hand and some strip or worm baits, life it meant to be simple. so why complicate something as pure as fishing with crowds, its the ones why find thier own soul and wear it on their sleeve and are proud of heritage from past family members are the ones who find their own place in the fishing fraternity and reap the rewards they all deserve. fishing is too good to give up, but once you find that "special" spot where you are all alone you know the world is still turning, but time stands still. Winter fishing is poetry in motion for me, many a night spent on the rivers and beaches in the low light of day, freezing but still optimistic of the warmer waters to come as they bring with them back, the pelagics and fish that we love- but its the darker side that draws me in, like a smiling assassin one could never know the feeling- that is... unless you are a die hard fisho too... Tight lines Anthony

G/W Leo. Trevs are mad fun on silly string! I got some round same size myself on the coast- right on the peak of the tide got dusted on a big one that went hell for leather early and managed to reach the structure. Oh well thats fishing and hence the reason why we keep going back.

Thanks mate, they are very old spots I just knew they were there, most people fished the racks from what I saw dont know if they got anything though, but I suspect they should have if I was getting into them on the weed beds the rack should have been firing also! Awesome Nathan, thats definitely a plan for the coming weeks. Ive got a few things going on with work and a weekend up the Nth Coast @ the end of this month I'll be hitting up Harrington/Crowdy Head hopng to get out for some Pearlies and Reds now I have got my GPS getting installed this week... if not will fish the river upstream the greenback taylor have arrived and the mullet are on the verge of running. very soon mate we will get out with johnny. Nice 1 Johnny, I have been waiting to take her out since the first run- but IM still learning about how things work- got most stuff sussed now so moving on nicely. We will have to get out for a session very soon. Hows your new job going bro? Thanks again for the replies lads was a top day out. cannot wait for next years comp. Tight lines always Anthony

I reckon prob a juvi groper too. would have loved to have seen a piccie of it. Anthony

I fished in the Pirtek yesterday with my mate Greg. We decided to stick around Brisbane Waters and try our luck at some spots I used to fish well over 20years ago. First cast I snared a 52cm flattie and after that we got into some choppers and yakkas from the same location. After we got sick of the choppers we moved to the drop off near Woy Woy where I got monstered and hooks didnt stick too well, the result was a catapulting bait back towards the boat. so we decided to move after no more takes. Lunchtime came and a feed of fresh fish'n'chips from Fishermans Co-op on Woy Woy we hit up Saratoga/Davidtown and found a good patch of fish. Pulled in some very nice Trevs and again got monstered by another ripper trev that dusted me on 14lb- I was spewing! We continued to fish the same spot for lots of just under pinkies and some legal Breambo's and a solo 40cm chopper taylor. Fantastic weather and even better company- I finally blodded the deck of my boat and also my new Okuma Flame F30 on my new Rovex Karobite 3-6kg stick. here's a few piccies of your catch and the 2 smallest fish of the day- a 15cm bream and a 14cm pinkie and one piccie of me'n'greg beside my pride and joy "it's all good"- brooker V14 runabout. Tight lines to all Anthony

Ive had yakkas last full 10/12 hour sessions as long as you change the water every few hours they will survive OK, they are very hardy little suckers- wheras taylor and other baitfish will perish in a few hours unless you got constant fresh water going into the bucket- poddy's last a while again same thing- as long as you change the water regularly. Take a small butterfly net and a spare bucket to change the water into thats the best thing you can do- try and avoid man-handling the yakkas they go into stress (you will notice a badly stressed one will have dark stripes going vertically down its back) they wil be the first to die off- if you get any that die remove them from the tank/bucket immediately and slab it up and use as a cut bait to avoind further stress to the rest of the livies as it seems to be contagious- once a fish dies the others will go into stress mode aswell and if you dont remove them they will all die off quickly and suddenly. Good luck mate Anthony

Mate you should be able to scale the piccies in Microsoft Paint (provided you use a Windows based PC) if you use a Mac then use iPhoto. To do this- right click image-> Open With-> Paint Go to Image menu-> Select "stretch/Skew" Go to 50% first for both axis and you should be able to upload fine- thats how I do it never had problems (and I work also in IT) You can continue to scale but remember to save it as a different file name so you keep the opriginal format and sizing. saves you downloading another app from internet to do this as its very basic and easier through Paint Hope this helps Anthony

Mate if you cannot get fresh squid then you can always buy a box of California Squid- available @ most good tackle suppliers- thjey're fresh and easy to get a hold of... and most fish LOVE them Ultimately the BEST bait for Jew is fresh caught Squid but they also like live poddy's and mullet strips- now with the Mullet about to run for spawning you will likely find they are hungry for Mullet I'd personally be taking both to any proospective Jew spot coz you never know what they will take. Learning to catch your own bait like squid, yakkas, mullet is just as rewarding as putting them out for the monsters of the deep- IMHO you should learn to catch your own ultra fresh bait as it will save you a packet on bought bait and you will always have fresh available- nothing beats your own caught bait and nothing will ever come close to it IMHO Tight lines Anthony

Thats a cracker mate great work! Love the Central Coast mate Patonga dn Broken Bay are very special places for me- I know you'll be going back for more soon... jewie fishing is highly addictive.. def in my top 3 species to catch. Anthony

Surfers will only tell you where the shallow water is and where the rips are- as surfers use the rips to get out to the banks faster with less effort- on the lee side of the rip you will likely find the channels and gutters. DOnt be afraid to walk along with your line in the wash as this can be very productive- esp for Salmon/taylor and jewies which move in and outr of the gutters frequently Spizza, PRED-ATOR and Jewhunter are ALL on the $ - be observant and also dont fish near surfers its just not cool Tight lines Anthony

Great catch Prawn Star- double on jew rates very highly in my books They dont get much better than those mate B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L! love jewies just now to get my own Tight loines Anthony

Nice work Jez- thats a cracker! you wont be forgetting that one in a hurry, and the release of the smaller mod makes the metrey that much more satisfying Keep em comin mate Anthony

Ande, Stren, Maxima, Momoi all good mono lines and for leaders I like Black Magic and Jinkai. Hope this hel;ps Anthony

Nice Breambo's mate Cannot wait for winter, means uncrowded beaches- jew and big taylor from the sand. Top effort mate- Nthn Beaches are firing ATM. Anthony

I like very much. Nice rig mate gotta be happy with that!

Nice feed there mate, legal bream taste good but there isnt much to em, lol gee whizz a 90cm sambo is HUGE! ... any piccies of the beastie??? Tight lines Anthony