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    Stonkers!- Parra River Firing (now with piccies)

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Good Work Anthony,

    I have had a few attempts at the Parra without much luck I think Ill keep at it,

    Dont drink too much!!!!

    Johnny and I will be out there again next week if you are free lets meet up for a sesh,

    Regards,

    Nathan

    Sounds good Nathan, I got your TXT so will give you a call likely monday to orgainse an outing and tee up with Johnny.

    Thanks for the replies everyone I'll upload the piccies ASAP once I get them off the camera.

    Stonkers!- Parra River Firing (now with piccies)

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by wannabefisho

    I fished my mate Dougy's backyard again last night.

    It was really slow to start off with being the first hour of the run-in upon arrival.

    After trying various baits (including fresh yakkas, fresh chicken and taylor strips) we finally came up trumps on Mulet strips.

    Dougy was the first to land a nice little 33cm Bream, then it was my turn- a nice healthy 35cm model that gave my new Tsunami 4-8kg flicker rod and Daiwa Regal 2500 a workout in close on 10lb. Dougy snared a monster fish that went 39cm and it was high 5's all round
    :1yikes:
    . With 3 in the bag we decided just one more fish- then I hooked a solid fish that was more weight then fight, until it realized it was in fact hooked...

    zzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzz...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzz.....
    :yahoo:

    The Daiwa Regal was singing and dougy had to drop all his gear to grab the net for me.

    After a few tense moments and a few more short runs I had my 39.5cm Breambo safely in the bucket, and although not as chunky as Dougy's monster it was longer by all of half a cm.

    WOO-HOO! STOKED!
    :thumbup:

    Last baits deployed and start packing up to come home, then Dougy's rod does a short dance- unknowing what we had hooked I watched as Dougy pumped and wound his little rod which was under some serious load and up came a monster Blue Swimmer Crab. Some crafty netting skills (by yours truly!) and we have a complete bag of bruisers all taken on fresh Mullet strips and 6-10lb braid/flouro leader and long shank hooks.
    :1fishing1:

    We got some piccies but they're on Dougy's camera- we will try to upload them later tonight if we aint too hammered... after all its NYE!

    Tight lines everyone and safe NY

    :beersmile:

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    Anthony

    :)

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    Beach Worming

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    G'day buddy, mate in my limited experience with catching these blighters I have been led to believe that rain is a time when they wont show, also very strong onshore winds, and naturally when the beach is full of people tramping all over the place. Have been worming up at Crescent head with an old chap who could pull them out of anywhere and he told me these things many years ago.

    As for keeping them fresh, well he would take them from his bucket and roll them in cool dry sand, then run the worm through his fingers and de-slime them, after this they were crumbed in some nice dry cool sand again, now these worms after being placed in some sandy newspaper and kept in a cool place would last 2 and sometimes 3 days and I can assure that that this old timer from Crescent really new how to do it, since passed this gent but his learnings will always be remembered..

    Yep, what Ray said...

    I used to catch them with my grandfather when I was a kids along with pippies.

    I can assure you onshore winds are a big turn-off for worms- but you can still get a few for a session if you are persistent.

    I havent wormed in nearly 20 years. We used to wash them out in a bucket first or water first, then roll them in the dryest sand you can and store them someshere dry and dark (we stored ours under a caravan) and they lasted up to 4 days if you repeat the process of washing and rolling.

    Im fairly keen to try it again this summer - just to find a suitable location where people traffic is minimal to snare a few then lob them out for some whiting sounds like a perfect afternoon of fishing to me :P

    Merry Xmas and tight lines to all

    Anthony

    :)

    Harrington Bar Crossing

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by wannabefisho

    Fezza, the bar is really dangerous. I was a regular fisho/visitor to Harrington in my former years we went there every holiday from when I was 4yo till I was 18yo, and have seen people drown near the mouth of the river and over behind the breakwall, I dont think its worth risking personally. We used to know the local beach inspector who was usually the first on the scene when there was a fatality or someone needed assistance.

    Launching Harrington is great if you want to go over to the Manning Point Flats or head upstream to the farmlets, but not to get outside... besides the best fishing is NE wide of Diamond Head and up to Port Mac and Laureton.

    Good luck while you are up there- you might run into some of the resident Pearl Perch and Snapper, and if you are real lucky you might pull a Teraglin from one of the reefs.

    Tight lines

    Anthony

    N Z Snapper In January

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

    Posted

    Corromandel mussel barge gets my thumb up as well. Beware the xxxos kingies who have a liking for weighted 9 inch suggos.

    Not to mention jigs and live slimeys... just ask big banana about stretched arms on a rampaging 36kegger on a jig :1yikes:

    I went to Bay of Plenty and also Bay of Islands, we got some nice Red's to 4kg in a few hours on a charter on sunset back when my partner was pregnant with our first child, either way if you get on a boat you should be "on like donkey kong" :thumbup:

    Good luck budd, hope you brain em'

    Tight lines

    Anthony

    Weird Looking Fish

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    dude its brown and black

    If its brown and black its an Old Mans Boot (...or common name of Wirrah)- and you be better off eating a boot they are horrible tasting fish.

    Poor Mans Lobster are Red Rock Cod not any other species I am aware of, lol

    Tight lines

    Anthony

    Going Fishing Tonight But Not Sure Where To Go On The Central Coast

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    I got donuts last night off the sand, water temp is down and there are very few fish around. :1badmood:

    Lots of red weed on all beaches ATM- my braid is covered in it and needs to be stripped and reloaded- pain in the butt! :ranting2:

    I was fishing live beach worms, pillies, fairly fresh arrow squid and fresh mullet strips for 2 lousy Ray's- my mate got 2 small Dart on ganged pillies- we fished from mid-arvo till just on midnight. :1fishing1:

    Hope you have better luck than we did

    Tight lines

    Anthony

    Groper Fishing

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    :1yikes: thats a beast!

    Great catch mate. Only ever caught juvies myself but my grandfather caught a few nice 50cm+ models when I was a kid... surprisingly on a beach worm intended for a school jew on mid-nth coast.

    Tight lines

    Anthony

    :)

    Im Getting Hooked Ion Beach Fishing

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    It pays to look around bigger beaches aswell as the gutters change frequently whereas on smaller beaches or enclosed beaches dont change too much.

    I like to fish areas next to structure like reef and bombies where I can or where an entry/exit to a tributary or lake pours into the beach for better catches. Bags may consist of flatties/taylor/salmon/jew/whiting/trevs and flounder.

    Good luck!

    Tight lines

    Anthony

    :)

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