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Great report mate! and i nice piece of gear with the i pilot
Im starting to get the hard body bug myself
Pete
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Yeah the other one was a slightly bigger jaz zappa 55 clear green back which I lost last week to a bream in Port Hacking
i got a couple of them
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Congrats on first surface bream
Got a few bream and whiting on surface down there as well in my boat around the islands
Seems like they only wanted small surface lures the one I used was a scumdog in hooch
Good work mate neil said you were using them and another type too after i went out with him he bought a few for himself too
pete
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Hey guys here is a couple of quick reports from over the holidays
Well i didnt fish as much as i would of liked to being boatless for a few weeks and sorting out the new boat was a pain in the ass but i did manage a few good days
Fished st georges basin with my uncle in his skeeter just after new years with my aim to get some bream on hard bodys and surface, first stop and we could see fish hitting the surface and our hopes were high. my uncle quickly landed 3 decent bream but i could only get followers that would shy away or miss the hooks at the last moment
after many lure changes i decided to try a squidgy grub rigged on a weedless worm hook and almost instantly had success. Using 1lb fireline and 3lb leader which i intended to use for normal plastic fishing, i was abit worried about getting busted off but i kept on persisting and hooked up to a great fish that took plenty of line, after a few nervous moments around the electric motor finally i landed my first top water bream and not a bad size too soon after the the surface action died and we headed out a little deeper, it was slow going to start and after a few changes in location we hit a nice patch of fish mostly bream and reddies. I landed around 6 reddies between 34-36cm and pulled hooks on one that would of been over 40cm and landed 7 or 8 bream between 30-39cm all solid fish in great condition
Today....
Hit the bay with my old man this morning and it was off to a promising start 3rd cast my old man lands his pb flattie really fat and full of rowe that went 74cm on 4lb gear
Alot of missed hits later i hooked up to a really nice whiting around the 40cm mark and while fumbling to get the net it pulled hooks on me
For me this was the theme of the day gettin busted off another 3 time's by good fish but my old man landed a heap of nice bream and trevs and all i could manage to get into the boat were some under sized flatties..Oh well thats fishing i guess and its good cause it means the old man will be keen to go out soon again
All fish were released on both days
Thanks guys
Pete
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Top couple of fish mate
I havnt caught a decent bream on blades in a while most of them falling to plastics so i might have to dust them off
Pete
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Hi All,
was wondering if someone can help me out with alternative offshore fishing locations close to South West Rocks.
Went there for the first time 2 years ago and had the best weather but last year was a write off. Out of 2 weeks we managed to get out 2 days and crossing the bar on one of those days was pretty frightening.
For this trip (jan or feb depending on weather), I was wondering if there are alternative ramps to the North or South (don't mind driving) which allow you to get offshore?
What are Crowdy Head or Coffs like?
Thanks Rick
pretty sure there is a ramp near the goal mate maybe try that out
Pete
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What a great fish! and i wouldnt rip into anyone who kept one but i deffently wouldnt keep an impoundment fish for a feed
All fatty and silty tasting i would of had more pleasure in catch and release personally
Im goin up there in the start of march
my cousine runs a holiday park up there so all i have to pay for is petrol driving up there and maybe some loss tackle pete
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you could also sandblast it or use a weak acid soloution
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Too bad on the lack of legal flatties mate!
But yeah i have seen them that big in 1.5m of water there too! once i was winding my plastic really fast to get ready to net my old mans fish and 2 of them stormed the plastic and totally missed it
and the other time i had a decent trev on and i had it floundering on the surface ready to net and a big kingy took the blade hanging out of his mouth Still a great thing to see
cheers
Pete
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ok so mid next year i am looking to get a bream/bass boat and i am confused as to what flavour.
I want a 17-18 ft,
4-5 people,
115-150
and a tournie layout ie rod lockers and livewell under deck storage etc.
i mainly fish bream and bass with the ocasionall muck around flathead with the kids.
i am not interested in offshore snapper shananigans or the like.....not that there is anything wrong with that.
i have up to 40k and am thinking....
stratos 275 xl
skeeter sx 180-190 evan a second hand zx
What other options are out there
what would you guys recomend
anyone got pics of there set up
thanks guys
My uncle is sellin his skeeter i think its a sx180 lol (i was only on it last weekend) he is selling it through josh aswell so he's the man to talk too
As for set up wise they have great storage and really stable even with a decent wind chop
but i think with anyboat in your price range you will be happy with what you get
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Your name: Chris
Your Location: Wentworthville/Western Sydney
Fishing technique: Bream/Bass/EP or pretty much anything on lure
Availability: Pretty much 24/7, I can drop whatever I'm doing on short notice for a trip
Preferred location: Anywhere in Sydney
Provide your own gear? Yes
Provide your own boat? No, but WILL throw in fuel money
G'day all I'm a 25 year old guy who loves his fishing and doesn't get to do enough of it for my liking, I'm in the unenviable position of being stuck on a disability pension (my condition has no effect on my body/fishing ability nor am I batcrap crazy etc) and as a result can't afford my own boat or top of the line snazzy gear or anything so my trips have always been shore based and few and far between, pretty much only whenever I can get out with my mate when he's off work, heck I've never even been fishing in any sort of boat!
I've been umming and ahhing about putting up a post in here since it was launched thinking nah nobody will want to take a useless bugger like me out but I decided to bite the bullet and just ask since everyone is very friendly around here!
So why am I asking? Well like every other fisherman in Australia I've got the lure fishing disease and would love someone to mentor me since learning this stuff on your own is more than a little difficult, I have my own small selection of gear up to the task and will happily purchase whatever lures/leader you think I may need
Gear wise I currently have
1-2kg 7ft 1 peice Mojiko Tournament rod
2-4 7ft Mojiko Tournament rod
2-4kg 7ft Sonic Spin Pro
2500 Sienna FD with 2 spools, 1 with 6lb Fireline and the other with 3lb Fireline crystal I use on my rods and I generally use 6lb Berkley Vanish leader
And a half decent collection of jig heads in varying weights and sizes from 4 - 3/0, a few Kokoda Sprog hard bodies, TT Switchblades and Gillies poppers, as well as an assortment of Squidgy fish in various colours from 65mm-80mm and some Wrigglers to which I plan to add some pro worms, lobbies and bugs in the near future
I know it's not much but it's about all I can afford!
So basically thats me and what I have covered, if you have any more questions for me feel free to send me a PM or whatever I'm more than happy to chat and I hope someone can be kind and show me the ropes!
Oh and for the record I'm pretty much a strictly catch and release fisherman so any fish caught would happily be put back after a photo!
hey mate throw me a pm i might be able to take you out after new years when my new boat is ready
Pete
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You might be lucky but i dont think they will replace it especially the way that you did it
The way you did it could of been only done by "miss handling" it but just try to see what happend
Pete
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Top effort mate! especially in the conditions!
i fished the basin and it was hard goin with all the fresh and all the tannin we landed a few whiting and they were dark but no where near that dark!!1
Pete
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Mate thats a top catch especially in salt water too!
You should of had a drink bottle in the pic to enter the catch of the month
Cheers
Pete
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Hey Guys
I would like to Purefishing all the Raider mods and everyone who voted for my fish
i cant wait to loose them new lures on bigger fish
Cheers
Pete
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The new normal
Great album
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i mainly fish for bream + bycatch so i fish really light and with small lures
not in any order......
ecogear zx35 ... always pulls me out of the shit landed my pb bream and many big flatties on these
berkley 3 inch minnow pearl watermellon and peppered prawn..... my biggest whiting and raider record
fell to one but anything that swims will go for them squidgy pro fish grasshopper and flash prawn... slow rolled or kill and burned i have caught many flatties and alot of others even whiting!
squidgy 80mm wriggler blood worm flash prawn and wasabi .... fished really light and double whipped with long pauses works great landed my pb trev on one last week
My home made blades ...... cant beat the feeling of catching a fish on something you have made
hope this helps
Pete
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A couple of nice fish in a short amount of time guys!
I might have to give you a buzz next time im up there too
Pete
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lol i was expecting to see somthing a few kg's heavier but this is way better
now the missus cant say no to both of you
Pete
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Mate what a cracker that's a jumbo whiting and I would have been doing cartwheels too...I'm amazed how golden they go on the nose.....as opposed to a blue nose bream, lets call'em Gold Noses!!!
They do look great dont they!
Thats the first thing i seen in the water then its bright yellow fins confirmed what it was
Im sort of spewin i didnt release him or her back into the water but the old man loves whiting and we used to catch big ones off the beach at South West Rocks when i was a kid so it sort of brought back memory's
Pete
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Its come that time of year where i will be respooling my baitcaster for a trip up north to chase some Barramundi. The last trip up there (some of you raiders might remember the report) i had lots of difficulty with birdsnests, now it is very likely that it was my technique that failed me. but i still lost losts of line.
At the moment i am looking a few different brands of braid in 50lbs to spool my Calcutta 400b with.
the brands i was looking at are;
Spiderwire in Stealth or Camo (i like the look of the camo)
Suffix performance braid (this is what i used last time, and dad had no issues with it)
Tuf-line XP
Power Pro Spectra
they will all be in 50lb tieing onto 80lb or 60lb leaders and need to hold up to the monduran barra (i am hoping)
Cheers,
Bassboy
the new berkley sense looks the goods and is really thin diameter
Im getting some on the weekend so ill let you know what i think of it
Pete
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You guys should change your names to Estuarypearchboy and Estuarypearchcatcher
You deffently know how to get and im still a ep virgin!!
Cheers
Pete
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Great whiting Pete
Imagine the fish you would have caught if you werent using silly string
yeah i know but its only social fishing so i dont mind loosing a few every now and then
WOAH
Very niiice fish mate and not one to forget quickly.
The pics just don't do it justice, everyone at home should get a ruler out just to get an idea of how bloody big that fish is.
And on 2lb leader too!!!!
Cheers mate! I do the same when i see a nice fish on a report i get the brag mat out and get all jealous of there catch
congrats mate
I'll have to work hard to get my record back
i was looking at your record a couple of months ago and didnt think i would ever get one! even 40cm to me is a massive fish
Whoa monster whiting you've got there. Have pulled a similar sized one before in Kogarah Bay which I thought was a small jewie!
I have a feeling you might have been busted off by tailor or snook. Have had it happen to me before - good fight and then line goes limp! Both tailor and snook love flickbaits.
It was definitely you I saw a couple of weekends back off Kurnell - recognise the flash Skeeter top. Was making a beeline back to the ramp when conditions got a bit choppy. Will definitely stop for a chat next time...
I wish i owned a skeeter. i got it in the skeeter owners comp in august with my uncle, its such a nice shirt to wear and it never gets hot.
Im gettin a stacer soon and ill be off the water for a few weeks while i sort out the set up. its going to feel like a long long time
Pete - congratulations on the new whiting PB and fishraider record
. Those friday arvos are certainly working well for you.Cheers mate! im getting too use to avro fishing i think, i got to get used to early mornings cause i think ill be doin the squidgy southern bream series next year.
Botany bay is the first round so i hope i put in a good showing
And thanks for everyone's kind words!
Pete
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Hey Raiders,
Put the yak in nice and early before the rain at Kogarah Bay ramp today - first time for me there so didn't really now how, where to drop a line but it looked like a nice place to have a paddle. Drifted through the moored boats flicking a soft plastic and 15 mins in got a just legal flattie, which went back in, so very happy there were some fish around. Went for about another 45mins and dropped something, then a snag took my jighead so decided to change to a blade and put on an Ecogear ZX30 - good decision. In next hour caught 4 more flatties ranging from 25 to 35cm, a couple of bream 20 and 25cm and a chopper tailor. All went back in, but it was great fun catching them. Hopefully those flatheads will fatten up and still be around in a month or so. Sorry no pics - don't trust myself with the camera in the yak yet!
Cheers
Great work mate!
Its very unusual to chuck a blade on just after you lost a jig head to a snag but i like your style
It wont be long untill you pick up some nice fish from your yak
Pete
fell to one but anything that swims will go for them 
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I cant wait to get into woolooware for some top water action! Everytime i have been in there it has been really slow so hopefully it picks up soon
Yeah mate got the boat i have done the floor and about to do casting decks but my motor has developed an ignition problem so i got to get it fixed under warranty soon, i have only been out in it 3 times so i havnt been fishing any where as much as i have wanted to but hopefully it will be all sorted soon
Pete