[NORTH HEAD WASH FISHING]

NICE BAG OF REDS STEVE I WAS FISHING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF SECOND ROPE OF THE FRONT LEDGE BUT WAS PLAGUED WITH TREVALLY FINISHED WITH 14 TREVS 3 BREAM & ONLY 1 REDDIE & 2 SALMON WAS FISHING THE SAME TEQNIQUE AS YOU.BUT I WOULD HAVE TRADED ALL MY FISH FOR YOUR REDDIES.

[Parra River Landbased]

nice haul, are fish from parra river ok to eat?

It would take a brave man to eat anything out of the Parra river i would advise against it.

[Botany Bay - shock catch]

You definately need to stay on the ball with these blue ring octopus as it,s not uncommon to catch them on your hook.I have seen about 3 caught over the years around Manly Wharf mostly amongst the ribbon weed beds.

[Monster Bream]

Hey Sambo it would not surprise me if you and that cracker of a bream are of the same age .Your not wrong about the thickness of that fish either that would be the fattest i have ever seen.

[Favourite Blackfish Hook]

I agree with luderick Angler on the Daichi being the best they definately increase your catch rate for sure but some of the old timers out there would never trade there old flattened shank snecks for any other hook out there.

[Whens Hairtail season]

Akuna Bay Hairtail .There cant be a Hairtail Season without Hairtail These fish have certainly copped a over years gone by and its a real shame as they are great fish and pretty good on the plate too.

[Sunday Blackie Session]

Nice bag there it has been a while since i have hit the blackies up and your post has switched me into blackfish mode as soon as the seas settle i am off to fish "the gutters" past little bluefish Manly for some of these tasty fish i can taste those crumbed fillets already

[Sydney Harbour on Weekend]

What a great report good to hear the trevally have started to show in numbers as i love targeting them on plastics great fun & that the bream are thick you cant complain about that.I bet you get the kings next time.

[WESTERLY WINDS]

Where i fish (North Head ) i use a westerly wind to my advantage as it gives me the opportunity to fish in relative safety without the heavy white wash which is what bream prefer.In these conditions i can also fish those in close shallow rock shelves that extend outward from the main plattform & areas were water washes up a plattform & funnels back in a specific.This allows me to keep a unwaighted bait in the strike zone with ease.Useing this method you can catch excellent bags of bream in a short period as for offshore fishing i cant comment as i fish landbase only and have caught bream,drummer.silvers,blackfish,and plate snapper in westerlys providing there is some white water & burley is used to switch fish into feeding mode.

[Heading out at 5am..]

Personally i dont eat anything that comes out of the Sydney harbour that includes the lower reaches near the heads.I have done alot of research on the contamination of our harbour from slipways,stormwater drains,factories,old dumps,Navy depots and the picture paints a very disturbing picture.

[Blackfish Rod Project]

Definately worth restoring that rod the enjoyement and satisfaction you will get from useing a old classic rod you restored yourself beats purchasing a boring new one of the shelf with hypalon grips anytime.Just make sure you stick a centerpin on it when your finished ,black fishing is not blackfishing unless your useing a (pin) Good luck with your project.

[Flatty on plastics!]

What a TANK Your a true angler for releasing the fish as well.

[Finally caught that 1m plus kingie off Sydney!]

Mate thats a cracker of a fish well done .

[New Yabby Pump]

Sorry mate mixed things up a little go to online shop and type in alvey yabby pump washer repair kit.

[New Yabby Pump]

No need to upgrade there mate you can get an alvey washer repair kit of online shop will set you back around $10 bucks just go to online shop and type in alvey yabbie pump.An alvey pump will last you two life times.Ive owned my yabbie pump for over 20 years which was given to me by an old salt and it is showing no signs of wear .

[Kings + 1 fat cuttlefish]

Nothing wrong with cuttlefish for tucker i would rate them better than southern calamari. Well done on the kingies as well

[Syd Harbour]

Nice bag of fish there mate bad luck luck with the kings but im sure you will take the right gun with you next time & get even.

[Another Snapper sesh]

whole plate size reddies under the grill olive oil & lemon salt pepper simply beeeautifull

[mid morning bass]

Well done fellas what a great way to start the day with a good tally of fish and it certainly is awesome when the fish smashes your lure topwater and sends echoes through the creek it certainly sends the heart rate up.

[North Head on the Stones]

Very good idea, I use to surf winki pop and i use to love pulling sea urchin spikes out of my feet and body Ah those were the days.Too many tools out there these days so id rather be

[North Head on the Stones]

Hey Velveteenrabbit,

Those little pickers can be a real pest and if the pickers are finding your bait before the Bream are after 5 mins the chances are the bream are not there so move.If the bream are in your next chosen back wash they will pounce on a bait within seconds so keep moving the bream are always were you find them.I am also sure you were fishing the main platform at old mans try the southern end off the main platform.

( BUT ONLY IN A SWELL OF 1 METER AND UNDER AS THIS SPOT IS VERY EXPOSED & DANGEROUS IN A SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST SWELL ) make sure you have cleats on and a mate with you. Good Luck

[North Head on the Stones]

Hey Benoz,

I too was down old mans sunday morning from 5.30am to about 7.30 i spent the early part of the morning spining with a 30 g halco for total of (1) bonito lucky i had a back up plan targeting bream down there in 1 of the washes and finished up with five bream the best one going 42 cm caught on unwaighted salted bonito strips.

[North Head on the Stones]

Hi All

Quick report

Spent 2 Sundays in a row, fishing from the stones at old mans hat with a few fellow raiders. Weather was good, little wind and a NE swell provided calm conditions - that’s about where the good news ends.

Both weekends we were trying for kingies. Spinning metals, jigging soft plastics, floating yakkas and pillies.

Hardly any surface action what so ever, lots of little stripies nibbling out bait away, and barley a bite to speak of.

Just before we were about to pack up yesterday, the rod with a ganged pillie on it goes off and up comes a very nice 1.5-2kg bonnie, which put on a goot fight. 5 minutes later, the tail of my soft plastic got bitten off - then back to all quiet. We left 45min later right on dusk.

Was still good fun to get out of the house, get a line wet with good company.

Only thing missing was the fish !

[3 pb"s in one day]

Thats a good result and one of my favourite pursuits well done.I am also interested in the identification of your fish as black bream i have taken black bream around Dobroyd Point and these took on a much darker colour a deep bronze and they were slightly rounder in the head with a pure black tail and very dark pectoral & anal fins.Do you have a shot of your bream in full size you could possibly have a hybrid bream a cross between a yellowfin & black bream.

Cheers Spinman

[Does this happen to anyone else?]

First thing i would be checking is the condition of your guides if one of them is cracked that is your problem.