kiwipea

Ok if i tack on to this topic and ask same question about bout where to catch carp, but up round the Gosford, Wyong, Central Coast area And another (maybe stupid question): corn kernels used for bait, take it that is cooked corn and not raw corn, and noticed someone said edgell's super sweet was good. Is that baited up straight from the can ?? kp

Have fished Hargraves a lot over last few months and have pulled in plenty of salmon. Fully agree with above post from "Fezza" on the Paternoster rig with a sliding snell hooks (much easier to put hooks in pillie and can adjust sliding hook to size of pille) I also wrap some really fine elastic "string" around pillie, really helps in keeping bait on hooks longer. Fine elastic can be bought from shops like Spotlight, bout $3 spool. More than half the salmon I caught were on a surf popper. I just have a second short trace with a surf popper on about 20cm above above pillie bait trace. If your pillie bait is chewed off early at least the surf popper may pick up a fish. One problem with surf poppers though, the hooks in them are pretty much rubbish and had several hooks snap when winding in a fish, big 60-70cm salmon tho. Stick with it you will hook up, and chat to some of the locals they're a friendly lot, most don't mind passing on advice kiwipea

Interested to read if you do find any pipis, from what I hear the pipis have been pretty much skinned out and are few and far between kp

Suggest you try Hargraves Beach, (just a bit north of Jenny Dixon) entry to beach from Werepi St. I fish off the beach from time to time and most times catch a feed. Gets pretty busy over the weekends, counted 18 rods over couple hundred mtrs of beach few weekends back. Friendly bunch and most are willing to chat about rigs, bait and what the have caught Good luck with it kp