Sammy

Nice Christmas present for you there Great catch

Nice Red there champ.. Happy Days!

My lips are drooling Breambo's like that are my favourite catch good onya mate great haul

That's the spirit Some nice bream there mate..reminds me that I got to get out there and have a bash myself

Fantastic effort there champ!! That's a cracker of a Bream..I fish the Bay quite a bit and my PB from in there is 36cm so good onya Happy days indeed

G'day mate, it looks like some sort of wrasse? I pulled up something similar as well today and I too found the bay quiet and mind you we fished it hard with quality baits as well! The day wasn't wasted totally when we pulled in a 36cm Bream on 8lb line! Tight Lines Sam

Great Bream mate.. you've got my fav bait sorted out as well eh works a treat

Nice work there.. I've seen a decent Jew pulled out of there so add that to your list as well

Nice read there champ... made me laugh as I'm sure every fisho has that happen to them as well and thought to themselves yep I've had one of those days!! hey at least you were out there having a go beats what I was doing laying a slab of concrete

Nice Trev there champ..they go well don't they Bet you thought more than once that you were going to loose him always happens when your catch nice Trevs landbased well done on landing him

Good on you mate.. always good to get away with the kids and spend some time on the water, catching fish is a bonus

Thanks guys.. appreciate the tips will definately bring the rods now and attempt to hire a boat for a few hours one morning

G'day Raiders, I have an opportunity to go up to Hardy's Bay during the school hols and was just wandering how the place fishes? you know whether to bring the rods ( beach/land based ) etc and what can I expect to be on the chew this time of year? I'll probably bring all types of rods as I can't help myself but any tips that can be provided will be greatly appreciated Cheers

Sounds like a great day out..mate the bay sure surprises for wildlfe.. I remember sitting there one day near Kurnell catching those pesky Snapper when an almighty splash about 5 metres woke me right up.. it was a huge seal chasing the Snapper on the end of my line It's times like this you wish you had the camera on board eh

Great looking feed there pengiun..unlike most at least you where out there and got yourself amongst it

That's a great session there mate.. isn't it great fishing different waterways and getting great results well done

Funny story when you lose a mate in the drink, once had someone on board who thought he could still handle his beer in one hand while taking care of nature with the other, sure enogh a little chop from a crusing boat nearby in the drink he goes! to celebrate the occasion we threw the remainder of the burley on him! still raises a laugh Nice catch by the way

Bad luck there mate! At least you got to experience the fight and had a look at her..better than most other ' one that got away' stories..

Beautiful fish mate.. not a bad way to open an account hey.

Top effort there mate.. Good to see you get amongst the Kings and on your new outfit as well

Mate I've never met you but I've read your reports you are the KINGY KING! Well done mate yet another great report/catch

Great Lizard there champ.. aren't they just a beautiful sit when they surface sliding from side to side..ahh I'm getting the itch to get out on the drink again and top marks for releasing her as well

Great Jewie mate that's something I'd like to do next land a cracking jew like that off the beach awesome stuff.

Hi Guys, Thanks for all your support.. it's been the talking point in my household since I got back and I think I need to stop showing the photo now to everyone who crosses my path! A few were definately had around the resort pool the night I caught it, although I did have a hard time convincing the that it was real and not some rubber blow up fish that they let the tourists take photos with Anyway back to the bread and butter fishing now and boy am I looking forward to my next bash..Happy fishing this weekend all

Hello Raiders, I know we're supposed to report on catches in and around Sydney waterways but I simply couldn't resist in sharing my adventure with you all..I figured that you would all appreciate it as the encouragement and support shown on this site is awesome. Last week I was lucky enough to get on a charter in Port Douglas, had the covered with natural spa's and hot stone massages etc so off I went. With expectations not so high due to the number of people booked on the charter I thought here we go another bottom bashing tangled up frustrating charter. Whilst we did get a bit of that in the begining especially with the non fishos on board it did get better as the more 'experienced' fisho's started reserving the more strategic parts of the boast Cut a long story short after a good few hours of bringing up coral trout, small tooth nanagyis,mangrove jacks,sweetlips.. it came time to through out a livie so I kept on pestering the deckie to put a small reef fish out on the livie rod. After some negotiating and re-arrangement of the bottom bashing lines we cast the next caught livie out and I volunteered to bring in the unsuspecting victim. What followed was simply breathtaking and what dreams are made off.. I had to pinch myself that I wasn't watching an ET special instead buckle down for some serious winding action. This beautiful GT came in at 34kg's and took nearly 40 mins to land and I must add I have never experienced arm pumping like that it was simply an awesome fight and one I will never forget.. She was realsed in good health to reproduce again and hopefully again. As you can probably tell I'm still pumped by my experience.Happy fishing to you all and may you all experience something like this in your lifetime. pic to follow soon