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    Port Hacking again

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by Yowie

    Headed out this arvo to Maianbar flats to pump some nippers. Some of the nippers are a bit soft due to the large amount of fresh water in the system.

    I caught the smaller whiting there, just over size. Nothing else but toads pinching the nippers.

    Headed to Gunnamatta Bay just before sunset. Anchored on the edge of the sandbank, rising tide. Baits into the deeper water, and nippers onto the shallow sandflat behind the boat.

    Nothing in the deep water, baits just sitting there. A few smaller tailor splashing but not taking any pillies. The nippers produced a lot of pickers, and an occasional crab though most fell off before getting to the boat. I used mullet fillets that I salted from last week, tougher for the crabs to hold on to. Bream on the nippers.

    On full darkness, I up anchored and tried a couple of drifts over the flats, and scored the larger whiting, but that was it, so headed home.

    Water very dirty up river, still murky in Gunnamatta, but not as bad. Lots of logs, branches and general rubbish floating about.

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    Mary River NT

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    A great fish in the photo. Sounds like some nice fish pulled onboard, certainly worth the trip.

    Just another croc 😂. You do not realise how many there are in the rivers until you visit the north of the country - they are the ones you can see, but there are many more hiding.

    Short after work flick

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by Yowie

    12 hours ago, Aussiefisherman said:

     

    Heres my method of holding flathead, between the 2 rows of top fins 

    Also if u do get spiked rub the wound on the belly of the flathead to help stop the bleeding 

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    That will work for a smaller flattie, however, one at the 60, 70cm mark or bigger is a different thing. An angry fish is what you have with the larger flatties, just wanting to swing that head, and the head spikes will rip and tear if they make contact with you.

    Extreme caution needed with a large flattie when the head is swinging, especially in the confines of a kayak.

    There are various grips to hold one. Practice a grip first on a dead one, then imagine the swinging head of a live one with the grip you are using, and where the head spikes will end up in your hand, arm, feet.

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    Salting bait

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    As Noel stated, fresh bait is better than salted bait, however, in the early mornings, fresh bait may not be available.

    I cut off the fillets - mainly tailor, slimies, bonito, little tuna species, yakkas but also smaller trevally and mullet at times. I use a large glass dish. Fillets skin side up, a shallow layer of salt onto them, then turn over and a thicker layer of salt applied. Into the fridge.

    One day of salting is good for most of the above, except for larger bonito or small tuna then 2 to 3 days. Drain the water then each fillet separately placed into a plastic bag, labelled with type of fillet and date.

    I have used the salted fillets 12 months or more later, the better ones being bonito, tailor, small tuna for that length of time.

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    Wet weather

    in The Bar

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Mike Sydney said:

    Went down to Tempe bridge this morning cooks river. 
    several cars submerged

    someone had driven through the SES tape blocking the road more cars trying to go through.

    I waved many back but several idiots ignored me and drove past, three of them bogging out in the floodwaters.

    the bridge was closed anyway so they had nowhere to go, one moron even thanked me as a I spoke to him only to ignore me and get stuck in the floodwaters.

    I know people are stupid but the idiocy I saw this morning was mind blowing 

    Vehicles flooded, damage inside and to wiring, insurance may be difficult to claim. Drop kicks.

    Catching my first tailor

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Another saying - haste makes waste. Just take your time and don't rush things.

    The mullet would be most likely sea mullet. Rarely do they bite. That particular rock may have certain weed growths they like to eat. One has a go and the others follow - yes, like sheep.

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    Port Hacking

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, linewetter said:

    Those are some huge fish!  I'm really impressed on the jewie on the handline - on the videos I've watched, they seem like a really hard fight on rod and reel.  The fact that you were able to land it on a handline, I'm shocked.  Really goes to show that you can do it with the right technique.  I've been thinking of buying a handline just to have in my backpack as a backup if I'm somewhere without a rod and reel and you might have sold me on it haha.

    Thank you. Handlines are easy for smaller fish, however, bigger fish like jewies, kingies, small sharks and large rays are not easy and can panic the inexperienced angler causing the line to break. A large eagle ray going flat chat out from the boat will cause line burn on the fingers, and I mean a small burn mark that leaves a furrow in the skin.

    No problem with taking a handline along in the backpack.

    Port Hacking

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    59 minutes ago, Little_Flatty said:

    What a scene! Legal jewie on one line, above-slot flathead on the other. Each fish on their own would be a notable catch for most anglers, but just a day in the life of you, Dave! Well done.

    Well Mike, it is not easy trying to wind up a fish, rod between the legs, and another fish on a handline that wants to take line. Must look like a circus to others motoring along. 😂

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    Port Hacking

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    57 minutes ago, wazatherfisherman said:

    You need another arm Dave! 3 fish at once is pretty good. Some good eating in that lot!

    Thanks Waza. The only trouble with fishing more than one line -  not the first time and will not be the last.

    Many years ago, my fishing mate and I use to target the school jewies that frequented the Hacking. Always 3 handlines each, different baits, to see what was happening. A school swam past and the 6 lines took off one after another. We landed the six jewies, but it was lines crossing over, tangles, fish flapping in the line in the boat, more tangles, and a bit of language. 🤣

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    Port Hacking

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Headed out early this morning, to the deep water up from Lilli Pilli. Quiet at first until a little bit of light appeared in the sky. The rod with a pillie was doing nothing, so gave it a lift and the flattie was sitting on it. Pulled it towards the boat, not a lot of fight, then a handline takes off. Grabbed that and it was the jewie, so attention towards the jewie. Put the rod down and the flattie decides to wake up and fight, trying to pull the rod out of the boat. Fighting flattie on the rod, and the jewie kicking away on the handline. Attention paid to the jewie due to the fight by it.

    A second handline takes off, one of the reddies so grab that, hook up and let it run. Jewie still kicking away on the handline, rod between the legs trying to retrieve the flattie. Jewie netted and dumped into the box, flattie then netted and dumped in to the box, reddie retrieved and no lines in the water for a while. Flattie photoed and released.

    Not big reddies, biggest only 32cm, but provided a nice feed (another recipe to keep the wife happy) Plenty of just under reddies as well. Only thing jumping were pillies, not a decent fish to be seen near me. Also pulled up a nice blue swimmer and dropped another. The crabs at this time of year head to the deeper water, but are harder to land due to having to pull them up from the deeper water. If they let go of the bait, they swim off and are hard to locate again.

    Headed to South West Arm to look for a squid, and saw quite a few jumping mullet near the mouth. Used a small piece of bread on handline for the mullet, and dropped a bigger one, also small bream taking the bread. The mullet were on the move, around the berley for a short time, then disappearing for a minute or 2 before returning. Had enough so headed home.

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    The problem of shrinkage

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by Yowie

    Fish do shrink with death. Larger fish like kingies and jewies, allow an extra 1 or 2 cms over legal to keep. Ice causes shrinkage (to just about everything or body part  🤣) It is best to go a little over the legal limit to be safe from the authorities.

    Keeping a fish alive will not be a problem - try keeping a legal kingie alive in an esky - not nice for the fish. Smaller species of fish will keep better.

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    Browns mountain and Fads - big Cod

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, 99FishingWorld said:

    I didn't wind it manually but I had to take the rod out of the rod holder and lift the rod up and down, a little trick I learned off Ultimate Fishing...

    Yep, I know what you mean. Too big a fish for the system. Not easy to do.

    I have seen a couple of fishos out there with a large wooden reel on the side of the boat, then wind it up with a good fish on the hooks. I still fish with handlines, but not out there at Browns.

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    The guides life

    in Freshwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    A great detailed report, good fish, wildlife, scenery, and happy faces.

    Echidnas look like you could pick them up easily, however, not the case. They roll up, squirm around and those spikes penetrate most clothing and gloves.

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