Yabbie

Looking at fishing Ulladulla in a few weeks, and plan to go just outside the harbour somewhere, close to shore in good conditions only as we don't have much experience taking the boat out to sea. Wondering if anyone has advice on spots/areas to try (whether north/south of the harbour, how far from shore, whether reef or sand, etc.), and what we may encounter at these spots.

Thanks very much for that, will check regulations.

Thanks. Also, as only once or twice a year visitors to the coast, we have only tried crabbing a couple of times (at Batemans Bay with locals, and they used witches hats). We can't buy them inland. We bought some 2-hoop drop nets from **** that state they are crab nets. Do you think they'd be any good, or are witches hats better?

Wondering if anyone has tried crabbing in Burrill Lake, and if they've done any good. Also, are witches hats or drop nets better?

good day to all. we are going to burrill lake in early march for 1 week family holiday on the lake. have a quintrex 430 escape. any info re: best options and locations in the lake would be greatly appreciated, particularly re: crabbing locations in lake & times/tides.

Thanks Hodgy, (Don't get near the home computer much, with 5 teenagers, so this reply a bit delayed). Would be interested to learn when those fish come into the lake, to try and slip down for a couple of days. It seems to us your beautiful Tuross sometimes defies most things you read about fish behaviour and seasons, eg - we've been there in July school hols and caught heaps of flatties in the lake. We'll get reports here in the bush of nothing much happening in the estuaries, and go to Tuross and catch plenty. The wife and I were only talking this morning about a beautiful big feed of crabs we caught there once in the middle of winter too, and we hadn't really heard of many people doing that at Tuross, let alone in winter. There's only one place for us on the coast, how we envy the locals sometimes. The kids are still raving about the beach fishing, and we haven't been allowed to cook some of the big fish we caught yet, frozen, they're being used for show n tell/bragging rights to mates, especially the whopper bream.(ps - photos are on the daughter's camera, I'll have to get them off her and post).

Stayed at Tuross the first week of school hols (5 kids in tow). Stack of fun on the beach, near the entrance. Heaps of big salmon on pillies & star sinker rigs, one on a little rod and metal lure off entrance rocks, as well as a mix of tailor, whiting, bream and a lone trevally. One bream was 45cm, couldn't believe it was a bream, 12 year-old had great time on it. Had never seen fish on the beach like it. You could easily see the schools of bream, whiting, and masses of salmon in the waves, the kids were swimming with them they were that close, and it was the same every day. Only had the boat on the lake 1 morning, pretty quiet. So much happening on the beach it didn't matter, and more fun for the kids. Went out from Bermagui 1 day, for nice mixed bag of flatties, mowies (1 XOS), 'jackets, and nannys. Saw another chap at cleaning tables at Tuross who went out over Tuross bar, and cleaned up on great snapper - berleying them up with bread and getting them midwater. Tuross is a magic place, they always seem to be biting thereabouts somewhere, and no swarms of people like other places, just beautiful.