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If anyone's interested here is a pic of said Wobby. Was actually just under the 4ft mark. Anthony, we have been pulling in Shovelnose, Port Jackson, Lizard, Tailor, Sambo's, little rays, and this Wobby from Manly recently. Steveo

Gday Steve, I was actually using gangs. Hard to see in the pic but the sambo had swallowed 2 of them and it looked like it was hooked on just a single. The rig I use though is: 20lb mono main line ()-swivel-() 15cm 50lb mono with running ball sinkers ()-swivel-() 60cm fluro to 4/0 gang hooks with swivel on the top hook. I really like have the 15cm piece with swivel each end in there to stop the sinkers running back toward the rod when casting. If you try it this way I hope it makes a difference for you.

Anthony, That is a great shot of the sambo. An hour to clean the sand out sounds like a massive effort. Good on ya. Thanks for your recipe. I too have heard all the things about fish cakes or cat food. I thought I would try my first one as fillets. I will try your recipe next time I get one. Cheers. I am sure my daughter will love fish cakes on bread rolls, especially if I let her mix the ingredients etc.

Very very nice boat you have there mate. As Tuffy said, if you need any mates to come fishing with ya!?!?!?

Thanks Anthony, Thanks for the tips about the Jews and Sharks. I had a half hour period where I landed the 3 of them and no bites before or after them. Great work on the 71cm. Sounds like you had an effort with that one Did you happen to weigh it? I guesstimate mine was about 5kg or so. I would agree with you about them plating up well. I cooked up one of them. Filleted, dusted with flour, salt and pepper then in a pan with oil and butter and finished off with lemon. I was impressed as most people seem to have a not so good opinion so I was expecting it to taste bad.

Hey Raiders, Well we went for a fish off Manly beach last Monday night. We fished for around 3 hours with about 2 hours of rain making it quite miserable. Neither of us got a bite which made it worse. The weather on Tuesday looked a lot better so we went back down with bit more hope. We were throwing pillies out for about 3 hours on the outgoing tide and hardly felt a nibble. Then around 8pm I felt a hit and my baitrunner started to zzzzing. I let it go for a sec then "strike" and I'm on. It launched out of the water 3 or 4 times and made a few runs. It was only about a 5 minute fight but damn it was fun. This ended up with a nice 50cm Australian Salmon. I loaded up another pilly and cast it out then within 10 seconds zzzzing then "strike" and I'm on again. Similar fight to last but this one felt bigger. Landed him and he measured up at 65cm. Did the same again and landed one measuring in at 69cm. This one was huge (well to me it was). I have attached a pic of my proud self with the 65cm one. It's covered in sand but is the best pic I got. Never caught an Australian Salmon before so I beat my PB 3 times in a row. Woohoo. Cheers Steveo

Great work mate. You really must have been doing something right to end up with that result. As others have already said you might struggle to beat your PB for a while now

Great fishing and report mate. Bet you are still smiling

Great work mate.....I went for a quick flick of some SP's at Narrabeen lakes and the water was brown as. Couldn't hardly see 5cm through it. I didn't realise the harbour was similar. Nice kingy....good luck for tomorrow if you head back out.

Today was the best day we have had for a while. Glad you had a good relaxing day even though on 2 landed.

Deciding on my next rod and reel combo. Want a light weight surf rod so I will take the opportunity read more and more reviews and forums while this rain keeps us indoors. I don't mind getting wet but I won't take my 4 year old girl out fishing in the rain. Have a great weekend raiders.

Nice work Steve. Great report too

Hey cmhcfish, did you end up getting a rod? What did you end up with? I am thinking about the Nitro 12' Surf Assassin. Had a feel of one today and it felt great. Looking for some objective opinions on why I should get one or why I should rule it out and look at something else. I intend to use it probably 80/20 sand/stones chasing all the regulars like bream, lizard, dart, tailor, salmon and fingers crossed for a jew here and there. Would be using bait and lures. Currently I am using an Ugly Stik Platinum 12' 8-12kg with a baitrunner 4500B. While it is a nice outfit I find it damn heavy before too long and wanting to chuck it in my sand spike so my back can have a rest. -Steveo

Nice post Brettman. Great to have people on here share the information they have spent a long time gathering via research and experience. I have caught a handful of sharks in my younger years although I can't offer much advice, I agree they are great fun to land. Look forward to targeting more some day soon.

Wow.....it's amazing the things that live in the ocean. Keen to see if any raiders have seen one of these before.