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Spot on Gav I have use garden worms in normal conditions abd caught all the estuary species.The secret is to us the big garden worms and change the baits every 15-20 minutes.I have a good worm patch in my garden.

Used to fish Pier 2 also havent been there for years.Does anyone know if parking there is free these days or is it metered. Cheers Steve

Sorry for not including that info.All fish were caught on local cabbage and I lost some big brutes. Cheers Steve

Hi Raiders Just getting back into fishing and all my reels have not been used for at least 3 years.Prior to this they were freshly serviced.My question is do I need to strip them again and relube or can I continue to use them as they are in pristeen condition. Regards Steve

Even if they ban fishing of the wharves the filthy pigs who leave their rubbish will go to the adjoining reserves and do the same will Mayor Tsirekas ban fishing in the Parks also.If someone gets hurt in the park due to fishing waste is it not he same thing.His Argument is flawed and People will still fish at night and the authorities will do nothing so keep fishing boys.If everyone defied the ban the courts will get fed up with all the cases the problem is we are not united as fishermen.Does anyone have any information on the latest development with this issue? Regards Steve

Hi Fishraiders As this is my first official post please I will try to make this as interesting as possible.Headed out to Burning Palms to target some Blackfish arrived there around 8.00am to fish the rising tide which was around Midday.I normally fish with someone but on this occasion I was alone.The conditions were a South swell around 1 metre with NW to S winds 10 knots perfect conditions in my book.I fished until 3.00pm and called it a day. Final Tally was 9 blackfish from 32 to 35cm and 1 pig at 42cm using 8LB Mono.Unfortunately as the sea was quite churned up the pigs decided to have a field day resulting in plenty of bust offs on the light tackle.I wish I had taken my drummer rod with me but I have fished there before on numerous occasions targeting them and they are not there.I suppose the rough conditions bring them on.The Blackfish were quite thick and I Would have dropped at least a dozen fish and as it was I left them biting. As the swell has been up for the last week or so I guess the fish responded with the plentiful wash.For those of you who would like to fish it is reasonably safe in a swell of around 1 metre max and the walk in and out is very steep around 30 to 40 minutes.I am reasonably fit but I am spent after the walk hence why it is a great spot not many go there.Hope the pics come out okay as I was using mobile phone will not risk carrying good camera down there.I hope the luderick challenge goes ahead on Sunday Cheers Steve

As I have a change in work plans I can attend the Blackfish Challenge in the morning before work for a few hours.Can you please add me to the list. Regards Steve