Pongrass18ft

Some small fin were caught over the shelf late last week.

Great going dave,you still managed a tasty feed Bet the blue swimmer goes down a treat and should be full of meat being january. The next trip out should be firing after all this rain,water temp,moon phase should be spot on. Chris.

Congrats on your first little jew mate. You'll be on a cracker in no time,keep at it Chris.

Love flounder as a table fish. Well done

Well done guys the pillies are a good all round bait for everythig Chris.

I love catching bonito and use them for fishing baits plus eating. If you are to keep the fish for the table you need to treat them in the same way as tailor,bleeding and icing down asap.Don,t bother buying them from the fish shops as they are just good for crab bait in my opinion. Cooking.(few options i use.) I cut the fillets off and put in the smoker ,then i toss the white meat flakes into a salad. De boned,skinned and i also slice out the dark meat through centre of fish is great steamed or fish cocktails. Sashimi is definately awsome with these fish if used the same day. Chris.

Ha Ha Squid on gang hooks,what a greedy squid??? Probably hooked himself going for the pilchard. great work looks like a fun family outing . Chris.

Sounds like a fun trip. Top catch on the red, well done and a new pb As for the mystery fish i put it down to a jew.Some cracker jew around that area . Chris.

Hi fabi 1. top day to be out.Can be hard going the hacking especially daytime hours. Back of south west arm is a great spot for the kingfish and live bait is plentiful also ,makes for a fun trip when other species aren,t co-operating. Chris.

My wife and family are looking forward to it

Good luck mate. Plenty of fish in the 70-80 fathoms .Put out the witch doctor too if you have one chris.

YahOOoooooooooooooooo Basil that trip looks awsome,i,m in next time :banana: As for that flattie i think it is a tiger????????????????? Great photo,s mate Chris.

Must agree garfish are a very tasty fish and few bones. Bet they went down a treat Dave Chris.

Hi Raiders Was out on Saturday wide of Botany with some mates chasing Marlin on lures. Trolled out past the Fads off Botany then off to the Twelve Mile then off to Browns and beyond for zeros. Stayed out wide to just after lunch before heading in with a Southerly that blew up strong but hopes were high. Managed to hook on in 80 fathoms to a Black Marlin which brought much joy and put up a great fight. Also managed another strike in closer in 70 fathoms not long after. I'm glad we stayed out even with the Southerly blowing us around, it was definately well worth it. Can't wait to get out there again. Chris

Cracker fish mate. Great family effort chris.

Hi Raiders, Out off Cronulla today with Meng (aka gonfishing) in search of some fish for the last trip for 2012. Headed down along the National Park and tried several flathead drifts until we found a productive spot which we gathered a nice feast of Tiger Flathead and Bluespot Flathead. Plenty of leatherjackets about biting the lines off but we were lucky to find one spot where they didn't cause us much trouble. The rest of the afternoon we decided to jig up some squid and chase the kingies around Bate Bay which we found plenty of but they were all undersized rats, no keepers today, also keeping a couple of the squid for the table. Happy New Year fishraiders. Chris

Good work on a mixed catch dave The wind sure did blow up early. Your not wrong about HAM,just finishing the last of our leg tonight. Any flatties come aboard ??? Chris.

Congratulations on your first marlin capture. +++++ Topping the day with some great blue eye. What a way to finish the year mate

Great fish Awesome work on a new pb beach jew Bet it was a great fight and feeling landing it . Chris.

Top job , definately should make your ride more comfortable. How was the clearance of the fold up step near the top of the ram. Let us know how she performs Chris.

Great fish mate The bream photo doesn,t do the fish justice,45cms thats one horse of a bream Well done on the catch and release. Chris.

Well done on the capture. Plenty of BBQS coming up. Chris.

Gathered afew for a feed Nice to hear the slimies are in large numbers Thanks for the info Chris.

A few fish as always dave even if theres not much around Well done Chris.

Hi mate you can try old ferry road at the bottom for your jew at illawong on whole hawkesbury squid (new moon is best here) have caught heaps from here up to 13kg Plenty of large bream also as by-catch GOODLUCK Chris.