ShaneHulands

Isnt it amazing how they are so determined to restrict recreational fishing yet the government is more than happy to approve a supertrawler that can cause so much damage and destroy so many fish stocks in a blink of an eye. They never stop amazing me......

Congrats on the effort. Not sure if you are aware but crab traps are illegal in Lake Macquarie. Can only use witches hats. I only found this out by reading the signs at the Pelican Boat Ramp. Not a well known fact and poorly sign posted. Cheers.

Hi Dan, I travel from Goulburn to Jervis Bay which is a couple of hours drive. The boat ramp at Callala Bay is brilliant. It has good parking, a cleaning and boat wash bay. It is well lit. There is heaps of holidal accommodation and also a caravan park in the area. As for the fishing there is plenty of squid to be caught, yellowtail and slimies. I use a combo of striped tuna, bonito and pilchards for bait. You can catch just about anything in the bay. My last trip I caught snapper and mowong, port jackson sharks and just about everything else you can imagine. I use a combo of paternoster, floats, running rinker rigs and get plenty of hits on all of them. I hope this helps. Happy fishing Shane

Hi all thought I would share my little journey with you. I have been watching the weather for a small window of opportunity to wet a line again. That little window opened on Monday. Up at 3am and out the driveway at 4am leaving sunny Goulburn behind. After a short journey I arrived at Callala Bay and on to the water at 7am. After a short skip across the water I dropped a couple of lures behind the boat and trawled for approximately 2 hours. I finished my trawl near the tubes and Point Perpendicular. The fish and i ended this part of the journey with a soccer score, 0-0. Anyway determined to catch a fair salty specimen I dropped a line overboard. No actually I dropped several overboard. Unfortunately the only fish that took a liking to me were Port Jackson sharks (someone needs to tell them Jervis BAy is not Port Jackson and they need to go home). Yep even several dual hookups on the oogly buggers. Not being discouraged I upped the anchor and headed over to the tubes. What an absolutely magic spot. After a couple of hours I managed to land a 35cm snapper and two mowong to 38cm and 45cm. Although the fishing was slow it was the perfect day. Time on the water, a couple of fish in the esky, several pesky Port Jackson sharks and a smile on my face. Heading back to the Callala Bay ramp I was constantly looking around admiring the absolute beauty of the bay. I dont think life gets any better except for another busted rod courtesy of one of those PJ sharks. Thank goodness for warranties and saved receipts. After loading the boat and cleaning and stowing my gear I headed back to sunny Goulburn. I do have to give Callala Bay Boat ramp and facilities a huge rap. They are clean, tidy and very accessible and make wrapping up a days fishing even more pleasurable. Tight lines Shane

Awesome effort. I hope to be there one day myself. Cheers Shane

I dont think you can beat a freshly caught plate size snapper seasoned with pepper, add slices of lemon, a knob of butter then wrap in foil and bake in the oven or on the barbecue. Beautiful.

Well managed to get on to the water despite the south westerly wind. I managed to put in a small session of trolling along the tubes for 3 decent bonito. Decided to head for a bit smoother water so headed across to the southern side of the entrance to the bay. I managed 4 good sized pike and a lovely snapper. i also managed to hook something large and have a rod explode in my hands. Now that was a sight to see and of course this led me to pulling the hook on watever was on the end of the line. Overall a brilliant day and one very happy fisherman.

Hi Everyone, This is my first post so please bare with me. I am heading to Jervis Bay on Wednesday to try my luck for some kingfish and anything else I am lucky enough to catch. I am going to try my luck by catching some livies and hopefully some squid for bait. Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated. Love the site and I have learnt heaps. Shane