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Cheers Guys, Having another couple of jew sessions over the next few days... Will keep you posted. Cheers, Tom!

Hi Yowie, Cheers for that mate. Rays are always a possibility while live baiting but i've caught my fair share and never got violent headshakes and runs directly towards pylons from them. I know just how fast some of these rays can peel line but i can say for sure rays aren't the culprit here... Another thing to consider is rays don't have teeth and the crushed yakka in the pic has teeth marks and severe cuts all over it. Cheers, Tom

Hi Raiders, The Bream have been really slow of late but finally managed to get amongst a few.The Perch have certainly kept me busy lately at least... There's plenty of good fish around but as the water cools so is the fishing ... Don't know how i'll go through winter without any topwater action.. Might have to get into the salmon and bigger tailor to keep the obsession healthy... Had a few good sessions on the perch recently. Mainly smaller guys around 25-30cm with a few mid 30's in the mix. They're good fun on light gear/ No match for a bream in terms of fight but a worthwhile target none the less. The Z-man Grubz in motor oil, bloodworm and watermelon red matched with 1/12 and 1/16 jigheads have been the go... Fish them just like for bream and you'll get the perch. Been busted off by what I have no doubt were bigger 40+ perch as they tend to enjoy holding in very tight country.. Not friendly areas for 4lb leader. A few average bream always find their way onto the end of the grubz as by-catch! The bream have bee tough but it's always fun exploring skinny water getting a few on topwater. Once again Bassday Sugapens and Strada Virals have done the damage on a bunch of nice bream to 33cm. They go very nicely in skinny water on 1-2kg gear! Some unstoppables have been lost in around the moored boats and marinas which were no match for 4lb leader. Sometimes 4lb is whats required to get the bite in the first place so really tough to land these fish! Always a few flatties popping their heads up while breaming... Mostly small tackers in the 40's with the odd fish pushing 60cm. Jewfish are taking up the majority of my time over the next month so stay tuned... Hopefully there'll be something to report Cheers, Tom

That's awesome mate! No shortage of mullet in MH that's for sure... Would have been crazy getting the 65 from underneath them I've had plenty of crushed yakkas with the classic pin marks that schoolies leave.. It's leading up to the time i got my 97 jew up here last year... I'll keep persisting and hopefully join the meter club! I agree about a big tailor or small bull for the clean cut not the sort of areas pj's ShoW up... Been fishing it for years and years never caught one let alone heard of one from here... Further into middle harbour would be a definite possibility... Crabs don't take line either... The crushed yakka i hooked up and experienced a very nice run (remember i'm running 50lb braid, 60lb leader and heavy gear) before pulling hooks. No PJ can go that hard... Would have got me on the pylons if i didn't pull hooks..

Been fishing up here for years and never come across a PJ, they don't tend to take line likesome of these have. Lots of Jew in the area and I'm pretty convinced the crushed yakka is one. I guess I'll have to catch it to find out what it is. Cheers, Tom

Not many cuttlies up the back of MH. Never got a PJ up there either.. On the mangled yakka pic (not the clean half one) i got a good run...

Over the last few months I've been live baiting for Jewish every now and then in middle harbour. Livies bring yakkas and tailor are often coming back in mangled. Some have been picked and some smashed... And some big runs to go with many of these hits. What does everyone think these are? I know it's not one culprit based on a big hit and run and other times it's picked to pieces. Keep in mind the tailor and yakkas are Big around 30cm mark... Location is upper middle harbour. Cheers, Tom

Onya matty! Heading down there this weekend hopefully. The grubz are killing it. Keen to try some Pro Lure gear as well... Looks the goods Cheers, Tom

Well done mate! Some lovely fish there. Gotta love soft shells and sigletts. My favourite bass topwater for sure. Cheers, Tom

Well done mate. How big was she? Cheers, Tom

Super PE gets wind knots more than any other braid i've come across... particularly 8lb and under... Spooled up my caldia the other day with 6lb and first session 4 wind knots costing me 30m of braid overall... Apart from wind knots its awesome stuff.. Cheers, Tom

You've got me jealous mate! Been up there a couple of times. Insane is how i'd describe it. Going up next April with a few mates which should be good. Let us know how you go. Cheers, Tom

I'll do what i can mate Wouldn't mind getting a sydney jack!

Alive Grant Preferably under 30cm but open to anything. For a large fish tank. Heard they are a very cool tank fish (especially when you feed them live mullet ) Cheers, Tom

Great work Alan! Two nice jews I need to get out for another jew session on the PA soon... Having too much fun on bream and EP's at the moment. Bet they cooked up well! Cheers, Tom

Hey guys, An odd question, but does anyone have a mangrove jack for sale? Or know where i could get my hands on one? They seem very hard to come by... The fish i'm talking about, not the boats. PM me if you can help me out. Cheers, Tom

Don't know how i'll survive without it over winter... To make matters worse, stumbled across some awesome new big whiting flats the other day... Will have to capitalise in the next few weeks before they go quiet And Ian, generally the cooler water shuts the fish down a bit. It slows their metabolism right down. You can still get the odd fish on surface but no where near as productive as the warmer months. Cheers, Tom

Funny you say that, had a 90+ flatty have a crack at the sugapen in knee deep water over my local whiting flats. When i went over to investigate it looked like shovel nose! Would never have landed her or 1-2kg gear and 4lb anyway i guess... Cheers, Tom

For sure! The grubz in particular but the minnowz can get the better fish like this 43. You can attach the grubz and minnowz to a jig spinner to great effect! Over summer tiemco soft shell cicada's and Megabass sigletts are the go for surface bass.

Cheers Guys, Deanfish - Yeah no worries mate i'll let you in on it. But you can't get your boat up there.. Need a yak. nbdshroom- I'd say they were mullet mate. They're everywhere at the moment! Big fish too... Not farmiliar with Salt Pan but sounds like a few good bream there... You'll smash them on the grubz for sure! Got a few more perch and bream today. No big bream for the Pirtek Cheers, Tom

Haven't posted a report in a month or so. The fishing has been slow for me on the bream front in particular, but still managed some good fish. Plenty of Topwater action too! My local has been fishing unusually slowly for the last few weeks unfortunately. Had to relocate to the Hawkesbury a few times resulting in a few good fish. Topwater was the go for Bream with half a dozen nice low 30's fish falling to the ever faithful Bassday Sugapen! Making the most of the topwater bite before winter sets in. A few nice flatties getting around too. Nothing much over 60cm but always good fun. No shortage of small EP's around too.. Managed my PB wild bass also. Came in at 43cm on the Z-man 3" Minnowz in "Bad Shad". The grubz has been doing the job on a few nice whiting too. Just a quick one today, but good luck to all in the Pirtek Fishing Challenge tomorrow! Cheers, Tom

Hi Ian, I started off working them slowly while I was getting a feel for them. Now I use a double flick retrieve with a max 5 second pause. I find they often get hot on the drop so keep an eye on your line while it sinks. 1/18 is ok but I've tried all weights and I've settled on 1/12 TT tournament series jig heads for them. This is ideSl for me. Land based would e good with this too. The grubz are also great on flatties do fish them on a 1/8 for flatties. Cheers, Ton

Ian, To be honest, I'm not sure why watermelon red is so effective. Everything eats them! Bream in particular. Bloodworm and motor oil are also great colours. If your having trouble converting hits into fish, slow down your retrieve a little. This should help a but. Fish them on 1/12 jig heads with size 1 or 2 hook. Keep at them because they are rapidly becoming one of the best bream plastics around! Cheers, Tom

Watemelon Red #1 colour... Pulled jew, big bream, big flatties, perch and just about anything else that swims on that plastic! Bloodworm and motor oil are gun too...Pretty much the only plastics i use these days Z-man! The 1/8 TT Switchy (Switchblade) is a weapon on bream and flatties! Try out the TT ghostblades as well... Cheers, Tom