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They come in from time to time. 60cm is a solid fish! Amberjacks turn up in weird places too... A mate pulled a 50cm amberjack from the pylons of the roseville bridge recently! Cheers, Tom

Big Snapper for MH! Well done! Hopefully they've come in in big schools! Cheers, Tom

Middle Harbour has been slow for me the last 3 weeks... The pelagics are definitely around but unpredictable. The only spot i've has them consistantly at is mouth of Bantry Bay. Bonnies, frigates, bigger tailor and kings. Haven't landed one of the kings though... They're big fish and 10lb braid aint enough to stop them... There's jew around if you know where to look. Hopefully over the next few weeks things should pick up. Even my neverfail bream spots are very quiet at the moment... Cheers, Tom

Nice work mate! I'll be doing the same there on saturday hopefully... Well done for getting them on surface too! Cheers, Tom

Great Jew mate! Well done for persevering over summer. Even the small Jews are good to see. Hopefully you get an even bigger Jew soon but that's a stuff target to beat! Cheers, Tom

Balmoral Wharf.. Burley up with bread, cat food and pilli bits. Fish a simple 6lb handline with a small hook (size 8 or smaller) and a tiny split shot. Use tiny pieces of squid and pilli for bait. This is my never fail in a way Cheers, Tom

Big bream for me. Got a few 40+ on plastics in a particular area lately so that'll be the aim. Big whiting on surface will be on the cards too! Cheers, Tom

Great report mate! Well done on giving the ABT a go! Some solid fish there. Love those sigletts and soft shells! Been working a treat for me lately! Love the surface strike! Cheers, Tom

I've caught quite a few flatties on surface. Mainly on little stickbaits while whiting fishing. Boy do they smash lures off the top hard! I often have them coming well out of the water! The flatties you get on surface tend to be the smaller (40-50cm) fish with the odd bigger fish making an appearance. Going back to Keflapod, I had a small (mid 40's) flattie hooked recently and a big 80+ female followed it right up to the surface. I could have nearly netted it! This has happened a few times to me now. Cheers, Tom

Yeah not too well. My spot is very hit and miss and this was one of the miss occassions. Apart from a few average flatties not a touch. Hopefully things pick up soon. Cheers, Tom

Well done mate! Awesome effort! Tailor is a gun bait for jew as I discovered last year.. You've motivated me to get out chasing them on plastics landbased this afternoon. Cheers, Tom

The beach should be fine mate. Free parking is hard to come by up there though... Cheers, Tom

I'll give you a helpful hint mate. Dusk off Balmoral, with tiny plastics (i mean tiny 30-40mm) and you'll get into the frigates and bonnies. They've been there every day on dusk that i've been around. Biggest frigate going 68 so good size! Cheers, Tom

Awesome pics matty! Catch up for a fish soon mate

Usually i find it shuts down. Every now and again you'll have a good session when the waters up but debris can make it frustrating. Definitely wouldn't say its not worth fishing though. Cheers, Tom

Yeah the trion 3-6 has plenty of grunt. I use it on jacks when i head up to noosa if im feeling like going light. Should be sweet with the caldia. Cheers, Tom

You won't regret it mate. Fantastic reels! $255 is a ridiculously good price too! Look at the black label series of rods - they match very well with the caldias1 Cheers, Tom

Great session Roberta! Boy that whiting was hungry! Absolutely scoffed it! Cheers, Tom

Yeah burley them up. They can be hard at time but they are there

Garries should be around balmoral at the moment. This is the time of year they are.. Over the weed beds. Cheers, Tom

Mate if your willing to go over budget a bit, the Daiwa Caldia is awesome. Got 2 of them and they're brilliant. Would highly recommend them. For under $300 you've got the sol as mentioned previously, but the shimano stradic ci4's are another good option. Great bang for your buck. You can get the caldias around $350 online so definitely worth a look. Cheers, Tom

Steve Starling "Starlo" recently got a school jew on fly down on the south coast. So it IS possible. Cheers, Tom

Plastics can be very effective at night mate! Definitely not wasting your time doing it at night. I like the z-man 4" swimmers or curly tailz. Swimmers in red shad and black back shad, and curly tailz in motor oil or opening night. You've got your Squidgy 100mm fish and 5" + 7" jerkshads that are another good option. I also know people who swear by cheap pre rigged paddle tails. As for retrieves; The most popular is probably a double flick/hop off the bottom then let it sink back down and repeat. I personally prefer 3-4 smaller flicks then let it sink. Either will work. Play around with a few different retrieves and you'll find what works best for you. Put some time in and you'll hopefully get some results sooner rather than later. Cheers, Tom

Hmmm yes, you've given me something to think about. I've never kept a jew and don't plan to unless there's no other choice. I'm grabbing another Caldia and Black label instead of the zing so now to decide what weight... Thanks for your advice mate. Cheers, Tom