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    Middle Harbour in the kayak.

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    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

    How do i catch Yakkas?

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    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

    Jumping lizard

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by mulloway man

    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

    Middle harbour schoolies

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Thanks guys, Last night was insane, all I had with me was some stale bread which i used for a bit of burley and bait. Sounded up a heap of bait, anchored over them and caught yakkas, the tailor were easily biting thru the 6lb. So out comes the 30lb handline and strips of yakka to catch the bigger tailor. Then they were stripped and sent to the bottom were the schoolies were swarming but were biting very timidly. Leaving the rods in the holder wasn't working, had to fish with only 1 and feel the bite then strike! How did you go today 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

    Newbie from Sydney!

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Hi guys,

    I have been on Fishraider for 2 years now, browsing through the various threads and commenting here and there but never got the chance to formally introduce myself. My name is Matt and I am from Sydney south-west, along the Georges River. I actually live across the road from chipping Norton lakes, and fish it regularly with Kingfisher84 (Ben), trying to hunt down my first plastic jew. Besides the jew we also do very well fish for all the other fish which are available around the area.

    Besides my local, I also fish the Northern beaches very regularly due to friends and family living up there. Bream, Bass, Jew, Flatties, EP's, and many more including all the speedy pelagics are the fish commonly fished for. My favourite type of fishing is for bass, however after getting my first soapy in the Hawkesbury last year I'm addicted to hunting some some bigger ones and is always at the top of the list whenever I go out for a flick.

    Fishing lures is all I do, although this weekend Ben taught me the 'old mans game' :D black fishing and although it was a tough day and no blackies I learnt a lot and at least I didn't get nothing as a small flattie decided he liked my green piece of weed dangling in front of his face (how does that even happen? ) :banana:

    Anyway, thanks for reading and i've uploaded a few pics of a few of my more memorable fish,

    looking forward to getting involved.

    cheers,

    Matty! :lol:

    Awesome pics matty! Catch up for a fish soon mate

    Fish Behaviour During Flooding/HighWater

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by mulloway man

    Hey all -

    I come posing a question and am very interested in your thoughts about fish behaviour during and immediatley after a flood event. I've googled articles done by the DPI and have only come up with irrelivant 'levi & fish-flap' studies which don't shed any light on 'un-controlled' estuarys.

    Case In Hand:

    My local creek & lake area - After this weeks rain event coupled with the one last month there has been a huge amount of water dumped into tuggerah lakes along with heavy sediment/muddy water flows.

    I attempted to check the creek out yesterday during the first break in the weather and it wasnt preety - The Water is up by about 1 1/2ft, running dangerously fast and boiling up. visibility & quality have gone.Its a mud-pit. No bites in any of the usual spots and even in the eddies created by the escaping water (Using bright plastics and the usual bloodworm with the tails dipped for highlights, Topwater Hardbodies & crankbaits.)

    During the week before the downpour I was having GREAT success with bream & Perch on poppers and very light plastics in all my usual spots both Land & Boat.

    Well Raiders - What are you thoughts / Experiences with fishing after a large rain and subsequent outflow in your *saltwater* fishing areas? How do the fish behave? I've heard everything from "They go with the flow and fishing is useless" to "fish generally school in and around eddies as resist the currents to stay in their current habitat" to "Fish flush out until they are clear of the fresh"

    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

    Best Spin Reel Under $300

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    Posted

    I ended up pairing it with a Pflueger Trion 3-6kg, and Spooled it with 20lb Power Pro.

    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

    Best Spin Reel Under $300

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by mulloway man

    Thanks for the help guys it was a tough decision between the Stradic and the Caldia. I decided to go with the Caldia simply because I already use Daiwa gear and really trust them for quality. I ended up getting it for a steal of a price $255 which I'm very pleased with. Now I just need to grab some braid and a rod for it and I'm good to go.

    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

    Best Spin Reel Under $300

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    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

    Soapie vs jewie

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    Posted

    Fillets id say. Squid strips are good too but often nothing is left after all the peckers. Every jew ive seen caught has been on bait on the bottom with about 1m leader.

    The likeliness of a jew on a fly in my opinion is nil. I cant forsee a jew rising to the top to scrap a piece of fluff. Maybe a wet prawn but getting it down into the zone using fly gear is silly.

    Ive been putting in efforts for a jew on plastic.

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

    Cheers, Tom

    Soft plastics for jewfish?

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by mulloway man

    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

    Samaki Zing

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    If you like to catch and release and care about the welfare of the fish you catch, then don't fish too light. In my yak I fish 'light' (10lb braid and 15lb leader)for Jew, cause you have the option of chasing them and getting them released quickly. Shore based I up the anti and fish either 20-30lb. Over exhausted fish don't release well, and if you do hook something 10kg + you'll be glad you had the extra authority.

    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

    Lures for Tailor And Salmon

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    Posted · Edited by mulloway man

    10-15g halco twisty's are normally a pretty reliable option. Lately the pelagics have been chasing "eyes" which are very hard to imitate given how small they are. We've been getting a few tailor, bonnies and frigates on tiny (3-4cm) plastics on 1/12 jigheads. Just give it a few seconds to sink then work it back fairly quickly. A little hard to do landbased though. Stickbaits like Bassday sugapens and Strada Virals have worked well on the tailor for me in recent times. Bream HB's can often do the trick on salmon and tailor.

    Z-man 2.5" Grubz and 5" Streakz are worth a look too.

    As always, when chasing toothy critters like tailor, be prepared to lose some tackle... Even small tailor will give you grief...

    Cheers, Tom

    Jewfish Tackle

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Really depends where your fishing.

    If your fishing in heavy structure then you wouldn't want to go a whole lot lighter because a big jew will make quick work of it. I personally fish pretty light for jew. 6-12lb rod (roughly 2-5kg) , 8lb braid and leader ranging from 12lb to 30lb. 12lb in open water and 30lb around bridges, rockwalls or anywhere with plenty of structure.

    Albrights will do the job, but i like slim beauty's. 30lb is the max i'd use a slim beauty for though... I normally do 8 winds so 7 should be fine. 14 is just to give you a little more peace at mind.

    I don't bother with loops on plastics much... I catch just as many fish when my leader is tied straight to the jighead via a blood knot or uni knot.

    Jewfish on plastics are an addiction. You'll find once you get a few you'll be tempted to go lighter and lighter (in leader, braid, rods etc..) because they're such a great light tackle target! A big fish is a real handful on the light stuff!

    Cheers, Tom

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