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Hey guys!
Heading over to batemans bay for the week for the first time and hopefully will have a lot of fishing on the schedule!
We have a 5.8m Whitley and happy to go offshore for pelagics as we as inshore for good table fish.
Would really appreciate all recommendations and advice, as I have no idea where to start.
initial thoughts is to head to the fad for some dolphin fish but may be a bit to early for that.
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Awesome Stuff!! Great fish, thank you for the great report.
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Hey Guys!
I would like to start targeting some sharks this winter, particularly Mako and or Gummy Sharks. Any advice or tips regarding locations to start at? I was thinking of heading down south towards Belambi and anchoring in say 20m. Appreciate all info, thank you in advanced :)
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Hey Guys, it's that time of the year again, the peak of summer and the dolphin fish should be out in force off sydney! Can we share some info, and help each other out regarding where they have been, any locations of fish traps/lobster traps located etc. Law of life, when you give, you get more, legends!
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Great Catch Scratchie, good to see your son is following in your guru footsteps ? Your the mayor of port Stephens fishing mate
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Oscar your report is the one I was referring to, well done mate you seem to be the only one catching mahi mahi!!! ?
This is season seems very quiet or just very little reports
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The Mahi Mahi schools have been largely absent this year unfortunately. Rare reports of successful trips to the fads. One boat recently having luck at the port hacking fad. Anyone have any ideas where they are, if they are there and what they are taking?
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FADS
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@Raymondo how did you go?
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FADS
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We have heard of some just legal dollies caught off Botany Bay last week! Haven't given it s go myself yet, keep us updated
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Good to have you back Keflapod!!! And you have certainly not lost your finesse in writing. Your previous posts would inspire a young fishermen like myself that there were plenty of fish to be caught out there without spending an arm and a leg! Let the haters hate and do what you love most and share it with the world
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Hey Guys,
I often fish Botany Bay and hit up the usual Yakka bait grounds. However i would really like to know if there are reliable spots to get slimy mackeral for bait. I have heard of the drums, oil wharf etc. But anything in specific and consistant.
Thank you very much in advanced
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What a report! Would have been an amazing day. Where abouts did you get the Dolly? Very lucky to keep the school next to you
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Try to troll structure and just after dawn is best. Do large turns so as to avoid tangles and don't run over your own lures. If your sounding up fish do a few runs over the same area. Best bet is to have some deep lures and some surface lures (skirts). Scratchies advice re varying distance is critical!
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Fair enough, great insight fellas! At port Stephens a few guys got dollies at the fads there.
Hopefully it picks up soon
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Hey Guys!
When do you think the legal Dollies will be at the fads? I recall last year January there were heaps of rats around - so hopefully this year they'll be big!
Also does the wide fad fire before the in close fad
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Hey mate,
Any light spinning gear will do the trick for your bread and butter fish, go light with line (4-6 lb) and lightest sinker possible. If your a beginner start off with some Big W gear it's cheap and does the job for the first few times when you'll be dropping your rods in the water etc. Also highly recommend speaking to any tackle shops in the region, entrance harder i itself has one. They provide the best local knowledge especially if your buying their product. Although their stories may be a little "tall" if you know what I mean
Best bait is always live bait, yankees, worms or live prawns especially will be great And you should get heaps of hits. Coincide it with a few hours prior and post dawn/dusk and high/low tide. The entrance of lake entrance Is apparently great in summer so maybe give their a go. The little wharves have plenty of little mullet (use bread and tiny hooks). The main wharf at Saratgo in Brisbane waters has some great little bream, pike, mullet etc. (but no live bait around there so buy prior). And if your really adventurous Avoca has great salmon (beach fishing which you'll need a much longer rod and use Pillies on Ganged hooks!
All the best tomorrow and have fun! Regards, Yusuf
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Ps best bet is scouting the lake and speaking to all the fisho's who are usually lovely and shre info. The tackle shop provided some Great info to but was a bit pricey, the info worked though so money well spent on the little jars of play dough. Regardless it's a good experience
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There's quite a few spots down there and some raiders here provided some great info last year when I went up. We used light spinning gear (usually for bream) and caught a nice trout (only one after trying for quite a while) lol, belying up with corn and using power bait. It was in a place they say the little gold fish school up at dawn and disk, I forget the name but it was a mud path off main road when your leaving jindabyne towards the snow. You can drive down and then fish at waters edge. Highly recommend
Regards,
Yusuf
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Hey Scratchie! Thats an awesome catch! Wish I went out with you guys, only managed a few fish sessions over there and it really sucked my way lol
Ah well such a large expanse of water it was difficult to really find the landmark locations! THANX for all the tips anyways mate much appreciated I'll cya out there one day! -
Awesome catch mate!
Heading to the Port next week with some friends hoping to get into some fishing action! -
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Awesome catch mate!
Thanx for all the tips to much appreciated! Your a legend -
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i was out there a few weeks ago picked up some small flatties and a nice tailor over an hours fishing if u fail to find fish have a drive around and look for tidal swirls on the top of the water its hard to spot on windy days but it goes for anywhere than drift right thru the tidal swirls and you'll be surprised the amount of flatties that will be on the bottom eating what gets swept up in the swirls ive only just started to really target flatties this year as a goal species and these spots can be very productive also use chicken breast and dont be scared to use a big sharp hook flatties have big mouths small hooks wont always set
tight lines mate
Thanx for that mate! Sounds good
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Hey Guys!
The bays been buzzing with activity, hundreds of water vessels zooming across! But a lack of reports???What's been happening on the fishing scene in the bay?Any surface activity? Bonnie's and Salamon back? Will trolling produce!We've been out near the cooks and got into a few trevs and bream but hoping for a proper trip out Thanx guys!
Ah well such a large expanse of water it was difficult to really find the landmark locations! THANX for all the tips anyways mate much appreciated 
Heading to the Port next week with some friends hoping to get into some fishing action! 
Where to fish in Batemans Bay?
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Would love some info also! Will be here for the next few days, not much info online