DirtyDaz

What a Beauty, hope it tastes good, usually find 40 - 55cm taste the best imo.... Well done

Sorry to hear it Jim, Swings and Roundabouts, they'll get theres........

Lead lining, The ramp is all fininshed and works well, helps to have two people though. We launched a 5mtr boat in high and low tides, low tide was right at the bottom limit of the ramp. Also a nor-easter makes it a little surgey. Shallows

Hi to All, A broad report, Went down south to Currarong from Boxing Day till the 7th and have fished nearly everyday from the Shallows to the Hump and everywhere in between for some great times. Flathead are thick and were the easy target. Reds and Mowies were a little harder to get but a few came in, nothing really of size though. Did hear a story of a King come in off the stones to 32 KGS and witnessed the local Pro pull in heaps of Big Kings while we sat anxiouly waiting for our fresh squid heads to get nailed.........not to be...... Tried jigging, plastics nothing was going our way. This went on for a couple of frustrating days, only the flathead on the way in was feeding the family. Persistantly kept chasing kings with an array of baits, squid - no go, yakkas - no go, only live slimys got a nudge, and boy they got smashed. The Kings were of good size and incredibly fussy, not one rat amongst them. In the end only downrigged slimys done the job ( i no this cos i took a mate Steve "the Admiral" out, who bought his downrigger ) Great fights and sore arms prevailed and three for Steve and two for me, ( 1 over the magic meter mark ) made the holiday a great one. To anyone heading down the coast, the new boat ramp in Currarong is a winner. No more beach ramp

Got this off the net, have heard about it before though.... "Most Sydney-siders associate southerly winds with cool air temperatures, and northerly winds with warmth. But after a spell of nor'easters along the East Coast, the water temperature will often drop a couple of degrees. Why is this so? The process that causes this is called 'Ekman Transport', and it refers to an upwelling effect that occurs under certain synoptic situations. When the wind blows along the ocean's surface, the effects of the Coriolis force diverts the top layer of water to the left in the southern hemisphere (while in the northern hemisphere, the top layer of water is diverted the to the right). Therefore, a NE'ly wind blowing along the coast pushes the top layer of water out into the Tasman Sea. As this water needs to be replaced, an 'upwelling' effect draws in cooler (and usually nutrient-rich) water from below. It usually takes a couple of days of nor'easters to see any noticeable change, and you'll also find that certain parts of the coastline tend to react more than others - usually due to the presence of underwater ridges and canyons that amplify the upwelling effect. There are various spin offs from an upwelling event, depending on where you live - many parts of the southern coastline will see an increased risk of sea fog, if a warm and moist airmass settles on top of the cooler sea surface temperatures. Afternoon sea breezes may also be enhanced due to an increase in the temperature gradient between the land and the ocean. It can sometimes take weeks for these upwelling effects to ease - Newcastle had a spell of cool water in January of 2004 that took around three weeks to settle down. This process works similarly in reverse. A southerly airstream in the Tasman Sea pushes the surface layer of water to the left (ie towards land), which will usually return near-shore sea surface temperatres to a more stable average. Fisherman can really benefit from an upwelling event - the nutrient rich water dragged up from greater ocean depths is photosynthesised as it nears the surface layers, and this sharp increase in food source can rapidly build fish stocks" Hope that answers some questions..