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Hi Raiders, I have taken a promotion on the gold coast and will be moving up next year in Feb! I'd love to get some info from you guys on best locations to live on the gold coast from a fishing perspective lol! I will be working in varsity lakes so hopefully not too far from there. I have been looking primarily around the canals but got my eye on hope island too. Keen to get your input on best locations for beach fishing for jews/sharks aswell as kayak fishing Also, anyone live up that way? i will need some fishing companions lol Cheers, Stan

if your launching at that ramp in the park next to the road bridge be careful, its extremely slippery. If you own a 12 foot or longer kayak and are wheeling it down, the ramp is really steep too which means it scrape on the bend. A lot of current too mate so just make sure you dont ram into anything in the dark. Goodluck!

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Mate thats a horse!

Thanks Ian, Hope all is well mate. Yeah i found working them slow, along rock walls worked really well. keep the tip down and steady but slow retrieve. Cheers

LOL i think your onto something here scratchie! its wooden spoon fishing at its best lol

thanks boys, Fished it yesterday arvo for about 20 bass. Still nothing of size though! i did get some new angles on the bass though. Id be so happy with a 40cm model just one would restore my faith lol. Cheers

nice work mate! is that beach 4WD access only? Cheers

Glad your sons OK. I'd say if it was going to be an animal, it would be an eel. But to be safe, lets get Jeremy Wade out here to investigate.

Hi Guys, Had some time on the weekend and had a quick flick on the parra. Bream are taking Jackall Chubbies in Suji Shrimp and flatties are taking z-mann minnowz in copper penny. Cheers

Yeah mate i reckon the days of catching 35cm+ fish regularly are all but gone i really wish someone proves me wrong. dont get me wrong, you will get the odd screamer but not consistently scatchie thanks for the tips mate

Thanks scratchie, Ive been using bassday feather cranks, cicada's, beetles/jitterbugs at night, spinners in the arvo, chubbys, plastics, jackal tn60's, fly and other vibes Did you fish the arvo? Cheers

Hi Guys, Been fishing the nepean river pretty hard lately. From penrith, rowing club down to the weir and the opposite side (emu side), fished emu heights, fished hawkesbury heights, fished emu plains bloody everywhere. All for one small bass and one screaming run which i lost the fish. I have put in so many hours fishing and bush walking through there for nothing. Where have all the nepean bass gone?

yeah mate really good bass up there when they're on. and awesome scenery, its a really nice drive.

jigging works the best from 12 mile.

hey mate fished the same stretch of river on the weekend and a bit further up aswell near yellowmundee. i lost a massive bass which dusted me off in the sunked timber. i couldnt even turn the head on this fish. Well done on landing one though mate, Cheers

thanks mate yeah awesome area. interesting that bright colours were working

Hi Raiders, Fished Lake St Clair on the weekend for bass and yella's of the yak and land based. We were up there for 2 days and camped on the main bank, near the facilities. Day one saw us working the weed, weed line, points and drop off's with spinners, bright coloured deep divers and vibes. We pulled a few bass out, recommend if your going up there to really utilise the sounder. We also worked a few of the surrounding banks from the land targeting sunken timber and the surface over the weed. I managed 3 bass, one being my PB of 37cm still not a monster but really fat. At night, i took one off the surface using a feather crank. Cheers,

oh yep i no the spot. should start firing with all the storms i just hope they get over 15cm lol

nice work! where abouts on the river were you?

my mate caught two yesterday and we dropped a few. Not big ones though, i can never find big bass in there.

definitely looks interesting!

Hi Raiders, Wow, been a long time between posts - I hope the usual suspects are well and getting amongst it. I have been driving over heathcote rode of late and the water below looks absolutely amazing...and very bassy! Question: How do i get down there? and what have people caught down there? looks like a great bushwalking area too! Thanks Raiders!

be safe scratchie

Living the dream mate! that sounds like an awesome set up. all i got is a bloody fish tank lol. Do you get out on a kayak or just land base it?