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hi raiders thought i share with you what happened to my mate recently he decided to chase kingys recently with his son at botany bay caught some live bait at molli and went to his fav spot rigged one yakka on float and one to the bottom the spot was less than 10m deep near the rocks hooked the first kingy on the yakka on the float and measured 67cm so a quick pick and then straight on to the esky 2nd hook up was a very fat aus salmon so after a good fight salmon went back to fight another day 3rd hook up was another kingy fought longer and measured 81cm got quiet so mate decided to spin lures to kill time while spinning one of the rod with the live yakka went off so mate put the rod with lure down on the side and grab the other rod to fight whatever took the live bait another salmon took the yakka and while my mate was removing the hook he noticed that the rod with the lure is missing and quickly drop the other rod with the salmon to check for the missing rod he saw the missing rod slowly sinking on the side of the boat so he quickly jump off the boat to retrive the rod that was slowly sinking in the water he was able to get the rod back and so he was very happy that he didnt lose that gloomis combo while he was setting up for another live yakka he realised that his mobile phone was still in his pocket so he quickly check it and the phone was off tried to on the mobile phone but no success so he decided to keep on fishing as what we always do lol took the mobile phone to samsung the next day and was told that it cant be fix so thats at least $700 to get a replacement his gloomis combo is worth around $600 so the big question was was it worth it???!!! the answer was he rather lose the mobile phone rather than the combo lol at the end of the day his wife got him a new iphone x so he was happy got a new phone plus he still got his gloomis combo thanks for reading

excellent report mate thanks for sharing spending time in the water with your mates is always better than spending time with your workmates lol unless your fishing mates are your workmates too catching a fish to take home is always a bonus specially when your boss/wife loves eating fish like mine (she refuse to eat fish that are being sold at the shops...thats another story lol goodluck on your next trip

well done on the flatty mate if u want to release the fish but cant get the hook out just cut the line as closest to the mouth the fish will hopefully survive but flatty fillets r one of the best fillets super yummy

thanks we target bream all the time at sow n pigs using chicken strips on 10lb trace and size 4 circle hook plenty of monster bream there over the 40cm always fun to catch on light gear

thanks love eating flatty fillets

hi raiders decided to fish sydney harbour today with 2 of my bff got to the ramp around 8am with about half a dozen trailers parked wind was still blowing around 15-20kph plan a was to bottombash sow n pigs plan b was to bottombash around goat island up to birkehead point trolled from balls head to shark island for zeros using the halco redhead rapala redhead got to sow n pigs but cant anchor so decided to go to clifton instead anchor around the navy wharf and started to burley with pillys mixed with pellets we were using chicken/mullet/prawns/pillys for bait we were using our bream snapper combo 10lb trace using paternoster and running sinker rig we caught around half a dozen legal bream half dozen legal flattys dozens baby snapper bream flattys hightlight of the day was me hooking up a 61cm kingy on my daiwa 2500 combo using a paternoster with chicken strips the fight took forever (5-10mins) lol the kingy took 3-4 runs before we netted it took a quick pic and let the kingy go to fight another day hi 5s all round my biggest fish i have caught on my daiwa 2500 combo my mate also caught a 60cm kingy but took longer to land due to the kingy wrapped around three of our lines lol had to cut all the three lines hoping the kingy was legal but had to let it go to grew more decided to move to watsons bay to get fish and chips for lunch while were having lunch we fished near the moorings and caught a monster bream (39cm) on my first cast using a running sinker rig with chicken strips maritime came and told us that we can not use the yellow bouys and only use the pink ones someone must have rang maritime and complain that were using the yellow bouys cant find any pink ones thats free so decided to move around the balmain area trolled around the bridge for zeros and anchored around the pylons near birchgrove caught another monster bream (37cm) on my first cast on my daiwa 2500 on chicken strips for the next hour caught plenty of baby snapper and bream so decided to move around birkenhead point fished birkenhead point for about 1hr for 2 legal bream and decided to head back to the ramp home around 8pm thanks for reading

thanks mate had to cancel our fishing this weekend due the forecast hopefully we can go out next sat jan 20

always a good day when you see your mates catching fish...they become fishing addicts...lol bonito are always fun to catch...thats why we target them summertime...

thanks mate always a bonus when you get to take some fish home for the boss(wife)...lol

thanks mate always prefer early starts...more fishing time...lol theres always someone out there who will try to ruin your day...usually when you are catching all the fish and they dont...

always not enough fun mate...wish i can go fishing everyday lol...thanks

mate check out dinga been buying all my gear from them since they started selling online most of my gear are penn i think its value for money and i havent had any issues with penn i recommend the penn 4500ssv reel with 30lb braid line dinga got it on special atm rod size 5kg-10kg length 7ft-10ft

very nice red mate well done which bait did u use thanks

very nice haul mate well done

thanks catching fish to take home is a bonus fishing with my bffs when we can r always priceless there r always idiots out there who thinks they own all the fishing spots and dont have any clue on fishing manners

thanks mate

hi raiders got to rose bay ramp around 2am...originally plan was to leave home at 3am but cant sleep so decided to leave early plan a was to troll north and south heads then plan b to bottom bash around sow n pigs balmoral clifton rosebay in case the swell was too big decided to hang around rosebay and catch some live bait from 2am to 5am only caught 1 yakka and dozens of baby snapper at rosebay on chicken fillets and pillys put the live yakka on float but wasnt touch...my mate hooked a big kingy on live yakka as rosebay on nye but the hook came off so we were hoping to hook another one started to troll around 5am with a halco redhead(16cm) a rapala longcast pilly (14cm) a savage manic prey dd ytf (16cm) a halco twisty in 55g first pass off north head and we hooked our 1st bonito on the savage lure hi 5s all round me on the rod so decided to drive the boat and let my other mates have a go the swell was bigger than we expected so decided to just troll up to the point then head back in second pass we had a double hook up on the bonito on the halco redhead and savage lure so we just needed one more coz there were four of us third pass we hook another bonito on the redhead so everyones happy we did a couple more for zeros so decided to check south head the swell was even bigger at south head first pass we had a double hook up on the bonito with the halco red head (we put 2 redhead 1 rapala longcast 1 savage lure) 2nd pass we got zeros so decided to head back to north head we did 1 more pass at north head for zeros so decided to check balmoral put the live yakka on float then decided to bottom bash and one of my mate started spinning with the halco twisty we saw kingys hanging around our boat and after about 30mins our live yakka was taken by a kingy the kingy took 4 runs before we netted it but it was only 60cm so back it went to grow more a school of salmon came so two of my mates started spinning with metals (halco) but only managed one salmon a boat with 3 f!"£wits decided to go in front of us so we cant spin...f!"£$ing m!"£ons...then when they cant catch anything decided to anchor next to us...F1234ing losers... anyways...caught plenty of baby snapper on chicken and pillys and got 3 legal big trevs...my mate caught another bonito at balmoral with the halco twisty decided to check sow n pigs on our way to clifton... caught 1 big bream at sow n pigs but decided to leave coz we couldnt anchor...was getting too dangerous so we move to clifton... didnt get any bites at clifton but a school of bonito showed up so decided to chase the school instead...caught one on the halco twisty... back at the ramp around 12pm but took almost 1hr to put the boat back to the trailer...boats everywhere... home around 2pm... tally for the day 8 bonito 3 trevs 1 bream 1 salmon thanks for reading ps my mate went back the following day and caught zeros from 5am to 10am...

thanks...wait until you catch a bonito over the 60cm...fights harder than a kingy imo...you will get a sore arms and shoulders...

you should go to bass pt...twice the number of people...you fish shoulder to shoulder with other fishos...lol

wow...excellent catch...been trying to catch one of those for years now...hopefully this year...

hi mate we use squid skirt tied to a squid float very cheap lure to make to catch pelagic landbased use trace as long as your rod below r d list to make one 1. squid skirt 2. 3/0-5/0 suicide or long shank hook 3. squid float 4. no. 5-10 ball sinker for casting distance 5. 30-50lb trace another option is a halco metal twisty lure you can also use the new rapala longcast in ghost or pilly color (caught kingy and bonito)

ok mate ill keep that in mind thanks

thanks mate planning to take the boat up on jan 13-14 depending in the forecast

thanks for the info mate how long will it take to go to avoca

hi all my mate wants to take his 4.5m quintrex with 50hp to avoca / terrigal to target bonito and kingfish which ramp will be the best place to launch any advice will be highly appreciated thank you very much in advance we never take the boat out in the open when the swell is over 1.5m and wind over 20kph