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    2/1/18 Sydney Harbour for nought

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    Posted

    7 hours ago, ozMoses said:

    Hi all,

    Took the kids out on Sydney Harbour yesterday for a fish but couldn't catch a cold... or even a bite!

    We fished Snails Bay around 2pm, Woolwich moorings around 3:30, then after a swim tried Hunters hill at 4:30. The weather turned so we headed back and got in as it started to rain.

    I did catch a metre long stainless ladder.. was going to clean it up but covered in oysters so the kids would have stepped on it for sure.

    Catch of the day! Nice ladder Pirates ahoy

    Was burleying mouldy bread maybe that was a turn-off? Also burleyed some frozen bonito from last trip.

    Would love any pointers on bait / rigs / protected spots to get the kids on to fish!

    Cheers,

    Andrew.

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    hi,

    try fishing around the wharfs...rose bay / watsons bay /clifton garden / balmoral

    burley with old bread you can buy a bag for $2 at most bakery

    use pilly / chicken / squid strip on a paternoster type rig without any sinker (10lb trace will do) and just let it sink thru the burley trail and most of the time you will catch yakkas snapper trevally jackets and even a kingy (caught a 61cm kingy while trying to catch yakka for bait lol)

    usually use hooks size from 4 to 10 or use big hooks (1/0 to 6/0) when u get sick of catching small fish lol

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    avoca 02/01/2018

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    6 hours ago, antonywardle said:

    where about's at Avoca were you fishing? Love to have a go for a bonnie or a king!

    I've tried fishing at the Northern end of the beach, but didn't have too much luck.

     

     

     

     

    the spot is off avoca drive near the rock pool

    theres a path that will lead you to the ledge from the parking area near the pool

    pls be very careful if you havent been to that spot

    pls check swell and wind before you go to that spot

    can be very dangerous if the swell is over 2m

    the waves will definitely come up if the swell is over 2m

    been there when the swell was over 2m and it was very scary

    two of my mates have been swept off that spot by huge waves and both are lucky to be alive today 

    both of them were not wearing safety gear and wont go back to that spot ever again

    always wear safety gear

    goodluck

    avoca 02/01/2018

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    Posted

    6 hours ago, Stu-SP said:

    What a productive little session! A solid feed of fish!

    thanks

    yes best ever session off rocks for almost 2yrs

    usually keep a couple of fish and give the rest of the haul to family and friends

    avoca 02/01/2018

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    Posted

    12 hours ago, DaveTheBoy said:

    Good on you mate - sounds like a good early session!

    thanks

    we always leave home around 3am back around 3pm

    havent had this type of session for almost 2yrs now

    love catching bonito

    avoca 02/01/2018

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    Posted

    12 hours ago, Wellzy94 said:

    Good stuff! It's always great to get into those schools of bonito. And a legal kingy to ice the cake!

    Cheers,

    Wellzy

    thanks

    i always dread when hooking up a kingy coz i catch mostly rats lol

     

    avoca 02/01/2018

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    Posted

    9 hours ago, GoingFishing said:

    Awesome work, them bonnies are great fun especially on light gear. 

    Great way to start the year

    thanks

    my mate had to lock the drag with those big bonito on his slammer 3 3500 lol

    avoca 02/01/2018

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    7 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said:

    sounds like a fun session ..where there many fishing there ??...rick

    there were about a dozen fishos when we got there 

    about 30 when we left around 9am

    love catching and eating bonito

    we target bonito every summer off the rocks from avoca to bass pt

    avoca 02/01/2018

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    thanks guys

    havent been rock fishing for almost 2yrs 

    was pretty good feeling landing those bonito off the rocks

    alot harder than off the boat

    i prefer to fish early just before sunrise and try to head home around lunchtime

    gets too hot in summertime

    avoca 02/01/2018

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    Posted · Edited by fisholb
    photo of the haul

    hi raiders

    decided to check avoca today hoping to catch a bonito or two.

    mate pick me up around 330am and got to avoca around 5am

    rigged one rod with whole pilly on float and another rod with squid skirt on float

    after 10 mins the rod with pilly went off but by the time i got to the rod the hook came off

    quickly put another pilly on the float and cast it to about 15-20 from the ledge

    decided to spin the squid skirt on float and after the 3rd cast i landed our first bonito for 2018 hi 5s with my mate

    the bonito bit my middle finger while i was removing the hook from its mouth

    while i was putting the bonito to the esky the other rod with the pilly went off so i told my mate to grab it and landed our 2nd bonito for the day

    in the next hour or so we had bites on pillys on float lost a few with the hook coming off or the trace got bitten off

    we only had about 20pcs of pillys and we run out of bait by 7am we landed 2 kingys 63cm and 67cm quickly release the 63cm to fight another day the kingys were both caught on the pilly

    we decided to use a chrome lure my mate got from kmart and fought over a dozen bonito and only landed around half a dozen

    the big bonito up to 60cm preferred the pilly while the small ones preferred the chrome lures

    by 830 me n my mate landed 13 bonito and only 1 kingy

    decided to pack up around 9am due to our arms and shoulders starting to hurt

    home around 11am

    thanks for reading

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    port kembla / shellharbour

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    23 hours ago, Evets said:

    Port Kembla harbour to hill 60 is a realitively short run.  Once you are out past the breakwall  you can see hill 60. Should only take 15 mins or so. When you are there you can steam through a gap between the islands to get to the more productive southern side - but I  would advise a first timer to head  the long way round  and go  around the island. only take a few minutes longer.

     

    On the southern side I have trolled up some good sized kings. A bit further south out along port beach is a great place to drift for flatties.

    thanks for the info mate

    yes ill be going around the island dont want to risk hitting those rocks

     

    botany bay 26/12/2017

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    Posted

    On 27/12/2017 at 12:55 AM, Ojay Samson said:

    Seems a bit lumpy  in the bay by the sounds of it.  Good report,  gotta  be in it to win it as they say. 

    thanks

    havent been in that type of condition on a small boat

    need a bigger boat lol

    botany bay 26/12/2017

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    On 27/12/2017 at 4:47 AM, big Neil said:

    Well you certainly gave it a go mate and managed a couple. Still great to be out on the water ...and there's always next time. Cheers, bn

    thanks 

    nothing beats fishing for me...

    im a fishing addict lol

    botany bay 26/12/2017

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    17 hours ago, zmk1962 said:

    Good report.... I felt like I was there! At least you got out and had a go.

    Cheers Zoran

    thanks mate

    been addicted to fishing since 2008 

    havent been out for the last 12 months due to injury so trying to catch up on lost time atm lol

    botany bay 26/12/2017

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    Posted · Edited by fisholb
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    hi raiders,

    hope everyone had an excellent xmas!!!

    decided to fish botany bay instead of sydney harbour today due to the sydney to hobart race

    got to the ramp around 4am with two of my bff (best fishing friend)

    plan A was to troll the heads

    the wind and swell looked ok from the forecast which was not 100% accurate more of a 50/50 guess work

    anyway decided to go straight to molli point which was plan B and catch some bait

    the wind was starting to blow when we got to molli point and decided to anchor around the reef but one of my bff started to get seasick swell was around 1m

    so decided to troll the south heads which felt like forever to get there swell was getting bigger and bigger as we get near the south heads so decided to turn back to molli point

    when we got back to molli point one of the rods went off with the rapala longcast in pilly/sardine color and after about 5mins we landed our 1st fish for the day a 60cm kingy which went back to fight another day

    one of my bff asked me if he can go back to the ramp coz he was really gettting seasick seriously so trolled back to the ramp to drop him off

    decided to troll the 3rd runway from end to end for zeros so decided to head back to molli point

    half way down molli point towards the beach two of the rods went off one with the rapala longcast in pilly color and one with the halco dd redhead

    after about 10mins we got 2 bonito in the esky

    trolled molli point 3x more but no more takers so decided to anchor at the reef hoping to catch anything that we can take home plenty of throwbacks around the 25cm mark (trevs/snapper/flattys)

    were using pillys and prawns for bait hooked one pj and one banjo on pillys

    after about 1hr decided to troll molli point again for zeros so decided to go back to the ramp where one of my bff had fully recovered

    got home around 3pm

    thanks for reading

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    port kembla / shellharbour

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    9 hours ago, rozza_b said:

    i fish the south side of bass point on a regular basis, i launch at kiama takes me max about 15-20mins to run up to there can be a bit washy going past bombo but otherwise its pretty much a straight trip, theres ramps at port kembla, shellharbour and kiama just depends on where you want to fish i suppose, kiamas a great ramp with good facilities

    been fishing hill60 and bass pt off the rocks since 2008

    want to try off the boat this summer

    planning to bring the boat on jan 6-7 depending on the weather

    thanks for the info

    port kembla / shellharbour

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    On 25/12/2017 at 2:11 PM, rickmarlin62 said:

    from kiama to the front of bass pt is 4.5nm  another 2nm to shellharbour..there is good reef all out from this area...iv caught marlin 1/2 mile off bass pt....you can launch anywhere down that way...it just boils down to personal choice...rick

    can u pls pm me some gps markers if u dont mind

    thank u very much

    port kembla / shellharbour

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    On 25/12/2017 at 1:42 PM, recurve said:

    Don’t think it would be worth it. Long way and be much easier by car. 

    If you fish in port make sure you don’t anchor in the harbour as you can be fined and same goes for getting within 50m of the jetty’s. There is also a restricted area you can’t go into so make sure you know where that is before venturing further up into the harbour. 

    planning to fish hill60 

    how long will it take to get there from the port kembla ramp

    currently checking the spot using my navionics app on my iphone atm

    thanks for all the info

    port kembla / shellharbour

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    On 23/12/2017 at 10:38 PM, rickmarlin62 said:

    kiama has a good ramp with open access to the sea..not far to bass pt..plenty of reefs close by...rick

    hi mate

    how long does it take from kiama to shellharbour by boat with 4.5m 50hp doing 10knots 

    thanks for your help

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