joshot15
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Wasabi wrigglers 80mm
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You'll get them mate, you gotta persist. I took my mate 2 weeks ago and he got his first fish on a plastic (flathead) next day he went and bought himself a new rod reel and some lures and jig heads and is officially 'hooked' ended up landing 2 bream over the weekend at Roseville. You just gotta get your first one so you get confidence then you will be ok. You'll be stoked when you get your first one I promise!
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I just fish soft plastics around the harbour. Only managed a small snapper from near those house boat things on the south western side of the spit. The jackets showed up in big numbers there too, that's when I pulled the pin and went home. Its tough fishing when the NE is howling... might try sneak out for a cheeky cast this arvo down at burns bay.
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Hey Sureangler I just seen your post, sorry mate. I ended up fishing around Fairlight then around spit bridge to get out of the wind. Again plenty of fish spotted but none playing ball. Tough going in the heat I tell you. How did you go? did you head down to Sugarloaf?
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Ended up hitting Roseville bridge for a yakka only. Will save the trip down to Castle Cove for the weekend I think. Heaps of nice bream at Roseville but they are too smart for me to catch, they were smashing my lure and swiping it but just would not eat it not matter what I threw at them.
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Cheers Scratchie, Pittwaterfishing I quite often see bream rising and feeding off the surface there! The other day I seen a small bream stalking then smash a little bait fish from the surface, it was cool to see.
Fished Roseville yesterday arvo for a few hours for nothing more than a yakka! Seen heaps of bream but they were to smart for me.
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Good day to you Raiders,
Haven't had a post in a while so I thought I would check in.
Have been doing a fair bit of bream fishing over the last couple of weeks with some nice results.
Both bream were caught in Lane Cove, one on a Squidgy Wriggler (wasabi) the other on a Squidgy Critter (blood worm). 4lb fluro carbon leader using slow lift and wind technique on run in tide.
The bream that I am in the picture with was a cracker taken from under a tree in about 1ft of water whilst chatting to a local bloke about the dwindling numbers of ducks living in the area. The other one was taken from a little sand bar on the other side of the cove.
Please enjoy.
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Never mind! Just used my brain instead and did a search in old topics and got the info I needed. Probably should have just done that to begin with.
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G'day Raiders, looking to head out for a bream reaping session this arvo and was looking at going to Castle Cove Middle Harbour. I have no idea how to get down to the waters edge! Ill be fishing landbased. Can anyone help me out?
Cheers
Josh.
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Great fish! What plastic did she fall for?
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did anyone else read that as cold naked in a tree?
Yeah but I spose if I was cold wet and naked a tree is the place I would want to be...
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Should also mention try and cast with the wind at your back or directly into the wind as it will help stop you getting a big bow in your line. if its not possible keep your rod tip low to the water.
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I haven't had much luck either but I put it down to the spot or conditions. I have jigged actual prawn pieces and got strong hook ups (not on the same say I tried SPs) on the drop and also squidgie wrigglers but winds were super strong and casting distance was only about 3-5 m at most (landbased) so I think that was the reason. Either that, or the other time I tried I saw many small bream (< 10 cm) follow the lure to the shore and have a bite but because they were so small they couldn't engulf the lure (65 mm). I found a slow roll to be the most effective so far.
I reckon I just need to find some flathead to cast it to.
I found when i was starting out using a heavier jig head helped me get onto fish. Flatties are on the bottom so having a heavier jig head will help you stay down there. I started out using 1/4 jig heads and got heaps. Just do a slow roll dragging you lure on the bottom with a few stops in between and a couple of faster winds of your reel. You should feel the lure dragging across the bottom, when a flattie hits it, it will stop so strike. You will get snags from time to time but just persist and you will get on to em. Don't be afraid to use big plastics like Turtle back worms or 100mm Wrigglers (bloodworm or wasabi) Flatties are pigs and they will have no trouble smashing them! Good luck.
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Cracker! I can't seem to muster anything bigger than about 50cms.
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Funny stuff mate! When are we going to have another cast? Maybe you can show me how to get the elusive Jew? You have gone pretty good on them!
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Hey Swaz by slow roll i mean:
- Cast out and let the lure sink to the bottom
- Slowly wind along the bottom (you should feel the lure dragging across the sand or mud)
- Pause every now and then the do maybe 2 quick winds then go back to slow roll.
Its not gunna work everytime and you will get a lot of flathead by catch doing this (which aint bad in my opinion). Good luck, hope you get on to a couple!
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Cheers guys, I must admit i have been an avid user of the Bloodworm Wriggler for a number of years but i have to say that i think ill be purchasing a few more packs of the wasabi's, they are deadly. Heading out to chase kings tomorrow!
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Looks a bit like a Cobe in the pic. Great Flattie, so thick! Well done
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G'day Raiders,
Long time no post but I thought that I would share the PB Bream that I got yesterday.
I was five casts in when I came up tight on what I thought was a nice flattie. As the fish came close I seen the beautiful silver flash and knew I was on to a really nice Bream. I managed to wrestle it away from the oyster covered rocks and beach it. Heart pumping and all alone I only managed a Bream 'selfie'. This beauty was released back into water and swam away in a flash. You can see from the pic that it was raining but I was undeterred and rewarded as a result.
I didn't have anything to measure it with but it was definitely in the mid 30's. Only managed a couple of undersized flatties after that and got a gill raker in the thumb for my troubles.
The Bream was caught in about 2 feet of water on a 100mm Wasabi Wriggler and 12th ounce Jig head tied to a 8lb fluorocarbon. Using a slow roll technique across the bottom.
Caught in a bay in the Lane Cove area on the run out tide about 6.45pm.
Cheers Josh.
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Try Bandit, about 5km straight out from Scarbrough beach not sure of exact co-ordinates but a bit of searching on the net might reveal them.
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Got this one last year off the stones on a cotton cordell. Not heaps big but i was happy with the result.
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Just a word of warning regarding bluefish point it is a dangerous spot to fish at times and extreme care must be taken at all the ledges here. the walking track in can be slippery after rain and parts of the track can dislodge out from under your feet so be carefull. Swell direction, size of the swell and tides must be taken into account aswell as the ledges at bluefish are low to the water and if you travel around to the front of the ledge facing east at high tide the only way out is a narrow high track no more than a foot wide and it is slippery in parts a fall can happen easily and mobile reception is basically non existent below the cliff so if anything happens someone will have to run pretty quick back up the access track to call for help the fishing can be good at bluefish but if you are not experienced at rock fishing or have never been there then go with someone who has as they can explain how and where to fish there safely i fish at bluefish at all the ledges along the headland and never go alone and only in the right conditions as with all rock fishing stay safe and be able to go home to your loved ones
Well said, my mate and I went to fish it on Saturday, swell report was under a meter. We got to the top of the ledge and seen waves taking it out due to the full east swell direction. Mongrel of a walk out when you haven't even got a cast in, but i'd rather be alive. Went down to Old Mans Hat instead where there was zero swell. Zero fish too.
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hey guys!
im new to fishing in sydney. i live out in the north shore area and i really want to catch myself a decent fish, im finding it hard in sydney though, im a shore based angler. i have tried, the spit, bobbin head, some parts of middle harbour and i really still never manage to catch somthing. best iv caught is a legal leather jacket. im in the process of buying a fishing kayak. can anyone help me with some information or directions on where i may catch somthing decent
kind regards
and look forward to all the feed back
What species are you chasing?
Castle Cove - How do I get down there?
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Fished with him again last week and he nailed another nice bream on a wasabi wriggler. Its killing me, he is having so much beginners luck.