Piss'n'Broke

Hi The Rev, myself & my brother are heading down there Friday week for 8 days. Just wondering if the kings are at Point Perp? Any info you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Dan

Hey mate, I found plenty of traps out there when I last went wide 2-3 weeks ago. But they were a reasonable way out, with most only being a couple of Km's inside the shelf. Dan Speaking to a mate who fished them the other week, they are still there and holding good size (90cm+) dollies tho the current was pushing hard south and only the last of the 3 buoys on the tag rope was visible.

Hey Abs, Tunks Park along with most of the ramps in Sydney is a #@$%fight on the weekend especially when its a hot day with good weather,,, a word of advice, we launch out of Tunks,, my brother puts his boat in a 10-11pm the night before chasing squid, and picks me up at 330-4am, if I were you launching solo, launch that extra hour earlier around 430am or just before, especially with daylight savings. As come 5am when we have live baits down you cant count the amount of boats flooring it out of the ramps from both Tunks park, and Roseville. Dan

Bait will always hold near, or close to structure for protection. Armpits, usually baitfish like to feed on dawn or dusk to avoid being eaten by predators during daylight hours or at night when the toothies come out. So at night it will be nearly impossible to spot baitfish. My advice try the hour before and after sunset/sunrise for baitfish, i.e. yakka's, slimies, gar's. As for squid, good luck,, they may be there, they may not be, but they might only switch on for a hour to feed, then shut down. I have squidded at Balmoral 100's if not 1000's of times for the last 20 years for countless hours for not even a single grab, or a pulled tentacle. Move around as others have mentioned, but don't be surprised if they come on the chew after you leave,,,, this is the worst!!!!! Dan

Hey all, heading down to Jervis bay in a couple weeks,,,, wondering if anyone has any reports of the kings turning up there yet? Going to chase some squid out of Murrays, and the old fall back flathead if the kings aren't on the bite yet? Many thanks Dan

I use Super 100, its a great line, thin enough to feel bites in 50metres of water. If you want thinner mono you can go to Platypus low stretch its a touch thinner than Super 100, but I've had very bad experiences with it mind you it was the 8kg low stretch which I've been informed is basically the 6kg low stretch rebadged as 8kg with the exception of being 0.05mm thicker. Dan

The yakka's are still at the centurion and the inshore reefs, & wrecks, but you want to catch them by first light. Ie if you don't have any by 5am your in for a hard days fishing.

Hey Rosswab, no joy with the PM I sent you? Dan

Pick your days and you will be fine, I've taken 4.2m tinnies out to the FAD's (Sydney) and fish traps, 3.55m tinny out past the heads up to longy. Its all about caring more for your safety and passengers than the fish, so if it looks abit fickle don't do it and er on the side of caution. I reckon your boat would be fine for the FAD's only a few months back I was with a mate and we took his 4.75m out to 12 Mile no problems, so take it slow and choose your days. Dan

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Thanks for all your help in identifying this fish, never seen anything like it before. I have a golden rule, don't know what it is, it goes BACK!!!! Cheers Dan

Hey caught this the other week with a mate in Jervis Bay whilst drifting for flathead. Have no ide what it was so cut it loose. Can someone please tell me what it is? Cheers Dan

Thanks for all the info & reports. Weather has been terrible down here since we arrived on Sat 20knot+ winds, 2 metre swells. My brother took our father out today at 930am. They stayed in very close. Got 3 smallish squid for a hour, tried a drift for a few flathead but the wind was making it impossible

Ah ok. Thanks very much for the info mate. We greatly appreciate it Dan

Hi all. On our way to Jervis Bay today for the next 11 days. Was wondering if anyone has fished it lately & if so are there any kings around? Many thanks. Dan

Nice work again Mark . Where have you been, haven't heard from you in months? Tried calling you a couple months back and I couldn't get you. Dan

Huh? Dan

The squid have been plentiful if you persevere and try several spots till you locate them. Tho finding the kings to feed them to this last 4-8weeks has be harder than finding the squid.

You should always attach your anchor to 3/4 the length of your boat in a heavy gauge chain "especially" in hard current. It reduces the chance of your boat slipping anchor. So if your boat is 15foot long have 10ft minimum of chain on your rope.. Recently a rookie mate of mine who we teaching wrapped a fishing line around his prop under the Hexen Bridge, lucky we taught him well, toss the anchor out with 12ft of chain, it grabbed quickly and he was able to sort out his prop mess without worrying about a unpowered tangled up prop in heavy curent.

Diawa Saltist Demon Blood mate,, we have 2 of them :-D

Daiwa Saltist Demon Blood, but see if you can pick up one of the original models as I heard they have had issues with the newer models. Dan

Better off to buy quality jigs. As previous posts stated they are of a higher quality and tend to produce more squid unless the squid are really on, in which case they will hit any jig. BUT this rarely happens. At my last count I have 25+ jigs, zori's and yammies, ranging in colour and size from a very small 1.3 up to 2.5's with a couple of bigger 3.5's that I use when out very deep. Dan

If you want to turn a reel just look for the schools of kings on the surface at Point Perp from 530am til about 9am. If you cant find them use a downrigger or a poor mans downrigger. There are a few legals mixed into and amongst the schools. Dan

That school of kings at Point Perpendicular is still on the surface but by 9am they go deep. Squid around but you have to work for for them

Paternoster for your live baits, lower them down VERY VERY damn slowly as the kings will hit them as they go past. Last time I was at 12 Mile a month back, it was brutal, the kingys were less than 5metres off the bottom and they buried us several times. Not to mention by lowering your lives down very slowly they wont fall off your hook unless of course you bridle them or you wont kill them by ploughing them straight into the bottom with a house brick. Dan