james1990

Nice report mate....awsum stuff on the macks. Which ramp did ya launch at? cheers james

Hi guys On sunday night 25.5.2008 there was a news article on channel 10 news about a car accident involving 2 p-plate driver in which 1 died. I'v been trying to find the article on the net but have had no luck. Has anyone stumbled across it or would anyone know a place where i could find it? cheers james

Thats freeking huge.......imagine the king or jewfish you could catch with that baby =) Would also hate 2 be inked by it aswell. cheers james

Was that gamecat the 22odd footer with the tuna tower and twin suzuki 4 strokes? Nice session on the yft Sounds like sydney is goin off........care to send a few to qld....im sick of frigate macks, mack tuna and striped tuna lol. cheers james

I wish i hada landed him....well got him to the boat then lassooed his tail then dragged him backwards for alittle while. My biggest hook up to date...ahhhh well. The canals are firing with Bream at the moment breeding season. Managed a few bream around the 25cm mark on pillie fillets this arvo....dad also managed to burly up a HUGE school or garfish and poddy mullet. cheers james

Nice pair of bream mate...chunky fish...will taste great. cheers james

Hi guys Went out for a night fish lastnight in the broadwater...target JEWFISH. Fished the run in tide and part of runout on the northern wall of seaway on the SW end of stradie island. From 6.30 till 1am...landed 1 small fingermark bream, small cod, small moses perch, various ooglies. i burlyed VERY hard from 10.30-1am and attracted a HUGE school of whitebait. Used a 45cm frigate mackrel butterflyed as bait on 6/0 suicides snelled on 60lb leader dropped off the back of the boat. Spent about 30mins in the water then ZZZZZZZ the saltist screams like all hell....im hooked up to a feisty bullshark of about 7 foot.......i knew it was going to be short lived using mono trace...lost the bull but to have been hooked up to a creature of that size was amazing. No picks this time. cheers james

That got me i could only count 3 f's first time through cheers james

As my old soccer coach always said......"use the inside of your foot". Nice work on the flatty. What did you do with the pike?...make a good bait for jew they do. cheers james

Thanks for the tips guys. Adjusted very well up here....fishing is great...weather is better and the people are great. Already had 1 encounter in the canal that runs through the back of my place with a small bullshark.....unfortunatly i busted off on one of the various snags....dont go swimming =)...also landed a nice sized4 foot hairtail which i released thinking it was an eel later realising what it was DOHHHH...ohh well. Plenty of sharks around...people get them all the time when floating livies out the back of the boat for mack tuna. Neighbour got a Bronze whaler last weekend on the 36's went 7 foot. cheers james

Not 100% sure it's true but i have heard of EP'S in the upper reaches of parra river. If your keen on making the trip iv also heard the upper reaches of the hawksbury hold them aswell. Someone else might be able to answer this but would the woronora river hold ep's? cheers james

Hi guys When fishing for sharks off shore with a deadbait set under a balloon...how far below the balloon is a good length? cheers james

I also have a tld 20 2-speed...caught alot of fish including a 5 foot hammerhead, small kings, reef fish, small tuna jsut to name a few. Top all round reel...can also cast with it aswell depending on how good your castingskill is. cheers james

Looking at getting a few boats out there...have abit of a mini- social with the raiders from up north. We have 2 spots available on our boat and can supply all the fishing gear needed if anyone is boatless or keen on getting outside but unable to get out there due to size of boat etc. Just need to pick a date when we can all meet up. cheers james

Might grab myself a set of flppers, goggles and a snorkel and have a bit of a snorkel around the south wall of the seaway....at low tide theres HEAPS of huge boulders exposed that are normally covered at high tide...i would imagine you would get squid there....will let you know how i go. cheers james

When i saw this topic i was thinking MAYBE a shimano spheros 14000fa with the upgraded drag etc and a full spool of 50lb braid. Would that be an ideal reel for what frank is looking to do? cheers james

Beats me to how some people find themselves in some of those situations.. cheers james

Anyone know of any?? I cant find any terrain that would hold them...only place i can find would be the walls on either side of the seaway? cheers james

Hi guys Will be heading out for a jewie bash on friday night25/5/08 weather permitting in and around the seaway. Would any else be keen on tagging along on there boat?...we have a few spots we can show ya. Also if you are unable to get livebait for yourself and your keen on getting your boat out i will be catching plenty of livies on thursday and friday, garfish and tailor and would be happy to give you some of our livies. Will be launching at biggera waters boatramp next to the grand hotel at 6.30pm. If your keen on tagging along you can PM me for any other details or my mobile number. cheers james

Picks are up. The tuskfish was delicious cooked in butter, lemon, pepper and oregano wrapped in foil thrown on the bbq.....perfect. The head went into a crab trap and will hopefully bring us a yummy feed of mudcrab . cheers james

Gday guys Left the biggerawaters boat ramp this morning with myself, dad my mate jason and dads mate sean onboard hoping to get into some fish before the wind picked up at mid day...which it didnt. First run was to troll along the breakwalls of the broadwater as the sun came up for GT'S and jacks. Did 2 runs of each wall with rapala divers for a small bonito. Also saw a big manta ray frolicking around in the seaway. Went and had fish just outside the heads to the south for nothing so decided to troll around a few marks we have in about 130 feet of water with small skirts and divers for small tuna which would be used as shark bait later on in the day.....no luck on the trolling..trolled fora bout an hour. Decision was made to go and fish a reef we marked in the plotter a few weeks ago in 130foot of water. Upon arrival there wasa few boats already there and one of the boats was hooked up to something of a decent size. We set anchor and as we were setting up the bloke gaffs a 9kg snapper....monster taken on a full pillie. We get stuck into fishing set out a burly trail consiting of anything and everything and set a shark line out the back. Not long into our session sean hooks up to a nice fish that was giving him abit and a few minuites later we land a 41cm tuskfish...yummooo dinner. Not long after jason who hasnt been out on a boat in over a year goes IM ON and manages to fight a very feisty peice of reef about the size of a baseball to the boat In the following hour we caught a few small pinkies to 30cm, silver trevally to 26cm and dad hooked and busted off on something of a large size. We had abit of excitement when jason goes OHH $#!T theres a sharkdown there..the burly had attracted a small shark of only a few feet to the boat so i quickly cranked in my shark outfit which had a big smelly chunk of bonito on it and dropped it into the area the shark was patrolling for nothing so let it back out again to do it's thing. Grabbed another rod and put a pillie on gangs with a wire trace and dropped it down into the burly trail...about 30seconds after dropping it down i see a small shadow cruising around my pilly so i pick the rod up and jiggle it a few times and the small shadow decided he wanted my pillie....seconds later i landed a small remora...after a few happy snaps he was released. Decided to move onto a different reef we have marked in 130foot of water once the sweep moved in. Set up all the gear again and for the next 2 hours we managed an array of species from pearl perch, tailor, trevally, yakkas, pinkies and ooglies. Decided i would go light and throw out a peice of pilly on 10lb 4000sized tredline outfit.....and as it goes i managed to hook up to something of size which took about 8 mins to land yet my 2nd remora about 70cm in size...stocked you betchya. Whilst fishing on this reef we had an unexpected visit from a freind everyone knows as flipper (the dolphin) so in with the lines as we watched this huge dolphin cruise around the boat for about 20 mins. I decided to try and hand feed him a pillie....unsuccessful but i had him coming up to me less than a meter apart a very tame and placid creature so i sat down on the transom and splashed my feet around and he kept coming in close 2 investigate....bloody awsum creature will never forget it.

Gday mate We were out today aswell...im just about to write up a report... you would have passed us trolling around the seaway breakwalls on your way out. Nice work on the nobby. cheers james

I used to swear by jarvis walker hercules.....changed to tuffline.....never going back. cheers james

Hi guys Pretty sure they are called remoras the fish that follow mantarays, big sharks etc and stick to them... What are they like on the tooth? cheers james

Hi mate I have a silstar crystal blue power tip 1.8 meter medium action 15kg jigging rod that seats my saltist 30t....had 2 use the rod a few times to get a good opinion on it. But i am happy with it i use it for trolling, jigging, bottom bashing, casting lure...does just about everything...only cost me around $160. cheers james